Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-09
Another Grand and Magniheent BreekinrIdge
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The BrecknridEer in Richmond held meeting at the
Metropolitan Hail. evening before last for the purpose of
appointing delegates TO the Secession Convention ct
charlottesville on Thursday next. And most misCra
BILE and melancholy failure it was, We have rarely wit
messed so grand izzle. At the time Of the organza
ton Of the meeting and duringhe whole Of Mr. Beverly
Wslliord's very stale lat and Improbable" speech
there could no, have been more than hundred persons
in the Han considerable number Of whom were Wings
drawn thither like ourselves, BY curiosity merely The
numbsrEnereascd somewhat afterwards, but at no mo
ment during stay could i. have exceeded ahundred
and Rty or two hundred-and We remained there until
some time after the conclusion Of Mr.. o. j. Wses
speech Take it all in all, therefore, the Breckinrdge
meeting on Tuesday evening WaSas political demonstra
tOs about the most perfect and ridiculous failure We
have ever Witnessed in this city.
The contrast, both in point Of numbers and en-
thusasn between this Breckenridge gathering at Metro
poEtan Hall and the Douglas demonstration at the AfF
caa Church last week indeed most marked and sig
nihcant The Douglas meeting vas attended by over a
thousand persons and the speeches the occasion were
able and full Of spirit The Breckenridge meeting, on the
other hand was attended BY not hundred and A.
" or two hundred persons and the speakers on the &C.
casOn were as tame, as dull, and as pointess as they
well could be- We had not the pleasure Of hearing it,
as ii was delivered late hour after We had vamosed
the Hall bu. we are informed that Mr.. Choppers speech
constituted an exception. We learn that he was fiery,
imprisoned and defiant and pitched into Douglas with
gloves OF and sleeves rolled up. Mr. Q. IS rapid dow
ing earnes. and able speaker man Of genuine eonyie
ions who follows principle wherever it may lead; and we
en- therefore well imagine that he Hlyed the Little G-
ant aud his friends most remorseessy on Tuesday night
Holding the opinion he does of.he doctrines OF Dough
We should suppose him be unateraby opposed TO any
compromise with toe Douglas men.
The speech Of Mr.. Wexford, are compelled TO say,
was very bad failure. There was neither pith nor
point reason nor rhyme in anything he said He seem
ed to founder aWiuy from the beginning to the end
and we eau oay account for il upon the hypothesis tina.
his candidate and his party both bad eggs, con-
tanning nothing in their history in their present posi-
ton to excite his powers or awaken his enthusiasm For
We have often heard Mr. W. when he in much better
plight but on Tuesday evening" his mesmere talent was
IaOst eonspcuOusly and painfully manifest
In the course OF his remarks, be made the wild and
astonishing declaration that Breckenridge would
a. the rising and setting Of the sun on The morrow, OBJ
tain the electoral votes Of every Southern State While
in the act Of uterng that very silly and ridiculous boast
the wires we're flashing length and breadth OF the
land the Intelligence that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS own
home-and Missouri were both lost to him irrevOeably
And So too As 20 North Carolina State that Bell and
Everett will carry by ten thousand majority in November
There is no comfort aad hope for Breckenridge and
his friends in these recent indications Of popular Seni-
nent On the contrary these indications point unmis-
takably TO the c.s fact have often insisted upon
tha, John C. Brecknrjye is Of carrying no State
in this broad Union, ules the State Of South Caro-
lima shall constitute an exception We hope, there
fore that the BseekiHrdge already see the proPr-
ETY. Of ndugEg their wild and seuseess boast no long
err We hope too that they already the propriety
of at once Abandoning Breckinrdge who stands not the
ghost OF chance Of election, and concentrating
their entire strength upon Bell the only means Of de-
fsating Lincoln and crushing gu; the Black Republican
organization Il will be worse than ehids play for hem
70 continue their support Of Breckuri5ge moment Ion
ger He IS not in the race The omnipOteHt voice Of
tire people has driven him, sOrrowng and Inundated
from the field
Mr.. Wexford, as did Mr.. Wise, who succeeded him
,quintel significantly at Secession and DisaniOa in the
event Of the election Of Lincoln the Presidency. We
understood them both 70 intimate clearly and distinctly
that 10 would De the duty OF the Solu 70 Iel>e suoao
20 the Administration Of Black Republican President
albeit such President shall be eleetedin strict conformity
al the forms and requirements Of that Constitution Z
whose authority the South appeals for protection to he
rights and interests But this inimaton, the part
these two Breckenridge orators, elected manifesto
ton Of approval on the part Of the audience 50 far a
we observed The citizens OF Richmond aud the citizens
Of Virginia are not yet prepared to take the leap into The
fthomless and frghtul gulf Of DisuuOn, on account
the defeat of the Democracy the coming election, ant
At the bidding Of Yaneey aud his Gulf State con
f,derltes As Gov Wise said las; fall they prefer "a
hgh the battle for their rights in the Union, and that
their firm and solemn determination az the present mo
nent Nor can all the Yaneeys and Rhetts in creation
with all their aiders and abetOr force seduce theu
Ia the folly and the crime Of SCATTERING the Union L
pieces, without adequate and allsuicient cause.
In conclusion, We hope the Breekinridge men Of th
Meopol will try their hands at another demonstration
The thing On Tuesday evening melancholy failuH
IA magnificent fzzle-a most complete and ridiculou
let Taeir Douglas rivals beat them eight or ten to one
And do the Breckinridgers of Richmond mean to give
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