Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-05

TO TIE EDITOR OF the ENQUIRER.
Having just returned from the country, | FIN,
that the conductor Of the 'Richu nj WIKI" has re-
fused To publish the last number of Hanover, ser
10 the press on Monday, and appeal therefore L
the freedom Of your press for the Publication of II
As have no Other means Of repelhng the infanlou
ACQUISITION which has been made against mo, yo,
viii not, am sure, permit the difference OF po!iiien
opinions between US, to exclude the IRON your co
lumns, seeing that there is other political pres
here to which can appeal. It may comport will
the spirit of fair and free press in vulgar article,
to l5el men, and then deny the right to defend OF
reply; but II does not strike me. Aud while M
man values n free press more than do, have No
hesitation IN saying that, in my opinion, a pres,
which is subjugated to the mere purposes of party
and the bad passions of It's conductors, is curse.
Rtehmsnd, July 20. HANOVER.
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ABOLITION.
A reluctance, almost nsuperable. 10 appenr nenir
IN the columns Of paper 10 unfair towards ,hos,
with whom it differs, aud 50 Jellous and vindic.
tive, and want of leisure, have restrained me from
replying 10 your attack upon me in the paper OF he
lIth, aud completing what proposed TO say upon
the repeal of the 2lSt rule. Your gross perversons
of me, and your unwarrantsblc ana ruthless impu
tuilon upon me, OF having committed n violation of
private coincidence, have gone forth, however and il
Is my duty to repel and expose them. TIE protex,
for this Imputaton is tiny allegation that the Editors
ol the Wing deprecated the elect OF MIR Bolts
and were ANXIOUS to OBTAIN a substitute for him
N
IS atnrmei, that nothing appeared in the columns
ol the Wing To warrant such statement and |
must make the assertion upon the private commu-
nications ofthe Editors" That did not make tho
assertion upon the private communciIons' of el-
ther oil the present Editors, you knew when YOU
made the statement; because one of them was not
an Editor in 1889, and from the other never had
private communcl ION upon the subject OF the l. &C.
ton, that am aware OF; and certainly had no com =
munication of any preference oil his for me; and |
never believed, tina, "ths Editors ofthe Wing" had
any special preference for uIe, although one of them
from old associations and friendship, may have had
such preferences but even that did not affirm
When spoke OF "ihe Editors of the whig," refer
ring, toe, 20 the period of 1889, cannot persuade
myself thu, you did no, know that referred to the
public course OF the Journal and the sentiments ex
pressed there. il with, however triangular the
sentiments may be in fact, they appear a unit
and other public evidence of It's sentiments
In such case, fair and candid mind, If It really
believed that nothing appeared IN the columns OF
the paper" TO justly my assertion, would have
been content to deny that assertion and correct my
error, without hazarding a harsh impu:alion for
which there was mo warrant" and man as cate
ful not to affirm what he did not know TO be true,
rs what he knew TO be false would have FIRST sat
ished himself by the proper examination, that the
assertion was not justified. IT, however, nothing
had appeared IN the columns Of the Wing TO iJs,i-
iy my remark, did 1t therefore follow that | sroke
upon pTiu ate iniormltlon,n when the feet OF the
hostility of the Wing to MIR Bolts was notorious in
the City, clouds of witnesses could prove: and
was IN any wise inhibited from speaking on that
Information, as in truth did, without any precise
rCco oc.ion % the Editorials, but with q distinct rs.
collection of whit MIR Bots had saidl Was / not
fully author zed, rs every other man was TO saw
thht7 fact was s.. wien Il notorious TO the
whole town. But thsie Is evidence in the CO.
Iumns nj the Wing 81 It's hostility 10 Mr Bolts and
under his own hrnj h publicly declared that the
conduit RS of the Wing had resolved "that he
should never touch bottom again" On the 24th Of
February, 1889, q think,) will be found an ar;i-
Gle ~ your paper sreikng OF the ImpracticableS
and MIR Bots especially, in terms about as mild and
decent those IN winch am assaed, and cou,-
mending especially his iciSdOR and on the 9Th Of
March Il thlnk,) is another article, commencing
suggestion to take Mr. Tyler TO whose election
as Senator the Wing had been SO much oppose0)
from another District as our Representative in Con-
gress; and on the 2nd of March, 1889, MIR Bolts
betook himself 10 the columns OF the Engurgr Tor
the purpose OF carrying on the war against your
friendly press, in an address from which make
the following extracts, viz:
Every effort has been made by the Wing press
IN this city throw the entire respo lsb i,y Of the
defeat of an election OF Senator o! the U. S on III.
irIo ImDraeiieGbIeS, who declined voting for Mr.
