Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-09
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THURSDAY MORNING. JULY o, 1870.

Toe Enquirer a, Us old ,rieks.--A week ago, the
Enquirer contained the following paragraph.
in compliance with the request friend wishes to
ha We have requested an exchange OF raper with the
io"ehonfs virginia., IN any Coalition Pcp,r.'
We noticed this little paragraph at the moment
with. some curiosity and moro contempt, and we
should then have made it the text Of some obser-
va'ions; but that We thoaght it right not to inter.
ierc before the party particularly reflected upon
by II, had schooed its impcrtincncc. This has been
Sonc. and with tho accustomed point Of the LYNCH
burg virgtnian.
The frsi thin. worthy Of notice is the kind soli-
c,uic of the friend, who proctrcs Gon the Editor Of
The Enquircr, contradiction chat he had solicited
IN exchange with the yirginiau. What o jealous
and sgueamish friend this must have been. IYas
there bona ae "rcquest" to this effect made by
"fTicd," inthe of the word, as tho Public will
understand lis Use in the above paragraph Did
som" friend in Lynchburg or its vicinity, forward
such request to the Editor Of the Enquirer We
doubt 1--we DO not believe it. We believe that no
man That ever corresponded with npwspa per, would
thinR such proposition, that the Enquirer prof
tered 10 exchange with the Virginian, or any other
paper, worthy OF enquiry, consideration or contra
dlction. There is some juggleTy in the matter
something probably, which in the Teller authoriscs
the statement that n request" had been made
but our boards upon il, that in spirit and in truth,
no such 'reqa est" has been made. II wp do inius-
lice, we shall be sorry for tive will not be unjust
willingly, even to the Enquirer--but we know the
tricks of tn Editor Of that paper so we'll we are so
familiar With his address in the SuPpreio reri With
out absolutely mourning The rcproach of his con-
science for snggcdo d!si, that the flesh marks Of
the present instance can hardly mislcad u.s. The
sasscity of the reader he at fault TO under
stand the notifies Of the Editor of the Enquirer fer
contradicag as he says by request" the statement,
that he had offered to exchange with the Virrinian.
These 'uotiees, are to impress the belief q, dis
lance, that the paper is unworthy of the respect i'm
piled in IN application to exchange with it, That
possibly at the solicitation Of The Virginiau he might
good naturally consent TO exchange with it, but
that he could By means cundcscend to be the one
TO ask It! Phis impression he hopes to make at
distance, nnd for any thing we know, sucteeds in
making. Where the VirgRian is taken, no soch
impression can be made-for it is az certain that
that paper transccnds the Enquirer ia wit and afcu-
ment, as that it is surpassed by the latter in selfish
diplomacy, and genious divinaion on which aide of
given question the majority will be found.
Is the Editor Of the Enquirer, really SO weak as
to imagine that his iege subjects give him cred
it for sincerity, when he affects to consider the LYNCH
burgh Virginan, the Political Arena, the Winchcs-
ter Republican, the Petersburg Intelgenccr, or this
paper, az far beneath the dignity of his notice, Has
he so much Of the ostrich stupidity, think, that
he imposes upon my b. this uiFcctation? Docs
nc not know that his own friends rdicule him. and
impue To prudsnec, what he fam would have thought
the effect OF conscious superiority Yes he knows
all this, but ne prudeny persists in his course. No
sooner does paper of distinction arise in any quar-
ter OF Virginia as several within TIM few last wears
lave arisen, and assume to controvert the docmas OF
the Enquirer, or to hang out the banner OF indepen
Gencc, and follow the dictates Of its own FREQ iudr
mcnt, than instantly, such paper becomes unwor-
thy Of tho notice, end the courlcsics Of Mr. Rclic
Mercy on us-what n dignifci gentleman! The
worthy gcncman's dignity-is insultcd, that auy Ed
itor within the confines Of Virginia. should presume
to think differently from the Richmond Enquirer; and
no sooner " such characterization manifested, than il
issuTmary punished, by tho silence and conompt Of
that imperious Journal. This excessive arrogance
ought not much to sutprizc when Is remembered
that for nearly twenty years, thcro hardly pa
per in Virginia which dared to resist the dictoton Of
the Editor Of the Enquirer-his loving kindness to-
wards che cditors OF The papers enumerated above,
will be appreciated, when is rcco,ctcd they were
the first to break the shackics imposed vpop the Viz
gnia Press, and became the instruments in the hapd
Of the public to qTcl tho insoicnce of the yrust Of
The gull II is natural that the Editor of the En-
qurcr whose capucity never was equal TO argument,
and whose qualifications tho5c Of judicious socc
ton. and industrious arrangement, should shrink from
contest with superior force and good nature ought
10 eontent itself wtIfsming ut the Whimsical shield
lis vanity has interpreted to him from defeat und
overthrow.
Do the ViTginian dnd the Arena know that the Ed
for Of tie Enqurer is also Editor ofthe Compiler
Have they not always exchanged with the iOttcr9
Fran nc LJnehbgr1 Virgfqsn
FUNNY
The last Richmond Enquirer contains The following
paragraph:
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