Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-15

any delay IN offering Air. Bots speeches for distribution
if these speeches irankrd by friend ,mnistrs
tom they would have been promptly delivered We do not he's
tate 10 That this Insulation absolutely nniunnded And
the public that the directions of the Postmaster always
bccm 10 make Of distinction politicians,
persons: bit 10 do equal and justice all aud
law strictly We satisfied that there has been neither ''cu
tup;iun riOnag rlr Richmond office under the prccu
Postmaster. our scfcpcc would prompt rcprl
an npuation ourselves and from situation could
help knowing II, irct!Sc by the Postmaster 20
from his doing any thing 81 the Kind he has been most scrpu
lousy particular IN avoiding every igt be tortured
| improrii"y "f official conduct ot any
Relieving that Mr. Bolts under msIp TN
S1rc we have Thought that truth and justice required this pI!
| lie statement from
W. a. DAVIS,
LEROY C. PAYNE,
ALFRED CARPENTER,
CADDIS y. II'CKE.
p s-Thc same mail which brought Mr.. Bolts speeches
RANKED by Mr. E%an Which were disposed Of precisely in IL
same man"[ and @s distributed at the same time Ne with Mr. Bots
ALFRED CARPENTER,
CADDIS u. LUCKE.
Without this certificate, which entirely does away
with Mr. Eots' charges, it is scarcely reasonable L
believe that the Postmaster in Richmond would al,
tach any sort OF importance 10 the distribution de
lay Of any speech delivered by the honorable member
Col Gooch knows his callbre well for that. Tho
honorable gentleman next informs US, that he would
meet with difficulty in ranking a bed tick full Of
that dirty and mendacous little sheet called the ''Cr
Sis. Dirty and mendaclous Who would have thought
after the exposition we have given of the honorable
tence of such terms these II not my purpose Ia
handy epthets, but it may be excusabe TO say that il
the "Crsls IS only as dirty and mendacous the ef.
fusion of the honorable gentleman dccorous and
racouS the Crsis has but little cause to fear the az.
cusaon. The honorable member next proceeds by
charging MIR. Richie with fraud on the Post Office
Department, for sending fifty pounds weight Of the
"Crsls to members Of the Administration party in
Congress. Mr. Bolts very oddly considers this VIC.
laon of the law, which declares that members of Con.
gress shall frank no paper, save public documents,
weighing more than two ounces, when the same law
declares that members OF Congress may receive news.
papers Uhc number unlimIted) free of postage. Ac-
cording TO the honorable gentleman because members
are restricted in frankIng, they not to receive
newspapers, III which they unrestricted By parity
Of reasoning Postrnastcrs, who frank at all
would be deprived of the benefit of the law, which al
lows their letters, and certain number Of newspapers
to be post free and by such reasoning any thing could
he proved from little or neutrality-suspicious. even the hon
orabc gentleman could be converted into an honor to
the councils of the nation. After endcavornr To
bring under law, which is evidently ro.
verned by another Mr.. Bolts proceeds to make
calculation, by which he charges Mr. Richie, or
the members of Congress to whom the "Criss' was
sent, with dc!rauding the Pos-oiicc Department of
SOLO. lie arrives at tins conclusion by calculating
the Crisis AT letter instead of paper postage by
charging ii at fifty cents instead of one cent
and half per sheet, which weighs more than two
Crisis alluded to by Mr. Bolts would have been less
than so if sent 10 private individuals, the Honorable
gentleman gravey sets it down in figures at the large
amount Of $40 when sent TO members of Congress-
who according to the strctest Interpretation of the law
receive many newspapers as they please for no
thing al all. What Mr. Bolts could have been think
inc of when he fell into this b!undcr cannot conccvc
that he did 1t Intentionally is not to be believed for any
man who receives newspaper by mail must have de.
c";cd tat once unless he was stupid enough suppose
that members o.: Congress had to pay fifty times as
much for their postage as other people Mr. Bolts
gives instance Of Mr.. Wscs having to pay extra
postage on packet. The honorable gentleman should
have had Tie camdor say, that the packet did not con.
