Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-06-22

I.|.IIMLIIDs ~ ~ MN ="
. c5ar.e ron pursued with relerenee % ibis
l.nmbug,s (Which we believe il vas pIunoupe-
Iby he Gosemor.j starring 4 a : Zine uheh = },
irh, hare been pro4heiiye Of she mos dire -
lis IN the BALTIMORE Convention but like ggpd :
,ildren. YOU saw the erfor Of y1ar ways, and
bandoned IL Is speedily As the ila did he hot
otato
yir-inianss Democrats, did you mean any
ling or did you mean nothing when yep laid \
own he platform for The Denioci your
;,a,e1 Ifyou meant what yousaids what think
g, ~ he frst Democrats speaker in this Con-
District declaring that ySp were gnA-
I Of an attempt al "hpmbug, and that inssead
4 your opposition 70 the Wilmos Prosiso be'ns |
pri.eip,s. il was nothing more nor les than an
abs,raciionT Ayirginia abstraction'
i. il me teachings Of democracy 70 eentrallze
power in the hands Of any 0pe man ] oa me
contrary, DO they no, prefes iAeafes diffusion q
mower i he only safe guarapt1e ard legl''inais
doctrine or Republican form 1f government.
N the face Of this hOsever, Gov MeNuh oe-
lard tha, where responsibility was conhded
d the hands.of ONE MAN, the correct course
y,as mueh more likely V be taken. uaa trAeFe
Il ,-as DIVIDED AMONG MANY = in 4
word that M,aarokies Icers RgrTER GoyaaNkD
than Republics, because power was eentrfiized
s. he hands Of ose rsaa. This. may be Mis-
Isissippi Radical Progressive Democracy De'
re are quite sure that If sent from the great ~
a. Democracy al WashingioE itself, and 10y.
AIeNutt the bearer, il wonli find no Ararsl
y rest upon in Virginia; be would tase no
l,live-branch in return, but the cry would pe eA-
,.t ,,;,h n natb,,s psenIiarly his own, that the
" as1rs uaa-hvr asSuaseu m Virginia No
MEYER, viii a sentiment like This Be engyafled
| in any Address from the State Central ComIniuee
lof the Democratic Parry at Richmond
The Wings, as usual, were denounced As the
Federal Party, and the Locos rallied TO inc sup
port OF General Democracy. Democracy .oeins
progressive, they were in favor Of the Aene1a
lion Of Territory, and that was about me only
alternative principle advanced, with Prpbaoiy
The exception az the Sub-Treasnry, o. I"hiei
livery litile, if indeed any thing, was said
Aftera brief edlogy upon Cas- and Bniifr- nf't
nunter! HuNrER !, HUNTER,,.a was the
deaiening shout until he took the stand, and open
ed with regular broadside, pouring a !: little
more grape" al each successive fire, until indeed
we had began to think that the rites o. good Old
Virginia hospitality, of treating stranger kind
ly, had been invaded; for the castigaiion was in
deed severe, and rather more, aye good deal
more, than what the Mississippi gentleman had
bargained for, when he desired to be accom-
modated" with a Wing champion IT We guess
he will never ask for any more accommodations
at the Wing Bank in Jefferson, whilst Hunter is
its discounting officer
Mr.. Hunter reviewed each of the positions ia
ken by Gov. McNutt, and was particularly Sc
we're when he came to notice that portion 6f the
speech in which Gen. Taylor was charged with
treating his teamsters and soldiers with severity
In thunder tones he repealed the caldmny as base
and untrue, and called witness to the stand
Democrat, who had been in the MEXICAN War,
who replied in answer 10 a9questioni that Gen.
Taylorwas always considered in the Armyas a
most humane and kind officer, and hc,had never
beforehand il otherwise represented.
The Governor had told the auditory that he
had "seen sight" in his travels that ID Philale-
phia he hadseen placard on which wax inscribed
Z" Democratic Wing Head Quariersl" Yes said
MFR. Hunter, and II should like to know II the
gentleman happened to be in that CRY In lsil-vif
20, he might have seen flung the breeze, in bold
characters, at Democratic Mass Meetings, Polk,
Dallas, and THE TARIFF OF 'l2.'3 IThnn.
iering aPPlause.l
Mr. H. proceeded 10 review The positions Of The
Wing party, and took as his chart TayloF,s Al
ison letter. The several letters written by Gen
Taylor were commented upon, and the one adj
dressed by that veteran in arms to the partner Of
lis bosom, on the night before the battle of
Buena Vista, and which has never been publish
d, was alluded to most feelingly.
The various tenets of the Wing faith were |
oddly proclaimed and no concealments attempt |
a. Each position was ably maintained and re-
eived with shouts and deafening applause The
curse Mr.. Cas- pursued on the Wilnot Pro-
.iso, the Baltimore resolutions, and THE Viz
.inia Platform, on the same subject handled in a
nanner that told among the people whohad new
r compared the one with Athe4other The g 81
0 or fight men" came in for their full share OF
Tory in the " accommodating" speech of Mr..
Iunter.
ne remarks Of MIR H. who spoke for netTly
Fo hours, and did not regale his hearers with
Munehausen Travels, " but confined himself Ii
u the most part to a serious and so5er discus
on Of the principles at issue between the Two
with marked power each Of
Ie positions taken by Gen. Taylor in the Ali-
N letter, and hurting back the sneers that; We
ere party without principles. The veto pow
particularly was theme that brought intoex-
the SoF.inry Of T. L
arif, Currency question, and Distribution,
ere each handled in manner that showed!ve- .
conclnsively, that there was no dodging or
mixing. Gen. Taylor labors under the :old
shioned dclasioa, called Democratic in DAYS
me by-that the representatives Of the people,
hen assembled in Congress, should pass bills to
Get the views and interests of their constituents
ID that the President should sign them, and he I
but the Executive officer 10 SIC that lie ;-obls's I
,cS are exceased La
Rejoinders and sur-reioindcrs followed, by a
chof the gentlemen, and several happy hits 1
ere made by both. Gov. McNutt had referred
Mr.. II. as County Court Lawyer, to which 1
e. H replied that he would rather be doar5
Coat Lawyer. are. rather stand At the bar {
the Jefferson County Court, and plead whilst v
{ and health lasted, than be The repudiaiing a
overnor Of Mississippi, Immense applause | a
Gov. McNut replied in speech OF some d
ngth, DEFENDING the odioas doctrihe ,a6f >
EPUDIATIoN. and concluded BY renarking 4
II the desire of the rrgieids who signed he
ath warrant Of Charles l. was, 10 hare inscrib- p
as his epitaph-- Here lies the rsg:cide who Is
,ned the death warrant Of Charles l. : and like g
N he desired no other inscription than " Here 4