Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-31

of Tennessee, brought on from washington oi e puPose
The audience lar from being the immense crowd thai
was expected and lamentaoly short OF being such
packed mass of men, ns -isnezed Wing gatherings in l0ii
and -a3 Two or three most wreiccd songs performed in
mo most toe(uI manner introduced the ceremonies. The
mee,n was unusually tame and settled There is evidently
screw loose No sort pumping brings up Inc mercnry
no sort Of gayanzing 10 avail Tor restoring NE 10 Tie
olrry General Scott decidedly lo"-pessure nero me
oa l. vii, mol shout Tor him The scc clubs, after The most
painful prac,icne night after night sing ou Inc most PLAIN
re, and melancholy nitIies in his praise
Mr. Cuom opened the discussion. The sytt Of ms speech
was certainly calculated please the boys present. who had
taken part in the procession week ago. lie opened with
bre nudaton Virginia. and few just reflections in praise
Of institutions that allowed widest liberty OF discussion 10
stranger lk. himself in community that were strangers
IL hu lie proceeded then, 10 illustrate The extent oil me
privilege BY nuging the liberty OF speech Inc staple
Of his discourse was hlt Gen. Scott had never tainted and
that Gen Pierce had tainted battle His observations would
nave been excessively amusing If the taste oil the class 10
whom he addressed himself had not been INDUCED TO safely
BY the proaccd performances IN our cIty oil DAN
FoRps ErHlorIAH TRoUP. The African ldom had haa lts
,-cer Of popuar;y aud was 50 decidedly discount,
that the speaker found himself pngns ana aoorinS
prodgiousy He his temper got TO qnarreIing with
the bovs for whsnn out in sort of lstless distracted
mood 10 the inIcrupon of his raocinalion and at enTi
TO the great surprise Of the company-suddenY oroke
down. in what regarded decidedly tanning conal-
tiou The next essay Mr. Cullom makes, we Eus VIII DC
upon safer hobby that will not break lis leg IN tue h"'
fifteen minutes Of the ride; and II Mr. Cullom feels symp
INNS of ntine hereafter advise him TO remain at home
and not Journey hundred or two miles 10 perform The IN
tere sting feat before crowd OF strangers
Senator Jones succeeded his friend After apoo2sing Tor
the sudden interruption Mr. Cs DISCOURSE upon the plea OF
exhaustion and nsposon he proceeded deliver an ad
in md
tn its author He discussed tho prncp Piles and issues which
he conceived 10 be involved in the present campaign IN
manner which, il it could be called candid was certain
~ di.nicd and graceful
As 20 Internal Improvements by The General Government
he declared the whg party be in favor of udclous pom
cy in that regard He artagncd the democratic party io
declaring in the Baltimore resolutions Its opposition TO
general system Internal improvements; while out c"
days ago prominent leaders in the essfs eass
Douglas for example, found voting Tor nils apPop'ia
ting lands and money 10 public works. The Senator, how
ever did confess that these bills became laws ny fec'
ns the undivided Of the Wing party in Congress- aug
nented by the votes of portion OF the Democratic par
w. chiefly Of the Wcs,gn States who are instructed oy
their constituents 10 support them If the Wing members
from the Atlantic ard Southern States would obey the Wish
es of their constituents in the manner IN when Democ'a
members representing Western districts iee uemss'c;
bound 10 obey contrary wishes OF those '
n,s,np Of h,s. immense land bills and these River ana
Harbor bills appropraing millions of dollars to local "o1R
could not brought up in judgment against Inc DeHoca"c
party. As party wc are opposed 70 an in'ena i"p'o
nen policy BY the General Government as party we Fo'
thern vet individual representatives of Western con
sti,ucnces hold themselves bound 10 obey the wishes ana
instructions Of the people Of whom they hold themselves 10
no m AGENTS and servants Senator Jones' and every other
Wing member OF Congress knows that long as the Wing
pary vote In body The Bills in question: the opposition
OF the Democratic pay party avail nothing IN DC
fra,ing them.
