Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-05-07

election with his performances since and showed how
sgnay he had failed to adhere to the pledge made In his
Wheatland letter, 10 pursue "rigd ecoasS,y pub
tie e<pendit1es and that instead Of ntsrposng the
strong arm cf tie Democracy las he promised to do in
the same letter. to reduce the expenditures OF the Go
vernmcnt, below the enormous IF 6fy millions Of
dolisrs which he eonended quite too huch meet
the necessary expenses Of the be had in the
hrst two years of his administration, actug increased
those expenditures the of eighty millions of
dollars and that If they continued increase, 10y
responding ratio for the two years the close Of
hi. administration, they would exceed one hundred
millions Of diorsr-the sum which he OBachanan) pre-
deted they would reach, in few years unless ARRESTED
by the strong arm of the Democracy"
Mr.. Boudin also exposed the frauds and corruptions
praetised by Buchanan in attempting to control the cleo
tons In PENNSYLVANIA and elsewhere by ringng bear
upon them the patronage of the General government
showed the runous consequences that would inevitably
have resulted from the adoption of his oious bankrupt
project and held up TO public indignation many other
delinquencies Of Chief Magistrate which il would
extend this communication great length even to
mention.
Mr.. Boudin then made direct appeal 10 his audience
and reminded them that hey had cpvabe reputation
to sustain He called upon them TO remember that with
the soil OF Charlotte mingled tho sared dust of the
patriot Orator of the Reyoluon-the Immortal Pat,ict
Henry
"The nrsiborn Demosthenes
Whose thunder shook the Philip sf IL. seas-
and under whose lead their foreliher had rroux and
successfully resisted the tyrannica assumptions of The
British hSrernrnenf that within sts county al-o
reposed the ashes Of the usrOns orator statesman and
patriot John Randolph of Roanoke whose eIoaucnce in
later times had aroused the patriotic of their
fathers, and even of who then listened to hin,
against the administration of the younger Adams and
caused them to hur Rim from power for alleged offences
far less aggravatng in their Than those of which
Mr.. Buchanan had been proven ie guilty
Mr.. Boudin then described, in a most graphic and
thrilling manner, the last appearance of Mr. Randolph
before the people of Charlotte when from the very
which he tMr b. then occupied the great orator of
Roanoke, with emaciatcd form. and withered arm u,
with eagle eye and brdre heart had hurled the thun
ders of his nyectiyc against h- DARN. usurpatid of
Andrew jackson. This portion Of Mr. B's speech Ma.
touchngly eloquent, and teHrdop might be seen to
giscn in the eye of many of the older men present who
witnesses of the thu oloqucntly and i'm,
pressvely called TO their remembrance. Mr. r. then in
voked those present by the reverence with which thcv
cherished the memories Of these iustrios men and bv
the worthy example which had been set them l,v their
present Administration, which had proven to be 80 ,
worthy OF their confidence and support
After Mr. b. had finished With this portion of bis
speech, hc turned his attention the Cuicrnatorin can
nov going OH in Nirgiaia, aud handled hone,
John-poor fellow even more merucs.lv than he had
belaborcd Mr. Buchanan. He reviewed Letcbers ante.
cedents i'll admirable style, aud demonstrated to all who
heard him, in conclusive manner that he vas not
the man. nt this critical be elevated to the high
Office of chief magistrate Of Virginia
In brief communication Ike this would of course
be impossible TO mention all the strong points made
IN speech of over two hours length nor have | even
attempted to do so. Ii was, indeed a most poWerf1I
conclusive and unanswerabe argument from beginning
to end, and, evidence of the fact although there
were several gentlemen of the opposite party present
who have been accustomed 20 sI-ak in publc on the
stage'-anongst whom tie Democratic Senatorial
Elector for this District whose duty il was 10 have re
piled to Mr.. R-ye M clampiea eo-d &c found in the
Democratic RANTS Who had the teuerity 70 encounter
gallant and chiyalrpus Eecior Old Charlotte IL If
possible, proudeT than claim him as her son
RANDOLPH