Rives through every stage of that eXci:in, contest
How far this charge founded in truth would have
appeared from the occurrences of Saturday last
without the necessity OF interference my part ii
true, iith(ul and impartial port of the proc .ed.
ings OF the House had been furnished by the gen.
tleman VITO is admitted to seat On that floor not
as partIZln Editor, but as Reporter in'i,s lite
raj sense.
at is true, we have had tho ;emeri,y 10 entertain
our OWE opinions, and TO exercise free and indie
pendent course, the legitimate Representatives Of
Inc people, Notwithstanding the repeated adnlnui
lions OF the two gentlemen whom fortune has placed
in possession Of O Press and types and who seem
thereby to regard themselves perfect oracles en-
titled to control and command the public voice ard
the Peoples Representatives; and because we
have dared TO differ with them, We have been held
up daily and hourly TO the people of this Common
wealth for cenSure and rebuGe.
81 am aware, that, far as am individually
concerned, the determination has bsen formed. that
i shall EeusT Touch bottom agaiH; and as am no:
sensible, that any thing to that organ for the
little personal popularity political character that
| may have been fortunate enough TO acquire trust
that may no. be regarded over presum p. uous
in expressing the hope that necessity viii exist
my counting their iavors or fearing their frownS
A | ask is, on open and uniisguised warfare
II is TO be carried Let the usual liberia Iity and
masnanImty of one OF the conductors of that press
prevail over his mpetuous passions and shall have
no reason 70 compiain, as shall longer be mis-
represented unsupported.
My whole course and remarks on this exciting
SUBJECT shall appear in due time for the satisfaction
OF my constituents, II they sha.. be deemed worthy
Of publication by those who control the public press
ana nave determined mat shall nereT touch bottom
again. JNO. NJ. Bolts.
February 20, 1889"
If you had no knowledge Of this evidence before.
which IN charity, am willing to believe Won had
forgO'icn-havng It now, confess that with too no,
q zeal and IndiScrect haste you nave made an i'm a..
putntlOn upOr me for which there is no warrant ar
sand before the world convicted defimcr
In your "sclttcnng cJmmcntlricsp upon me- Won
say have "unpIovokedy" brought you into I'M,
cOntroversy-ihat have charged you with "cTcr.
cslng the prer0salive Of the press 10 suppress full
and free discussIOn"-and profess fairness nav lire
raiity even. Here again am sorry to say YOU
have affirmed that for which there Is "no warrant p,
did no. say one word nbou, your exercise OF "pre
TOgatVe." Alas! unhappy man that | am, | did
not know that you possessed such "prerogatiyc'
j remarked upon the ".nanifsstatiOn Of tem1cr,
similar 10 that displayed by your schbDIcrs, IN re.
spect 20 this discussion, excepting rs d. the all
thor Of "Bchm0nd," who, like an honorable man.
promptly corrected his erroF;l and 20 your own
columns think may appeal iJr the conclusive
Truoi Of the truth o. my statement o for proof
of your uniamtSs throughout the dfs.ussion. and
that / did not draw you "Inpiovolea.y~ into n
controversy. The proof is this Every numrer Of
"IanOvef' which you have published, teyc, pt that
containing the speech Of Judge Robert o1) has been
ushered forth with JispIrdging, add sometimes
offensive concentrate ssrond one especial Y.
charging me with using "uniarn Arguments and as.
Esring that tho "conrOrcrsy which desired To pro.
woke, could lead 10 no good result whalever1-wfi
you have published FIVE and / believe SIX articles
against me, oil emanotng from the same unto /
believe, except one, which, "my life upon it,, ia
from Doctor; and all except the Doctors cndea.
vorlng TO prejudice the public by mputolipus upon
me, without expressing one word Of dissent from
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