Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-10
The biggest mhopper get

We are astonshed now at nothing else we should
be amazed at the crtraragam msstatemens in the r.
Wing What shall We say of lis Philadelphia Cores
pendent, who says strong Van Buren, man acknow-
Lodges, that from St.Louls to Philadelphia, he has
only met with three Van Buren, mem" Does writer
or Editor expect any one to believe IT.
What shall we say to the statement of the Wing,
that "'rhe Wing Spring vote will be exceeded thou
sands BY the Wing Fall vote" eve will take a wager
of 500 that it will fall Shorthand the reason is obv-
GUS because in the Fall Wing give but vote
and because the of the large Republican counties
will then turn out. We have heard Rockingham and
rity.
What shall we say 10 the bold assertion involved in
this question ofone Of its chaste and modest correspond
ents:
Of the paper, he Crisis frank them through his Posi-
once to citizens of Virginia. for the purpose OF influencing their
judgments by the sided and
and alsrhood thai the Press OF Virginia yet put forth:
MIR. Kendall has not subscribed cent to the Crisis,
as far adrised-and not single number is
ever sent TO him.
But of all the whoppers, that scattered through
the Whg-and OF all the shameless Misrepresentation
that have ever seen, even in the columns of the
Wing itself, the following is the most reckless:
''hnd this scheme al standing Of Two hundred thou
sand mIIaO"e h4"dred thousand be kept CONSTANTLY in
body and in al the
Of millions 10 people weighed down by debt y
Misrepresentation can go no farther Every line is
fable-every statement con,radlctS the publ re-
cords. The whole sentence is gross and notorious
humbug. Who can now expect Justice from this
"common sewer Who believe any statement
which graccs or dIsgraees its renng columns
"Sec' The militia committee of the House of Repre-
senatives proposed similar scheme on MAY IL, 1888
Here is the Report and the Bill before us!''i Standing
9rmp All the officers commissioned by the States
the privaes consisting of the ieomanry of the land,
living IN their own counties; armed aud prepared
10 defend themselves and their rights called ont only
for days by their own Governors and command
ed by their own nrighbors-and organized and train
ed for those ten days only, year; to be called
standing army There grosscr abuse
of language, since the days Of the Norman Conquest
But this standing army IS to comprise 100000
men Why, the Secretary's plan specifies only nine
thousand hi hundred of the active class of Mi
ta and they not TO be called cut all AT once for tram
ngnor to be moved from the States TO which they re-
spectvely belong But the monstrosity of the fable
consists in representing, that they TO be kept soon
saRiy IN Jody aRd IN pay war or no war; enemy or no
enemy The Editor ought TO have known better. lie
could scarcely have mistaken the fact because there
spread out upon the record He must have known per-
fectv WE'LL that instead Of being constantly embodicd
pay, &c, &c, the Senator only speaks of "a pc
rod not exceeding thirty less than ten days in each
and year, at such times may least interfere
with their ordinary occupations The Secretary
inded prefers the shortest period of ten days. and
instead of s'nc,c miiioaS, he estimates the whole
annual expense ''ess than $30O,0O0." (5ut we
publish upon last page long Extract, from his
Report, giving his plans, &c. 1t will abundantly
speak for itself, and shows what miserable humbug
the Richmond Wing has attempted to play off upon an
intelligent people, for the purpose of producing pa
creating capital for its desperate party For our
own parts, we do hesitate to say, that considering
the Importance of the Crisis and especially the inflated
Importance which has been attempted to be attached TO
this humbng this favorte bantlng of Senator Rlv,s
and Ex-Treasurer Campbell, this statement OF the
Richmond Wing is the most unblushng and nionstrous
cxaggeration we have witnessed during TINS whole
campaign. II is the Ultima Thule of Whi9gIsh ms
representation 1t caps the climax of fiction Or, II
we NAV homeler phrase, at completely takes the
rag off the bush" 1t is beyond exception the great
est whopper, that the present campaign Gun possibly
call forth.