Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-22
yUh MEETING At HihRLSDNEtHG.
sr,c, Al. REPORT FOR THE NEW Y0E HERALD.

J'UE NEEJs.bt ~ Ht HNI'N'-'y L'.
uo,, rrpoET FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD.
SPkCIN'' ""
h,hfisoNh'E"' "oek'Ni'A" Co. "arch'' iN",
Tp. Han. JuuN LtrtMER, the Democratic nominee for th'
ooi,. Of Governor OF this State, aud the Hon. WILLIAM J.
C,-..i>, the Wing nominee, met in discussion IN this fowl
to.lay. for the frs, time. Rockingham county i one OF th'
,hr,r which compose the "Tcnih Legion the other two be
in. Sl.nandoali and Page. They form l'ar' u JON
I~ctchrr's late Congressional District. and constitute ~
great stronghold Of Democracy ia the State. Iir uh'e'
combined give "a Democratic majority OF about hNe ,hou
sand, which. is about oie-h.lf III. aggregate maJori! "i ~,
State. and from the relations which they nave ~ v'e'
wears accounted to lc,chrr a. his constituents, sh"nin y"
be urptis.l il il reached u poin, considerably! u""'e '""' "
the .,,Srin, election. .
The discussion came % in the Court iion>r, "h.snm
Ill. ~ .cc.,n,uoI.,iu. about eight hundred persons
The number present, however, was conN'er'pi' ~; ~ , ,
,h","r ly no means w,a, |, would have been had II oerl
1's,i,a,. .'..r,aiu,,l that Mr.. Go:gin would nave "cei
rre..u, Tn. news Of liz Intended Wit reached mere. d, d
PIeeeH.. i"v ",,;r. and wa.. therefore, known but to the
!a,e hout y, ,nJ , FEW in the outskirts. ! should estimate
w. ~ ,nn,b,r ,r,>en, at aLOn, Two thousand. The gtea'
na;.,,yo q, vl,om we're, q. course, Democrats, a''rae'cu"'i'
m'!''! y . '. ,,u,unc.uirn, of Ioic,rr- Intention to al
10y tf pre- r., nLol. Whi- vol. 81 the county j. about
dfes> w." ,,.,in.r two thousand five hunIred-thc nnii'
SiSH",",,, ,nii,I L., the Democrats. With such an ih,
Der ",u',s nI.raut.. aad in view rt the pr"vcrhial
men m.. 4 ,It.rruce 81 Ia. "rcn,l, Legion" l'"nioerarr 10
49, r,u... il VS. a matter OF seine surprise that VT "'s'
.n. ,,nulJ have chosen hi. a. The first theatre Tor 4 ">'"'
g. III III, opnournt, when lie gould have had an "rpor'
,,,uy OF nr.i:n- Lin Tomorrow 81, Salint"'i-a lls.T ''
: more cnn.rn!il to h> political Views api "lirio",. ,n
largely Viii: a. this place j. Democratic: ana ne "u''". "s'
.;,I,. L.y.,.rcn spared \ Journey ui - rniy.iie miles s'.ge
ave- and m. >am- d,,tauc. l,acs, had he deferred ~,
N,p1iur mill Tomorrow. lIut ~ lt Il Va
=. - ,i,, n. had zone 10 beard the lion his d'n, and
hin. in.uir!t the party whose nominee he IS. THIS ! h.iItNt'
j. in. tr.t Instance ri a similar inroad"N an VIII nnnn.,,,G.
did,te within the precincts III lha; inprccna',ic ptiho'f''lc
,,rn,,,,,.Il. ANA lie assured the clyct intended To he pro-
,,rr-d hy III. enterprise will he fally rraiisc!. MANY "i'"h'
81 their .yc, In utter a>:uni>hinrni ~ it' ho',heN> ~ "'e,
81, l.; l., i,rir. :, .n- ud, M, presence within this reGi'iI, and
...tn,i To- d-,lrrr from it ,u.nc s.r.nsc f'r'''n"'n;N 81 evil
~. .r.l l.w..,r. i .S.ir Z, ic iucr'a,"! 'A.rii"ii nn
,Ir ,.,rt -! The Democracy here. ir a'''t w" '''n'>
Mic, hi, .!arin, movement; would SEEM u Ir'''''y. 'i'
Vim. ~. discussion lnwrN"r, the u;'nn'i courtesy WIS .D
'''- s - II go .tt4lf : . a tsa|lg
a. ,.r,,all. disappointment "n hi. 'SI'.
Ih.y. rarely Witnessed such d";-r" ~ real ami a.ii'i'
- a. y uow manii. si.d hv he Mhs,1' "., ,-'',h, M!
'., -, r,, ,,,cn T., ,h.lr. They e.;c"n, themselves
t,r,nn.t. in N. selection of Al Opposition candidate Ike
wr i.,,hnr. wl,o.e career pr..ich, 4" Ia, elevation 4" Con-
-. zen some point, - exception the riot favorable
Tor a rnliticai campaign. This, "Nh t!' convenience ~ u
- Ian m he DcInocta.ic party generally, forms ground.
