Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-16
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| On Friday evening last the contest between
I Mr.. Bots and Mr. Leakc came of. The night
was clear, cool, calm and pleasant, and The house
was crowded with persons OF all parties, anxious
ly waiting for The debate. The opponents OF M r.
Leake evinced more than ordinary desire 10 hear
the candidate of the Democratic parry, with
whom the embodiment Of Wing principles had
10 contend. According 10 the understanding OF
the parties, that each one should speak two hours
and hall hour in reply, Mr. Bolts led of in the
discussion, speaking and reading for Two hours !;
abiding 10 the grea, questions before The country
as affecting himself and those who were disposed
TO follow in bis footsteps Yea, he spoke oil them
as being of so much importance that they swal-
lowed up all other questions which had heretofore
made such deep and lasting impression upon the
party 10 which he had the honor 10 belong, such as
Bank, Tariff and Glow prices from high duties"
Tie tiuis had b. --;a --L-~ $780, t..
obsolete questions, of ordinary and trivial con-
sequence when brought In comparison with
subjects which he had under consideration. He
spoke about the war in terms loo ridiculous 10 be
listened TO with interest and said, if he had rep
resented the people of this district in Congress,
he ,oo1lld hare seen the President of The u iStatcs
at the derH before he w;aLd hare Uoted him men,
money or supplies 10 carry The rrar against Meg
,co. In his denunciation OF the President Of the
United States. he attempted 10 pluck weearned
fame from the brow Of this honest and patriotic
statesman, who has with such distinguished ali.
lity commanded The main springs Of the nation.
and put in motion the great machinery upon
which all the political as well AS military opera
tinns ofthe Government depended. Yes, Mr.. 3.
abused the Executive and held him responsible
because "od Rough and Ready" had Gu, the
,hroals OF four thousand Mexicans. Such we're
the features which marked The speech OF The en-
bodment of Wing principles.
He continually insisted that The President had
afforded aid 10 the Mexicans by allowing Santa
Anna 10 return 10 his country, and in order TO
enlist feeling OF opposition 10 the war and create
sympathy for himself, held up The dispatches ol
Gen. Taylor to his Government with the names
OF those killed and wounded-but he failed, even
with Ibis, his las, resort Tor sympathy. a spon.
taneous burst Of indignation seemed ready to
leep from the busom Of every patriot, when The
picture was presented. Though silence prevailed,
The real feeling upon that occasion, when such
means were resorled TO, 10 enlis, sympathy In be-
half OF himself and raise opposition to our mill
tary operations, which had reflected undyng
honor upon The American Government Full
ha of the lime which MIR. Bolts had allotted 10
him was taken up in reading extracts-all OF
which was an additional bore upon his audience,
and could only have The effect oil presenting The
idea of an individual who had attempted 10 ac-
complish work and found himself inadequate
to The task Al this time, finding his situation
rather unenviable, he concluded by stating Thai
there was IN old debt which had been repudialed
by The Democratic party. This uncalled for and
proof rs remark al once fell upon The ears OF
The assembled multitude with establishment, and
all was silence 10 hear the description Ut The re-
pudiaed debr. After delaining The people for
some time in suspense, dwelling upon extracts,
&C., be gave The following exposition: That he,
Bolts, had headed Capt. Tyler, and The Demo-
cratic party had bought him (Tyler) up and al
forwards repudiated lhc debt. Such was the
grand explanation Mr.. Bots made in refer
ence 10 The prooHess charge he made against
his opponents. This charge of reputation
was made against the Democratic parry be-
cause torsooh they thought proper 10 select
from The The multiplicity oil their great men one
OF The master spirits oflhe age for their represen
ta,ive-in-chief-one whom no sophisry can baf-
| fie no art elude, nor despotsm enslave
This grave and unfounded charge met with
no response from any quarter, and The effort loo
| plainly pictured the last struggle OF drowning
man catching at straws. BY This lime his
strength was lille revived from glass OF clear
water, an excellent remedy, alter all other ex-
perimenls had failed 10 cure The patient Mr..
Bolts then made oul 10 bring up the ghost Of The
Sub Treasury, upon which The slang repeated
for wears back was aroused from It's slumher.-
He also said that Mr.. Calhoun was not quite so
good authority as formerly with The "Locoiocos;'
and yet he quoted this gentlemen 10 prove The
line Of Texas, and said that we had defed John
| Bull, and then allowed him 10 get the best por-
tion of Oregon, Iramped on Mexico and insult
ed France. This much, believe, constituted Inc
speech of The great Champion OF Whiesery-
though, in addition, he told MS, that Two boys
were playing uap-bal and broke their daddy's
looking glass, for which they both gnt whipping.
THE boys he ridiculously alluded TO as "Jim
Pols" and "John Calhoun" quarrelins as to
which one was the cause Of the Mexican warl
And, in his reply 10 MIR. Leake, he commended that
The len pins which Mr.. Leake scattered 10 the
four winds were all set up by himself, and ar
gued that no man could knock down the pins
that he (Botls) sci up. This, however, was for
others Than Mr.. Bolts 10 decide; for the people
considered him an incompetent juror upon thai
occasion. II my memory serves me right, this
is history OF Mr.. Bous' course of argument last
Friday 7ening. Upon such topics be detained
the citizens OF Richmond, making feeble at
tempt 10 defend himself for his course upon the
| Dist Rule, and his extraordinary and unenviabe
situation In reference 10 his votes on the Tariff
Of 40. for which he claimed credit as Wing
measure He wound up bis tedious eccenrici-
ties by demanding proof of Mr.. Leake for what
he was about to assert.
I will now Try to give faint idea Of The re-
marks Of MIR. Bolts competitor, w; u. Leake,
the people's choice. He Informed the audience
that he was no, IN the habit OF making charges
which he was not al all times ready TO prove,
| and particularly in political discussion; and