Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-16

N"Po"' o"u 'hat 100 US the Phenx himself WAS
rom an "honourabe' source' Col Stone i, /. man
Who pTetends to very little, compared with IN. Dd;-
'or OF the Enquirer. He does not assume In ,,;.,a
the Political Sceptre OF New York, and VIC dare :, .
PRESIDENTIAL asprant made love to him. updcr
ING oehef that to win his affections, was the sures,
: "o' inc only means, Of winning those of the State
WYNN guided by his oracles and controuled bv tho
ms"'y rover Oh his Press What wondor then Tim.
"o'' stone should be humbuggod by an "honourable"
correspondent when the humiliation .bcf., h;,
who fills so much mghtier space,
As for poor Sou,hworth, the Editor of tho r;,or,
ry Snhai'crn, who first published the Jee.o, ls,,o.
and who really seems us to have at times e, no..
10 hi' bonnet'-our contemporary literally "cb.~.
MN up No quarter whatever is shewn him-.nd
" Southworth knew it when he published It, he do
serves no quarter-But it may be truo and in in
deed' most probabe-that Southworth himself w,s
hoaxed 1.-THE Commercial thinks BY some .yack,or;,,
who calculated that the detection of the boax wo,,d
inJure Mr.. Ciay) as say, this nav be thu c,s.
we submit 1t to the bowels OF Mr. Richie. if Sou,b-
worth Is not entitled to some compassion. .snec,,I,
from the first publisher of the East Room Lstter-,c
eording 20 the old sdage which alledges that "a fell
low feeling makes wondrous kind"
mere We would fam stop. The conduct of tho
Editor OF the Enquirer touching this matter, 40 wo
nave thus reviewed it provokes rdicue but doe. no,
seem To deserve any serious mark of disann,o-
oat'on lnthe quotation which follows we recopnize
spur" OF undlscrimnating injustice, and malirntv
""ch calls for another sort of apprehension In his
paper of Friday last, we find the following.
Upon what evil times have fallen. In how manv ,v,y.
There Of Birmingham mo s ms Pie.'G,on,
We vii 40, ~ s enough are to be found in abundance
s we eonnne ourselves to the incidents more than
.ne as' 'tle month We have forged letter boldly
% AZ, on upon ne public as the work of Jefferson, putting
Sh , Clay Tns OF the most talented and brilliant men and
TN, rood NV nave seen gross charge fabricated against
the Baltimore Patriot" ''"
Inc reader will DO at no loss to understand wba,
TINS candid Editor means Souhworth has publish
ed what Is believed spurious letter of Mr. JefIer
son; Col. Stone another lotter from an ANONYMOUS
source, describing the conduct Of Mr.. Randolph,
winch probably had not foundation in truth-uhdt IS
the inference which this logical, this fair this beney
oieht and christian gentleman deduces. The infer
ence which he deduces did We suy' No-he does mob
deduce t-that would be stretch of boldness in err
ror manliness in doing Injustice of which this .p-
sinuatlng," inuendoing gentleman, is utterly mcapa-
Die. Thus openly stated, the deduction would glare
In all It's illogical deformity even upon his own ex
elusive readers, and it is To be hoped disnust even
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malice The skul gentleman. verssd in all tho arts
OF able Editors, proceeds more warily to work-ke
hldes the snake in the grassland states his PROPOSE
ton IN the form of an inuendo upon what .v;,
times have we faIlen In how many ways, are tho
'ehos Of Henry Clay prepared to support his preten.
sions! The patriotic exclamation is oecasoned bv
The publications Of Southworth and Stone-inusndo-
tho friends OF Henry Clay-the party which Bud
ports MN, IN now many ways"-that is BY Gorgeyv
tmark the sly and nsdious in how many ways">
are Mey prepared 10 support his pretensons!" Was
not h's the Inference which this unfair Editor-too
sPiriiless to state it in rords-was not this the infer
ence' which he expected and designed that tho ureat
mass OF his readers who stepped in the political
ignorance which he finds it his interest to keen than,
in. should draw
We sometimes think the Editor of the Bnou,e,
must be in his dotage-so glazing are his absurdties
so unnecessarily does he rush into nextricable din.
cuit'es' SO uniformly does the scourgs which he d.
reefs at others, recoil upon his own back Not onIv
upon measures, men and principles has he in almos,
every case unsald all he said-but scarcely DO
hcnl incident occurs, which he docs not contr,ve TO
render monument of his most egregious inconsis-
tency lie is sensible Of the truth of what we say.
1870 no Nuhlty seehS redfes6 IN
and indiscrminate political traduction. Could INV
o'her man but the Editor OF the Enquirer, who had
been like him, made to publish the renowned Eos,
room Leter-have been guilty of the extremity of
imPudent inconsistency, of deporing the publication
Of the spurious Jefferson Letter as roproach to the
American Press-of chanting Jeregiads over the de-
cay OF public morals, which the publication infers'
Is there another Editor of his party, Green not cx-
copted-so lbcal to involve the friends Of Henry
Clay as party in the niquity of one or more unprin
cPIed Individuals When he published the Eas,
Room Letter, did any friend of Adams excIaiu be
hold the Jackson party!" What control has Claw or his
friends over such persons forged the pretended JEFF
letter that he they should be made responsible
Tor what neither he they could help, Surely
the devil hImseifis the father Of such logic
fes--we hare fallen upon evil tmes--but the evil
II lar deeper aud more deadly, than the publication OF
orgerles immediately detected, and which help nobo
ny, and lnjure none but their authors Were zoe call
cd upon to assign proof Of the evil of the times wo
Should refer TO something more subtle moro dance