Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-14
EXTRACT Of a letter, dated

hOBlLs, iOIs'
81 attended Wing Ratification meeting last
night in front of the Court House. From the
ominous looks and mods of my Wing friends,
and the several signs and tokens exhibited Tor
DAYS previous, was led to suppose that Cas-
and Butler were to be iayed alive, and the
party totally used up. S. 5. Prentiss and Bale
peyton were sent for from New Orleans, and
other distinguished gentlemen were brought INTO
requisition. Well, the evening came; the New
Orleans gents came over; the Court House was
beautifully Illuminated; rockets and other hre-
works threw their red glare over the scene; and
the whole arrangements were well gotten up,
and attracted great crowd. The meeting or
ganized, and the great gun, Prentlss, took the
stand. Now thinks ], "we'll catch it; and poor
Cass might as we'll give it up Mr. Prentlss
commenced by referring 10 the existence OF ,he
two great political parties Of The country ana
The necessity Of two such parties-thc one 10
watch The other; and he paid happy ana elo
quent tribute 10 The permanency Of our great
aud glorious institutions. he spoke oil the De-
mocratic party in terms Of the highest respect,
and reminded the vast audience that the Demo
cratic party had been in power four iiiih' Of The
time, since the formation Of The Rcpnnlic. anu
asked the assembly democrats and NhIss,) u
il was not at least fair to lei The Wings have
President oqcc in uhile He compared the
whole people of the Union 10 two sons OF the
same lamiv-the Democrats the elder son the
Wings the youngest : said that the Democrats
had are ady enjoyed larger pairlmony than
usually falls 10 even the eldest child, and now
begged that the Wings, too might BE- allowed 10
have a word or so 10 say in the great concern,
of Government. He spoke OF Taylor IN
the most feeling tcrms-as 4 hero without
sau, OF b!emlsh, whom every man Should tie proud
To {, no. Alter passing high and well neilied
euloey on Old Tack he touched upon Gen. Cas-
and Gen. Bnt;er-men, lie said, distinguished
above h ordinary level and an honor 10 onnPar
m TPeIhaps the Democratic boys prcsen' did not
MAKE the :. elkln ring when hc came out 80 IN.
cxpedy in such high praise Of our chcitalns i
Genera! Cass, he SAID, he knew personally as
man Of SEEDING worth and possessed oil those hien
moral qualities and qualifications thai stamp The
| gentleman and scholar; Tor his early daring IN
defence OF The rights OF ms country and The recent
| proud and he took in reference to the Quin'upe
Treaty, while minister al the court oil 81. Cloud,
he admued lie man and The patriot The Wings
locked dumb-ioundered and reasoned among
| themselves whether Or not they had heen 6n BY
| sending IL Orleans for Pleniss However, lie con
| ,inued. For his reason said Prentiss, | could
wish in nv heart that Cas- was Wing. We then
sacke OF General Cass doctrine OF pyGgrtsS, and
condemned The doctrine as general principle,
and said that The cup Of our glory Was already
full, and rather than progress any more, ne would
with Old Jack 60 again back 10 the palmy eooi
| old DAYS OF WASHINGTON, &c, &c. he then
| touched upon Butler: ard here is Il man, said he,
| that love with my whole hcatt--a nobler splrIi
| or one al luiiier daring lives not(and here you
might have heard The Democrats scream and
! hurrah fpr mes) bu, he could not help regret.
| ling most bitterly that he should have 10 vote
against MIN; hat il General Butler was only on
! the ticket with Taylor he would labor night and
| dav to elevate him: he dit'nt care il he was
Democrat On the whole, thought his
! speech acoud do; and il the Wings were satisfied
| with il, I'll swear the Democrats were, and only
/ hopc hat P,eniss may continue 10 address the
| people, for he makes about as good a Democratic
| speech as he does Whig. After he fciiEed, Pey-
ION was called, and though somewhat bitter, YET
| h. spoke in high praise OF lhe moral worth and
excellence Of our candidates. have never al
tended political meeting where there was 50 lii
tie enthusiasm manifested, and j, is tact that
| Inc only cheers heard were given by the Democrats
present This seemed strange donss n Wig
| Ratification meeting. The Wings look sour
| enough This morning. Their great effort was a
complete fqume-ior | verify believe il a sinsl.
| changc was effected, our party vas the gamer.
The Democrats in New Orleans had great
| torc h-l,shi procession last night in honor Of Gen.
| Butler, who had just arrived there. Our parry
/, are betting high on Louisiana for Cass. think
/ s'lhc skies are bright aud Frightening" and will
| continue 10 grow brighter unto The 7ertee. day lin
| November