Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-12-10

| "Immenw Demonstration = Proclamation W the
people against tho Presidents Har- Declaration
IN faror ct a., honorable pace, AMI as0in@ terri
foyiQL acquisition for The extension NJ s,ace'y
Such are The swelling terms in which the News
introduces its glowing account OF The great wing
meeting in Philadelphia on Monday night 10 re-
.pond to Mr.. Clay's Lexington principles In
their resolutions, they fully aud warmly confirmed
his exposition Of The war and OF lne duly u The
country in regard 10 il. Such being The case we
deem ituseless 10 say any ihirg mo'e as TO '"ei'
character. The speeches oil M,ssfs. Conrad and
McMichaei editors OF the Norlh Anne ''can) aud
Mr. Chandler, !ale editor OF he U. S Ga2@i'e, were
of the iuIl blooded Henry Cay Wing" School.
The ifst uamsd gentleman could noI k=fp do"n
his rampant haiird o! he SCUM We extract
lev This choice phrases lie spoke Of the meet
ing as an "inde1 10 ne feeling OF The county"
"For,h Are which burned so purely and bright.
~ in heir breasts, 4 .shed along tn hills and
valleys OF onr land an! LAND! Not The deserts
over which Mr. Polk wcuit extend q corque'iia
ann, and The blacsress G! slavery, ara whose
white .anGs are mate lcc by he Hood 81 .:c'iins
OF his wat; bu; The land o! our ia,'r's cfa:cs act
like ieh', and the nation was win them in TICK
pu pose ght was With hem"
lie mex, assailed Mr.! Polk IS mean and ia
significant being.""a woim, can idiol, "Pfe''
sidcpial Catalina" who "dared not expose The
plot which, commencing in the annexation OF
Texas, r.acbin. sraspinsly toward the conquest
OF Mexico and the extension OF slavery, threaten
ed the dissolution of the Union and the ruin Of The
country"
The couauy, which viii petuse with admira-
lion The mastery message OF The President will
laugh 10 scorn such rabid, impoent illusions OF
Federalism.
The speaker next aimed an unmanly attack
upon our gallant soldiers. whe: he exclaimed
"For our hooor we had drunk The cup, onbbling
warm WIN human hood, 10 The cress and what
more were we 10 exact. Fopss roeberies more
Jiooe? How much blood does i; take 10 satisfy
National io'ao'?'
LIE, Southern Wings weigh well this Federal
speakers gross aspa!siors upon The South. Hear
him:
zone profit, indeed, was TO come frHm The war,
according 10 the authority OF The P'e>den', aud
thar was The extension al slavefy by ne sacfnce
of Norhe,n blood aud treasure. The North was
20 rivel me shackles q slavery uron ice Next
co--io iwins the lash and drive INTO mir tie" pas
lures he slaves whose boCt, when II Sp'uea iD"h
under The bruta lash ct The sIa"e kee PER. "1n''
crY 20 Heaven in cundsmna'inn OF those wao
gave TO slavery lis new bounds. Boz the NORM
shrinke from dissolution 0; he Union, and ire
South hopes 10 effect is darling desire ur ne ex
tension ofs'avery, BY raising lae cry OF he oisou
ton OF The Union. We will have neither e&'cn
sion OF slavery nor dissolution; but we Will ny
steady adherence 10 the country, restrain Inc one
and resist the other TO The uuermosI."
But enough Of this violent attack upon ;h'
Southern character.
The resolution. we're adopted by accismstioh
and The meeting adjourned with "oine heaf'>
long.conlinued cheers for Henry Clay"