Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-07
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FIR ftG Enga,rsr.
SpkIcH MADE BEFORE SIX WINGS, SIX
DEMOCRATS AND THREE LADIES, IN A
PRIVATE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND AC-
QUAINTANCES.
Fellow citizens: AS talking is in vogue and it DOM
cost any thing to make aspeech but the escape OF little
yas beg To be allowed the indulgence OF my vanity in
that customary vocation for short space of time.
will promise to occupy the time OF the audience but
for little while and not spin out lis patience to the
long warn of safety and disgust l am a Quarter
ung Won know and can't stand the fatigue Of longer
distance. Being private citizen and the owner Of
but ono Niger and few hundred dollars on the way
to get another, and having more ut stake otherwise,
than one man ought to have CLAIM the right to give
in my political experience.
Having been one of those old fogies, an old line
Wing of whose whereabouts there seems to be so much
SPOUSE about and whose welfare at TINS particular
iunclure undoubtedly attracts the attention OF the
wise, the virtuous and the hagtious' 1 lnnh II not
out of place on the present occasion, and proper un-
derstandng of the interest felt concerning them, to
state for general ediicaon, that was originally
Wing. | am now an uncompromising Democrat;
yes stree, an unterriied Democrats and plant my
seIf firmly and forever upon the Cincinnati platform.
urouoss to state the fact and the reasons Therefore
and afterwards to touch only upon single point or two
involved in the issue OF the Presidential electiNn-
Indeed it is the only point worth talking about, and
the point upon which the election turns have been
a member OF the w mig years hHi nave
recently united myaef to another den"minatlonl by
talk iup n letter of dissnission from Know Nothing
lodge and had to work like the dnre TO get it, for
intended To publish myself out il had MT
Th. orthodoxy Of the old liners has of late become
obsolete and out of vogue. Indeed. amid the gene
raj wreck of isnls and crash ot conteIdng factions,
il is no dorv at ALL How the late Baltimore Con.
veuon Of the 18th Sept can reousctate a deiunct
body in the present awful emergency oil hostile
fight between the mastiff dog Sor:h) aud the lap dog
4 ia a nj UNI Itrt ,,nu ,rH m
other design whatever bt IL .n4 Us up III third hight
vita tn. cir dSs-I}olts. In a scrIlnmagc hkethlS
have loot my identity, and have no idea TO remain soil
tary ana ulonc,to be- eat and devourel hy this wolish
mustill. Fellow.Whga, wish to emerge from the
darkness that SURROUNDS VI Oil al sides, aud take my
position along side such incn as Jones OF Tennessee
Rufus Chohte oi Massachusetts, Pearce, Pratt, and
Others believing, sincerely do that it is right to
do go. Know. Nottingham has destroyed our ia. |
tionally efectually, and it's use 10 disguise the
fact. Southern WING party, a. such, l. oct rl the
ueetY... In5 I'oan hSs .orsel the oOItn into this
sectional issue and ve are boand TO aut in sslt.de |
fence. It il with The orth hereafter 10 say whether
wa shall keep up this intestine ieud aud sectional |
STRIFE eventually leading civil and bloodshed
The charges that generally heaped upon the De-
mocrats by Wing presses, are false. They cay that |
the Democratic party brought all this tuss upon the
country do most emphalica!ly deny the Charge
EiEr tic d"i! ri. dive. will nsk OK far hac: rs Ne
s.lgber ,eJl if ,rLo. dts ana Wigs were n0t're.
party spirit among and il not dead aud did not
harmony and concord pref all At least in tie sunny
South Who afterwards kicked up the row here!
What fire brand lit up the torch Of civil strife Who
threw it into our midst among the cur-doss and
the lap dvgs answa- wiItoa. L.; :e-t =: .r!tIr
III contradiction tnu G0on.inable Enow kothings. |
hgnk GOD am out Of their clutches, as Wa taken
Dy them without any generalization aud the chance
"a consider the consequences OF my ioly. VINO Of
;ou fellow citizens, that always thought Henry Clay :
of u
-cve that w"rs he 10y ava IL: TIE iiesh Hos MS
plr val die 10 tho p!e:en or 'uture reneru-
ions he woua be found in the tl;i Of the dirty cul
'ert blowing up the embers Of civil aud religious
;rfc. invoking all the evil spirits Of Pandemon.um q
@ help them To DESTROY the far@st tsmpe Of human
bSry tat oy5r e.iot"G ,.pG0 lie !a.e u the earth
lis spri: is not nov with This dirty set. and for what
70 divide the house against iss. Invoking the de.
elt EuriinGane, uerriit Smith, Gddiugs. and Fred
jouglar No srs. lie and his great cotemporaries, ;
Who have "ahuhied of this mortal COLL would DC :
ound fighting in solid column against these rcyo!n'
ioniss than their prototypes OF the French re.
