Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-01
FROM HALIFAX COUNTY.

To the Eiitors Of Tic Enquirer
Csntlrhnen decidedly the most elective 'i'oe'n
to whiclNle people oi llalitnN have il''' ,.. ,.
the commencement Of this canvass. WIS ,' -,
tcrduy at our Court House ny mr. ,nu,nJ Eii,"r If
Lynchburg the accomplished ana ialtn. tr i". :"
the Republican, sFcr two hours and hll NC rHe''H
the attention, not only of the Democrats oS' VI
| Wings and Kuow-Nohngs, ana Wa i,'uuol'l! nv {,
| tcrrupted by tremendous applause io''' '' IAr'Hu
haJ Lso, ;ur;,rJ nv promincmt Democrats Of the
county TO be present AMI meet IN discussion, Mr. n.
| C. Claiborne the Nothing candidate i"r Con-
yress in this Ds!ric.-tllat II WINS the 'hird appoint
mant or Nr. ('lnilorne's which he had attended,
| n.i,b.r of which the gentleman himself had kept,
| and that the present the only one TINT he had
| failed TO keep with good excuse-that he Mr.. Clai-
| borne WIS., us he had been informed, absent now in
consequence of IL family uiiction, which Mr.. Irving
| regretted rs il prevented him from commenting OH
Mr. Cluii,ornes course rs poiticianthnt if he were
present no should think il his duty to make such
| exposition MS would prove Mr.. Claiborne to be III.
worthy Of the support OF rirtHOHS an honorable anu
| gra!iemdHLg constituency.
| With this notre of Mr. Claiborne, Mr.. Irving pro-
ceeded, in an arsamentative and conclusive manner
to show that the prosperity OF the country, from tc
adoption of the Federal Constitution to the present
time, attributable to Democratic men and inca'
sufes, not the est important Of which were Tue pur
chase of Louisiana, during Mr. JeerSon's adnilhistra
tionthc annexation of Texas and the acquIStion al
| the vast domain acquired By our war WIN MeA"U-
| measures which originated with MIR. foik atu pe
| mUcralic Cungrcss--mcnsures, in which were Douhu
up the present and future welfare OF the .laye-oldng
States.
Mr. irving next spoEs Of tho principles OF I, the
Know 1ohings party; q on this subject ne e1Gellea
hisrnet ridrule sarSssm and denunciatlo, have
never heard il cuuacd. If there was know-Soth-
ing present who did not fecl degraded by ms c"nec
ton with this Lust offspring of Yankee ianac'sn' INC
sense OF shame Eust have left his breas:. il told
with admirable effect on the crowd, and the repeated
and involuntary cheers which followed the capital
hits that Mr. Irving made showed that the Democra-
CIV of Halifax were stll true and loyal To the cherish
| ed principles of the Democratic party.
When Nj. Irving concluded, there wa5 q call Tor
| Mr. Wood .}ouldin nf Charlotte, who was present.
| Mr.. Boudin. hisI-onci and chiyslrous Wing us he
is resented the insulting impuaton, cast upon HIM
| by the call OF the KnuwNothimgs, by disclaming
| most emphatically his connection with the party
After painful pause of some minutes, u call was
| made for another gentleman who WAS present. ana
who it is generally believed, is always rcndy t" make
II speech on any occaGnn, ana on any side "i any
question: proridrd he ttn get audience. lie pos
scsses great talent and ingenuity in tracing out and
assuming positions that perfectly anomalous. He
is the son OF inrcgn"r- tone OF the best cltizrns
| Halifax ever all--olcnly nvnws his admiration Tor
ih, Roman Catholic Church; is Il gentleman by edit
cation and association. and il The nerant advocate
| Of Know Nothiugsn in llalisX.-a degree Of incon-
sstency that is amos. sublime. He took the stand,
and said that he was r1t mLlubor of the Know No
thing party-that the contest row going on between
|
war between politicians and the pppe-tlIat he ap-
pearcd the side of the peopc-thut the people did
not govern themsclves-that the politicians did. He
believed in educating pa0r tJi.S-dd not think that
education intcricl exclusively for the "pp'r
c,t, with other expressions that sIuinted at denn-
.osuisIn because calculated TO array classes against
zach other. Having delivered himself, he took his
seat, leaving the impression his audience that he
Ind argued all the questions with ability not al all
remarkable" Mr. Irving replied in n speech OF an
| hour To give You 81 account III il would be post
| lively cruel. Our comfy candidates, Edmnnds and
Cradd"rl, will be elected by unusually large maiori-
t.cs even tor Halifax Bococks election is conceded
our friends claim Thousand majority. believe and
have good authority Tor saying 81, that almost all the
Democrats in this county who Joined tho Know No
thing party, have left and you may confidently c1-
post for NJ. Wise larger vote than we gave Gov
| JohnsoI. ] never raw the Democratic party 20 tho
| roughly ACKNOWLEDGMENT witnessed such unanlnity,
such concert OF action. This secures success. All
that we ever had /" fear EGs from that cthargy and
security eugendered 10y up!lorII success The boast
ing of this party and their ppudenee u claiming
Il victory over ny, have had the desired effect di!G the
Democratic pary Halifax has arisen IN its strength
md il IN patiently awaiting the fourth Thursday OF
May to sign tbs death warrant of Whiggery, III its
last aud most disgusting digguiae. BRlNSLEl.