Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-25
E,.A. F.s.-.,,, VA,

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WI Mr. roomeA invited y Democracy. has bssn In
knofsiue, ard MADE speechd two hours In iensA on
we<As~day hss 40 issessd 70 by crowded Coart
roos ~'tsssspec'fa >ssssscss.bu, certainly made -
votes ior his party ASSOCIATED uness he theo
'over the let, shoulder" He spoke hour and hall
WAS followed by Col Sneed In speech Of t~o hours
aud reserved to himself the right Of reply thirty min
uses which he played or In Sis.ssi.y ssyie
There no saying true, than the which teach
IS IA that poli,ics makes strange bcdiellows Just
ioar year, aeothe Scott Club" Of tbs city, Invited one
Ges Arsoid to speak here and In this Court roo
and In his speech he held up roombs and Stephens,
trator to Wing principles, reneades the Locofoco
ranks-and as deserving 20 be hung upon Hsmans gal.
iovsi yohs N. Cro<ier then the stand with Arnold
one Who hal invited him speak clspped and cheer
ed. while Arnold told how Toombs ought TO DO disposed
or Now, Crozirr is convsr-iag ~h Toombs at the Cole
man House. aud capping and cheering ~ith other Loco
iocos while Toombs sdvocatcs Democracy. and avows
himself In favor Of SostterR Coafodsraesi Arnold
though present. doubt with thcm and they
With hml Great Hcavensl what party, aud what
mixture OF materialsi
But to the speech Of Senator Tombs Ater paving very
hmdsome compliment Tcnnesseesns in general and
Es Tennessee In particular he pitched into the issues Of
the contes-soch of them, least engage the
ton oil ultra Southern He the day. since
his connection With politics. that he ~oud have
from statute hooks the Missouri Compromise Ac.
though had been scaled by the blood OF hs father
This sentiment received by both the Foreign and Ne.
tive Democracy, with loud sppiausel
Among the bold and reckless assertions made by Mr..
Tombs. WAS this one, and In these woris-"Every
who Is not sustaining Buchanan Is enemy the South
nth ,n,,I.,s. h. a.. n.sr-..v T.. .,,,.,..,,,.. -.
It. We have ony 10 say, that large majority Of the
audience enemies to Mr.. Toombs and the South!
Another bold assertion wa that Mr. FILLMORE "a.
plain candid straybt.o,, Tr,..so;,ti Torrb;nv RI,
Compromise measures of 1854 h. desired ,o learn Fill
morc's yi,ws-w.s anxious 10 kno~ the,-Glt deem in
trr,-t i'm knovnr-but ropll nex.r Learn than Wb.,
he sig ned IN. Compromis Acts he did not even tnov
what the LII contained
When he eaIosis.d th- corions pncples bl,zene, on
the banner OF the whig party the ocooco. In the room
Who abused these principles and that old banner all
their lives cheered most vociferously This was rich
There quite a number OF Foreigners present and
this presume pprse Of as he eused the Irish
Germans French and other foeiyucrs-spoke of their
deeds of daring aud Of their devotion TO ibetyl This
the more interesting To those of us who know thar
portion OF the foreigners present. were in attendance ON
our Circuit Court either witnesses or defendants In
some heavy Bacon and Coffee stealing operations
Among the sweeping and reckless assertions of
the Georgia Senator, noticed this one-"whenever
become unsound they 90 over 10 the American and
Freesoi partes This assertion 10y Col Sneed.
most efecuay, who demonstrated that Fresos orgi-
mated With Democracy-sas nurtured and cherished by
that party and warmed into life by Pierce.
In the distribution OF patronage. He also showed that
Fillmore had made regular business of turning such
oil office, well seeking TO keep them from getting n
TO ohicel
In concluding his speech, Senator Toombs startled the
entire croSd except perhaps, the leaders OF Democracy
who seem to have known what coming He stated
that II the Democratic Banner triumphant in Penn
sylvana while he speaking the country sale:
but it trail in the dust in Pennsylvania there is
ing before Us but blood or Son"r aud he was for blood
The speech OF Mr. Toombs throughout bol and dis
closed the disunion feelings and setits of the patty
with which he acts We were pleased to hear him
these sentiments, and equally glad hear him