'olution, What did the CREST leviathan Ut TIE
;ou,n sir. yeinouu, Say nlleee. years n.o: IN his
speech Oil tbs reception o: ABOLITION PETITIONS ~ AZ
many Of you have Iorgotten bis warning voices, now
used in DEATH permit me to resd from The book. the
prophecy OF this real apostle OF civil and religious
iLy.r Here it is "As widely as this ln"endla
= spirit lac spfesd it nas Got yot ine.aea, TINS
iudy, or the great Gi ths Intelligent and bss-
ness portion Of the North but, unless it be speedily
topped it will spread and work upward till il brings
he two great sections OF the Union into deadly con-
,ict This is not new impression with me. Seye-
al yeata since IN . os uysiJa Wtl ~ tie Soma
ors from Massachusetts Mr. Webster before this
ell spirit had showed itself, then predicted that the
ioclrue OF the proclamation and the force o-that
his goynrment had right, in the last resort. to de-
errlina lho e-;snt OF IT. on po.ers, aud enforce
II the point of the bGy0net, which wcs co warmly
by that Senator Eogld at 10 Distant Jay
rouse the dormant spirit OF abConismi told nn
hat the doctrine was tGntanOunt 70 the assumption OF
unlimited power, on the part Of the government, and
hat such would be the impression on the public ,
mind IN large portion Of the Union. The conse-
,ue,'ae wo"la BE- i"a"i.a5.u :t,e pofsioa CT lne
Northern :ila.Ga believed slavery TO ba Sin, and
s. AID boe:e il to 10 obligation OF conscience TO
.bis it, if they should feel themselves III any de-
,ree responsible for its continuance an that his doc
rnes would necessarily lead :oe belle! Of slch'ra'
possibility. | titen i;reiieled fhat II would coEi- :
nnnce 10 It iias, with this faatca portion oil society
ma t.iat :sy would begin their operation the X.
orGnt, the weak. the yUung and The thoaghicss and
you'd gradually extend forward till they became
truns enough 10 Obtain political control, when he,
md Others holding tho highest stations IN society
you'd however reluctant, be compelled 10 yiel1 To
heir oclrinc or be driven into obscurity."
But few years have sincc elapsed, and all this is a.
eady i'll acuursc Of regular iufilment
Standing at the point Of time at which We have I,
low arrived, it will not be difficult to the
0'rse o. future events now than il Then Those y
rho ina ,iGa t!Ia; tiis .prIi HDrGdd the s.Orh
Tii! die sway ITSELF w.thout silock o. convulsiOn
ave formed very inadequate conception OF its real
harater it will continue TO rise and spread, unless
rompt and efficient measures 10 stay its progress be
doped. Already it has taken possession OF the pull
~, OF the schools, and, considerable extent Of |
he nress .t..oso e;s,t i-strrnens bv which the mind
# the rising generation will o3 IOrnSd. KrllOH
Wigs reflect upon this truthful picture taken by the
pirit Of prophetic vision, and compare il with
he one that is before you in all its wild and dreadful
,fo. ,;n~ Iu mo trup IN the fl
Gentlemen never had fancy TOR cur.dogs or
plogs; and If TO fight dog at all, j., ia |
hooac the mastif dog; and il the North 10 really in
ernest and don't show the white feather, let her
u,;c - ,ia Eoi isdn h. make tho attack. We inehn
o staDd where our orefaiers STOOL before the reYo-
utiou of l776 upon declaration of Independence. ]
;lronId thr mastiff.doG grin ard chow his eeih ne
.ont whit for him TO bite US. No. sir, We will pledge
,ur livrs and our sacred honor to defend Our homes
md our fre.sles from the midnight ntrusions of the
assassin and ncendiary, by adopting wholesome laws |
II advance of his approach. May our glorious, thrice
,lorolls Governor stand upon the watch tower and
oind lbs to:cia, thst tho whole South at the right
ime may march up to the usc, and II the pluck OF
Arson Burlingame, gaze, ine ed, there may be
,ected true specimen of real eight. |
If the followers Of this cowardly sboton;st will
AXE counsel, they will not follow the lead of this de-
4 led fanatic and all OF his stripe. Let mo be.eech .
,uu, grneinen; 10 take warming. and help as ali ynu
AN. Let us be united one family, one and indi-
,isable and we will defeat the Vaccinations Of this
reaty of alliance between the Hack Republicans =.
md Know Sohings, whose principles are the aSoli.
ion of slavery in the South, religious intolerance, aud
he overthrow Of our Republican form of govern.
nent Then, sny, finally, Wings and Democrats,
We are all of the same family meet the crisis with
he firm resolution TO rebuke our adversaries, III the
same spirit Of defiance manifested by their leaders in
MD out OF Congress. Bet them come. VS. viii &c
with them at ,Ehillipp.
SPEECH OF EX-GOVERNOR FLOYD IN RE
PLY TO MIR. BANKS.
In pursuance OF call signed by about ffcrn hnn.
ntcA of the princpal merchants OF New York, inn