Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-03

| ~ i'''s VI the constitution and MOul, Gins.
, ,ba -, s"cfed tl2ns like 'he marine; cpss 10
: around him" - : ''fo'. ''osS
zen. bayly also questioned Mr. Preston &C IN
'"e correctness oi the report that was n, ING the
: iouLu III Tue North, that he Hon Caleb Smith
asclafed ~ speech IN Cincinnati ina, he heard
Hon VIM. B. Preston Of Virginia say lbat il
Gen. Taylor should not disturb The Wilmui Pro.
viso ty veons il, The Wig; d the South would
acquiesce and sustain him"
Mr. Preston rose and declared that he never
haa SAID any such thing-llat lie did not know
ueheral Taylor, and, Therefore, he did not
"ao~ What IRE his opinions upon that or any
oi.1r suJtct. He affected some scruples how
ever and asked what right had General Bayy
10 inlcrrogate him, 4 STAKEHOLDER, upon such a
SUBJECT Mr. Preston appeared fearful Of say
inS That Smith had told lasehood, but was
iorced 10 come out and say that il was lie, got
up by designing individuals, mo doubt for party
purposes) General Bayy then rctortcd Sc
Verely upon him, Southern man. for letting
lhcsc ncendlaries At the North use his name for
s"ch miserable party purposes. and declared, had
SUCH report been III circulation about himself
hc would hay" givon Il the liz al once. I'll.
Generals hour being out, MIR. Preston rose
atd compllmened his opponent in high cuo
Sy' ohiy 10 assali HIM most indeeen,ly after
wards. tie went on making heavy complaint,
against Mr. Baly coming into his district, and
declared that the whole Democratic party was
arrayeh against his distrct-thal it had been
INVADED IRON every quarter; and he made se,e-
raj UNJUST anu nngcnerous insinuation> against
INC motive OF our worthy and high minded Bay
E-ihsin'iatlons which he would not have desn-
ca 10 take notice Of, but for the fact, that he
was stranger IN THIS quarter Of the Old Domi
.l.l-- n
prove the dcioriDity of hi. own hideous m.a
sure, and TO prove the purity of our own He
declared that the Tariff revenue OF the Demo
cratic Administration was 1900, 900 and a,
mItted that the whole rcvcnue Of the Wings
was ST ,OOD, 600 clearly showing that ours
was the best in dollars and cents by $1,000 ,nGn
besides the universal good resulting IL The rso
pie al large, and the larger amount Of money
current with the people.
He did not torch the Revenue system al all,
but spoke o. the War, and said, ii told you, fel-
! ow-citlzens, before You annexed Texas, that ii
you did SO, war was inevitable : that if you an.
neAed the one, you annexed the other--the one
was identical with the other, and there was no
escape from III and in the next moment he de
clared that the march from the Nneces TO The
Rio Grande was the cause of war an anomaly
totally mex plicable He lalldcd General ray
thus he went on with the hurra boys, Though
nc got but little from his fellow v higs,) skulk-
ing every question that General Bayly present
ed, but the Tariff; aud Mr.. Preston's remarks
proved The efficiency OF our system. With
host Of Inconsistencies, too numerous TO men
lion here, (perhaps you will get them from The
Valley WhIg,) Mr.. Preston closed. sump-
tuous repast having being prepared for the meet
ing by the good people of tile community, we all
adjourned to partake Of it We soon disposed
of the good things, and all being seated again,
General Bayly rose for an hour 10 reply 10 MIR.
Preston's speech Of the morning. lie common
ced 10y appealing to the crowd il he had said any
thing TO elicit the uD Just declarations and insinu-
atonS of MIR. Preston and he proved 10 every
unprejudicel mind the unjustncss of the charge
against linn by MIR. Preston that he did not
vote against Tie Wllmot Proviso Of 45. He
showed the faacy Of The positions taken by
Mr.. Prcston-eAhibitmg IN the true colors tbs
faisIty of Preston 5 assertions. General Bayly's
rcjonder rannot touch, am already trespass-
ing upon your columns. Al 5 o'clock MIR.
