Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-05
4 Ronlam for an Oiirer.

Seeing the tricks which the Richmond Wing is daily
playing off upon the people, are not at all surprised
at its attempts to gull the people about the hnmbug of
the Standing Army. 1t saw, that this was strong
card, if it cunnngl played; and cunningly and
falsely has the Wing and some of the Wing Electors
played it, They tried to play off upon the feelings and
fears Of the people, raising the panic cry, that these
militia standing troops, to ovcrrun the land-to
carry out the Presidents orders-to enforce his Sub
Treasury system--and that precious "Executye Com
mtee Of eight, with John Minor Bolts as one of its
worthy assoca;es did not hesitate to appeal TO this fear
Of Standing Army. The Wings stated in county
that the militia man was to be torn eight years from
his iamily-in another, that one hundred thousand
troops TO be marched to the sea ports, and the
other 10000 10 act the Presidents minute
men-that a militia man was 10 be dragged from
one State TO another with heavy equipment for arms,
and that if ne did not comply AT once, he was to be
subjected to heavy fine, and if he did pay it at
once he TO be dragged to jail and not TO bid
adleu TO his wife and children. In the mendacious
spirit, with view OF msrcprescnting the proposition
and soaring the voters, the r. Wing boldly stated that
this standing army-tiat II was to be kept con-
stdaHym J0dy and IN pdy at the expense oil millions
to Ike public Treasury. BY such tricks has it BEEN
that few voters have been cheated in the debaablc
counties and thus bare majority guided into the Wing
ranks They wanted TO carry majority of the Legis.
laturc-and by all sorts of tricks and deceptions they
have barely beat us, by reason OF our unequal coun
ties Misrepresentation could go farther but
turn upon the impostors. Is it any wonder that
such organs should now attempt BY false statements
| and rarbled celebration, 10 force popular mao-
rity They do this by force of claiming full MAORI
ties in counties where have had no candidate out
las in this city)-or by sinking acknowledged mnjo
rites those strong Democratic counties, where there
has been no opposition this spring TO call any thing
like our full vote. But shall strip off all these
tricks hereaftcr-and show that have and will
exhibit decided ma orty IN the Fall.
hos tripE s q "A
Wing press, we not at all astonished al the lille
trick il played upon US, and through upon the pub
lic OIL Saturday last, about the Frederick Election
| The following is the delusre paragraph OF the Wing
The Enquirer yesterday ebshed the above with the i'm
concluding from which appears
that Mr. Gather deprived Of his certificate, II deprived ut ALL
by Illegal conduct Of The Commissioners al one al the RE
cncts-b, taking elections into their hands and striking
of good from the Polsa high offence under the laws OF
the Commonwealth"
Gle we published contained every line and word which
came 10 US in handful form from the Winchester Nir
unan Office The longer article from the same paper,
to which the r. Wing refers, came out in the W. Eir-
cinan on Wednesday, but two days before the Enqui-
Ter came out-and it could not have reached us when
our last No was published That longer article en-
braces parts of the handb-but we have now to charge
2dly upon the Wing itself the very trick, ver
one than il is pleased TO ascrbe US 1t presented
the following summary of the Frederick vote:
Woods majority over Gather Mason l2iByrd's majo
riry over Gather lover Mason ao is said that the
Ncwnwn DOLL though good marked off, Commission
| era which would make Byrd and Gathers vote hc.'
| Now, with this paragraph before ii, what does the r
Wing do but change the whole character of the article
BY making the Commissioner strike off of Gathers
votes instead of one OF Byrds-and thus charges upon
Byrds friends the very offence of which Gathers is
said to have been guilty The boot then is upon the
other leg 1t is your bull goring my OK, &c, &C.
Such is the wanton misrepresentation or the shameless
ignorance of this r. Wing.