Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-16

tempted TO play on, OF this Correspondence beipg
Hoax, and we brand upon his forehead, that he he,
since attempted to justify the Plot The Correspond.
ence is Hoax, but genuine and serious Correspond.
ence. We pronounce it TO be authenic-nnd the K
Wing will not contradict it under the sign. manual of
| It's author
Yesterday Wing makes another desperate effort .to
throw off The Fluid and clear its skirts Of The resuon
siby, which il assumed Saturday last, Of instfv.
ing the principle of abduction, detailed in The +
Correspondence II prele TO throw itself upon ,be
chance of escape under cover of hoax-In vain
The Wing charges with disingenuousness, in our
comments upon his article of Saturday, which, by
every mode of constructions we thought justified the
atrocous plot Of Mr.. j. II. Peasants. Our readers
will recollect, that gave the extract from The Wing
in full, and commented upon its PLAIN meaning. If Il
not mere surplusage-and if it had any meaning at
ALT was complete justification of the kidnapping
| scheme. We have not seen any man, even OF tie
Wing party, who regards the letter hoax. Though
repeatedly called on, the Wing has not had the courage
to acknowledge deny the authenticity of the letter
but has resorted to the lowest prevarcaton order
throw dust in the eyes Of its own party. We now
charge the Wing with dsingenuousnpss and again call
for the Of the conspirators. The whole country
consider the plot having been seriously entertained
and shutting of The Wing avert the storm Of
public indignation which will fall upon its author and
the preyarcang Editor, who ustles this reasonable
scheme.
1t is in vain, them that the Richmond Wing attempts,
to weaken its force, by playing off the kuu,bug
There, the broad charge stands that an atrocous dot
formed, and stands justified by the Richmond
Wing, which would have agitated the hole county,
and might have deluged it in blood Is the Wing silly
enough to hope. that silly humbug pracsed in THIS
city, successfully upon some 20 % gentlemen can
divert the attention of enlightened people from this
alarming transaction THAT humbug has, indeed, had
its day. II played off in this cliy.-But were we
the only persons who were "bnbbled BY boys" Du.
ring the lights which they exhibited, Gid they
not bubble some % gentlemen, many of them very
teligent Wings, and two Of them very sagacious
gentlemen Of the Medical Faculty. Most Of them
taken in, with all their scepticism and suspicious
about them, and their attention fully awakened--and,
yet, they were, Tor moment, humbugged-aEd they
according to the Wing, were '.made the laughing
stocks for the whole counry-whilst we, who believed
in the phenomena, would have been among the last
persons the TO suspect the signs, and detect the
COLLISION
The Whp cries out again " dotage"-"disordered
intellecl-and states with all that truth and refine
ment which distinguish the Wing organ, that Ton The
day after the hoax we .showed (omIselves) more on
the street, than 1--WE have) been known 10 do since the
day (our) obituary was written IN lo24-when We ex
hbted ourselves at every corner for "a hous-and then
fled TO the country, lest the firing Of cannon, which
about to take place, should utterly shltter (ourl
nervous system. (We) may fly now-bnt the power
Of recuperation is exhausted" Every new step that
he takes is another step in the regions Of romance
We well remember the silly hoax, which the Wig
prac,sed in "a its ungenerously growing its dis
appointed adversares far TO publish account
Of our death But what profit did il reap from all tins
exultaton' One of its Editors obtaned il is true.
glorious mission TO South America; but what fruits did
its party reap, In four years Mr.. John O. Adams was
driven from power, with his skylight and his
humbug friends-and Republican Administration
ceeded of ~ years 0ura.on For ourselves though dis
appointed, did not despond. We rose with u,ual
elasticity from the blow. We despised The ingorious
humbuggers for their irick-but did exhibit or
We foe mi no
try 1t is the Whigs Imagination that prompts il TO utter
this gratuitous about fleeing and firing fcan
non, and shatterng of nervest is true, that
last ceek the Main street several hours the Gay
after the hoax IT is equally true that on the
streets from 10 TO o'clock under Scorching sun,
the following day-but was it for the purpose of eIh
bton? We are not ashamed TO tell the truth. We
were the public streets than two days. because
had taken deep interest in the fate Of young Eel
lam, who had SO nobly rescued young Howell from
drowning the day Of the great fresh; and We had
several days before, made an arrangement with
Mr.. Cowardin, the Editor Of the Compiler, 10
whose generosity of character Tasstro ha paid just
tribute in his BRANDON Shots and Southern Bree yes,
to 60 out with him on Tuesday, and CO operate with
him IN obtaining sum Of money, equal 10 wha!
the Virginia Representatives and other virgin'ans
in Washington had contributed, 10 send kellam 10
the preparatory school ut West Point. Surely,
have reason to blush in appearing before
our fellow. citizens in such causehnd we succeed
Citizens of Richmond This the pilgrimage OH
which we went, with almost sandal shoon and sup
plants scrip-und though this precious Editor knew
such object, he has been pleased insidions-
ly to attribute it TO 4 very different motive We
appeal 10 them, TOTO near two hundred citizens,
whom we addressed on those days, whether there
Of them who will not contradict the gra;uou,
insinuation of the Richmond Wing Dolnge'" Call
up the agreeable parties with whom we were associated
at two Agricultural dinners in the of that
oloctN (ol 10
company, whom We invited to our house The night
after the humbug. Is there Of them who will not
stamp the Wing with the grossest disUgenuousness,
and bear witness to the Of truth, and say "hs
man may be o Loco Foco, he may be Enthusiast,
but he is no Dotard" Will not the columns ofihis paper
too speak for US! Will not our unceasng lahore, BY day
and by night, and which this lounging Editor would,
in van pretend TO emulate, speak for us Or, is II
our age which constitutes our dotagef Why, We are
three years younger than his candidate for the Pre-
sidency. Or, We TO understand that doiage is TO
be inferred from belief in some Of The phenomena Of
mesmersn' In that case, what will become OF some
OF the most distinguished men in Europe What Of
The first mnd-perhaps Of the age, viz: Lord Brougham,
and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful knowledge
Is he, too, in his doage? Or, who is most in hrs
dotage, he who believes what lie sees he who refuses
to see any experiment. in order that he may Judge for
himself, and proscrbes all others who choose 10 and
10 judge for themselves But enough. We ought moi,
perhaps, to condeScend TO throw away word upon
such an insnuaiion We feel the full force Of the an
cient saying, "Know ibyself' We know how Diff.
cult il sometimes is 10 know ones SELF And nothing
could have induced us TO touch upon this almost for
hidden ground, but the ungencrous character, I've ue
The softest word of the nsinuaton which unseals our
lips We determined, that this sly, Grivrilng
inueudo of the Richmond Wing, shall not escape cur
notice, under OF the contempt which IL deseres
We wish to show up to the Wing party the HnonessOt
their organ. We wish TO exhibit him in his proper dI.
me Notwithstanding around him the impotent
ons of his productive gina,ion-wilhout regard TO
the dictates Of truh-and not even attending TO tie
simple advice Of Swift on "'rhe Art Of Lyng"-,iz:
"to make your whales szeable. 1t gives plea.
sure to write in this ven II suits neither temper
nor temperament. We would infinitely prefer to
treat opponents with courtesy-to exchange with
them acts Of kindness-for, Of best friends
are Whigs-and we have made il uniform rule
never to make politics cause Of difference with Others,
who did not make il with Us We have the most
profound regard TOO for tie digniu Of he pressbuI