Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-31

wv 'hiil'h, tHi Wv -iNE'Ht I'I'Hhs hN "Eh bI'H'i mus
~ nmt tI i ehn rem !, ana ,ma Ave-, ~ .mr Ct, eere = %l ts n Lord S.I IT.i, has Ge
indrd fullowcrS-"iake this in remembrance Of Gen. Harrison, -
y said 10 be the LANGUAGE Of those who lnstigate and lead IN these
stopping place for the folly Of these Wings: Even the piots edi-
tor 81 the Fredericksburg Arena says, Speaking Of the late Wing
festival in that town that Mr.. Barbour was called on 10 close the
'Service, !" n he had opened ii. Are they determined 10 PROSTATE
the religious As well as civil institutions Of our country; Zee how
they desccrate The churches and It's scrvices-witne>s their dtsor-
derry and revolutionary spirit IN Congress and ekewhere.-"c
must certainly arouse even those that sIumbrr. Wake up, frrcmcn
OF Iireinin! Your al'arS, your fresides, your liberties are IN can-
Upon this article, the Fredericksburg Arena, having
given it the first place under lis Editorial Head, COM
mcnts as follows:
'Thc above morceau appears in the Enquirer Of Friday last. We
are deeply comctrme, that any inadvcricnt expression OF ours
should have shocked The religious scnSihiIl'sS OF any one-aEd es-
pccIaIly those of our amiahlr friend of the Enquirer. We are ha-
biinaliy careful I" avoid, in our columns, all irrerrrent quotations
ofScripturc. or modes OF expressions which are appropr. ed, rs it
were, tosacred subjects. Good taste, in the absence of n higher
motive, would dictate this abstinence. It seems, in the ''rxcitc,
mcnt Of composition y a Amos says, when giving an account Of
the 'Gatiering,' N The Eth, we were carried away by the theme,
and actually wrote as follows:
'IIcrc ii was inter 2cd the exercises ofthe day should terminate,
hn. Governor B3Ib"!, was prevailed upon to rlo>s, a' he had
Many hundreds Of cxcencnt people would probably read the
above and never take exception 10 4 word il contained. II Is only
that he snnii> profanity in the tainted breeze, who dSn"nnccs the
expression as aimed nj .tie religious rs well a civil institutions
% "n" ~" ,h r%p". .t,c ~ intended 10 "d'se'fa'e 'e n"''" ~" "S
but scriously-Is it not Imaginable to see the Enquirer inAulsin=
IN such a vcin?-tli" Enquirer, ia III" columns Of which nothing
is more common than The profanc use of The most solemn passages
any reverence for the Christian religion. We know Of no paper
except Bcnnct;s Eerald-whicli oiftnds uttcncr or mo.c gratnitonS-
~, in this respect, than The Enquirer.
AZ 10 tho story of the tmvrsty Of the Sacrament, we do not he
lreve 4 word oft. We challenge the Enquirer 10 produce lis evi-
dcucc, or at least to lay the rcnuc, SO that the charge may BE- dis
proved. II makes 4 sweeping charge Of profanity against the
whole Wing parry. We pronounce tJaise, generally and IN de
iail-and challenge the production Of even a shadow Of evidence
10 sustain the L!BEI--FreG. .7renn.
acqnit the Arena of profanity. | believe Mr.. Black
ford a good and pious man; but whether he used the
word "service $ or "seryice" Il know | referred to the
Wing to quote him right, and if any mistake has been
made, it occurred, ] expect, in reading the proof,O is
altogether imm aterial; the one is as often used rs the
other.-"He was carried away by the theme and is
therefore excusable. (Scc Globe tIiracf for escrriccs. J
But see hotc impcrccptiGIy the best men may glide into
fatal errors, under the "hard cider enthusiasm Of
which the fredericksburg affair was s'part and parcel
The Petersburg lntelllgencer also gave it the most
prominent place in its columns, and thus belabored the
Editor of the Enquirer
!, "a ,s Gr. y f S",S"r -, ,s5 Editor Or = the cI Richmond E Emp r., !"
against as the Wing party. See article j s" ''ss' '""s
''This Is a grave charge, and, as a member Of the Wing party
up 10 the idols of party, as the Enquirer Is, we cannot b lieve that
he would prefer a charge so grave against respectable party, with
ont having IN his Possession the authority by which TO support IT,
We cannot bring ourselves TO the belief that one who was bred
and ae saln 4 ssn nes = a w Tnsss, which, 80 ia6 f IF ;raa ms sh n%nh, eon as To F tHen
10 everlasting inllmy, without good reasons for 80 doing.
The article appears a, editorial. 10 ercdt is given to any o;he
paper, ad we are lct 10 infer that the charge has been preferred by
him, and we therefore drpGHa Tic authority and The proof. II any
rsr rim -" the riiss of n The II%I,' C an D"aipnj jno the "I fl n y or : = !"
party, let his name he tumpeied forth TO the world, and let sG
whip Of scorpions be placed in every honest mans hands To lasl
the rascal naked through the land.'' But if this charge is the
coinage of n brain, intoxicated by the maddening hraugh,s Of par
ty-if it is false and slanderons, then let the '.slow unmoying fin
ger OF scorn'' be forever pointed at the infamous and sacrlesiou,
su,hor-let the wise and The good, the moral as well as The rrIi
lions, unite in stamping upon his degraded forehead, in character
which shall not fade, Slanderer! Blasphemer."
The Tippecanoe Club of this City made it the coca
81 on of grave and solemn consideration, insomuch tina
a resolution was otfe red and laid upon the table autho
ri zing the appointment of a ommitt to wait upor
til e Editor, and demand the evidence upon which tn,
st atements were made.
The Wing of last Wednesday morning joins thu
Arena in calling upon the Editor for the 'evidences Q
the wholesale aspersions which he has thrown upon
majority of his fellow -citizens."