Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-23
In nv remarks on Friday. | said

II sail report (. myself aud rcqur.r or rtlr,
gmrra, as 'Imk have ri.t "a do, the Wh: puh n hu
. almost HE only paper circulated ny county awd oNi
sura'e that would he guilty aoa
refuse 10 publish my 'futaon. Though confess should n
be surprise, II 10 frtnr :" 4" i> act Of justice. Last
winter, particularly made connrnt- no!
some REMARKS which ad submitted To- I'M, lloH,r N which
was grossly mrprrScnr and "; declined I" PUBLISH tn
marks themselves though they reported by their "poga,
currccttd.'
The Wing chooses to ASSUME that referred in IL,
remarks 10 my speech the Senatorial election wl,b
was published in March last; whereas made st.cA
aIlusion
In tue Wing Of the a3.h of February l-39, va,
attacked, b. name, not openly, but coycrty and In,
diousy In the same editorial other gentlemen o; The
lnDractcablcs attacked also, but by inl,rcnc"
only Among the hitter gentlemen, my friend from
Mccklcnburg Dir. Goode) the next incoming, in b.
p!ar' rrpiic" 10 The article Through Difference to ms
e$ampc-and only through Difference 10 his cxampa,
as stated at The tim" did tie same thing.
In the wing Of the next morning, February 2ls,
lhc!e IS long editorial comment upon The remarks
made THESE remarks wc!c reported br its reporter.
lie submitted TO me his notes which | now have
gave INN next morning a correction of them Tie
Wing never published them. This was the case 10
which | alluded The remarks a reported would have
taken as little room, and believe less than the Wings
comment
The Wing says, that have occupied very few Of i,
thoughts for the last twelve months do no, know
whether II ever thinks Of the editorials which il writes
preSum" from the productions themselves that il he.
stows very htlc thought upon them Hence, what
says may be true: but thing is certain has de-
voted good many editorials TO me. In the WIG Of
the :st of February, Uhc country Whig,) which ii:
only one TO which shall Refer refer 10 that, because
IS the one 10 which had turn 10 correct the Wing
IN It's pcrvcrsion Of my remarks-In that Wing, there
are tour distinct editorials principally devoted 10
The Wing says that no member of the Legislature
has occupied more of lis columns than have. In con-
trast with this, state That ii never during the whole
time have been here, has published but three speeches
Tor me; and DO not rccOllcc; that requested put
sh one Of them Whatever else IL has published 81
mine Of It's accord. Very rarely have ever
corrected the notes Of Reporters. The Enquirer has
published speeches Of nine than the Wing, even
at the time when the Wing pretended to think me
marvcousiy proper man recoiect one occasion par.
cularly: refer to my speech against that scheme OF
lnterna! improvements which introduced here t@'
years since, and which, had it been carried would have
involved this State III inextrcablc embarrassment
That speech the Enquirer published, but the Wing DC
not, though in that instance, requested IT 10 do So
The speech only occupied three columns of the Enq"
rer However, in this, shared the fate of almost ever!
body who spoke against that scheme; though the CO.
lumns Of the Wing were eemng week after week %''"
speeches on the other side.
have noticed this paper as far as intend VIZ
not weak enough to think that should escape its SC
rlity Its illusions false as they are tol
do not care whether the Wing publishes TINS no"