Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-20

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tgrecnble to public notice, here'
tof %ssi annSs"ses1 saf IN Si Man c' Tho.. IT, our B 5sgiy
sentative in Gh9cyat HcMhsville, Oh the 9Th inst,
made his aPp5SnstitMcnisc q this county There was
to address Da large conccursc OF persons from eve
IN attelN'In the county, atsn quito n nhniD'r iio'I
: ~ preciSut counties oI Richmond, WcStlhoreland
the aGastcr. Gen. Bayly commenced by snyEhS'
and kiur 10 an excessive inflammation OF the lungs
the (which be had been suffering for some time pas''
,wSas incapable OF commencing the canvass SUMMIT
h that il was his full intention III setting ON Ia ms
, lanyass 10 whit and address the citizens oil North
,,nbrrlond il no other, in his district; for he said that
ne felt grateful and under lasting. obligations 10 MS
fellow-citizcre, of th;a county for the able md stead
last supper, they hsd always gwen hi'n, ana thn nr
hoped there was no net when ne hhu un!c !"
can,e them now 10 sllspcc; or distrust him. Ills po-
.;,i,n ~ his us far rs W, were able To learn from ms
speech: lie regarded the subject OF our iofeiSh re!A,
tions tn "a: the most important maj snouiu commune"
the attention Of this country Mt TINS tlinc' ann upon
this subject no snid he was a conservative; Tor, said
he, neace with all nations should be the policy OF THIS
government; for, as well as he was convinced OF the
,act, that q republic was the best government IN time
Of usace, h. was still more fully convinced it was the
worst in time Of war. liz snid he did not belong 10 any
secret society. and a. IL public man he had no right 10
secrcts, md 10 prove Tint this WIS no new opinion ct
his, he uuuiG,. from l. speech he made III tile House Of
Delegates Of Virginia eighteen years ago, on this SUBJ
iec;-was opposed 10 prescribing any one on account
of their religious opinion; was III i"vor ol " whole,
sUl.. eltlfn III lt ''N
10 ths supsrtmeut q: iOreign-born citizens MS repre-
senta:ives d othcr nations; was opposed to e"niSr"'
ton Of paUoS. end %r:mtnniS or conr!c'S 10 thisc"uh-
try, but no MIXERS. klc said he should not vote for
Mr.. Wise ioN Goyril or and declined nE to give n the M psa'
rs every one knew i was OF personal grounds In n
word, he waP, NJ he always had been, Il hrln, sirlct
cons,ructioni.t, StatrS-riSht Democrat.
Gen. Buyly having concluded hi6 speech, Col. II.
T. C;arnett, the Democratic olcctor for the counties
,r p;,l,,,rl orI W,srnnrnluui who lunDclrl 10
be present, was voclicrOu>iy called Tor, ana re-
spolded to the call. Col. Garnctt commenced by
giving his politica! experience, saying mat inc
last time il was his privilege to address me
people of this county, he advocated different prlnci-
nles from what he now commended for, being then u
Wbir, He was assincero in his belief that the prosperity
Gf our institutions depended upon the ADMINISTRATION
Of the government upon those principles az advocated
by that party; but, thnnk God, SAID ne, ne mao lvra
long enough to zee his error that the scales had iall-
On from his eyes. aud that he now saw and sincerely
believed, a. an honest man, that the principles, as
heretofore an! ~ noT sdvocIted ny the Dcnnocrauc
party, were tbs proper mud Essential principles upon
which this government should be hH''ll.ls''ieu- ''ie
palladium upon which should rest OF: future hopes
for political and religious liberty. He exli"r'cd the
peo;ilr 10 adhere, with steadiast devotion, to these
iiInc.honnredp principles, and not rel!'aquit;i iue'h Tor
this new tangled, ant!.Catholic,. an''-rrpuDlc"i' Pc
li,irnl. irsuitica. party called Mornings. IL"
completely unuS.sked end exposed TO the public gaze
mi, pnlitical intrigue in all itG hideOus md secret de-
forlnitv; that il was but a trap to catch nnsuspectlng
men ri NIL pnrti,s; and that. SD far rs 1t had manifest
ed itself ut the North. il had clearly, proven !ts"ll 10
be q crusade upon the institutions OF the Soli''
Col, Garnett entertained his audience for an hour
and a hall in his usual eloquent, able and entertaining
manner. lo is Il man of decided ability and OF ex-
tensiye and comprehensive views, ana, as n gentle
man, chivalrous in his bearing, and polished ana WIN
ming in his manners, ..:,
Cnl. Garnet having concluded his speech, GInld
long and enthusiastic applause, Mr.. George W.. FUR
kins, OF Halifax, who happened 10 be present WIS
called for 10 reply. He roar and responded To Tue call
From what we lad heard from some Of his brethren
here of the dayl; lantern Order, he WINS to ront us,
foot, horse and d tgcon but, not To our surprise ms
m;..i,.s fell hnr. llcss ut the feet of the unterriicd De-
mnCraCv.
We cannot give Il synopsis Of Mr.. Purkins' speech;
but il j. sufficient Ia say that the following arc his
reasons for inving affiliated with oil parties: lie +aid
he was formerly Wing, and remained with that party
until it became thoroughly dcHntWnnh:cd and atoir
i.oajsrG, Ia good .rnson enough, in all conscience,
for leaving it, HI then, i'll 1852, joined the Demo-
cratic party, and did NIL in his power TO oppose Gen.
Sco,t's election 10 the Presidency; but that, since
then, President Pierce had appointed Mr.. Snulc as
Minister to Spain, and AR. Belmont to the Hague,
bo,h of whom had the misfortune to bc born Oh fn-
reign soil; and. furthermore, that Dir. Guthrie 1.-The
Secretary of the 1Eeasury WIS uijust!inhIn i'll his ill.,
t.rG.rence with Collector of New York, in making
hi. snvoiutmcntd which were assigned by Mr.. PR
kins a. reason, 81 ici"nt 70 cause him to quit the De-
mocratic party III join the kil"w-NotIii'ss. Indeed
il we understood =. 7. Alright, he said that these MP
point,neuts, madtV " the President, mlrab,h dctH,
gave rise to The Now-Nuthing purity. With due de-
ference to Mr.. Purkins' talents, we can say that he
,nade but liitio impression upon the sound minds and
calm judgments OF n people NOT easily srduced from
their old anu tried faith into THE ncw-tnnglrd gull
trap, called 5n"w-N"thingl'm' Ci'iH'