Senator Jones also argued In support OF protective Ia
riff declaring every Tariff for raising 10 be ncccsSar
" protective and arguing that power 10 lay Iar at all
carries along with the power to lay protective larll-
Ii the Senator's argument be just the existing Democratic
Tariff which produces revenue OF fifty or two
millions of dolrsso large TO require the most cxrava-
cant system Of Galphnizng tho par, OF the Wing Ad
mjnsration eXpeni it's prc'ecttr than the Black
Tariff Of 1872 which produced but little more than thirty
millions Yet Senator Jones would repeal the Tariff OF iG
and revive that OF i2 as of restoring the protective
policy.
The Senator said nothing Bank question of the
Bankrupt Bill; wisely leaving these Wing principles 10 take
care OF themselves and wisely rejecting that their dcunct
corpscs had better not be stirred.
Senator Jones concluded his speech with examination
Of the relative claims Of Gents Pierce and Scott the sup
W
thai Gen Pierce was high minded honorable gentleman
in the very presence of tho Richmond Wig THAT
another thrust cruel and unkind Mr. Lyons letter..
TO say that ''New Hampshire Yankee, only fit to manu-
lacture pumpkin seed OF lockwood" liz nj il button
woOdD is hgh-mlndei, honorable gcntlcman!-is TOO
bad Surely, the Itg will have get Parson Foss and
his eight Aida linen, authenticate the pumpkin seed
story The did hear Governor Jones 10 the end
of his speech He may have got before closing upon the
ri bv ohu Finn
testimony 10 the satisfaction Of Southern Wing audience
that Gen Pierce was high minded honorable gentle
man Bu, think not from the general tenor OF his open
inc remarks That s a mode oil attack beneath tho dignity
of Senator That is mode OF ccctloneerlns which may
properly be left Rev. Mr. Foss, the abolonat and MS
| Southern sponsors in the Wing press
The Rev Mr. Foss and the Wing OF this State hnre
at a.t made convcrthave actually convinced ono demo-
Graf that the Era wrong in danouncng Gen Pierce as
an un,5drcriHg ally and supporter Of he Stare pdcer
Who this democrat is doesn't yet appear nor from what
part OF Virginia he halls HE height, nor dmension'
nor any thing about HIM The Wing thus blows It's trum-
pc, over Parson Fosss ono convert in Vrginin
yesterday told Of OF the most intelligent
and espcctabc OF the party in the State who declared ina
he could for Pierce because he did not believe he
had acted with candor ond sincerity with respect 10 A'
New Boston speech
Th. is the first conversion Of the arr, in
!
indeed Has Rev Mr. Foss clegraphcd2
THE DEMOCRACY OF LfNCHBuRG
The Democracy OF Lynchhurg held quite spirited rally
on "Wednesday, the 18Th instant, in tho Masonic Halo
H. Lynch, President OF the Democratic Association being
in the chair After the reorganization of the Associaon
and the ap,oin oil certain committees Sanl Garlaud
IT, our county cCctO A. d. Read, K. l.. Kent and Thos
Kirkpatrick Esqs severaly addressed the association. in
Spirited and eli speeches Mr.. kirkpatrick who is
acn'rd young lawyers, has heretofore acted
with the Wing party but being States Rights man. he has
i'll, compelled, consistency IL his and feelings
himself democrat and support Pierce and
King The present He ,sccnded the stand, amidst
loud applause and Tor hour elected the profound
lion of his audience. We do not hesitate say, and
speak the opinion Of present with whom have
cunyerscd lie delivered the logical and
telling speeches OF The campaign He gave the for
the faith winch in him. He States Rights
! said he and had always been such. II gave him ey
trrnc pain separate himself from the Wing par
I ~, bat high sense 81 duty 10 his principles and
convictions, compelled i:n To do He believed
hat The States Rights the friends OF
Union because they Insisted observance OF the
itt:lrk,iun drawn by The constitution between the
+" the e:e and State governments; the Observance