Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-05-17
Ritbmon0 enquirer.
By RIrcHIE, DUSNAvANr, TYLER 4 WISE.
TUESDAY MOnNING, MAY II, 1850.
OUR CITY NOMINEES.

nlsnes StronS presumption OF announcer p''''0
cratic victory in this city.
The building was already crowded to over
flowing, when we entered, and found Larkin
W. Glazebrook, Esq, presiding, and Dr. James
Dove officiating as Secretary of the meeting.
4 motion was first made by Daniel II. Lon
don, Esq, to the effect that the Democracy OF
Richmond do nominate for election to tie
House of Delegates, RICHARD o. HAsSISs, Jos.
r. ANDERSON and Roscoe B. HEATH, the three
gentlemen whose nomination in 1857 secured
a Democratic victory, and whose efficient SER
vices during the last session of the General
Assembly have so cilectually strengthened
their own claims and those of the Democratic
party on the entire confidence Of the people OF
Richmond.
Mr. London's motion was received with en-
thrsiastic applause, and the vote being taken,
the Chairman announced that the three gentle
men above mentioned had received the nomi.
nation by unanimous vote Of the assembled
Democracy.
Mr. London then delivered short and stir
ring address, replctc with facts and arguments,
especially important of the commercial and in
dustrial interests of the city, and concluded by
offering a resolution plcdging the Democracy
to the earnest support Of the ticket, and recon-
mending the Democratic nominees to the con-
servativc voters of all parties. The speech and
resolution were received with much applause,
and the latter unanimously adopted
On motion of Nat Tyler, Esq, the chairman
appointed committee Of three, Messrs Nat.
Tyler, Daniel II. London, and j. p. Wren, to
inform the nominees Of the action of the meet
ing After brief absence, the committee re-
turned, conducting Mcssrs Haskins and Heath
! to the platform, and announced the absence OF
Mr.. Anderson. In response to loud calls, Mr..
/ Haskins then briefly addressed the meeting
! The hearty and prolonged cheers which wei
coined the remarks Of this gentleman bore am
pie witness to the confidence and affection
which his sterling worth has so long command
cd among the good people Of Richmond. We
doubt whether single man, even among the
number of Opposition voters present, failed to
experience kindly warmth Of feeling towards
this man, whose benevolcncc, good citizenship
and high integrity of character have rendered
his nomination for Office virtually equivalent
/ to an election.
Mr.. Heath was next called to the stand, and
was listened to with intense interest, for nearly
ono hour. The effort was very effective and ad
mrably sustained. Mr.. IIcath's manner Of
thought and delivery is strongly impressed with
the habit prevalent in the higher walks Of the le-
gal profession. Accustomed to deal with facts to
eliminate issues, to seize leading points, and to
arrange details in such relation and grouping
as to place each in the order of its significance
and logical bearing his addresses on the hus.
tings, like those of the forum, appeal directly
to the understanding Of his audience. Short,
pthy sentences, didatic utterance, clear and
forcble comparisons Of facts, such arc the re-
qusitcs upon which he most frequently relies,
seldom pausng in his chain Of intellectual rca-
soning, to appeal TO imagination or sense of
the humorous. lie Immediately impresses an
audience with the conviction and appreciation
of his solid worth and high capability for the
public service. His unclouded eloquencc of
pure intellectual thought, freed from all facti-
tous appliances of rhetoric, forms faithful
mirror in which all can recognise the working
of n naturally comprehensive and astutc intel
lect, bearing the evidence of severe mental
training, and honestly engaged in the eimina-
ton of useful and pertinent truth. After a
handsome and appropriate tribute to the re-
spcctivc merits of his two colleagues, Mr. Heath
proceeded to an exposition and vindication of
their efforts and his in behalf of the great COM
niercial interests Of the city, during the last
session Of the Legislature. His description of
the serious difficulties which bcsct these cndca-
vors was emnently just and striking. Yet, not
withstandins all the difficulties in the way, the
efforts Of the progressive party in the Lesisa-
ture, aided by the timely assistance of the En-
ecutvc, were finally sufficient to secure impor-
tant appropriations for the relief of most Of
the great lines of internal improvement, and
especially to those works upon which the fu
ture extension Of the commerce of Richmond to
a great extent depends.
He next enumerated series of necessary
reforms yet to be made Prominent among
the matters requiring a speedy and efficient
reform, and one especially insisted on by Mr..
Heath, is the odous discrimination against
city property, which results from the system
of taxation so long adhered to by the General
Assembly, in derogation of the dictates Of the
Constitution.
Mr. Heath justly attributes the continuance
of this, and other disadvantages imposed on
our city population, to the fact that most of our
cities have for long time been represented in
the Legislature by delegates Of the Opposition
party-men whose party associations, and cs-
pccally the naturally impractcable spirit of
minority struggling for asccndancy, have
served to withhold from them and their con-
stituents that entire confidence of large ma
jority in both Houses Of the Legislature, so
essential for the harmonizing Of different inte-
rests and the complete establishment Of the
rights Of all on an equal basis.
In connection with the State elections Mr.
Heath ably vindicated the Democratic party
from the envious charges of the Opposition
Then passing to comprehensive review Of the
present state of political parties throughout
the Union, he demonstrated the fact that the
unfortunate position Of the Opposition party at
the South altogether precludes them from at
tanning any share of ascendancy in general
politics, without strengthening the hands and
furthering the ultimate asccndancy Of the Abo-
litionist opposition party Of the North.