Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-14
From fhs L>riagfon Ga.ette.
HON SAM'L Mob. MOORE AND THE RETREArING
CHAMPION OF DEMO cRACY

6reandial.bsck advocate Of Tet.Ccnt JIMMY I'm IN,
person OF john harris the Democratic Eector for hi.
DISTRICT made his appearance in midst last Monday az
ternoon, when he under took erghten the p.opl nm
the issues In THE present; then
oee'hne Tor the door, feeling that "discreto was the
better part OF vaorthat clean pair of heels was more
to be relied On than his budget Of clectioneerny ocu
msns-that it was better for his feelings To fnd hims.
safely outside Of the door than be the clutches Of
Sam Moore lie thus played to perfection the part Of
bomoases Furoso in the hrsinstsnc. and wound up with
Tying Presentation OF the Knight OF the Straight Shirt
tail On Democracy, furious III buster and slang whang
ing glib al tongue but far glib of heels thy select
cd champion tor this district
The arrangement Mr. moore should lead off An
speech OF rom hour aud hall to two hours to be
followed by this Democratic Patent Learsr in speech OF
equal length aud thea each have half hour Tor reply
and iejoinder.
In accordance with the above agreement, Mr. Moore
made speech OF an hour and half in which he exposed
the shortcomings and tricks of the democracy rpped up
OLD buchanans shutting and lodging record exhibited
nus ahuSasery positions showed up his disgrsceiu
pncy IN the Bargain aud Intrigue SANDER against Henry
Clay; examined his hlbusterng s shown In
tue ostehd hahesto showed the hopelessnesS OF
ms chances Tor election and his worthessness and nab-
~ To give peace and quiet To the country even he could
De elected lie then took the democracy task for their
eAuaNsgance ana rckesness in the OF the
state government; cut them to the the subject
tue Increased taxation OF the people Of the State
tia; the citizens OF Virginia be burened with
ton To carry on her works of inter Improvement and
the State De involved IN an immense debt, while De-
nocrtc Representatives in Congress steadily and obsti
natey vote against allowing Virginia any portion of the
proceeds OF the sales of She public 10 aid her in re-
hevng herself from the debt which is impairing her
credit aud doubling the taxes OF the people-h.r Rcpre.
sentAives thus voting when they see the public land,
given by the million bnung up the physical and
political poSer OF the tree States aud increasing their
ability To ride down the rights the South He then on
tered upon defence OF the American party and it, min
cpes against the andcious and
aous" ~"lch the democratic sangwhangers have been
wont 10 heap upon H. and showed that Buchanan by his
obstinate seuce, by his Wholesale Surrender of himself
and tongue and opinions TO, and his dodging behind
the Cincinnati platform, the only man now who had
gone down into the cuvcrt under the feeble OF
dark Ianteru-and IL the American party were in
the culvert they had aud Buchanan had lodged
III To avoid answering hard questions which might
lure him with the South spoil his chances with IN.
free Sors OF the North TO eonciate whom he had
nominated The speech Of Mr.. Moore throughout was A
lair, able, manly and courteous argument
In rrpiy the cut aud Orator from Rockingham
poured out torrent OF the vest upon NJ Fillmore
clied himself oi garbed eectioneering extracts com,
piled aud made order by the scavanger papers of his
party tissue Of the baldes MISREPRESENTATION of
MI fhores public career, and papably u.
rounded that the decent aud respectable portion of the
democracy pr sent felt that their roaring champion was
bringing discredt upon his party lie rased and
AND rSned overiun hs time about three quarters OF an
hourior he spoke or rathe loaned for hour. aud
quafter-that he might the time and preve ut
Mr. Moore from replying aud mailing his pervcrsons aud
misrepresentation upon him. and when lac had emptird
himself OF ms secondhand slang he left the rosrum and
put for the door like blue streak followed by few ot
ms tapers and yeer aud the brought up by some
man Friday OF an adherent carrying his carpetbag of do
euinents HIS retreat Was greeted by the crowd with
stamps aud shouts-Moorc hailed him tried To bring
MN bhck aunied him with not having the courage to re.
main aud hear exposition OF his own INSTRUMENTATION
apoogsed to the democracy for their having champio
who could thus sneak of aud leave his party in the urch
out was no CO. he had got on the outside OF the door
and had no idea ofbeing skinned alive aud 80 h dsap
peared with awful strides and flying coatais Mr. Moore
tonaawked him for or fifteen minutes when the
ADJOURNED aud had a Fillmore meeting at night.