Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-03
TO the Editors Of tic Enquirer
A SPLENDID ORATOR-A ROUGH AND REhof
IN THE BLUES.


CHARLOTTE Co.. Sept, 1913.
Did you ever hear OF The famous town oil
Roughyie2 II you did not, it argues you lille
for il can be satisfactorily proved ihat IL
stands exactly in The centre Of The ~oill-i De-
ing precisely The same distance 10 It's anipode oy
n due line East as by due line West. hdi 70
10 this that II can be clearly shown 10 stand r'Shl
upon certain line of longitude, measuring upon
which line 10 The North and South poles ana ao-
ding the sums 81 The Two distances iosetnef lncy
will make niney degrees 10 a Ifacllol--es'ao.ish-
ing beyond caYl that II is located upon ohe u
thuse highways OF longitude leading from pole 10
pole, and thus demonstrating our propostion iald
down above, that R0ushvi!le stands in The mid
die Of the worll! q. L. D. All men, therefore,
or a,least, all politicians, are presumed 10 be &C
quainied with It's locality.
Well, sirs, this great place there exists, Per
hap>, the greatest Rough and Ready Club" to
be found any were out Of Oregon, California,
Kamskaiska or Buncumbe, either above or De-
low iiliy-iour iGty As might reasonably be
expected, this eral central Clno, al tnis great
central point, II, reradyenure, al tnis present
writing, or like become in iuiurr, lpe niosl me-
table and uniqu phenomenon IN tofria, temperate
Or rIgit z1ne. You talk OF enthusiasm. Stand
aside ANA anc Vesuvlus Make way i0r The
sons OF ltoushvlle II you wan 10 see Inc senu'
inc article, just rop in on first saturday When
witnessed II nrsel could mol hel ex'lamlns,
in The languageoi Robin Cobbs, The more
man swells, The earer he is bursting !
But this sreaiClub is no,orlcasy great IN pc
silion and great zeal: il is great in self elort.
cation AMI grca in its .anclci powers FOL sulr-
ing down Locoicos. The first public attempt
al display of powers in !ni> lasl named par
icuar took pae at Roushve on The - Sa-
luraay in Angus But from causes which II :
no, my purpose bre 10 detail, The effort sisnaiy
tailed. The dega;inary agents oil saii Club, 10
The great chagtin nd Disappointment 81 The Club,
in Inc attempt, bee nlr awful, cboKcl, and at The
close OF the exhibition yer. leit ~ I stale oil
alarming suffocatin. After months respite
10 recruit aud pTadre, with a.. NE I'hei's ~
former experience, another ruaHc tiIoi' was Y
solved upon, 10 regain, il possible, i"s' reputation
The show was 10 cone N Al lie same place, on
The - Saturday Sercmbu oiheF ana
more experienced Rough and Ready deein''nisls
from distance Wef. invited 10 come lotWaid !"
10 The work; and 10 1ahr iue suGess ol tlt y
pertinent more slorims and signal one o. our biS
gest Democrats va invited 10 " present anu
save himself from t.ing swallowed il NJ eoah
Considerable waslhc "a herring l'scihtr Of The
curious IN snch ma,eIs, on lhr tal appointed d
aforesaid Ill The SAT- centre OF the world.
But badinage aIau Ii was Hol>ei abroad
tina, by The special invitation u he R"neh and
Ready Club, there .as 70 be- 4 lrial a! arms De-
tween Two renownedcha Of The lwo parties
al The time and pla.e as ahive. J. ~. ltVihS
Esq, was The cham,ion selected 10 appear IN be
hall oi cod Iac AM the Consuiion, Che mot
10 Of the Club, as exhibited On their great flas.)
L. S. Bucuck Esq, was also invited by The Cup
IL he present and dtteGd Inc Democratic side OF
Inc question. Nj. irving failed 10 aIIenG-Mr.
Borcck did hot tail.
AT about IL o'cloci the Pre-, iienl ui lie Cluo
took the chair and called 10 order. A'er rams
acting some Club br,ncss, one Of The Club arose
ana addressed the Audience on things in General
Tor halt an hour or noIe. The only point 81 hi'
speech here Necessary To notice, is that IN whIci
he introduced manuscript lcller from General
Taylor. Whether his letter was addressed 10 mi
club 10 lis prssien 10 lis secretary, IL The speak,
or, or 10 some olhr individual, We are not nj
formed. II was iErotuced, with sreal nou
ISL as no newspaper affair, no counterfeit, i
as genuine arte under The GrneTaPs o'
| sign manual. The General had been inteTo.
