Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-03
MESSRs. MEADE AND BOILING AT
AMELIA AND BRUNSWICK.

A few days ago We mentioned the plan on which
The canvass was conducted by the Wings in The
Second Congressional District II will be seen
by the annexed communications that what We
then said was true. Colonel Boiling, like his
Wing friends, eschews any discussion of
his principles with marked emphasis. In
decd he seems 10 dislike even 10 mention them.
His only hcpe seems in an attack upon Mr..
Meade's consistency and even from that he
seems TO recoi lie does not pretend that Mr..
Meade does not occupy precisely Tie same
ground on every important question which he
has always occupied. lie does not intimate even
that MIR. Meade has not been the firm unyielding
and consistent advocate oil those measures which
the Democrats hold dear, and the uncompromis-
ing opponent OF The whole brood of Wing here
sizes. Col. Boiling will find al the polls tina, this
game will not succeed The Democrats are not
10 be caught by such a shallow alifce. They
sustain principles, not mere men; and their poll.
,ical creed is something more than mere name
The Wings Of Col. Bollings stamp may think
man inconsistent unless he deserts his principles 10
follow The men with whom be has associated, and
answers 10 the party name under which he has act
ed bu, they will find that the Democrats acl ond i
leren, principles-ih that they willscc in Mr. Meade
one who agrees with them on every point one
in whom there is no change or turning-anj
give him their hearty support, as Gen. Drom-
coolies successor.
For The Enquirer.
MEssRs. MEADE AND BOILING AT
AMELIA COURT HOUSE.
Mcssrs. Editors 10 accordance with previous
notice, the candidates ior The Second Congress
| sional Dislrc, addressed The citizens Of Amelia
al July Court The expected rencontre between
Messis. Meade and Boiling, was The source OF
no little anxiety 10 many Democrats who were not
only personally unacqualnled with The gallant
Meade. and ignorant OF The atsk;ll and effect
with which he could WELD the political baue-ayc,
bu, who had been told ty their Wing friends, in
their very kind and friendly oliiciousness, that no
confidence could be reposed in renegade Wing,
an aboinnable political haleic, who, without The
fear of Ike Lord. or of sold Harry" had designed
ly and premedilalcy, without IA why OF where
fore or IA reason therefore," apos;alized from
the great iniallible laliludinous Federal Wing
Church. They had been Told thai The same in
stability OF purpose, the sam me political fckene.s
that had caused Mr.. Meade Io.deseIt the Wing
parry, would induce him 10 abandon, without
cause, the Democratic party, ana that, therefore,
he was unworthy of their confidence. Wonder
fnl magnanirri,y! unparalleled dsin,ercscdness!
Wings advising Democrats mel TO vote for MI.
Meade, Lpcause, iorsooth, as they pretend, he
will iniure The Democratic party by turning
apostatel Blu, while no Democrat was soft
as not TO Perceive The motives OF The Wings in
thus volunteering hcic advice yet many, who
had not been correctly informed as 10 MIR. Meade's
political course, objected to HIM on The ground, as
they believed, lha, lie had been connected with The
presen, Federal Wing party. Tolhem therefore,
The discussion was OF very great interest and i'm
porance.
By agreement, The candidates were 10 speak
each an hour MIR. Boiling commenced The dis
cussion. He slated, in the oul.ei, the subject
mater OF hi. speech which he embraced under
three general beads, all concerning The admins
tration and the Mexican war. But, he said, be-
fore he proceeded 10 discuss those great and i'm
po.an questions. he had some preliminary re.
marks 10 make relative 10 Mr.. Mrade's political
course Bul these preliminary remarks" were
nearly all The remarks he made; Tor he consumed
nearly ikree.ouar,ers oil his hour IN attempting
to prove, not only that MIR. Meade is inconsistent
as a politician, bnl that, even now, he is not a
good Democrat. The sum and substance Of his
arsumen, vas lhst Mr.. Meade was Wing cleo
Tor 10 1910, and thai, while WbiS, he abused
aud denounced The Dsmcctals party and lhal