Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-20
THE ANTI-BorTs MEETING AT The
AFRICAN CHURCH.

of Mr. Botts, and, Democrat as we arc We
e., .o,.,,a;oed 10 admit that its proceedings
were dign6ed, orderly and Impressive '"
roo,;on of MIR. Raleigh Travers Daniel, the
meeting was organized by calling Mr.. samue'
TAYLOR to the Chair. That gentleman III
brief speech, very much to the point e@P'a''
ed the object of The meeting ne saio INA. '"a'
norton of the party with which ne acted were
DESTROYS of juslifying themselves oe'ore ,ne
Wbies of the district and OF the o'a'e ~,
their opposition to Mr.. Bolts. Mr. D0''s "a0
entertained sentiment by no means unco'''-
mon with the Wings Of the State. ana 0. '"e
country a, large, of opposition to General ray
the candidate of the pMsF Fto Clay s00u'o asH
exertion to effect that object When General
TAYLOR received the nomination from Inc VIZ
eio;a. and afterwards from the Philade'pnia
Convention. and when every rational nope
OF running Mr.. Clay had been exnpgu'sn'''
did his opposition then ceasef On Inc contrary
(said Mr.. Till became more emberea up 10
the day of General Taylot's elecnon. MI
Rous never ceased 10 charge fraud anu cor
ruu,op upon both Conventions; had never ad'
mbted Gen. Taylor's capacity 10 administer inns
Government; on the contrary constantly charged
him with weakness and incapacity; always pre-
diced his defeat; always denied his Whisgery,
and was never willing 10 give him the pass
word" as he was graciousy pleased TO express
himself. until he heard Gen. It's Inaugural. he
had openly expressed himself in favor OF elect
ing Mr.. Clay 10 1852. He looked mol TO iS4s'
but 10 1852; he would 60 TO Congress- not 10 sup
mort the administration but 10 engage in inrigues
and cahals 10 effec. MIR. Cays election. MI
Bolts never bad BEEN was not and (said he) We
have every reason 10 believe, never Will De, 'ne
friend of The present administration. Applause
Mnch had been said abou, independence and
the RICH, of every man 10 think and act ior n'"-
self In this free country we deny such rights 10
no man. MIR. Bolts had most perfect rghI 10
think for himself and aci for himself; to support
whom he chose, 10 oppose whom he chose III
his own words, 10 think, mot as others chose, bat
as he chose" But, then. As must taks mo e0n's-
qSssces. ,
On motion of Mr. Wool Bouldin, the Wings
present from other parts Of the district were IN
vI,ed to take par, in the proceedings OF the meet
ing.
On motion OF Mr. Holden Rhodes, commit
tee OF ,wenly-one, OF which Mr. h. was MADE
Chairman, were appointed 10 report business iol
the meeting. The committee, after Fenrlng a
shor, time, returned with an address and Fesoiu'
,ions, which were read by Mt Rhodes. Inc ao
dress was quite well-writ.en, well prepared doc
ument, setting forth in strong terms, the long lis
of grievances and outrases which the Tayiorhe'
had endured at The hands OF Mr.. Bolts; argued L
show why the Apu.Botts men SHOULD not yiele
10 the Bots men, even conceding, which they
were far from doing, tina, The LATER were ma
tory Of the party TRsrso d yy eil nc 10
even TO III. most overwhelming majority
"There is point beyond which forbearancs
ceases 10 be a virtue" The resolutions. were
partly, very highly complimentary 10 Mr.. Lee
and partly a declaration of independence of "ths
Immortal" The address and resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Mr. Charles Carer Lee being called ou',
thanked the meeting for the very high compli-
mems which he bad received in their resolutions
and which he but poorly deserved. He referred
briefly to the motives which had induced him 10
enter The present canvass, which were, In brief
his dss -tsfaction with Mr.. Bots and The course
he had pursued. Even now he was willing to
withdraw, if Mr.. Bolts would do The same, for
the sake OF harmony. In conclusion, he said he
had been frequently tainted during the canvass
with the "insisnifcant" position which he occu.
pied. He could only say in The words of an old
Dutch preacher whom he once heard, "a man isl
man for all dat il he ish no bigger than my
lAom. David wash very lille man and Coli
an vas very pig man; bu, little David met pig
Goliah and .lew him win very little sling. A
man ISL a man for all dat ne ,si no piegcr than
my taOu" So, said he "feow.ci.izens, do |
hope TO slay This great Goliah whom ! am OPP
posing"
The speech Of Mr. Lee was followed by enc
from Mr.. II. T. Daniel, who was himself fol-
lowed by Mr. William H. mcfarland. Mr..
Macfarland spoke with free and earnes,ness
and we were very highly amused al portions of
Mr.. Daniels speech, which was delivered in his
happiest vein. When Mr.. Bolts, said he, all
of sudden professed himself a friend OF the
Administration, on hearing the Inaugural he
must say that, for himself, and he wished MIR
Bolts were present TO hear him, he doubted
the sincerity of the declaration. The CONVEX
sion wa. too sudden; it was only such an one as
could have occurred oo the journey TO Damas
Gus. If sincere, it was certainly miraculous
MIR. Bolts not satisfied with charging tina, &C.
neral Taylor's nomination wac procured by
urioery and corruption, with viifying the party
TO which no belonged, had, after participating
in the proceedings of the Virginia Conven-
tion, and pledgug himself to the support of
tho nominee Of the party, employed
himself in manufacturing for the Democrats,
weapons 10 be used agains, General Taylor, The
more potent because from a Whig aIsenal;-
had issued Protest upon Protest, with an air, just
after publishing each, very much like that OF the
African King described by Mungo Park, who,
after sa,iating his appetite with spoon-vic,uals
poured down his throat by his negro attendants
would get up in The most solemn manner and
say, "Now all the world may dine!" BE was
not In favor Of turning Mr.. Bots on. OF the par.
~ altogether, as Mr.. Botls wanted TO serve the
members of that meeting; but he wanted TO treat
him as the School-master treated the ruan. boy
who was pretty high up in the spelling class; he
would make him 60 toot and again ,Dork HI, ,oay
sp.
With one portion of Nd. Daniels speech we
were particularly struck. To prove Mr.. Bots
want Of sincerity in his alleged conversion TO
Taylorism, he said that the question OF the viii.
mot Proviso was one OF transcendant import.
ance, aud had agita,ed both North and South
Last Summer, Mr.. Bots, In letter, had said
tha, General TAYLOR, in not making known his
opinions on the Proviso, was practising cheat,
either on The North or the South. Gen. Taylor