Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-20
A TRIUMPH. INDEED.

| SAINT the walk inviting and the pr 'speel " -"
., ,ba discussion nm the Fairfield Race Course
promising. we Therefore starred ou' " '"e
wherein as we had announced, Messfs. Mac
f.rIana and R. T. Daniel, those veteran anu -
ns,isrcsd ",elegrsphic politicians" (not PIN
fealhered politicians" as Mr.. Crump 'hos' ''Pf'
" quoted ]. M Bons upon Mir. Dahiei) WEI. -, =
| renresent the Fillmorenes, and Messrs' W. W.
Cru,np and ]. B. Young, the youthful champions
10 stand up for our principles and our s'o'iou'
cause. The Wings exulted IN adranse las ''e,
always do, in The easy victory which they "e's
10 achieve-but, the battle over Tue h''''u a.
wounded" were all found 10 be among ."e SUI"
"a .bottail coons." The laugh and ehue"'e
were then on he side OF The Democracy
Wh.n We arrived al the scene, tine so'e do-
,horu Darrell was making an hafansue "h'ca ne
ba1 M, long commenced II was the same o'u
story abou, Cass being the nero u 'ie
swort and Hulps surrender" IL Is mus '""'
| Wbis orators sneer al and Vitupeiat- Tue oeie"u-
ers ct The counliy's honor and r'sh's-an'' w
mus, confess our surprise ina; even VT. Mac
,.rand .noul, 50 far orsel himself as 10 make lh
s;o,atons AGAINST me courage OF one, VINO, IN 'he
war with Great Britain, won by ac's oiVaio' ''7
bonored e 81 she old volunteer. uen' o"ss
| and The Virginia platform were talked aoou' a"-
| Mr.. Yancev's panphlc! read ciHusrly-ou' an
.;s ,,s nm, a mere repetition If he gareled pas
| .aos. in ,he las, noush0 address oil he Wing
Central Committee. Mr. ID charged me suPFoii-
e,s .. Cas- wih being IeacherouS 10 lie Souih
when he (Mr. D. has written himself down
WiImo, Pfovso man, and when, IN his anti
Southern opposition % The lmpromise Bill, ne
| has taken ground which will forever exclude the
| Sou,h from the new territory l. is not 10 such
! c,,nse,lots that he South looks Tor advice and
sympathy
W. W. Crump, Esq, followed, and he was
! in fine tone He made some mos dexterous anu
effective home-thrusts at Mr.. Danie VINO, LOT
this or some other reason left the platform, and
took very conspicuous position on the gallery
lust above the speaker. While there, surround
ed By his clique, he chartered and laughed SO
loudly as to disturb the speaker; and, lhereupon'
| MIR Crump fired shot, which hit 1.-THE sole au'
thor" between wind aud water, and instantly 81.
fenced his battery. This capital hit was receV-
cd with shouts by the assembled people Mt.
Crump made fine speech, and proved by docu.
mentary evidence, that General Taylor was sup
ported by every Northern Wing aud defended
in speeches and addresses by every leading
Northern Wing, as pledged not to veto the
Wilmot Provso He cited the language, on tins
subject, of Daniel Webster, whom our second
Daniel" had introduced to the assembled citizens
of Virginia. Mr. c. concluded his most success
full speech BY calling explicitly on MIR. Maciar-
land, who was to follow him, TO state to the PEG
pie wha, were General Taylors opinions on the
political questions between the two parties, and
IN the Uiim.t ProrSo-and what was the posi-
lion of tina, .'souud,' delectabe individual, Nil.
lard Fillmore.
Here the large company ESTIMATED at some
5000 par,ook Of collation., the abundance and
quality Of which do great credit to The commit.
tee.
The crowd re.asscmbled AT 3, P. NJ, TO hear
AIR. Maclarland. lie commenced with the re-
marx, that i, was no longer necessary 10 discus
poli,ics-ine Presidential election was already
decided for he had just heard OF a leiesraphic
despatch which announced The election OF john
s,on ID Pennsylvania by 500! An argument as
conclusive as stable! For soon after reaching
home are received despatch from Phiadei-
mia. declaring the election of Longsreth-and
the last despatch received, at the time we now
write. gives a majority of one 10 Lonsstreth, and
4 ha ri nff,p iall \
Young, in his reply, turned this argument most
beautifully UPON Mr.. mcfarland, who himself
when he, together with .Ianney and Bolts n the
Wing State Convention, was sustaining Mr..
Clay against General Tay or, had been "struck
with lightning by telegraphic despatch.
The crowd rcared-Nr NJ. then went on to
deuounce Gen Cass as the platform candidate,
bound hand and foot BY pledges, and in The next
breath. cut the !brna, Of his own argument by al
tempting 10 p!ovc that the Baltimore platform
was a bundle q vague generaiiies, meaniLs
| nl,hip. Al ali IL laudeG Gen. Taylor 10 tie
skies, bat, though specially called on cy NJ!
| Crump failed to enIighlen The people as 10 Gen.
| T's opinions on single subjec. On the Will
| 49,
q. refer t. or quote anything from Gen. Taylor
his onlv argume nj being that Gen. Taylor was a
| Southern man and Shareholder, and therefore
| was sound and reliable. This flmsy argument,
", have touched in another poiat. OF FILLMORE,
hugh specia ly cha ienaed. he sait NOT ONE WORD
We ask ne people g observe mis- fact Ii twas uni
versal!y commented upon by he large assemblaee
on Wednesday Nj Ms nc-pary unmeaning
speech disappointed almost every body. Always
an accomplished AMI courteous gentleman, and
sometimes graceful, hient and effective speaker,
on this occasion he ara gcd terribly. Nor were
| we surpr ssd-fcr, l. was evident that his heart
was net in The cause lie had been most ar
dent friend OF Henry Clay, whose great civil
qualities, ard distinctly and broadly marked pin
c,p,es had given force and enthusiasm 10 the
Wh,ss-and now TO b. supporting ia mere SOL
der" s'miiary cnieiain," without The least
civil qualification or experience, was dragging
business indeed. Mr.. NJ clearly won no aureis
on this field, and he Wings looked chap-fal!en.
Mr. Young followed, and wound up The dis.
casson il speech Of srca, power, spri, and ef.
iect. We never heard him So animated; and as,
with his bold and playful strokes of humor, he
happily contfasted the present no-pary avaiia-
bill position OF Mr.. mactaTland with his par
" platform aIii.uie, when he ardenlly advoca-
lei, in The February Wing Convention, lie
nomLation OF MIR. Clay as The true Hhig PITT
form party candidate, The ruth oil The picture
was responded TO by The applause OF The company.
Mr. NJ. che'-et Mo tobacco with unusual rapici.
r-and soon afier, with Mr.. Daniel, left the pint
firm, on which they had been decamins, and
sought the protection Of mother Earth. We can
not follow Mr.. Young through his excellent
speech-suftice i 10 say, he fully exposed The
ticks ami otfeaces OF The Wings, and nobly win.