Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-08
discussion in the Seventh District.

A discussion took place in Hampton the 2sth ult.
between the Electoral candidates for the 18th District Dr.
GkoRsE T YKRsr of North ampton (American) and Col
TALAFERRo Of Gloucester, (Democrat) The discussion
conducted with friendly courtesy both sides Col
TALLIArERRo led off in speech of hour and half
occupying his time pretty well with lsudatous Of Mr. b.
chanan and the Cincinnati platform. He promised to
hibt in all their deformity the abolition denominations o.
Willard Fillmore aud the party which sustained him; bu,
in this it said he sgnally failed Dr. YERBr then took
the stand and spoke for about hours The following
notice of his speech copy from the Norfolk Herald
1t was powerful il mastery, it was overwhelming
completely demolished the superstructure OF his oppo-
and carried the into Africa with unparalleled vi
gor He ably and indignantly vindicated his party against
the Misrepresentation and caumnes which had
ed upon il by its enemies and in discussing its platform
made strong point Of the emigration plank in it, which
had been particularly assaed by them showing that
leading OF the hostility at the North against the
sonh Of the fearful increase of political power WELD
ed by the former the dement OF the latter had its
origin mainly in the vast number Of emgrans to our
shores-of late nineteentwenteths OF whom
North of Mason Dxons line, and known be bit.
tsrly opposed to negro slavery These emgrants were
summary invested with the right and formed the
basis Of representation according their numbers In
the number reached nearly half million,
9SOuO of whom sent representative TO Congress-
five ia number. How could the South expect preserve
her institution against power pIcudiced, and rap
idly increasing! Let them come to shores and well
Gomez but do not by investing them with political soyer
eighty they know how to use IL, become
aud oppressors
The expressions Of whitening with which he hur-
led back the charge of prescription in the teeth OF those
who made it inimtable. The charge we'll became
indeed party who had prescribed all that bore the name
Of Whig American, who of the Democratic
party Look through the State and of seventy odd
thousand citizens only clerks in the basemen had
been exempted from utter and hopeless prescription
Democratic prescription had entered the departments OF
government il to be found in literary and in our
benevolent instutions-yea in Deaf and Dumb Luna
tic Asylums- throughout the army of nspectors-in the
proxies Of our Internal Improvement Companies in our
Banks-every where in short that party prescription can
be brought to bear. DR. Y continued nveigh at much
length aud with indignant eoquence against this wholesale
most inquitous prescription by the Democratic party
II e the charge OF Mr.. Filmore's aboonism and an
agonism the South and completely riddled that
it would not hold water. In performing this operation
seeDid drtsDi, he extensively aided by the Rich
mond Enquirer, the Washington Union, and other lesser
unnares Of the Democratic party whom he pressed into
his service and bringing the testimony these
in conflict with Mr. Taaferro's statements oculary said
to that gentleman "and now sir how dare you to have
the audacOus TO contradict he-Richmond En-
quirer: whose infalbiy is recognized by every true
Democrat
Dr. Y. commended that Mr. T. wrong in saying there
but parties; those OF Buchanan and Fremont
and 10 show that there 20 States which had
either adopted Fillmore tickets called Conventions for
that purpose and that his prospects Frightening da.
ly.