Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-27
RICHMOND. VA
Thursday Morning, october 20, 1913.

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! VIRGINIA DEMOCRACY HAS 1T CONE T
THIS Two understand that the Democrats OF the I
y, and some Wings attracted by curiosity had dele
table entertainment ntthe Democratic headquarters
turday night MIR. ". T. Bropa, of Ohio frst oy !
' cond Assistant Postmaster General, and the Hon.
Bowdon, OF Alabama, had been detailed from WAS
ingloh 70 SIR up me Democracy four Metropolis. III
speech OF The latter gentleman we are told was we
enough; bur that Of Mr. Cfiee-hoder Brown Ia ehara
tsnssd even by Democrats, as most discredtable e
bbition This gentleman, who fat,ens upon The publ
crib at Washington and oblivious as well of hs off c
duties as OF all propriey did not scruple to raise
voice 10 Terms OF the most virulen Win peratIon again
GcneIa Taylor and The whole Wing party. Such wa
the ohensiveness Of his abuse that many Of his Dem,
cratic hearers were utterly ashamed and disguised
Inc question recurs, how came this Mr.. Brown to
n,oIsns nom ms post OF duty to retail his Bngsgai
10 Inc capital OF Virginia; State whose peopls hay
surety not forgotten the warning of Thomas Jefferson
nor 70 eounienance the int1erenec Of oeehoiders in ELI
noss ana we ask that people If the course Of Brown
ana those VINO emp y him, ought not ther
Of the necessity of radical change In the Admnstr;
tion! Lei us once discard the corrupting system {
platforms and pledges, promises and prescription an
We shall have the greatest reactionary revolution vbc
republican history will have TO record!
lTassday's Tmss.
We let our amiable neigbbor fl ST unfold hi
entire Budget of B!unders and shall then under
lake 10 relieve his anxious solciude as 10 III
reason Why This terrible this monstrous Mr.
Brown, addressed the Democracy Of Richmond
Several weeks since, MIR. Bowden was invite,
TO speak, but was prevented by other engage
ments Some len days since, we ourselves sen
lelesraphic despatch 10 Mr.. Bowden, urgin.
him 10 redeem his promise. On Thur,da,
| morn'ns, we received message from him tina
| ne would speak in Richmond on Saturday nigh,
and on Friday evening" we received from MIN :
Geographic despatch, that be would "address the
Spaltans on Saturday night, and tina, his friend
Mr. Brown of Ohio, would accompany" him
Here then, is is The whole machinery by which
Mr.. Brown was made TO appear before our very
large and truly enthusiastic meeting.
Though MIR. Brown was not expected, we were
pleased that he paid MS visit for his speech was
an admirable one, and our honest notice OF il on
Tuesday, Showed our appreciation of H. Nei-
Their The Editor of the Times, nor its reporter was
present-that IS admused-but The Editor tsard
that tho speech was characterized by Democrats
as "a most discredabe exhibition, and abound
ed IN "ihe most vrulent vituperalion against
Gen. Taylor and the whole Wing party" and
that "such was The oensiveoess of his abuse, lha,
many of his Democratic hearers were utterly
ashamed aud Disguised" Now, this is all news
10 us-aud if the Times has mol been hoaxed by
some wag, il must have drawn its sketch from
its own distempered Imagination, excited BY the
invasion of this terrible "Mr. w. /. Brown of
Ohio, first or second Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj J" So far from "vituperatine" Gen Taylor,
Mr.. Brown paid tho highest compliment 10 his
military services. He spoke roughly land here
We would remark that all the Western orators,
whom we have ever heard, employ stronger Ian
guage and handle their subjects more "with
gloves off, than our own speakers y Mr. Brown,
we repeat, spoke roughly of The Southern Wing
party, who in earnestly desiring and loudly ex-
ultng over the election OF Ford in Ohio, whom
ne knew 10 be an Aboliiionisl had PROVED them
selves 10 BE- the allies Of tnr Northern abolonisls
But though his Western language was rather
harsh and emphatic Tor this Latitude, he 50, (. he
truth with boldness he exposed The facts, and pro-
perly represented Inc Cas- and Butler Democracy
ol The North, as true 10 the compromises of The
he Norlh as arfayed in deadly hostility &c the
South. Ii was the truth which gravelsd The
Wings, and if there are any OF The Democrats
tho "were utterly ashamed and Disguised" we
have not heard OF Them.
Admitting, however, that the Times version
IS correct, what right have The Wing parry OF
press 10 complain? Have not their presses dealt
in the most lavish abuse and "vi;uperaiioh" upon
Gen. Cass7 Has he not been held up by them as
a peculator, public plunderer, swndler, coward :
Have no, the Whis press lauded 10 The echo Inc
language Of such men as Cost
Johnson and Leslie Coombs, who have vililed
Gen. Cass as "cariload Of iniqui.y" and have
declared ,ha, old Virginia, The venerable mother
of US all. "dissraced" herself in voting Tor James
K Polk2 II there has been "viluperaiion" in
the canvass 10 Virginia, it was commenced By
The Wing press and sole authors" committees
addresses and they must be held first responsible
The language OF Mr.. Brown specially referred
TO is what is substantially used by The Demo
cratic press and speakers every day. Yesterday
mornings mail brought US the Tallahassee
Southern Journal, from which we make an e1-
tract. embracing the identical sentiment oil MT.
Brown:
1.-THE Southern Wings and the Northern aoo-
lioaisrs are byund iogctAer IN support oil me same
men and The same measures. They are banded
together under The name Of the Great Wing PaI
~ The spirit which anmales this parry, North
Of Mason and Dixon's line, is an undylng hos'll''
" asains, the institution Of slavery, and defer,
mination By fraud or force, 10 prevent lis e1ier-
sion, and 10 pu, il down where it at present exists
For this purpose they object to the extension al
slavery in the new territories. They oolect %
he transfer OF slaves from one Stale to another
and for this purpose they steal away our slaves
whenever an opportunity presents iIseil.
"And yet The Southern Wings are iound sup
porting The candidates of this same party, WORE
inc with hem shoulder TO shoulder, clamoring IN
support OF their principles, and Lending theit a..
towards building their political ascendancy m tns
federal government, by hosting The nag when
has been raised b. the Northern abolI'ion,sis :
Taylor and Fillmore! People Of The South Is
not passing stranger"
A strong ground OF objection with 'h'
Times is tina. "Mr. w. l. Brown, first OF secon'c
Assistant Postmaster General" should have come
all the way from Washington 10 "shame and diS
pus,"the Democrats! But The Times OF yes'el
lerday admits tina, i, had "goue of hali-cocKeo
anu say l..
aWe were mistaken, therefore, in thinking D.
VA, the Assistan, Postmaster General. Thationc
tionary. although he has not spoken in Richmond
is one of The most noisy orators at The Democra'
ic meetings in Washington, and II was ne s.
neral ,mpres,ion that it was he who inquired
! Odd Fellows Hail."
1, was, Therefore, upon general impression
that the Times go violently assailed this "ofilce
holder" /. nigh, we'll have added, I'VE were mis-
taken in our whole denuncislory aricie"-ior In
picture drawn secondhand BY The Times Woul
moi be recognized by the Democrats VINO Sef
nreseo, a, the Association on Saturday night.
But why should the Wing press pour onl lis a.
saulls upon Democratic "oraceT-holders, "ne' u
Wing parry presents in its own ranks elect'onee
ing "ofhce.holders." with infinitely more po~'