tain newspapers. but that would have defeated H., an
r'',"tion to the case IN point and it is left unsad |
henry a. Wise IS a most unfortunate example to be
luoted as man likely to allow others more PRIVILEGES
han he has HIMSELF if, in the instances mentioned bv
hr f",'', henry a. Wise had been charged one cent
more tha Is generally charged the hall of Congress-
YOU'D nave rnng with his nvectvc, the business Of
hat DIX y oycrchargc would have cost the '.oe"'d
more money than Aas been pad tor the whole mail
circulation Of our little Crisis. Every one who has
Icard of Henry 4. WISE knows this. His vigilance
never asleep Instead Of failing 10 observe the slight
Isl wrong in the administration o! the Government,
extraordinary penetration discovers faults when
wen his equally extraordinary ingenuity cannot sue
,ced in bringing TO the observation o others. No one
ian believe that Mr. Bolts has found out abuse
which was unknown TO Henry A. Wise. No one
an believe, that if known to BOTH Mr.. Bolts would
ave been the first To expose it, The honorable mem
,cr after threats with which he began his cOmmunica
ION and his indignation at the charges which were
brought against INN, might have been expected 10 ad
vance something IN his own Defence and to snbstan
late some heavy accusation against his accuserS: he
las don" neither the only effect of his production must
,s feeling Of pity among his readers in general and
u doe" modification 10 hIs constituents His defence
consists pleading guilty and heapng terms Of abuse
mon his assaults consists @
without reason, and statements without foundation.
Both have been exposed and as have wish to retort
he language which he has applied TO the correspondents
Of the Enquirer leave to others the task Of giving
fitting name to the conduct of the honorable member.
had intended also to review the honorable gentleman
letter in the Wing of April Both but the msreprcsen
aons il contains have been corrected, and too much
space has been already taken up with what is at best
but poor subject. y. *.
Supplemental NI'c.
We have glanced eye the last letter of this reckless
preventative Why should amy powder upon
,ris! game Destroy lis web, expose his s"pIy today, 'sr
he charges upon rs ". dId NOT ronnamd The 'Hdn.rs
NJ To shov What aud what the the last
~; Doinnf which he uir, "a Official Of Tie E,prrdn,c. of
ls, was different aitar-aHd put forth hy j. W. Bolts aud
in the handful, only calculated 10 deceive The
Tier npn his >ulcr Why dwell upon miserable deccp
tions which the Executive Committee of this secret cha has
nona.atch: The official and comprehensive document
ted y the sccrctar. Treasury Thursday the
nate and Mr. ni"ns luminous exposition Of II, (Which we lay
before our readers today which earnestly
comm their considerations shows the true stale of the case
skvgh the dishonest charges which have been urged
hy the OppoSio and their instruments 'ic Executive Commit
tee" against alleged extravaganza Of the Administration
one nocvc have not stated stated by the Repre-
sentative District that ''cvcry -" his Executive Con"
nr Northern man. with I'll" exception uhmsclfSoia
the the Committee. aud the states
frn, viii, they tacd.-kc Designated subsequent article,
t,u Committee, with whom Mr. Bots had associated l
controlling the election OF NginlaOnc oi
Ah"iun> upon the face o his own rttcrnd Tie
other was principal mover III the Hartford Convention We
complained, that Mr. Bolts had associated himself with N"tiiern
men purpose III blasting the politics If NrEn!abu We
that three the Committee Southern
men a Washington indeed made such an assertion,
which we forgot modify the multi tudc OF the details ~ our
HUT caou.i-Wr dismiss Mr.. Eo hs handbll-,
mud his Thanking abuses, and h> Executive Committeeman hi>
calculations which visionary his assertions are graui
TO TIE EDITOR OF TIE ENQUIRER.
wish to call your notice to an lncendary article III
the Whg of March 2lst, the signature OF mon
STAKEHOLDER, the object Of which is, 10 justify farri-
son : scheme of emancipation, and compare IL win
M I,ctip cd pt