Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-14

IS. A busy, intermeddling mpudence, made him

gcs. A busy, intermeddling impudence, made him
however useful party hack and in that capacity lie
rendered himself conspicuous and useful During
this time he spent but little of the vacations in the dis
trict with his family. He found in the cities OF Balti-
more, New York, and Philadelphia, society more con-
genial TO his taste. The revusion OF Bank expansion
and speculation, as it knocked down the more reck-
less and desperate first, reached him early Many OF
his friends, as his friend Weed says, were involved WIN
him.
Time on and brought the near approach 10
another congressional election Mitchells populations
and frauds the precise transactions, were, ere thus me
subjects OF frequent remark in the district II tey hao
not general publicity, they far from being Sc.
crets And yet he was renominated The interest Of
few party leaders prevailed the moral sense OF
the mass who composed the party. And what was
this Interest," gigantic fraud perpelrated oy NM
chell, had involved of them in large pecnniary ia
billtes. The keeping him invested with an inPo, ,
ant Office furnished hopes of warding of these liaol'-
tics. Divescd Of it, he would sink back into orgnal
insigniicance and be dsgraced by full development,
of his dlshonestes. AS principal Witness he ~ousd
have been less useiuas furnishing hope OF any future
ability to make restitution, affordng far less encourage.
men. Backed by the letters of Thurlow Weed ana
other Wing leaders abroad these considerations pre-
vailed The party drill in full force followed up lhe
nomination. Never were refractory political suDa-
terss so perfectly whipped back into the ranks ne
mechanic swlndled out Of his wages, and even The 1T
tie earnings he had laid BY murmured and openly com
shouts of "iiurra for Charley" Those who had been
derauied by the false pretences Of Mitchell IN refer
ence to land illlesthoe who had lost their money by
ms dishonesty assuming authorized agencies uttered
their complaints; but the ready arfu tale OF Mitchell
and hs co-operators converted them INTO polillcai
persecution. To tell the canting and demure wing
lnoralist that his candidate for years had drawn the
young md inexperienced, perhaps his or ward,
INTO gambling "heH' Of the village, of which he
was the CHEF Purveyor, and you seemed but io acce
lerate his zeal in his behalf. To tell them that ne
was the promoter Of carousng and drunkenness-for
the drarn.shop and BARR the principal Inc
atre OF his eleconeering elors,-and you seemed 10
klndle new zeal within them These things will sound
harshly now, but they true Democratic paper,
faithful 10 its Duty exposed some Of his frauds and ds
honestles- charged upon him gross immoralities IL
only ser7ed 10 bring upon its editors an increase oil
virulent Wing abuse. And yet in Niagara and Or-
leans every where, the Federal party prefer claims
10 all the responsibility, the morality and decency-
What would a "Roman consul" have said If he had |
witnessed these things The affair to which have al
luded, full exposition of which is withheld, IN
view Of the fact, that legal investigation IL still pend
s!ou,y denied Yes, the very Wing leaders, who
had already put upon record plea Of defence, touch
ing their Liabilities in this transaction, WHICH upon
lis face, charged their candidate for Congress, with
vllalny, affected Ignorance-stliled enquiry know"
edge OF Mitchcll's gross fnmorates and some
~ buslHesS peCuidloiisi IcdSHcu s''"~
,ntious Wings, in neiglborhocd Of Orleans conn-
", and created doubts. messenger was despatch
ID by the Wing clique of LockPort, and these
doubts dspelled, BY strong assurances OF his purify
The tale OF the poor man who had paid nun rent III
advance, for the use Of his farm for which he had
title could avail nothing against the assurances OF
Wings Of high standing. During the whole Of the can
vass Mitchell was flush in funds, although his friends
frequently encountered The modification OF seeing hIm
secree himself from the pursuit o day aborers and me-
chanics, 10 whom he indebted for services or Tor
borrowed money. On the very day that he refused
,s,,..,:.n to :--L--:. day l~hc- and cash lent
TO the amount of $500, he boasted upon the banks
the Tonewanta-exhibtng the money-that weed had
assisted him By forwarding draft for $1,000 towards
election expenses Ilewas elected by full party vote,
Throughout the district.
Are the mass of Wings of the district chnrgeablc
with having thus bestowed their sufrages knowingly
BY no means. The MANY were grossly and sysichia''
cay deceived into his support. The FEW Prost'tu.ea
Il dignied and important station TO their own seiiisii
purposes Let the leaders and those who were led,
now settle the account between them. 10 those not
familiar with what then tronspIred, 1t Will appear
strange now, that such things could nave oeeh; tnat
whole party could thus have been deceived INTO tue
support of such a candidate for important station:
nd vet il was So Truth too often in the heat OF our
election contests is trampled down by camorous de-
NAL: but here there were marked features oil iraud,
prac,ised successfully, by party leaders upon their
followers with selfish object to accomplish In tie
Democrat
distinctly charged and if untrue can be dsproved that
the very men who were active in procuring Ills nom-
nation had before threatened him with indictment, ana
shad sworn 10 the fact of his guilt before udciai
tribunal in this village And adds, that "they were
for while, whether they @ouia SEM
him 10 the State Prison or to congress n 1
himself. however, had obtained some help from ms
Whip friends abroad. In addition to the assistance OF
The now State Printer the Washington Correspondent
of the New York Courier " Enquirer, astonlshed
even the Wings Of the district, by herading ms Vf-
tues. -
lie spcnt hut short period of the recess of Con-
orcss N 1870 in lis district. He was there when
Harry of the West, he was wont amllIary 10 caii
him. made his entrance into Western New York, con-
spicuous in his escort, and ofhcous The adm'f'ng
Wings looked on and smiled with evident sen-compia-
ccncy that their representative STOOD SO h'sh IN tue
good praces of their Chief. ,
On The advent of Mr.. Tallmadge into western New
York or rather into the vicinity oil Nltcheils resi-
dence his old Democratic friends stood aloof. The
Whig CLIQUE Of The country, promptly assembled 70
pay their respects; and thcfe are many mmu w."
nov remember, how arm in arm, the wing congress
man showed offth Conservative senator to his ne"
a. soon as the nomination at Harrisburg was an
nouoced Mitchell commenced taking conspicuous
mr., IN tho contest Ills correspondents were the
Wb;a leaders of other States He astonlshed and de-
l;uLed the Wings of his district by frequently appl's
;p tbem Of political secrets touching the contest, that
his high standing party leader gave him access to
They deemed themselves highly favored Una. ,,e,r
preventative had gained such rank ana stahohg d
washington the head quarters of party operations
So important had his serrees 0eeome ma hf 1as
10 remain in Washngton during the ohole Of The recess
AS COMMITTEE OF cGSansrosDnsen AND H. ed dd not
OF VINO INTERESTS. lie ala MOI
"a hs district until the election He swore IN
his vote, although he had long before removed his IA
miIy from the district, with the declared intention Of
remaining away. o,.,,
I, IS we'll known that system fbetting was organ
lied by the backleg portion Of The Wig party, wrn
embraced nearly the whole Union mncnen - ,his
ron at Washington gave him much advantage IN ,n's
rescect, and his advice deemed warrant Tor the
ventures of his partzans During his political eareel
mon several occasions made bets and induced one's
10 do so upon actual information in his possesso ao
the on two ssnss to- the ssi
a nS clique f Of Phadepha Bella Bad
GERS Of the city in all probability as ne H. me
e,d that the whole country would be nston'shed oy Inc
III, If The New York election in 1885; and astons