Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-25

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holders OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany TO take prompt and active measures 10 Sc
cure The desirable connection with Pittsburg. II
says, that Philadelphia is acting already; and
that if the connection with Pilt.burs is worth Sc
curing now is the time 10 seize The opportunity.
This vexed question oi'he fright of way" 10 The
Ohio River seems 10 be as far from settlement
as ever.
A YIRGINIAN IN BOSTON.-A very
large meeting OF The citizens OF Boston was held
al Faneuil Hall last week, in favor of sustaining
the requsilion for volunteers for the Mexican
war; and 10 adopt measures fer raising and fitting
out companies. The meeting was addressed by
Charles l.. Woodbury., The Chairman; Isaac H.
Wright (ale editor Of The Bay Sale Democrat
and now Captain OF a volunteer company for
Mexico) and Patrick Henry Ayleu, Of King
William county, Virginia, descendant OF
Patrick Henry. Mr.. a. is gentleman OF fine
talents, and is Law Student at Cambridge.
The patriotic sentiments OF the speeches, (saysihe
Boston Pos,) were enthusiastically applauded,
Id noble spirit was displayed throughout 10
sustain Inc bUSclHiHcul III POsSSuiOH VI
| the war.
| We ale indebted TO The Boston Times for
| notice OF the remarks OF Mr. Aylet, who ad-
dressed The meeting amidst great cheering:
"He thanked the meeting for its generous re.
ceplion OF him, and spoke Of that common feeling
| which was alike entertained all over The Union,
of one common citizenship and humanity He
had no doubt that many in this quarter had be-
| lieved that the was an unjust one. he thought
that this feeling must be done away with now,
| on review OF The circumstances OF The war
! The Mexcans had been as cowardy in The war
| az they were iai,hless in time OF peace. lie cited
an illustration of Ibis when Gen. Tay Tor approa CHI
ed The frontier Of the Rio Grande, and was cross
| ing small stream called he Sal Colorado, and
! when the hexieans fled without stay or question.
| He was Southerner, and he was panied 10 see
| lha, the North had been backward in coming ioT
| ward in this war. He referred 10 The early strug
| Giles OF the Colonies, when Massachusetts was The
| first in the field, and when Virginia, South Caro-
lima and other States, responded through all their
| yalies and over all their hills. tie spoke oi an
| other OCCASION when Inc blood OF The Southeiner
was spilled to secure the rights OF The North.
We have now another occasion, said he, where
all Of us are interested alike, and il is 10 be hoped
| that while min2ling in this struggle, We shall
find that all Souherners ale not slave-drvers, and
that all Norlherners are not Garrisons. (Greal
cheers) He congratulated them upon the pros
pect Of their meeting honest men from The West
and the South in this war, and fighting the COM
mon enemy together He thanked The people a,
the close for their Kindness in listening 10 him, a
| stranger, and il his words had aided ANYTHING in
| getting up feeling upon The occasion Of his
meeting or we're any incentive towards raising
| this Regiment, he hoped that they would prove
| like the tabled teeth oi Cadmus, and that host OF
armed men would spring up. lGrca, cheering.
From The Boston Maui
Mr. Woodbury. addressed the meeting clio.
| auenlly. lie briefly alluded 10 The canses which
| ed to the war, and was unsparng in his abuse OF
he Mexicans. Abiding 10 The Struggle OF Texas
for liberty he told The audience 10 remember The
battle of the Alamo--lhat Santa Anna hoised The
red flag from The Cathedral as a signal for the
Mexicans 10 give no quarter-and none was
given. Colonel Cnss and Lieutenant Porter,
two brave soldiers were slaughtered in cold
blood, and their whole conduct during the war was
cha acteIlzed by acts di>sraceful 10 civilized ma
TONS
Now The tide of battle has turned-we have
driven them beyond the Rio G rande, and from the
invaded we have become The invaders, and We
cannot retreat until Mexico acknowledges salts
faction Tor the many wrongs she has heaped uron
our nation. II is destiny, said The speaker, that
mas UldUe Us great pcoTne-dHi We sHdIi CoH-
linue To increase and enlarge our boundaries.
(Cheers.) There is now a man living, and vet in
The prime of intellectual vigor, who was The first
male child born the other side OF the Allcghanes.
| allude 10 Mr.. Cr,renden. Senator ircm Ken
| lucky; and now millions OF prosperous citizens
inha bill VIVA. was then wilderness.
This meeting was 10 awake Massachusetts
which never YET was known 10 ialier when duiy
eaIled-lo her share in contest which long Sc
ries of outrages has forced upon US Will she
not respond manfully7 There are some among
US who cry Peace peace but that word should
have no effect al such time as The present. CA
| voice "Yes il should" "Hussle him out" "Go
| it old fellow" &c. resounded through the hail.
Was it The cry Of peace that made the British
| lion quail before the stars and stripes in The last
war;" ("No"-"no great cheering
Cries of "Websler Webster" here ,esounded
from all paris OF The hall; bu, the chairman sta
ling that Captain Webster was not present, intro
duced Mr.. P. Fl. Ayeu, young gentleman from
Virginia, and grand son u Patrick Henry.
Mr.. A. was received with applause Of the
most enthusiastic description, and made speech
which, for thrilling eloquence and patriotic sen'i-
meu,s, would have done no dscfedi 10 his Illus
,rious ancestor. When he ceased speaking, nine
cheers were given for Old Virginia.
From Tie Boston Post.
WAR MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL.
In The Pos, of yesterday we had space for only
yery brief notice of the great meeting held in
Faneui Hall on Thursday night, In aid OF The
call of the President Of the United States upon
Massachusetts Tor volunteers for Mexico. he
opponents Of the war, whether so through igno-
"a nee, iana,acism, or want Of proper sense OF
national duiy, must have been exceedingly as
,onished at the nnmbsr Of respectable, patriotic
and public spirited men who were present, and
who expressed their emphatic appreciation oil The
course pursued by our Government, BY applaud
ing in The most enthusiastic manner the eloquent
and well-timed remarks Of the several sneakers
| who addressed The meetirg-Messrs. Chas l..
Woodbury., |. H. Virgin. W. w. Ii. Davis and
! Patrick Henry Ayel, Of Virginia, grandson OF
The great rairot OF the Old Dominion, whose
! ma me he WORLDLY bears The nature and causes
| of the cop,es, with our insensae enemy were most
effectively unfoded, and the treacherous char
acter of the people Of Mexico, loo faithfully re-
aected BY their ever changing governments, was
ponrayed with equal power. Their shameless
disregard OF all treaty obligations, their habiua
failure to adhere 10 agreements for an amicable
adjustment of difficulties their blind and obst-
naie refusal TO resume negotiations, and The auda-
cious falsehoods pot forth in their public manies-
Toes were most fully demonstrated. Such peo-
pie, il was we'll argued, could not, in the long run,
make successful resistance against nalion ac-
luated by The moral social and political princi-
pIes which happily prevail in The United States oil
North America. Ii was contest between igno-
rance, ierocy and bandilism on the one hand,
and civilization, intelligence, rgh and well resn-
| lated government on the other. The battles Of
Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Monterey,
| proved the immense relative superiority OF lie
| American arms; and the conduct OF Santa anna,
in hosting the red dag st the Alamo, and butch,
ering the entire command OF flaming, aIIel II naa