Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-20
MASSACHUSETTS.

TheBoston Posi- contains The proceeding, OF
great MITIGATION meeting of the friends Of Cass
and Bl;ler al Fanueil Hall on The l4lh instant
John :. Heard, Esq, in the Chair-Isaac Adams
and me others Vice Presidents. No effort wa.
made draw GU! large crowd. "But," says
the Pot:
"Suth is the great popularity OF the Demo.
cratic fandaTd bearers, that This ordinary call
| was sufficient 10 draw together one OF The largest
assemblies ever convened in The hall. There
were resent hundreds oil slaunch and true men
we'll advanced in lie, who have not been in the
habi, f allering such meetings for many years
past"
Tho meeting was addressed by B. F. HallelI,
Eso Col. Charles Greene, Hon. w. S. P. Moor,
| II S. Senator from Maine, and J. Harris Smith,
Esq.
sAaer brief and beautiful review OF the early
life o. Gen. Cass Mr.. HaleIL proceeded 10 ex-
| plain The principles recognized and acted upon
al he Baltimore Convention, and promulgated
a. the Democratic platform, and showed up the
s,upentous absurdilv Of The nomination Of Cen
Tayior by The Wings, as The exponent OF their
views, alter his declaration that he knew nothing
of nolilics and had not cast a vote for forty
wears They expected 10 Caleb candidate and
educate him for The Presidency in FIVE months.
In seeking Tor an available candidate they had
abandoned every principle they had ever assert
ed and when they approached Gen. Taylor they
could say 10 him, 1--WE have no political princi.
pies. and il you have none You will just exactly
salt u.s." To this Gen. Taylor could honestly
answer. "Well, have no principles either, and
am with you or any body else that wants me,
without principles" Upon thi, ground and this
oaly, hal The Wing nominations been Effected
A more insoen, and pIesumptuous attempt upon
the creduly Of The people OF this nation had never
been attempted"
1.-THE Wings have no principles for The public
eve during the elsciioneering canvass-bu, the
claws OF the cal are covered up in The meal tub
and lei the Wings succeed in their efforts al
humbuggery, their noparty tricks, &C., and We
shall again soon see, as we did after the election
Of ls4S whether or not they have no principles
Banks, Bankrupt laws high protective Tariffs,
&C., &C., and all sorts Of principles followed the
election Of this same no.par'y party in 1870
We venture 10 predict thai they would have prin.
ciples enough, and few 100 many, if they could
again steal ia!o power under their deceptive mo.
pary"-no principle flag
MIR. Greene, 10 the course of hi, remarks,
read extracts from Wing papers published in
different sections Of the country, grossly Willy
ing General Taylor, and written to show his
unftness for the Office Of President. The
range Of selection was misunderstanding from
the violent Corwn papers in Ohio, to the most
courteous, considerable, and respectable Wing
papers in Boston. He referred TO the Demo
cratic platform, and maintained that it was the
same adopted at Baltimore in 1874; while on
the other hand the Wing Convention had not
dared TO put forth any resolutions, or any other
declaration of principles. Nor could they with
General Taylor for candidate. They were
Abolitionists, anti-unionists, antichurch, anti.
every thing, whenever it stood in the way Of
support from any class of persons. Not SO with
the Democratic party. They had candidates
with we'll defined principles; they had glorious
cause, and felt confident Of glorious victory
The meeting, after the adoption of resolu
tons, gave pine deafening cheers for Cas- and
Butler, and adjourned.