Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-07
From the stauutoa yindrm,or, October ~
DEMOCRATIC MEETING II STANTON.

DEMOCRATIC MEETING IL SlAlNloN.
Ouite an enthusiastic meeting oil Inc ,ciI",in'1
was held at Union Hail. on Saturday nis III as' ,o'
the shor,ness Of the notice the atteuairc va" .,,i
large still the spacious Hall was tolrraOy wen ;eu
uitI, o.rson. anxious to hear the cause OF me uh
d;,nuss.d Col BAYLOR was CALEB y the Clair aile'
which Nr. +. J. Alfred lsts edi'ot u tnS W e,.U az
Herndl was called upon 10 give b!s r'e"' Vi lo
pects of the Democracy i'll the North"es'e!n pn' t
the State and it must have been ehcou'a nv 80 W, 81
tb. party we're SO rapidly filling up IN inc I
CONGRESSIONAL District represented ny t'iG W..
s,ur nj Know nottingham. Mr.. Alfred sta'ed 'n"t
the vote in this District would he heavily ,c' r'
upon the Guberneorial voto-larGe acc. T IT,.
m, Know Nothing ranks beIcg made 10 inc D'' IVY
racy IN the counties Of Lewis upshur' "l.'nr''
boun, HARRISON Richie, &c. whilst many VI" '''"0
Wings are supporting MIR. buchanan. ,a oro..
Mai j. L. Peytun then called upon. apu OF
aud ,i,livereL most powerful and effective speech
W: nould N. doiur Injustice to this eloquent chahi'
pinn of Southern rights to give even al ou.mv + ~
rsmsrks. We must be permitted 10 s"y, VIZ"
portcd it you'd compare tavorabIy WIN .ne ao
of any in this important canyaes. liis arSu'' why
the people, the mhoic Southern Pohe' sno.'u am
Mfr. Bnchauan in preference to Mr. NsioIe, , a"o
mus, have forced conviction upon the minus ~ ,hn,
whose prciudces were not 40 great 10 W I 20 ,b
against every thing but that which ~oula Ionu n,v
dsfeat of the great National Democratic par! NV
the only party to which mny safely loGk lo' D.
and for succor in these times Of peril. M'J"i -
ton spoke for an hour, to an ATTENTIVE ,,G -
and the applause which the speaker rece'ou ot.d
Lor well the speech and the speaker were "pP'
Wn homo MAJ prytuu's voice may often oe he1'u
in defence OF Southern rights before '"s '""' "''
closes. -, o " n.,I,r
After Mai. psyton had CONCLUDED, w. ). H. pnya ar,
E-q was called upon who decliheu H. 80 In
M he suid his voice could not be heard, "ie nc
quent champion oil Democracy ICol. li"rna.l ""'
the Hall. Kepened calls then brought COL ia" III
the stand and We but reiterate the cxpress"d han
who heard him. that 1t WA one OF his oes' n't r
piest efforts. Maj Peytun hayng coniincu '''s -"
marks principally to the discussion OF Inc t"o cur
promises of 20 and that OF 80, Col. haraiHh si"N ~
not of these but confined himself 10 u'scue" ,,
the merits of the two opposing cannia'eE 'U ,,i
eru support. He FIRST took up Mr.. Fil!lnore ,
aud showed from his yOcs and spesches, anu 'e''o'
that hs still stood upon anti slavery pnltor'l, az"
produced the evi dence Of Mr.. Els friends 10 pr.
that Fillmore only signed the Fugitive slave La"
he was pledged not 10 USE the 'e" pow ,ha
that hs dill not Sgn ihc hill until after he hau go' INC
opinion of his Attorney General, tSir CrtenMr'l "
io its cOnslitutiouay He arrnigned Mr. r''in.a
upon the authority of Mr.. Dunelsni, liin" "'s". 80
on the same ticket with him,i IA being uhi ue 49,,
Southern rights. Col. Harman challenged any 81 'he
Know Nothing orators To meet him aud discuss on!
of the Questions that being agitaed' ou' VIC
challenge pot then accepted, aud We op'h' n''e'
will be- 49,, nm
Col. II. then spoke of Mr.. Buchanan, and to"k up
aR Tie charges made against him by the Know -;u.n
ngs and answered them by evidence Furnished el'ner
from Mr.. Buchanan himself, or by those VINO "' W
yO,cd TO him, efIecually, cuncuslveiy. INA. u
must have Satisfied every one who heard hI'' ,',"
much injustice has been done Mr.. Buchahah' a"u
that he has been foHlly lraduced. ~
Col. II. concluded BY calling upon the andience'
not a. parsans, but as patriots, 10 rally as one '
around the standard Of the democratic par! o
Union was in Characterization WAS rf.-and TIE nope
of the patriot rested upon the Democratic par,
Col. II. spoke for an hour and half and dear ms
blows thick and heavily. We do not wonder tha' ou.
neighhor Of ths spectator" thought the ghIs o"'n
"dinly"-snd that he was attending ""ahe' a.
argument after argument proof after proof, eie'lua
" killed of the ,landerou. charges against Inc E'ra
nsyvania statesman. twas ~ak!Hg up "i ~.
Democracy whn wa know, will give good ACCOUNT
of themselves the day of election.