Of ,tu,i:n. hop, for tie whic>: aud they are leaving no.
,hinr uiicir 70 turn these aivnaiaec' 10 the best account:
a. preliminary noy,incn; t' u thorough ORGANIZATION OF
Il, FAC: nil important: fc- The Whi.s hold that 10 impair The
,r..,ir. Of the Virginia democracy would prove tn most
,cw-rful inccuiiy. ~ ~. elective campaign in l>th that
no,,IL. t,,ni.l.I luh..i, IA" zeal and energy which are
~ .>tJ.;,.I hy ,h- Nhi.,. are ,ctua,rl almost entirely
~. ,hi. m,,iv,. aud no,hir. tia, human vxerlion can ac-
r,r,uT.h Will lie u.n,iu; 1, iriE. about the result aimed ~.
~, -. ,,.,,,iu, ,N,niyrlv Vigilance committee,
-, ill.,. ,,noin,.l IN every ..,;ricI. city, town. VILLAGE
80 49,, .,,i,l ,,,,,iu,t 4. AMI aiul, Nll no, hc wanting TO
-, 80 ,h.jr ,nl. 1lis ! can Sc. Turing my short cxpe-
49,. n". Wv. n,I ,,h.,, | 20; 10 other parts OF the State.
whrr, IN, NM. strength j., vastly greater. | have n" doubt
| shall witness "a n sf'tTFl ~ - 'N'- "' "N" :" -"
aus M. activity IT,, Ircr.,,riis tcndcd - arouse the
iL.,,orr,.v from their >lGu.brr>, and l." Impress them wiki
c"uxfr;i,, a.. M. Danger oi relying too Implicitly upon
,L-ir prestige In the pat. They are hrsinninS to realize that
,,., ,...,ri., .;,, no assurance 81 similar results III the
future. and accordingly are i":aS!n. themselves 10 the task
-. or..,;,iu. Tl.y are. however, Haniiup in the rnrrgy
,ti,r cl,,rgcrry,s ,Ir. movements Of the Opposition.
Jouh.le., i,rcau.e of too much presumption in their
strength. I, /. probable" they will soon become more he'io"s
under M. influence OF the EXAMPLE furnished by their oppo-
nrnt>. and the ieaG " an aivtr-" result.
soon after Twelve o'clock to-day both candidates proceed
Ir -, ...n.r,iy. friend. S:ranre. there was lulc or IN
,i,lnu.. =. they catered. ,housl, the anxiety 20 hear them
SMe - .ro>. ,,l p-oc,eirl 20 s,v ,la, for eight
va . p, - ,h.ir representative in Congress. and il
year e ~ W" I t,I ,, ,L,, ,,,aJon riy. Al, account,
"as proper MA, az ~, s.ryi..- in ,h,t can,ri,y pr-.
q. IL 't","'.'i' J., L..,r.j !, unnecessary 20 Say
= r.,i :" ~" :r,sm,rb a. ,h,y were already familiar with hi,
'"!I"ns, n.r;oI ~, III. nc,iou d,rin- M. las, Sc.
course up 70 Ia 81. ,i,, he'd h.,n .,;,l ,o J.u,,nL from,
lou n'm... ~ r.,nnrts. Nm, h. f.!t hound to enter into
.", So; ,i.n,.;on of nj. vote against the OH Soldiers Pen.
s,mv IN ina.n'rr,, a.. ,,ne rr,,t-h. had hc.t, mad. wiki
,sr.,.nc. ~ /, IN. vote which lie recorded against tina;
IN T.. I'll ~. ,.,dv 20 c,-, n.,in. II ncc ,sion r.umircl
l., 20, h.. h-I;.rrL /, 10 b.. fraI-h, with serious injury to
~. interest, OF tie country. liz regarded the whole propc-
,I,jon As unjust. for I, involved Al ol'l!y which would he
oncrous upou ;he people, while i; worll h-ne.it but a com.
para,ively small number. Il was estimated that about four
hundr.d thousand persons would come within the scope OF
he on.rs,ion. d.mandiny an appropriation At the las, session
~ Conr-.s, Of &.9. 40. 40. AMI IA annual appropriation
-, 4. $40 ,o lar !, u.rini q; ten wears. II would have
,aser from The Treasury the >rm "f $40" od. r0 IN dis
cbn,rn nj, ,h- obligation. which hi, bill would impose: and
No an. v.u,d doubt that such an outlay was impoii;ic in
view OF the rresen. STATE of the Treasury. From, the founda-
lion Of the government, to liz" present time, the amount paid
!. !. , r ~. a..m.i y,c,id H.. vastly li.rrororionei,o
~. r,,.. q, pay,uen, proposed hy tn. hin Of tie la; 49,
-. ~ a ,,,t ,.si ut1 ,rnn.>cd :, Ia. concentrated Ly
80. , =, - ,.-;,J 81 Tn var. cnulI on,y H.. had hy
.' -, ", ~ 10 I, no,;cv n wii,h n. was utterly vnrn.ei
,,S"'r '' - ,aa.n-. ,yIjch ,l.i,u.J IN. ,ou.iI.rl.
