Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-14
MR.. w ATS.

This gentleman, the Wing candidate for Lieut.
Governor, made, as we have stated, most ia.
vorable impression upon our citizens by his
speech at the African Church Tuesday night
The editors of the Wing, more fortunate than we
in hearing it, give the following skach of its out
lines:
In the meantime, it having been notified to the meet
| ing that our future Lit. Governor, Gen. Waits
was IN the city, committee was appointed to wait
upon MN, and request his attendance. In short time
he entered the building, and greeted in the most
flatterng manner. After brief interval he mounted
the stand, and for more than hour enchanted the
audience in speech which his adversaries must
admit, was marked by an excellent TASTE great impress
slveness OF manner. and unusual power OF argument.
We regret that we cannot follow Mr. Watts IN his
mastery analysis OF the policy pursued by the opposite
party and the tricks they resort to in order to maintain
their ascendancy We can only give brief and very
| imperfect outline OF his address. He commenced by
| saving that he had accepted the nomination OF the
Wing Convention, trusting to the Wings OF Richmond,
and the Wing party of the State, that they would be
true to themselves and to the From the indca
| tions he had seen everywhere exhibited he did not
dou BIT that on the 9Th of December next they would
do their duty. He came a stranger before them,
yet he did not feel as stranger for he had represent
ed noble -ttuency for many years in the Legsla
ture, and bore upon his person the scars OF many
| hard fought contest in the politica arena.
What he asked were the issues before in this
tesH Was the Bank spoken OF by any body now?-
see it revived until the people should demand it. Was
| the tara questio OF contention between the two
great parties OF the country? He had the Tariff
OF 1912 depress the trade and PROSTATE the energies OF
the land through long series OF years. until it became
necessary to adopt new one, and before the happy
effects oil that could be universally felt it mad been re-
pealed, and the present Tariff of 1916 substituted He
felt satisfied that its operation would be disastrous to the
interests of the people, but he in favor of giving
lar trial perh APPS he aken, and il would ra
suit in good- so, he would let remain Was the
| b-I n H. :.
mad falslhed all the predictions of its originators as
Mr.. Richie mad said it would We were told that the
Sub Treasury would give better currency and he
was Tree to admit that had given much better cur
rency Tor the government but it had also given much
worse one for the people. And in proof of il, he would
ASK II every man present. in that meeting should come
forward and empty the contents of his pockets upon
the table, what piebad currency would not be exhi
bed So
No, the old issues were not before the people, but
issues OF even greater moment and more Immediate
Importance. What should be said OF the grave and
momentous issue of the Union Yet the Union was
at stake in this contest. II it were not So why so
much talk about DlSunlon, the right of Secession Vel
In abiding to this subject Mr.. Watts declared him
self thoroughly Southern man by BIRTH education
and association, but he was also Union man. and
could in his devotion part forget his love for
the whole. What has caused this growing disaffec-
ton the Unlon whence had arisen the general pre-
valsnce OF DIsunion doctrnes2 He attributed it
mainly to the Mexican war, the territory thus
acquired and the questions which naturally arose out
of it. He declared his belief that with heir present
experience, II 1t was TO go over again, the people
would not vote single dollar or a single drop of
blood to prosecute the war. Mr.. Watts then referred
to the Compromise measures, and contended that so
far from their being injurious to the South il had real
ly been the gamer by them He discussed each one
briefly, and challenged his opponents to show how
and in what way the South had lost anything bv their
passage Referring to the course of those gentlemen
who denounced the Compromise bitterly until the APP
proach of the elections, and then made meritori-
Gus parade of their acQuiescence, he rdculed them
most happliy.* They proiessed to acquesce now;
but so soon as the danger of defeat was over, they
would renew, either openly or secretly, their HOSTILE
v. 1t was far prudent and rational to trust the
Wing party, which had planted itself upon the plat
form OF the Compromise and the maintenance of its
nviolabiIlty. Mr.. Watts challenged Democrats to
show upon what platform their party stood in refer
to this grave question He then rected the his
tory of the celebrated 'Aherton Resolutions, !" and
demonstrated conclusively, that equivocal as they
were, and dangerous TO Southern interests the prin-
cples involved in them had been affirmed by every
Democratic National Convention.
BY way of illustrating still farther the Inconsistent
position of that party, Mr.. Watts referred TO the Lo
cooco State Convention which met here in l849
Mr. Caske offered resolution declaring that Southern
Democrats ought 10 support no man Tor the Presden