Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-13


The course of the Richmond Wing, IN relation TO the
Abduction Correspondence, one OF The most disgrace
!ul character. We TO expose II in its true lights
and let the public Judge of the confidence which is
10 be placed in the discretion the ethics c" the paper
which passed off for the organ oil the Wing party III
Virginia. On the present occasion, we are satisfied
that the cooler and liberal portion of the Wings
are dissatisfied and disguised with its course. tirst
has the folly to publish correspondence, which deve
opes most ridiculous and atrocious plot for kidnapping
the Chief Magistrate Of the u S and then, scared by
the sounds 'sef had made, and alarmed by the muir
murs II had Produced and the loss of lis subscriptions
il came forward to play the part of the Artiui Dod
GER and sought to pass it all off as Hnmbug not
openly, but IN sneakng 'nuendoes and arttu eqVoca.
tons And, finally, discovering that the hunbug would
not succeed with the Public, and Tint nothing could
satisfy them but xpress declaration Of Mr. Peasants
himself, under his sign manual that 1t was all II
hoax, the Wing has in tit Of desperation, come iur.
ward TO Justify the atrocious Pot-yes, Justify Plot,
which all the sober Wings here, and all the wing
presses, which have spoken upon the subject, conde
for its egregious folly and for lis daring arocity we
shall take up these various posilionsand nail the wing
Editor to the countcr.-1s for its reckless publication
ID for its shameless prevarica'Ion, ana 5dly Tor inc
evidence it has furnished, under lis own hand, OF It's
disposition to defend what il had tired IN VAN 10 oissl-
pate by sneaking prevarcaton.
ls, The publication itself cannot be denied. There
stands in black aud white, on the columns oil the
Richmond Wing to the as,onishmeni OF all lis readers,
the disgust of its friends, and 10 the annoyance oil all
the Wing presses We re published it in our last pa
per- and let the public Judge for themselves how far II
looks like hoax. With all the evidence before the
public no ingenious can take 1t to be humoug
Quiz or an Hoax, the witty Richmond Wing pleases
by side wind to call it, For own parts, we have
never entertained doubt upon The matter
But in the second place, as soon as the Richmond
yhir saw the folly of which it had been guilty, in
stead of coming forward, IT ought 10 have done, 10
regret the publication and 10 reprehend the plot re-
sorts to the wetched pre- varication OF the "Aru bod
ger" 1t tries to throw dust in The eyes OF Tue puoic
or like the cutie fish, it throws out an Inky fnid al
around TO conceal the true character oi the lranac-
ton /, seeks to leave the impression upon the puonc
mind that i, is nothing but hoax, or hum5ug. we
have the evidence u this dsgracenl trick before US
IN its pape-s Of the 1lh the 9th, and 9Th instant Let
S us analyze each oil these
In its paper of the 5h puts forth its eeers TO try
the aullbty of lis friends 1t says "the most success
II fui hoar ever played off upon human credu!ity, not
excepting even The Gunpowder plot (Which by The
is bv has never been dscreded 'never :clted much
o sensation'- For forty years he (Rtcbe) has been
kunburging others, and now there no truck, hooerer
IS shaiioo hich csnnottake him in Why this tai
= sca.ion Of the ancient saying old birds are not
0 caught with chaii.
g In his paper of the 9th he says: "Until received
last week the startling details which have wrought
l. such terror and Indignation in the bosom CT that best
of men, 1.-THE mesmerised Editor Of the Enquirer 1--WE
knew nothing in the world about il, and never to the
bpst of our recollection, heard wcrd about IL
o While reading the fearful revelation, it occurred to lis
that its obiec; might be manifold-Frs., that the VIII
u ter having heard that his old antagonist had fallen
Il victim 10 the arts Of Jugger and become Mesmere
u tic disposed To him from his ethargy-and
$ no more eectua mode could be devised than sounding
sspLor in his Ii he deal TO an appeal oil
that KIND Animal Magnetism was established as SCI
ence upon stable and enduring basis (Ihat IS 10
saw Mr. p intends his abduction story an offset 10
, our belief in mesmersm-when the first experiments
l. we saw were made the 2Gh August, nor were
we even then satsfed-unt We made experiments Tor
ourselves on the 21th-and reported them TIL the
30th-achereas MIR Pieasantss letter Is dated the 10Th
? CATER duping Richie, and convnkng the Swea
J. House in wrath, idea OF being abducted, and run
round to Albemare Sound in fast steamer, and thence
e 10 the mountains Of North Carolina it was thought
re would give Captain Tyler no very pleasant dreans
with much Ike stuff, calculated to deceive others, 'ht'
e the belief that the whole plot was trick, &G &C.
