Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-02
DUILlUS.
TO TIE EDTT0RS OF TIE rNoUJnr


GENrLEMEN-The writer has noticed in your paper
Of the 25th Instant publication signed "a Citizen Of
h,ng Queen, in reply TO former communication from
CassitS Or -ius was intended principally 10 cor
rect gross mis- presentation in relation Mi Edwin
Upshaws part the Congressional canvass, made by
writer who prcends 10 be Citizen of Caroline All
That Cassus meant TO asset and anege, aud which
he now means to reerae, and is that MIR u did not
pn6hciy withdraw from the the Caroline cleo
uon, assigning reason hereor-tha il not known sin
all the other counties OF the District the days of their
respective elections, that he a canIidate"-ihat
this tuomd not have accounted for the he received
mat there Is " doubt whether had lie not withtrawn
gathering vote would have been given hm"-tha so far
asp, writer believes he did get q pOfe
mr SV numdGs-hat in the opinion OF the writer, it
was, = 81 impossible that he could ever be elected
That = 2 }iihdrew at time when he had done Mr.
'Roane he injury he could; for, had he continued the
canvass, =, would have injured Mr.. Taylor mos,--and
that from H.; having given Mr. - d certain
Information two years ago, and other circumstances il.
was whispered through The District during the election
and always supposed by the writer, that Mr. u offered
with view OF preventing MIR. RS election" Ii is evil
dent from the context OF Casus that it was to correct
the gross Misrepresentation OF GA Chizen of Caroline
and place the matter OF our late rectus i'm cur
mat he took up his PEN The writer does verify believe.
Ina, Ina" Two TWO cfusa'1I 1922 against Mr.. r., and
mat there was against him. In relation to
This matter, tile writer 10 charge nothing apart
from what was Rnown TO be- the popular sentiment of
virtuous, gh-minded, and democratic portion OF tb CHI
Zehs oil me District in witnessing the bull batting that
was enacted al every muster ground green and
grog'shop throughout the District and the unrelen,ing
with which Goth by publications and speech
esJ " pursued and hunted with barkinJ AT
hees. Every independent man in the District did and
nad right to form and express opinion either in con-
aeinnauon or Juscation OF the taken az ans him
ihese actngs and doings will III the opinion of Cassius
stamp some men e;ernaly Cassius' sickened at and
cordially abhorred (uot being fond of fishing i'm
Waters w the miserable slang whang" oil the tines
ing Citizen of King Queen" that any of the friends
oil Mr. upshaw thought that either themselves or Mr. u
had oeen treated IN an unwarrantabe manner bv him
Nothing further from his thoughts than an ott,cl on
The friends oil Mr. U-nor had he any intention OF making
personal attack on Mr. u, his character reputa-
Ton This he disclaims Mr.. US friends are unanes-
tIonaby as respectable in proportion to their numbers
as any other mans friends. No denies that he
is popular in his county, nor would Cas,ius'
pluck laurel from his brow IT'S true i'm cor.
rectng tho gross Misrepresentation some miserable
scribbier, "Cassus did indulge in somewhat sarcastic
humour but nothing could bear the constructions (and
am sure nothing does TO Mr. w. OF desire disturb the
friendly relations which, $50 lar slight acquaintance
coud prohuce have ever existed between that gentleman
ana Tie writer .Casslus was well warranted in say
That Mr. u could not, and will, in hi. opinion be
elected as "A Citizen of X. and O." for saying that
Mr WIN T. Pendieton would not have obtained two
hundred votes IN the district-hat gentleman has claims
on me people for services which he has rendered Cas
snS mas always been politically opposed TO Nj u but
nolhng has as yet transpired which has ought
sion personal dislike between them There is not a SIM
gle citizen OF the district who knows Cassius that thinks
ne could be capable OF being acualed by "magnitv of
heart and spleen enough TO grossly msrcpresent ruth
eSsy Vy or pour out torrent of abuse coarse and
vulgar Oadry against any person. whatever be his pre-
ension-and nothing but the influence of such feelings
could have induced ga Citizen OF x and Queen" (,yho
seems 10 ne capable oil such work. 10 attribute such mo-
ives The writer OF Casus has such feelings to gra
uy.-"A Citizen OF Caroline and "a Citizen of X and
Queen have undeniably the right to express their pol
eS opinions ana give shor history of the canvass as
My may understand tsnd they certainly will not can
nor ana shall not, take from Cassius the same right
"A Citizen OF and Q seeks make Cassius incur the
III WI! OF the friends OF Mr.. U. and Mr. IT, himself let
Nun lake care that he does incur something more Than
Tie ~ will of others. The "touch 49, liable
scubbleP is corruption a.d chi: -
~ CONCLUSION, my fellow. ciz
Inc" and "A CIIzen OF *. and Q1ecn,
donbt) join with me in heartily wishing, that such
another canvass either OF the two last may never again
disgrace district CASSIUS
Caroline, 29h June, 1888.
=. ). Cdssius' real name is with the Editors
90 Cassus has frankly given up his name as reouesed Wa
arc now called upon for the names Of "a Citizen of Caoe
of ga Citizen OF King aud Queen" Those calls being