Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-03


will lasting His strcaG Stale Rights doctrines
were well rec wed even BY Rrhtoni au.cnce. He
dweit lens III unnn hc national endorsement, that had been
given by lic Democratic National Convention Ia the pcc!
liar drrncs of Virginia the rcsa!unas Of '95 and ~;
those puic,. truths i1r which Virginia had commended SO
long sometimes almost alone He said a New Hampshire
was !nc States Rights S;ac u! hc Nort! and that Frank
lin Pierce was rha ir!ea! john C. Calhoun. He roiced
that the South had testified, By her nomination OF "et'esa
Pierce, her Willingness support Northern man. even
upon the Canada line lha. was rc her prncpits OF
consrrucon; in preference. man born upon cr sol" VINO
was hostile to those principles. He spoke with thrilling
coqUcncc Of the bold and manly letters Of Genera! rccc
Of them accepting The party i'tiom endorsing the
Southern doctrines 'y3 and 80 announced by nen anc
couL.nning all agitation Of slavery; ard the other denying
in terms Of JUST Indignation ,he Boston caluhny, In
words unmeasur"dy !cnuncarory OF the whole Abolition
and FrccSoil agitation at The North Mr. fendo'e stated
that ,rh,T letters denying that sande had een wcn oy
General Pierce por the addressed 10 DE Leon "hc
he hlst had They all equally cohdeh'na'oy
Of the Abolition spirit; uuch that the friends To
whom they addressed had not published ie' lest ley
should excite the Northern 1gitors 10 more bitter and ex
raoriinary cxcons against him. and render the contest
now going on more exclusively sectional ard iAnatcal tan
tits.
Mr. YenabIe declared that nc believed General Perccs
election 10 be as certain as he spcakne and mat
such was the sentiment Washington lie pledged Norm
Carolina Pierce and King hF decided mo'i'y' ne
described The efforts that made 10 carry the cecOh oi
that State for Kerr the anxiety which was iet by each
party that first expression of public sentiment aer
The Baltimore nominations should BE- in its favor I'm
mense boxes of documents marked Truman omi'h were
seen by members every morning. before the election in tue
Capitol ut Washington there TO bc iranHed over 'c
State in aid of the Scott cause He said the result IN
,ha, ,nrc was regarded by politicians decisive ." South
ern feeling towards General Scot-as 1t was IN TACT
Mr. yrnabIc took up the various measures winch mad
been respectively ad ,ocated and opposed by Inc Decac
r Wing parties in the past; clearly proved the propo
sition he laid down. that the Wing puriy was progressive
partv but progressive in the OF The Dec'ac never
acknowledging the truth until il was demonstrates! pfac
calv and beyoud cav They gave up their now Oh
sc,e idea of the necessity Of National Bank nn'il the
veto Of Gen. Jackson followed up BY those OF President
u and r rnrriercc Of twenty years had demonstrated
i.utIy So rhev proclaimed when the aTi OF eiZ was
reuaaled that the country would be Hooded Win eooo
while the revenues would be inadequate 10 'hc support Vi
government: and that renedlcss ruin puec and private
would result They did get rid of this heresy uh e
tariff ii 1876 operating alike during years Oh 'hc ~ 90"
ro.. and Of universe! abundance, proved 'he iaas u ~
doctrines and produced fiiythrcc millions oi revenue
oYnn, some thirty thrtyi'e millions yielded oy "c'
own tariff Of 1872. So tei' predictions oi ira"a a'u "o
u,uon from the adoption OF the Su5-lrcasuiy syste'
under which officers government, rather nan oank'
wou be the Keepers Of the public funds had worked she
J. charm even during Garhn adminIStIach-'he 'cEe'es'
test 10 which the system could DC subjected
tI ,d that bv PROGRESSION meant the discovery ana
tyonmn n, Of truth Political progression consisted IN
discardnu and abandoning and measures iouhdeu III
, "''"' '"''' '''a' % :" '"'i :" "' -
: ing their political errors, when there was no longer me
chance denying heu in following in The waKr ana ac-
ouicscins in the measures Of The Democratic party wren
, truth and experience lett them no hope OF escape
Mr. vennbc twc!t with upon the fact that Franklin
p,ce had for time in private lie, removed on
The corruptinr ipucnccs OF Washington He regarded the
TACT That h. fresh l;u the people, one OF the best re-
commend candidate at the present IunctuTc OF pne
E lie affairs Having TO associations implications with ht
cljoucs and clans ,uabrs the Capitol he would be
nj able pu; his heel upon them and protcc ine Pubc hc
css He that would dare to veto the monster ap
popariOn bills and faudCnt schemes that were oFhed
" through Congress Hc woud yield TO the doctrines o
n the Wing party upon the internal Improvement and ahd
!" liz. many Democrats hn', sustained ny e
prrai majority of his party by his convictions oi duty
and by the demands the public interests he would veto
the monster bills found their w hrnngn Congress
He ca,c from that Interested ard actor IN non
of these frauds and the very TOR HE pressing cAl
pcncics Of the crisis No Wing rresdtn; would SCI sc'
aoanst tese MEASURES: the principles o that part!
committed him their Tive evil could De crushed os
j. none but democratic presidents vino was tree from 'ne IN
fucrccs OF Washington and who taken from loca
Z ~ in the Union deeply interested IN hes
appropriarions as warp his Judgment Ill Their avor.
The speaker also denounced in proper terms Inc receh
nardon by Mr. Fillmore Of the Two slave steaers VINO "e
sentenced 10 confinement for lic for stealing seventy SLAVE
iron, the district He said that Mr. Fillmore had rendeFe
himself dese7vedy popular the South by the honest man
nsr in which ho executed the fugitive slave law ii
himself had ir THANKFUL for h1 courses ard had appreciated
his conct the more fully because he knew that whist cX
,cu,up the law the President regarded slavery with une
Isl sprrd abhorrence. But vas the wing nominate"
ct At Baltimore made than he changed mis- coarse Al e W
stance and solicitation Of Charles Sumner and other ano
tonss in Congress- ho pardOned an act oil the most "ho
sale and ogmn felony and ounge upon the SCUM 'ha' I'D
ever been committed in The country; not oniv en'uhs w
a ocrav Of confinement but also the pecnn!ay hnc at'uct
n rg 10 the felony half of which duo under The law
iei the ncrs of the stG len slaves.
M Al the concusi0u of the address, tho Association voea
~ cordial vote Of thanks 10 speaker, which he briefly Il"
LED courtcousy acknowledged
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