On the 9Th inst he desperately selzes upon the ihge
II NOUS humbug, and mock imitation of the mssneric
phenomena with the view of relieving himself iron
# the dilemma into whch lie Lad brought himself he
it to confirm the impression lie had tired to maze
d H. the plot also humbng--an ingenious trek,
a which MIR. p had devsed-but certainly not TO oi!Se
. the mesmeric exhbilion-of which he was ignorant,
- when he wrote his letter The Wing seized upon th:
"a humbug, in aid of his The trick was worthy Of
h,mself The Wing knew, that Mr.. z. was serious IN
, his statemen.-and vet the Wing attempts to prevar
cae itself OF his awkward predcament, by playing
/, of hoax upon the public. We acknowledge The
ihEmbug which had been pracilsed most unnecessay
upon ourselves, because imitation OF Nature IS an
argnn,ent against the existence Of Nature itself We
there with dec ded impressions OF the existence
! Of the phcnomena and were humbugged, because our
attention was awakened to detect the signs and The
trick, yet many intelligent gentlemen, with all theii
suspicons alive und all their attention awakened, did
not detect the trick ;layed off upon them. Yet wha
- does the Wing do: played Tins acknowledged hum
bug conceal its prevar'caton, and tried to make
= the public believe, that the L. Correspondence wa:
. only another humbug.
y This impression il has made upon several oil the w hig
. presses. See the following extracts
: 1.-The Richmond Wing ntma,es that the letter o
e Mr. Peasants was intended as qui=. Very probable
! But one should not quiz his friends -Nortok Herald
"a mos, incredible story of plot to abduct Mr. Var
= Buren, in ls40, the presumption that he had beer
elected President BY fraud, which first appeared II
the Richmond Wing, is now going the rounds OF thu
= Loco Foco journals We need hardly inform our read
ers that il entire and transparent hocI, got up p
. is stately TO misfy the Editor of The Enquirer THIS
J. i. very silly business, at bes,.'-.N y Tribune
"THE ABDUCTION SToEY.-ltturn out Tint the storJ
" about abductng Mr.. Van Buren, by Mr. J. Il. Peasants
: is hoax played off 10 Brighten MIR. Tyler Mr. Plea
! SAINTS is something of wag but the serious air he Pu
on in regard 10 it, added to the zest of the hoax
1Phu L. S. Cia-ette.
m THE ABDUCTION or Mr.. VAS BuRES.-As We
predicted, the abduction turns out to be genuine
IS hoax col up BY Mr.. Peasants humbug Richie. S.
: all this fire and smoke, ont Of which the Loco toco
were to make much capital, is to go fo nothing.
e TN y. Express.
ave know not what particular object has induced
" this hoax or why Mr. Peasants les been induced tt
lend his name TO it, The thing is funny undoubtedly
: The Richmond Enquirer, swallowing the whole with
great solemnity, devotes column more TO the sub
ect and calls upon the country to 90 into convuslons
u ofiuticnation CT this exposure Of Wing treason
J. TBaitimore .7mtricGn
= We could multiply these quotations. but they are sui
Gcen to show the effect which the prevarication Of the
:" "Artfu Dodger has produced. The scene, however,
Shifts and finding, in the third place. that the Vrgnlan'
are not satisfied that only trick and that he canno
establish, BY his sneuking nsnuaons, that is hum
bug by alr Peasants he comes forward, in fit Of des
pefation on Saturday last take it upon another key
and to justify what he cannot successfully deny lie
has now the weakness 10 defend what he had not the
frmness to confess II article Of Saturday amounts
to an admission of his having previously prevarca,ed
{ about il lie comes forward TO say tolows-and IN