Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-01
RICH MON VA.
Thursday Morning, August ST. 1885,
the DISCUSSION ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

Tuesday night. For Inc present. ~ 10 wi 49,. -
we'll as pleasure to say, that Mr. Crump, as a gal
liant. able and eloquent champion OF our cause,
gave hearty satisfaction to his party, and won
new laurels from this contest with the reoonoleo
leader of The Wing party Of Virginia. MI. e
opened The debate, and in dignihed, courteous
and lucid speech of an hour, pointed GU! thel no
Bile position of the Democracy standing on The
platform of their principles, and contrasted with
1t the course Of the Wing party, who had aoan'
doned all their professed principles, and had taken
"a, venture" old FAC, who had formed no opn'
ions upon the great questions OF the day, and
whose only claim was his supposed araila0illy'
on account OF his military services, to which mi'
c. did full justice.
Mr.. Daniel followed-and we can ireeiy say,
that we have never heard speech, more h"eu
with loose, reckless statements, assumptions anu
wordca,chinss. At every step he laid himself open'
and Mr.. Crump with tact and SKILL as far as his
short time tor reply allowed, struck keen and Ia
tal blows at the exposed weaknesses OF his oppo-
nen,s. Mr.. D.. after denouncing James K. Polk
and the veto power most violently, drew picture
of Old Zack, who, he said, stood on the same
platform with the great Washington, and with Ma
olson, who had rocked the Constitution. Mr.. G..
relorled with great force, that the veto was The
very ark of safety for the minority, and that
Washington had done with the veto what James
K. Polk had done. Washington had used the
veto twice-and once, in the case OF the 'nerpe-
aieney of bill. MIR. C. might have added, that
Madison had used the veto siJ times. And yet,
this conservative power is 10 be triltered away BY
the availables!
Our sketch tomorrow, will speak for itself
but we cannot refrain from abiding to few gross
bunders. TO say the least, which Mr.. D. commit
led. Mr.. D. attempted 10 ridicule the Democratic
Platform of 1913 as mere vague generalties
meaning nothing and mere tricks and jussles TO
deceive the people. He farther said, that the
word Tariff was not 10 be found in it-aud that
Wings and Democrats might assent TO what the
Baltimore platform said on this subject. We
hope 10 enligh,en Mr.. DIS blindness by quoting
the 18th resolution OF said much abused platform,
as follows:
Resolved, Tha. tie fruits of the great polili-
cal triumph of 1914, which elected James X.
Polk and George NJ. Dallas President and Vice
President of the United States, have fulfilled The
hopes OF the Democracy of The Union-in de-
featiug the declared purposes OF their opponents
to create national bank; 10 preventing The cor.
rup and unconstitutional distribution OF the land
proceeds, from the common treasury OF the
Union, for local purposes; 10 protecting the cur
rency and the labor Of the country from luminous
fluctuations, and guarding The money Of the peo-
pie for The use Of the people, BY the establishment
IS h.. al IN he nh I'M.
pulse g;psn to the cause Of free trade, by the re-
peal of the tariff of 1872 and the creation of the
more equal, honest and productive tariff of 1876,
and that in our opinion, il would be fatal error
TO weaken The bands OF political organization by
,1hich these great reforms hare been dch'eped,
and risk them in the hands Of their known adver
saries, with whatever delusive appeals they may
solicit our surrender OF that vigilance, which is
The only safeguard OF liberty
IfMr. Daniel cannot understand the platform,
sayed 10 humbug, can read and judge Tor Them
selves.
Again: Mr. D., with the coolest assurance,
roundly asserted that Gen. Cass "had not glanced
al the Wimot Proviso in his Nicholson letter.
Now, The words "Wilmot Proviso" appear fcur
times in the Nicholson letter. in which We find
the following plain and emphatic language: 81
am opposed TO the exercise OF any jurisdicion'hy
Congress over this matter" (slavery) II do no.
see in the Constitution any grant OF the requisite
power to Congress" and ",he measure, if adopt
ed, would weaken, il no. impair, the union OF the
States, and would SOW the seeds OF future dscord
which would grow up and ripen into an abun
dant harvest of calamity"
A little incident will explain the ACCURACY and
roRcE Of Mr. DIS statement on this point. A
whic Yesterday, on reading The Nicholson letter
roR HIMSELF declared that General Cass had
clearly come ont against The Wilmot Provso,
and was PLEDGED 10 veto that measure. This
involuntary declaration Of an intelligent Wing,
is the best answer 10 The Times and The Wing,
who have called upon US exultngly 10 say how
General C. is pledged 10 veto the Wilmot Pro-
viso. We point them TO the Nicholson letter,
which clearly binds General G. to apply the ne.
gative, should such bill come before him as
President
MIR. Daniel In assailng President Polk,
himself introduced the question OF slavery-apd
Mr.. Crump in reply charged Mr. D. with having
surrendered, in his letter on he Compromise Bill,
the whole question 10 Congress. Mr.. d. having
thus opened The subject, We trust that il may be
dssecled b. The speakers who are to follow him.
We canno, eve that his heteiodox and dan-
gerous doctrines are echoed by the Wing parry
Of Richmond OF its other prominent leaders.
In reply 10 The suggestion that General Taylor
should come out and show his hand on The leni-
torial question, Mr.. D. simply asked, with an air
Of triumph in which his friends participated, 81
should like 10 see anybody make old Fac come oui
Zachary Taylor, a acknowledgement he TO be
forced 10 come ou SO that he may say something
TO inquire himself for The benef, of Lewis Cass2'
Here's the gist Of The argument. II is nnansper.
able, but we have been told that old FAC "never
shuns responsibility"
Welislened a,,enively, with the hope that Mr.
d. might enlighien us as to the principles upon
which Gen. Taylor would administer The govern.
menl the policy he would pursue. But in vain
Gen. T.'> platform, said Mr.. D., is "lhe public
will, well regulated government, aud The Consli-
tuition" This generality" we all concur in-
and il this is all that their great orator can bring
forth, twas there ever such party" as those Whc
60 Tor old FAC thus blindfold7
We trust that Mr.. D. will excuse us Tor not de-
voting at present more of 'the pleasant pages OF
the Enquirer" TO his especial consideration. His
speech will doubtless furnish rich texts for future
specualons.
EA discussion between Messrs. R. G. Scott
and ]. A. Meredith, the Democratic and Wing
Electors, will take place al Goochland Court
House on the 10Th September.
THE ALBANY "COMBUSTION."-The
details of The preliminary meeting are rich in.
deed. The Fillmoreies poured on, hot and Bit
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