Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-16
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The canvass between Messrs Tfcdway ani
t'loufnoy is going on with great deal Of ami
NATION. have had the pleasure OF hearing
them en- three several occasions, 10 wit al Hen
ry Courthouse, al PENIS store in Patrick, and
al Patrick Court-houss, and candor compels rae
II say that MIR. Tredway has In all of these dis
cussions tully sustained bis reputation, as an
able debaier. MIR. Tredways style and manner
oil speaking are very well calculated 10 makeaa
tine impression. Without ihdulging often 10
metaphor, ne comes III once 10 all lhe great is
sues, and IN apain matter Of fact manner, adj
dresses himself 10 The reason and judgment OF the
auditory. Upon the Tariff and Sub.Treasury,
his arguments are peculiarly able and convinc-
ing; and upon the Mexican war, his competitor
will wish before the canvass is over that he
had not made that the issue
Mr.. Flournoy is a LAWYER offnc requirements
and no doubt with sond cause. he could
make line impression; but Whiggery is so
hard pressed oil late Tor capital, that MIR Flour
noy, with his file aelts, finds il 10 be an mp hill
business; ard venture the prediction, ID at he
will conclude that Ibis is the most desperate case
he was ever engaged in. Alter the manner OF
The other Wing orators, ne seems 10 have laid
he Bank, Tariff and other great measures upon
the shelf entirely, and harps upon the Mexican
war during The whole Of his discourses He
charges The President with being solely RESPONSE
bic Tor il; and contends that The marching OF our
troops from Corpus Christi and taking position
on the Rio GIarde, induced The Mexicans to at.
tack Gen. Taylor; and, as a matter OF course if
II had not been Tor This movement we should
now have been at peace.
we Tecoilcct that il was starding argument
The canvass OF "A against annexation, used by
every Wing, from Henry Clay down to The hum
HI mad ~ ta~I ~,
nexalon took place, war would be the conse-
qnence. We did not believe that annexation
would cause war, knowing hat il would be no
Just cause for il-and do sincerely believe that
Mexico would never have Teen rash enough 10
nave attacked Texas, but Tor The taid and COM
loEl" which she expected 10 receive 10 this coun-
try. But the position taken BY The Wings in "a,
and The ground now occupied By Mr. FIournoy
and his friends, fully and lorcIbly illustrate the
character Of The great Wing party, 0heir leaders
mean) They have hatred 10 every thing
Democratic, and "ruie or RUM is the law upon
which they seem ever 10 aci. When The odious
Tariff of IL was modified aud reduced, univer-
sal ruin wa predicted as The consequence, and
since directly the reverse la been is operation,
hcy very quietly put of The Tariff 10 more
convenient season, notwithstanding The tears OF
Messrs. Simmons, Hudson and o'hers. 1.-THE Ia
iii had been an ISSUE inevitable defeat would
have been the consequence and this Mexican war
IS the last hope OF Whiyery. All oil their humbuss
have exploded and as Mr.. Tredway Iold Mr..
Flourncy al PENIS s,cie, il il had not been for
this war, the great Wing party, wouid nave hecn
outol capital aud woud have been compelled
10 avail themselves Of their own Bankrupt law,
and gone oui Of existence as party.
Both gentlemen seem 10 conduct The canvass,
wnh thc finest spirit imagnab le-ncyer forgetting
in The heat Of debate, wha, is due 10 each 9th
er as gentlemen. That Mr.. Fcutnoy is their
mos available man, have no douhr, but he is
doomed 10 be badly beaten in the coming election,
and perhaps he will bear his deiea, with as much
philosophy as any OF The others who will NEE,
the same misfortune abou, The lies Of ADrI.
AN OLD bunker.