Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-21

"a iNNifat AZ 4HhsHstt ilhi ihrt CaIdiuhf II ut
TO which We had the privilege Of 5,-ing admitted
hereiics are, by the stou, Sam bo sta.
toned "a sentinel at the door. We found it.
are hsppy to say, an occasion Of great spirit.
ual edifcation to the Faithful. The depression
incidental to the threatening circumstances b,
which they are eneompassed was all seeming =,
forgotten for the time. and the Dutch in Flauder.
could not have sworn more Justify. than did their
orators to the purity of their own virtues AMI
the fixed certainty of their salvation In fact. il
was altogether. an extraordinary occasion: and
if we were permitted without offending ar
polite, most graphically to describe the effect
produced hy the speakers especially when de
plotting the horrors impending over The world,and
Locofocoisn in particular, from the dark heresies
of Know Noihingism. We should AK to be al
lowed to use the expressive yerbalism Of Mr.
Wise. and to say, in few words that it was al
together and peculiarly magnificent III Of
q funk
On entering the Hall aud after receiving an
assurance Of free admittance from the two-eyed
Argus at the door, found preliminary services
finished, and our venerable friend, Judge Daniel
A. Wilson. engaged in pathetic aud earn
est address TO the SHINING Know Nothing who
might be present. He seemed 20 feel that the ct
aie Of Locofocosm vas ia imminent danger, and
gave expression to his feeling in the most touch
my solemn and earnest invocation. We were
not IN the melting mood, or m gut. atihi> stage
II the proceedings. have sbed tears without the
assistance If either salt or pepper tbrr.t,. The
Judge tod u all thst Mr.. W. hsa -sa---cd ia
reference II the design. . kuew. \ ataiu gi.m-
=. ga. a
anti slavery, isus'jes aud destructive. but yet
hi sense at prrr~ietv was greatly shocked aud
outraged, and the constitution and civil liberty
endangered he thought, by the existence OF
secret political association Of which he kastr
nothiHg-which met in secret. which proclaimed
publicly 10 policy and asserted no principle Of
acton Before we could fairly uurase! the ugly
web of contradiction in which the Judge.
usually able and logical he l.. had
here entangiing himself. be- retired from the
stand. and took biz scat amid general and up
roar.ou- expression Of grstifeatoI an joy.
\ presiding OH ou tt eo.a~ian. the judge
hal no sooner retired 10 hi position aud adjust
ed hilnself with becoming gravity in his seat
than yociferous calls tor another orator were
made. Thereupon. the sad orator. in the per
sen ct Mr. 4. VI. ruoIr, aro-a with ali due dig
MY from his position in tn crow / md to our
unsPeakable rellef. made track---oU ofthe door
We we're profoundly gratded at the treat Of
the orator. because ola very uuc)lth animation
ave bad received Of his disposition t. d..upish
Us on the OCCASION and perhap, t. swallow as,
too, etfectually Is if he were whac. instead
Of being decently gaunt gentleman --uch Ia, be
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secret cue to the proceeding and did pot appear
We observed to be at al dsgruuted by upe re-
treat. Mr. Robt. II. Glass, or city post master.
having, Of course. and at all timr-. the care
of his office and Democracy too in speeial
keeping, awaited himself of the opportunity,
and filled the hiatus in the proceedings by
attracting attention from the door to himself
lie submitted string Of resolutions Ia the meet
ing. which did not hear, but which we feel
safe in assuring his friends contained nothing
not orthodox and consouant with thercsolutions
Of o. and 90. and with the cardinal modern doc
trne, ITO the yietors belong the ,poIls."
But ala. our gratuatons Behold, the orator
in the mean time had been caught, ind, for aught
We know, had been introduced with blue lights
and dark lanterns, by secret back way, upon the
platform. The Judge here again adjusted him
self and his chair to give the speaker more lat
tude. and the secretary thereupon did the same
thing in opposite direction. The Post Master
hal already delivered himself-the audience was
composed so forward came Mr.. Tribe, and
opened Ia, mouth and -
Bat we laake report Of the remarkable
speech in which for near two hours he engaged
himself W. could not make "A report sufficiently
accurate to do justice to Mr. Tribe, aud We
should be iudsposcd in very kindness to him
To report It. il W had the power 10 do So. Its
ingeEi0us defence of a bad cause and worse pre-.
misses we confess. We confess, too, the finish
OF the deeIapatou, and the comic ability with
which the audience was entertained. We haHe
seen however, we must say, sila1ar effect
produced by monkey show aud butfoon
We listened attentiyely 10 the speech, and
marked the constant applause with which i was
received but we doubt much whether there WAS
an individual present who remembers a sin-
gle prop lsition submitted. which was calculated
to impress hi, convictions through his Judgment
We heard none such He charged, with much
emphasis, inconsistency upon the whig party,
and even yentured upon what Mr.. Wise had too
much dissection to attempts defence of that
gentle mans record He stated in effect, and
witt the most amusing ~oIemnity, that the wing
party had changed abandoned their creed
and deserted their ehart." while NJ Mise, sure
enoagh-tiat quondan relentless prosecutor of
Locofocoism was standing where be had ever
stood, straight up fer L1nofacoism This
was funny, and thought tn audience. They
tod md ~. Ti.l,r Ill.