Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-24
Aitbmon0 Enquirer.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 81.
THE OPPOSITION MEETING MONDAY NIGHT.

THE OPPOSITION MEETING MONDAY NIGHT.
We published yesterday morning the kernel
Of the meeting on Monday night, and have now
only to display the sa.N for oar readers to
Judge of the tree that bears such fruit.
r. 7. Daniel was speaking when we arrived
at the scene of action--a dullcr, dryer, more
pointlcSs speech We never hcard--not all the
.fnrore OF we'll appointed corps Of provisional
elo3u,uIs could nfusc into the President the
spirit necessary to inaugurate decent "pposi-
ton. He biundcrcd through bill Of indict
mcnt," and looked more the criminal than
those he professcd to be prosecuting. lie re-
minded us very much of man addressing an
audience he knew gave no credit to what he
was saying, and who were laughing in their
sleeves at the folly of the effort lie closed
amid the wreck of matter and the crush of
worlds" OF.
THE realms of ether glow,
And Heavens last thunders shake the world he~w.
And down he sat himself we presume, satisfied
that the gallant spirit Of the Wings OF the
olden time no longer animated their scrried
ranks
4 Venerable looking gentleman then offered
resolution fora committee on business, which
on being appointed retired. and during their alb
Scnce Mr.. l.. W. Tazcwell, Jr., in response to
repeated calls addressed the meeting Mr.. Taze
we'll was somewhat more entertaining than the
worthy President. but even more sgnaly un-
reliable in his ''dcsultory remarks" He con-
tinued the bill Of Indictment with spurious
count against the Democracy for cheating the
South out of California" Mr. Tazcwcll forgot
that General Taylor organized California under
military command, from which Mr.. Fillmore
nducted it into the Union. and that all the
''cheatina" which we readily admit was most
infamous, was done by Mr.. Tazewell's own
party. We willnot say e.r mo di,re omnio, for
we did not expect any thing very accurate from
Mr.. Tazcwel's "dcsutory remarks" He told
some good anecdotes which elected applause
from the house at large Mr.. Crane. from the
committee reported resolutions providing for
Convention in Richmond on the 10th Of Fchru.
ary next. and then proceeded to address the
meeting in response to quite an animated call.
Mr.. Crane proceeded, with all the art Of e1-
tended circuinlocution and emphatic gesture,
to announce his reason for fighting Democracy
for twenty years past, and for continuing that
fight as long as he might live, and perpetual
ting its performance in the person Of his son.
,p,}or thrcot nf disinhcritancc
We expected then to hear an apoStrophe to
political principle conscientious devotion to
certain measures, which made the Wing party
respectable. and its leaders often honorcd in
DAYS gone by-but in this We were diSappoint-
ed. Mr.. Cranes reason for hispast and future
fight. against Democracy, was because Of the
monopoly cf c5ice by the Democracy. He in
formed his audience that the ~. 900 Wings and
Americans, in Virginia, had no voice in Con-
grcss, and that, in Virginia, tobacco, fish and
-four inspectors were all monopolised by the
Democracy; that the directories Of the rail-
roads and banks were composed Of Democrats:
that even the institutions Of learning had been
Sacrilc-iou>ly seized upon by the Executive for
party reward. and he instanced the Virginia Mi
litary Institute, where. he said. only one Wing
was upon the Board and he Gen. Richard.
SOM was member by virtue Of a law that
made the Adjutant General ex-oflicio, mem
bcr of the Board; and he prayed that Gen. Rich
ardson might live forever" While we should
be unwilling to see such period Of longevity
established as L precedent, for the purposes an
nounced by Mr. Crane, We have no objection
to . reasonable length of good old age, and the
maintenance Of the General in his present po-
siton. Mr. Crane compared his party to Noses
ass-urged on by the whip of the driver and in
duced by the cabbage head Of Democratic
office We did not exactly see the force Of the il
lustration, but if his party were pleased with the
comparison, We. at least, have no right to OBJ
icct He was particularly sorry that Mr.. Bolts
was not present. and so were we. Never hav-
ing heard the Immortal" VIC went, on Monday
night. through the rain, especially for an en-
pccted treat We regret we were disappointed.
Mr. Ridgway closed the performances, and thus
ended one of the most decided failures, in the
way of political meetings we have ever wit.
messed The prospect of certain defeat was the
burden of every speech. and it sounded re-
markablv singular to us to hear the first effort
at opposition esSaycd by the members Of the
party, with the prognostics of inevitable rout.
1t is not against the Gubcrnatorial ticket Of
the Democracy that the Opposition are now or
yanizing-they know and admit tha, in that
canvass certain defeat awaits them. hut in the
counties. the running Of an Opposition ticket
will call ont the entire Opposition strength,
and then. perhaps a moral victory" may he
gained over the Democracy. Richmond may
he redeemed if the Opposition can be induced
to thoroughly organize and ''vote carly.
And this attempt at organization may haze
even another object in view. 1t originated with
the Richmond "Whis" Immediately after an
unlocked for reconciliation with Mr. Bolts, and
who will undertake to say that their abortivc
effort at organization on Monday night may
not have for its unavowed object the prefer
mcnt Of Mr. Bolts by ''al the clements of the
Opposition" What man could suit "all the
clements Of the Opposition" better than Mr..
Bolts: \ Southern man by residence, he
would give the appearance of nationality to
unprinciplcd scctionalism. The ostcnsiblc
owner OF slaves. his nomination would quiet
the easy conscience Of certain men in the slave
holding States, who only desire some bridge
such as the nomination of Mr.. Bolts would af-
ford, to become open and ayowel Black Rcpub-
licans.
In view, therefore, Of these facts. may not
this effort at organization have for its unavowcd