led on his Signal lr!er. The speaker then OBJ
| Ell this all-imrotiat document, and hesanlo
read thus: "BuenaVista, August 4'h"-u III
moi positive as 10 tiadalr.) Here The Sccrdy
interposed- Ruse," says be. 10 !"
| says the speaker blshing and bowling; Bon |
Rosc, August" Il. Fie, lie upon you, gde-
men, 10 place the oil hero al such an ugly MED |
place as "Bauon 2ose." have seen sot Of
his lrters daled a place called out there TN
Ruche, bu, spell, mis- AXE not, Baton Rge |
bul as for "Battcl Roge" il is no, put doton |
my map II is, hwever, a matter OF llslnn'
porlance whether his letter was dated a! "tna |
| Vista" or "Balluu Roee," or had any date oil |
lis paternity was ell evident. It's substancsas |
about this: "The ideas contained in my Saal
leller were not designed by me as def !
expressed no idea II was mere letter Of We
This appeared 10 ne 10 be The amount OF ihJi
course, only sic The substance, not Inc ics |
Of the letter
| Az the close 4 The members remark4lr
Bocock arose md addressed The audienhor
nearly two hours Hisspeesh was chaTacHcd
| by that ufbani.yoi manner and suavt-r I'd
dress Tor which e is remarkable. t. speech
was one Of great Iower and eloquenccHe was
peculiarly ieliciiols, both in his matlentl man
ner. Indeed, few IAN surpass him as ieakef.
lie deserves 10 rank as one OF the hrstaurs in
the Stale While he was speaking, ippeared
10 me that was yi,wi5s the dciormilei Wing
| gerry through ma aily,ng lens Of huTt.ioid
his thrilling addres. lie moved do; Wing
arguments as with akecn scylhe, and ineithe!
4 blade oi grass nor weed standing in he held.
wish 10 alnde 10 aiew points oil his ,umenI,
but where all was 81 excellent, ii is hcult 10
choose. He discussed old issues, nov b>olete"
With the Wings, an. in This conneco, hand.
somely eulogised hepresenl admission and
The measures Of The Democratic pa, which |
worked 50 successful, that no man onshont |
the wide expanse ut Jur wide counifiared 10
raise his Voice agains them. He discoFd upon
The war; showing GeIeral Taylor 10 h. been a |
var man. lie loucal npnn Oregon, liictnia
and the Wi!mol Pfovso, and, in this dieclon
he alluded 10 that vatnlingy paradeitr. tie
said ne rejoiccd tina, Gen. Cas-, the lbocraic
candidate, had wTilenlolhIns that was known |
10 The whole America people. lie reted tha
| his candidate did not 0Ondesccnd 10 :ertis mis-
sizes abont over The ounlly marked iivalr,'
expressing sentiments adapted IL parilar lo
calit,es. Gentlemen, says he, these pale ma
n>cfipt letters may hf alike, bnt they M he dit
ictcn,i chs knocked out tn black Ghc al.
gunent thai followed was most cece. Ia
king he letter 10 be the lhahe (GenerIaylor)
had expressed no opinion on The WiluProvi
SO, he showed, from Ashmun, Stewart other.
iha he was supported in the North a N ilmo
Pfovi.oisi, while al he south his lriendaclatrr
MIN 10 be against .he ProvisO. Sir, i'd Mt
E H. mu>l b. false somewhere. Il RIO The
South, he is false &c hi, Northern snpptrs-i'
true 10 his Nonhc;n friends, he is lalto lhr
South. There mus, be trrachely sou"~re.-
Conld honorable men cOnnivc al This dcqion?
| (Th:s hit between wind and walcr.) linus
| herr disrrss moment umil'ra in ih,-opcl
place 10 "iilusralc" a feature .! the l,ouvilr
C!nb. II any one still remains in douh 10 HI
punetum saiicas OF The Roushyillians, plras'iG
quifc The way" al The cred Honst." l.ica-
lure alluded 10 is its wonderful fenili'yl the
production OF placards. Eater he piszzh III,
hoiel--lhcre you are met with hlazng piard>,
in blazing Romans, on every hand Mes. III
iiors, jn.t transport yourself 10 Roushte, il
| you desire 10 see his elegant All in AL iorIsi-
nal beauty and grace. Al the stupid :slian
ces Of leaden types AMI greasy printers / are
| discarded. The quill Of The goose, ,hcirgin
tooscap, The acelo. saIla;e III iron, (vnIsas call.
Ell nk,) are The more noble resources otr, re-
Sor'c,! 10 BY the immortal secretary. II lcuri
Gus 10 observe abcu, the precincts atore>t, The
active rvalshp going on between nit he's,
an, The cn!eIprIsns Secretary OF inc Club,C We