Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-19
a llTII.E MORE LlGHT.

The eec,onesring contest between MAJOR Ha''and
and Gen Gordon, in the Aibemare district, Virginia,
has called ''Styietiy confidential letter iron Mr.
Rirss To the Major dated in October Inst, which thus
described in the Charlottesville Advocate:
1.-The letter was written by MIR. Rives TO Major Gar
land on thu 2Sth Of October last after the elections
in Ohio and Pennsy!vanil aud was endorsed strictly
confidential In it, Mr. r. ertukes TO account Tor The
triumph Of the Administration party IN these two States
M is 10 b. attributed says ne not To The popularity %
the Sub Treasury scheme, but Ia the RRp0pnaray Nr
CYny and the HhgS. DIsconncct the Sub Treasury with
them and would be condemned by the almost unan'-
nous voice Of the people The result OF the elections
in these two States WILL trust, teach tie Wings les
son of humii,ty OF which they stand so much IN refd
| would advise YOU 10 take no farther noiice OF the
Globe unless specific charges are made against you IN
it, /; is Vulgar, scuruus paPcr unworthy the notice
Of a gentleman. Cease 10 deRounce your former pGtH
cat friends and associates, and endeavor 10 ro"c'ate
them by all proper means AS to the Wings, neilhP!
you nor have any right 10 expect any ln2 from The
leaders the great body OF the party OF The Garrett
ness "f this opinion, have long since been SATISFIED
and The tate napriGciped nGn&arring OF some ct The
leaders Of the Wing party has only tended to conhr'
ne in it."
An this is perfectly inlegibe. MIR Rives' original
cbirc, in joining the Wings upon the Specie Crcuisr
was c0rac MriT leader, and by their md, make hmStt
President &c The defeat of the FedealIs,s in ONO
and Pennsy lvania las, FALL excited new hopes in MIR
Rves He hoped tina, ii would teach them "a lesson 81
humility Is to say that they would be hum"e
enough IN take the " LWc EIYuager for their leader,
and abandon all their old chiefs The cause OF The DE-
fea, was, 'Me unpopuia'ityJ Mr. Clay ard the Hmgs,
anc they would hu, recognise MIR Rtves and the n,i
Sub Treasury their leader ana wGlch~U!d, all would
be- victory and triumph
Gas to the Wings" says Mr.. R;vos 10 Maj. Garland,
"neiiher you nor have any reason TO expect any thing
from the leaders the great body Of the party. And
he adds: 1he late unprnciped manGuvriDg Of some vi
the leaders" has tended 10 confirm that opinion.
We'll the Wings kare learned IA lesson Of humility
They humJ'ed enough TO take as leader the an
who denounced them, aud whom they denounced -
L,,,, Intr Cor, nd
have succeeded, had they no, had fec homes. men
among them.
How HUMBLEp must the editors Of the Richmond
Wing have been when they Coz Seaed 10 support man
whom they denounced IN Inc following sHain not TWO
yearsago viz:
ave had thought, that the fervid and indignant elo
quence and excoraling Satire Of the Lrghs, the Pres
as & The Gs AND s Is nsy nn n
makes II universe and eternal
"Ihe fddling oil a NeIo-the consul Of a Calirua-
the colt.h"oded tyranny of 9iberius-rnay be for.
gotten; the long catalogue Of crime which stands me.
mento OF human depravity, may fade from the pnge of
history and vanish from The memory of man +; but this
base act, untouched by the finger of time shall remain
10 shame our natures 10 he InIest ages The men no
at the bidding OF notorious thief, in the presence Of on
assembled nation before their country and their God
wiiiu'y and deliberately peued themselves and placed
the perjury record, need expect to be forgot,
ten, nor forgiven. Charity may vaiuy essay TO mitigate
the niamy of their deed bu, their names will never
cease to be exects'ed whilst virtue has Votary or vice
is De pTecaied.
eve sincerely wish that it were not counter 10 The
order OF Providence that all the perpetrators dark
tragedy on our counttys honor. might be cursed with
an immortality here; tina! they might Ike on whilst tine
holds lis I" hear in their proper persons
unmeasuied aud bitter execralions of very honest man.
and on each roaming day be dashed naked through
the world with whip Of scotpions from the rising 10
the setting sun"
This was The language OF the Richmond Wing IN tie
RI OF May, 1887. How is II nov? HumGifd enough 10
overlook he trpungers '1famy "unirer.ai and tt,r.
nal -hUr'bieG enough 10 do homage to this wore than
a Nero, Caligua, or Tibeiius-durLicd enough sup
part and land who, " in the presence of ,e as
sembed nation, helnre his Country and his Grd nj
fully and GeberGic'y pe,ju'ed haa$G, aud placed the
perjury on iecord-kum6ted enough TO become the tot
lower OF man hose name will never cease 10 be tx
ecIaled whilst virtue has vo,ary vice is deprecated"
-humbid enough TO place in the highest Offices Of ho.
nor trust, and profit man 10 whom The editors ''sn
cersiy ,cished an rlroruli'y here, that he might
hear in hs own proper person, the nnmtaSu,cd aud bit
ter excavations Of every HONEST MAN. and each
turning day TO be dashed naked through the world with
whip OF scorpions, from tie rising In the setting sun.
T. a irsSon n humiiig, indeed Mr. Riyes must be very
Observation-Disclosures Than ell the Neros, Caigulas and
iiberiuses Of hisory-it he wishes to see The Wings
more hu"1td than they have been in supporting han
tor Senator - Ginbe.