Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-04
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMON ID, VA.
Thursday Morning, February 3, 1913.
1.-THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR"

THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR"
OH for Hogarlh or "John Donkey" 10
sketch the comic scenes Of the Wing meeting in
the African Church on Tuesday night! We
feel that our pencil is too feeble to convey 10 our
distant readers one lyihe Of the sport and fun
which the heterogeneous elements q Whisseiy,
in heir painful rGO!ts 10 produce harmony aid
uni1n, struck ont Tor the amusement oiihc Demo
cratic patty At the invitation Of several Wings
we were present, and took our sea- in The galle "
| from whence We saw and heard all that occurred
| Unlike the Editor OF The Wing, VINO commented
| on The speakers Oi the Democratic meeting atIhe
City Hail, as "seen through glass darby" tom
a window across The street, we desired 10 sec
and judge Tor Ourselves, and "nohipg exIenuaie
nor sci down auga. IA malice" but ''piain, IN
vanished tale deiyet." Our sketch will d0ubi-
less lie imperfect, but as faithful as our most
scrupulous desire 10 state facts as they occurred
| will enable US.
Attorney General Baxter presided, and Messrs'
Darlington OF The Times and M Dseley OF the
| Wing acted as Secretaries. a committee oil III
Teen, headed by A. Pleasanis, Esq, was appoint
ed TO prepare business. During tEeir retirement,
loud calls were made for distinguished orator,
bal gentleman appealed TO the meeting mot 10
60 ahead oil the musc-!o wait for the wagon
He besought them to preserve silence until Inc
committee should report matter fol- action. tie
told them that speeches might lead 10 discus
sion of The claims Of The different Presidential
candidates, and 10 consequent excitement which
would jeopadzc the harmony OF the meeting.
His advice was readily listened to, and for near
~ an hour the large audience presented a "Qaa-
ker meeting" dumb as an oyster" Reco!ect-
Ing The nurnber Of ardent and eloquent orators IN
the Wing ranks OF the "GibraiIar OF Whsge-
Ty," we could no, bl; be surprised Al The dead Sc
| lence which reigned throughout the assemblaee
| Strange, thought We, tina, not one speaker could
b. mustered, discreet and cunning enough 10 in
| spirit this gathering OF the clans" b: discoU's
ing on The "gorious" PRINCIPLES of The WING
parry, the "tespojsm' OF MIR. Polk, and his
gross and reckless usnTfaiions Of the Cons,-
tuiiori, and the ruin" TO which he had brought
thu Republic-arapee that, in The Cbg array
OF talents and political s!ra'ecy which our city
! can boast, not ose such man could Be found
10 assail his political opponents, and cheer up
his friends, without lreading on The tees Of
SORE IRE Of the Wing Presidential candidates,
an iiciling Inc painful ciamor OF tiscoEd
an! ascension IN 50 vs5y harmonious meet
ill.,. But the truth was as we have sia'ed it,
Tae quaker silence was risidIy preserved, until
The Committee returned ard reported resolutions
declaring in substance that The chair apo nj 30
delegates to The State Convention on The % Ihat
the meeting should abstain iron, expressing pre-
ference between The distinguished men thai have
been mentioned a. candidates, leaving The .eleea-
ton from he city ualfammel!ej, to aiort tie
best measures 10 secure concentrated and efficient
action; and lhal a National Convention is neces.-
not reluctant 10 cOIiide in lis nomination. these
resolutions were adopted with only one dissenting
voice. This solitary individual is, no doubt, The
last fragment Of he mo party" ami 'c"nvenIion-
al lottery, veteran gamblers parry OF the Republic
can II nothing else was decided on TUESDAY
night. no one Can deny that the ''no party" parry
('nonsense" the Times calls III was knocked into
"a cooked hal" Hereafter the cid song, Z" Breathe
not it: name" will become more popular with the
Wings than The famous "Yaler Kiver! p
Mr.. S. II. Myers look The floor and offered
preamble and resolution, the substance oil which
we gathered as follows:
"Whelcas the Democratic party Of Richmond,
&C.. passed among others the following rcsolu-
| tion
"Resolved, That John Nj. Bots, the Repre-
sentative in Congress from this district, has
shown BY his resolutions offered in The House OF
Representatives, aud BY his solitary Virginia vote
in favor OF Hutson's resolution, reckless disIe-
gard for Inc rights and honor Of our common
cour Try, which il is hoped will teach lesson oi
warning 10 those who elected him"
Therefore, Resolved That We have tail conf
dence in The Hon. J. NJ. Bous, as one who Al
all times is ready to maintain the honor AMI in
,eres.s Of our country, uasctuced By cou'l-iavor
and unawed by cuutI-nlimida'ioa. We believe
him 10 be true, and we know him 10 be able
We ash The reader 10 study carefully The above
preamble and resolution, which passed unani-
Inously and 10 Judge ioT himself OF heir iue mean
ing. Besides the general resolutions reported by
the committee, this was the only expression IF an
opinion on any subject, which he meeting gave
| forth. Processing 10 reply 10 specific reso'u'i"n
! OF the Democratic meeliDg, touching MIR. Bous'
vote in favor OF HudsoU's resolutions, we Cannot
! bul regard il as solemn entoisaiion by the Una
| nimuus voice of the Wings Of RiChm.nd (Ciay,
! Taylor, Scott men, ally OF the resolution Of
Hudson, The Massachusetts Federaisi; which
was in the following words:
"Resolved, That the committee en- Military
Affairs be directed 10 inquire into The expedienry
of requesting he President uf the United States
| to Withdraw 10 the Eas! bank Of The Rio Crane
our army nov in Mexico and propose to Inc
| Mexican Government forthwith treaty oipeace,
on The following terms. VIZ:
a. Tha. we will reiinqnish al claim for H.
| demniiy Tor the expenses OF The war
"2. That the boundary between The t"o coun-
tries shall be established at or near the desert be-
| tween the Nueces and The Rio Grandc.
| "3 That Mexico snail be held 10 pay al! )ns
| claims winch existed against her al The COM
mencement Of The war.
"a That Convention shall be entered iro
between the Two nations, 10 provide Tor the liqai-
dalton Of said claims
| Have we misconsirued their acion; or are We
10 understand the resolutions adoPtd on TUESDAY
nl2h', As expressing '"' "N'''S'"'1 'P'''''" " WV
Wings of Richmond, that our "sloricus army"
! (as The gallant Sc" most properly called i)
should he instantly Withdrawn, with TAILED arms,
and dropping banners, and furnished finracs to
the East bank of the Rio Giande-lhat We shc uld
reiinoui.h all claim Tor indemnity. Gas MIR. Bots
resolutions proviLe,) and that VIC shond abandon
a portion OF American soil, "a part Of The sovc.
reign Stale Of Texas by asserting to The bonn-
dary, al or near the desert bc,acsen the Nnsccs and
! The Rio Grande7 This resolution Of Illusions
was voted down by more than t:rse 10 obe-4l TO
1877. Did the Wings oil Richmond mean 10 avow
10 The Wings OF Inc country tina, they endorse
Mr.. Eons' solitary Virginia vote Tor Hudson's le-
solution, and repudiale he negative vote Of
L.. lr-..1a;1 u Ii E,larrn.lY