Preston rose 10 reply, but II was mo 60. =
ayy Preston sSall say r't b., fItf ;s aa fH5,hle
lie badly said II was principally look At il
"look here" His fellows Wings, no doubt.
looked, and saw the political yisage of Preston
bleeding from the political blows Of Democra.
lie BayIy.
Young Roanoke is safe for one hundred, or
one hundred and twenty five majority
CAVE SPRING.
Saturdays Wing which adopts The FIedeTcks-
burg News very dec1n rpithet Of 'uld General
Bu,ler," as applied 10 General Bayy, says that
General Bayy was "sortly discounted" IN both
Roanoke and Bcdiord-snd that che did not ven
ture further into The mounrains--but relraced
his steps 10 the plains" The Wing is 'sorely"
mislaken.-as w,il appear from a peru'al Of the
above letter, and the following Interesting AMI
we'll authenticated statements and anecdotes.
which we cxrac; from The LynchbuIs RrpnbIi-
can:
TIE HON. WIN. e. PRESTON AND ca
LEB b. SMITH.
Gen. Bayly and Mr.. Preston met in discussion
NJ The Cave Spring, near Salem on Saturday
last n friend informs Us that The Democrats
were dcligh,ri with lhr result Gen. BaYlY prov
Ell 10 be entirely too much Tor Mr.. Preston, ana
i The fact was conceded by many intelligent Wings
with whom our informant conVersed. Gen bay
" brought Mr.. Preston on, upon the question or
slavery, and his repu,ct conversation with his
brother Wing from Indiana The Hon. Caleb b.
that Mr. Smith had said what the pubic press
has repre- scented him as saying upon the subject.
He had never held any cfEv, rsaiun whatever
with Mr. Smith upon he subject, ami could not
! have expressed the views attributed 10 HIM, be
, cause h. did not entertain them.
Gen Bavly asked why he hal not conradic,ed
, the statement betorc-il had been published
about month, and his attention called To i, by
the Richmond Enquirer?
Mr.. Preston said he mad seen the statement but
a lew days before, and this was The first opp"Tn
nily he had had OF con;raiiciing IL.
Gen Bayly replied, that ii was not his otjeclo
, criicisc The course Of ohcf gentlemen; but, had
such a siaicmcn. been :aade in regard 10 himself.
he would have corrected il The moment II cdmcio
his eyes, under his own si2nalnfe-so Thar there
roul, BE- no msundtr si aldinS upon he snlIrcl.
In ,hc sorces OF the mountains was Fol The plo-
per placc To make tie correction, where, /! Il
should be published I" The world at all must ne.
cpssariIy be second handed, and might be denied
hr Mr. Smith. as Mr. Preston had ienici thar
Mr.. Slni,h had made The statement attributed Ia
him.
To this Mr.. P. made no reply, and hero the
/: matter dropped.
nc GOOD IIIT-"AFTER HIGHER GAME"
We understand The lynchbufs RepublI-
, can-that Mr. Preston, in his speech on Saturday,
radey charged The Democracy with inrnding his
dis,rict-what terrible ofenccl-by bringing
distinguished speaker. there from distance,
Nth Tie view Of defeating his election next
Spring, and appealed 10 his constituents Il they
: would permit their ora chosen rtpre':nta'ce 10
/ b. thus put down.
General Baylv replied substantially he was
!, no, aware the district belonged 70 Nj Preston,
and ma, they would have 10 ask his PERMISSION
. bolorr sreaking IN it. The gentleman was very
! much mistaken il he thought they were pursuing
him hin il so happened ihol before his election
n,m. an in the Spring, an Intervening election
: was 10 lake place, which they thought what.
ever nigh, be Mr.: Pre:tons oP.n' .r, s .,
"a. :, influence the Presidential election, and
MI IN. subsequent Congressional, wc'ch will not