Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-01
Beauties If The Riehmond Bhie


The Richmond Wing quotes certain verses from
Lord Byron, in order to apply them as "Poet'cai
Portrait to ourselves. The last line from Don Juan
runs as follows:
Iu, now being lifted into heh society
On which The present acting Editor Of the Wing IS
pleased 10 add the following refaed commentary owe
repnbl.sh it, tina, the country may judge from 1t OF the
real .'porrat of the who now conducts the lead
inr Wing organ, in the Metropolis of Virginia }
@Iicre however, cit, least tedious
ms an article Enquirer For the If HE character
IN, Me mobile po singular Insight into Now
his columns (WHICH alone Lord B. had seen breathe en n" s h.
aud his olshp seems perfectly :" have nvine INC , ,
aai cn 70 be- tho Peoples man. 10 be ni,r as one
very Arslocracy which lie dcnounces For his he pines; M
his to maintain show Of ard fashion, he has kept
hn.self poor difficulty all his life But whose alliance
does his children: Tina, the whom he adores
OF TIA; rich against whom has ever been his despce
and perncous trade spread and 10 excite every base pena
the freeman aud fatal to the country WIN winch
impossible poison the mines n the simple or baa
When did affect "uothing bel zeal Tor Inc foor
MANI" When did profess to "adore The poor ar,
crinae TO the "ric:" Strange indeed, that We VINO
have been denounced in that paper as the enemy OF
Richmond herself, should still have "p;ned after
"that very Aristocracy which (we) denounced ! III
we had been the parasite Of the Great, as this man
is pleased assert we should, melhnks, nave taken
some other political means, IN me midst OF wing DO
cety curryng their favor, than such as we have EN-
Moved We leave il 10 thoae who have known us for
wears Judge manners and our
rhine whether do not treat every man, whatever
In bs condition Of life with respect, and whether we,
who have scarcely time TO cultivate any sort OF society,"
have ever to auy Arstocat for the honor of his
association We appeal for this decision to the jury oil
the yicinarc and to neighbours and not TO such
wanderer as this man is We have contributed 10 raise
and educate family Of len children, by our own III
dusry ube world must Judge THEM npon their own
mer;,s0 and we had accumulated some property De-
sides. but the ndificullies in which we had become
more recently involved, the acts of others, not
our own. As 10 his in,ruding into the recesses OF
our private life lat n moment, too, WHEN every &C.
nervous and symnathatic heart in the city ieels too our
family visi,aion) we must add, that his nsnuations
are M false IN themselves, they are graiu:tors anu
infamous To their author. NJ man, who had The
slightest regard for his reputation, could nave
stooped to an nsinuation unblushingy false, at al
times so impert nent and at this moment particularly
so indicate, and so utterly unfeel'ng.
Amid the many reckless attacks which have ocen
made upon us in the Richmond Wing, We have never
seen any thing so false, coarse so as
this And arc the Wing party OF Tins Staie-are Inc
Wings of this city, who boast SO much ct Their decency
and possess so much talent and refinement, really re-
duced to such extremities, that they cannot trump
up a more respectable organ than this! we owe
il to Messrs Moseley and Peasants to clear their
skirts of the infamy of this prodnct'on-Ihey
have never stopped, amid ell their excuses, TO snch
DEGRADATION as this. 1t lie sufficient to state, that
the paper is now edited by Edward W. Johnson, late
Editor of that beautiful concern, "he Independent
which so signally failed, al Washngton-a mere loafrr
upon society," and eager TO gain his bread here ano
every where by the foues DDS and the most ma
ignant attacks In his time, he has acted many paris
In s. Caroline, he was anti Tarile and has recently