Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-03
To a. Entor Of a. Riehnond Ivhir


Dean SrR-Thinkius the play has been playe,
Out, re-enter TO drop the cuSIaia and speak tn,
| Epiloguo.
Relieve MIR Riichic's horror by the assurance
that there was no steamboat, no coasprators, anC
no plot
! The whole story was a fiction, concerted here
b,tween your friend, Major B'.'''', and myself
and the object simply to amvse ourselves for day
with the spaculations OF the press The letter
Of A. b., to which mine in reply, is in his hand
writing. aud was sen, 10 Riehmoal to he mailed
to me, and where it was mailed accordingly.
signed the story, mersly to give it a gseiter ali
Of probability, for which suppose i. is excuse e
nough that there was no injury intended agains
any human being, nor could il produce any. BY
Horaces rule, fiction is ever allowable, when il
stops short Of this point.
|. was intended to discover the truth in day OF
t~o at first, but the uproar became 50 great, and
the farce, those in the secret so full Of enjoyment
that it was determined to let it proceed for some
time. In particular, Mr.. Ri,chis's m1unlins his
steed twice week, to give battle TO the phantom
with vzOr closed and lance in rest, was so like Dor
Quixoie's encounter with the wind mills, that eoulc
not refuse myself the anussmsnt OF the spectacle
His laborious efforts to make party capital out O
the "A,rocious pot" and above al to screen him
self by its means from the ridcule OF the Mesmsrir
! -'--':.a as call it upon your authority, know
ing ho'n'nS OF 1t myself were s"or' .-inind in q
high degree.
And cannot but add, Mr.. Editor, that though
you displayed good deal OF allcri,y in getting GU
of what you thought the bad scraps OF ,hs plot by
your repeated and valiant charges upon the mesme
rian humbug. You thought il a God.scnd 10 di
vide attention with the plot while Mr. Richie rolled
the Plot as sweet mo sci under his tongue, a rare
piece Of luck for helping him Oh. OF the mcsme riau
miro.
As to injury to the Wing cause, besideg tina, |
have better opinion OF that caus. than TO believe
/. liable to injury from any one mans opinions or
ex;ravagance, hal the means Of rspiiriny any il,
might sustain al any moment, by disclosing the
truth. | was sorry you had los, even one subscsi
Der, but knew that loss would be temporary.
| hope you will pardon me for mystifying YOU
and your readers, as do you and them, for think
ing Il true that could have been in earnest in de.
vising plan to kidnap the Chief Magistrate, an
expsdent SO Intellectual for redrsssing the grievance
imagined, and so certain to plunge the country into
civil war.
u arnuSe.
mont. II TO call the attention Of the legislative
power to the extreme Effectiveness Of the election
laws; purpose which the agitation caused by the
"PIot" defeated. do not in the least doubt. that
some day or other, serious consequences will ensuc
from that cause. do believe that Il a Chief Ma
gislrate should 10 intrudel into the Presidency by
fraud, connections would follow. Let me ask the
Editor Of the Eoquirer il, two years hence, MIR.
Clay wanted bu, IS electoral votes to cleo. him, and
kentucky should give him hers, the people having
voted against him, what is the remedy Would
no! Congress be compelled to count the votes Has
It any discretion to refuse I understand not
Nor has the State Executive, or Judiciary, or lie.
gislaiufe any power to aside the returns Of the
Commissioners Of elections. Is this so o. no,7
This, Mr. Editor, is the truth about the Plot, the
whole truth, and nothing bu, the truth. There was
no such po! contrive1 either by myself or any
human being that ever heard Of, nor can your
neghbor Of the Enquirer by all his Reconnaissance
ever make discovery Of the Steamboat, or the 20
con'piraiorS They abide with GIondowsr's spirits
Your friend,