. & ,ts"',, c,nr...s ami I'm, was The admission d,
up'i VI '"c "a -" - ~ - - d. ,iu.
oFts@A a, a S'a;r 'h,o az . % +, ,T " ~ TT,'' , Nv NV w. r .r
20. ~ 80 y n,,,r =, w.. L,c., NOR, ii.u,ii.I IN Tel.
s.tc ,'Ii. -. n"S ' ,,i.h j.. so,,l.rn rnup.ry han any nor.
.Hs ~ ~. T"r,li Sar;hwc.t or Nov England STATE. Never
49, o,;i o. ." ne, u. ~. ii,., Cou.r.,.. h,, ,her. been a division Of
mn n',n -. -. -.,,r.s",,,,ir.s anon measure. tending TO
~. ,",.,; az ,h~ south. aud in tia, iir,;anc. i, WA, con.
s - ., ,.,,,,, rrnl.-;cs and on. Of tie california repre-.
..n,, ,i,r, i'm M. uor.. Of Representative. NJ. l.. here
rrf. rr,,l :, The rolr-~ Of Gen. Lane. ~, 4 delegate from Ore.
ron. and enl,.!<.I III nleli.y 20 tie sou,h, and hi, high
81. ,uj "a ,,Iri, o-,..n A. fllows:-In the affirmative,
one o bnntr.J L.fmo-r,;~. fourteen republican. aaI no South
,,,.ri,an I'm ibr negative. tw-n,y.one democrats. seven
,v..yo Eeruhlic,u>. and zen Sou.h Amcrcan>-shoSinG
ia, vj,l, -. ,Sc.r,ion.. the whsle Southern country re.
caricl ,hi, addition Of Oregon ~ one o. vast Importance
in any sectional coa'r"""r? that mig, arr. hereaiyF;
anG ;hs: her representatives, AMI senators c"m'i ne relleu
upon. A. ''r''' NJ 'tliiIr'.i VIZ, ~ i. 'an |! :, nv en w.,
u lids country, ,ni .d IN preserving ana proteS'ihs .hs
constitution 81 me t'"l' ,hl''a-J 4" 80, ~ Wv
admission 81 tha' STATE, ana ne H"i'en '', h'he VI IA, cYh.
s.i;u. nj, would blame Lin Tor Il. lie Then prccecdch'o
say tina, III. Democratic party VS. IN" only party iha' ever
effected Az extension o! 'he area o' freedom ahi! ~" 'hii'
FENCED t> competitor 10 siow one INSTANCE in which the
party 10 which, nc belonged had accomplished any such re-
mil II. imagined that HI. friend would hay. something
kN : : AffRN VT ~ h-
Government. and would, 10 doubt. throw the responsibility
Of .hc.. heavy expenditures upon the Administration. li"
woul! submit; III. proposition tWJt :he h'rinf ,irl:lon
should h.. hcll r"-p"nsf'l- owls or ~ amount ., IL ">:i'
tn,.--. AMI tnat I'll. Congress ~ 80" United si''"s 'h"niile
held responsible !t any srii, "hic!' tA'? may Hilr'is!atr
beyond :,"'c estimates. aua MOI 'Ht t!r7'dr@' or ~ 'ahi'
ret. LIZ H. sec shat were Tia" ">iirsa,e- ,hnt We i"iy rs
certain WIS. the President II r'>l'"i>'"'r ''f a'o "hi' Con
frr-,l- responsible FOR. TIE aiioiht o. lnpn.k involved III
ali "a. appropriation !I. basel - t"':'=",'. ~; mere
Communications or r:t;instss 81 The ire'.''", ihv"lv'i The
sun u! 1871, 30 -. TIE Post one" Appropriation bill.
which contained an appropriation "' '"'h'E millions 81
dollar, having failed, III" 1880 amour ~ "l'rFopfi"'
lions W., brought DOVE 70 SF'.i""'i-> ~ va T'H'tc'
man pretend NAV 'he ircs''ehi N r"' p'n''''H .' ~ eN'"''
Of twelve millions 81 hoi!sr7 "Tet ai'i .""ne -. '';'na,es
which was appropriated b! tonc'cs,' lc allF-hsnd"i
not. Then. If that hc -. l.. the President To-" h.Ii t">r2nsi'
bic fer h- thar" and Concrs-' i"7 ih''t- Mti!' NE ,tra'
belongs propose 8, do lie was not sure \, "h't ''r'! IL.
belonged. IL. u not a wing; according 70 thc 'e-'ihlphS oil
many members ofila, once powerful party u a !, gone Town.
n, /. probably Il ulenbrr Of villa; va, once Known ~. the
American or Know. Nothing pIr'?.
MIR. ,r..rN said he never did hc'ons to that parry.
a. I,,ru,s- NIL ,b.n Ia. ran,in, hc,ouy 10 the Vii,