Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-11


OF his own party ais il denial Of the plot: or, IS It
a mere trick " "Take either supposition, (says The
Courier and the Wing will reap but little honor Tor
PATRIOTISM or credit for wit And, here, the Courier
but expressed the present sentiments OF the people OF
Richmond. have mixed much in the public walks
conversed, freely, with Of the most neli'st NJ
Whigs-taken pains to gather public sentiment, ana,
have yet 10 meet with the first of any party who
considers the plot transaction, from beginning 10 emu
any thing but foolIsll, silly, and contemplate al
fair-e1cepting The Editor of the Wing, und few 90
scure echoes and cronps Of his, who think It was
grand political manUuvre, worthy of all admiration
These great minds one and all, have mounted IN
duugh and Growing Justify over the brilliant
achievement, which their Editor has taken SO much
pains la accomplish, at the expense ot "truh dscehey,
nc. But they, (nu exceeding half dozen, all lod y
have all the sport 10 themselves. They are, oy UNI.
versal consent left TO enjoy monopoly OF the "grns
this occasion. But these diynifed manly and jDnny
gentlemen, will soon discover, IL they have mol already
found il out, that they Qhe Editor of the wing, ano
MIR Plt asants,) have the Courier remarks, any re-
gard TRUTH honor, decency, they will not attempt
10 pass this matter off with disgusting grim. Wha'
must The Wing party Of Virginia think OF TINS h!gh
minded conduct the part Of their organ WIN they
ever agree with their Editor that the plotr'eR - "or
Thy of all praise that it is the best mode TO promote
their cause Never is manifest from The spirit al.
ready exhibited by their friends in this city All, with
the few exceptions before made, nave set their faces
against the silly procedure and some have exhibited
their disPeasure in more touching manner ihey can
no longer cling 10 an organ which has SO little Pru
dence- i'll whose statements they can no longer nave
any reliance and which have no weight OF chafac
ter, long It's Editor delights and wastes his time
with fooIery. They are asking themselves, whit
good can result 10 our party by such hoa1es Can
such nonsensical schemes he instrument in winning
over Democrats to the Wing cause : Are they culcu
lated TO impress that y with the purity and morality
Of the Wings Or, will not the effect be- some of
our friends say, 10 disgust every body who has "any
regard for truth, honor, decency:" The Wing, and
his party, it must be admitted, by all. have been the
sole sufferers by the abduction game. No evil can Ell
10 the Democrats by it, On the contrary, it is fear
ed by many Wings, that much advantage has been
given their opponents by it, Why, then, these ''dis
gushing grins" Of The Editor OF the Wing Is he will
ling TO ruin his party, in attempts "to impose upon the
credulity Of the Editor Of the enquirer :" And the
motires TOO assigned by these funny witty gentlemen,
for the giving of the Abduction letter Are they
not peurile, contemplate, in every sense, when COM
pared with the disclosure of Infamous and exciting
scheme, endorsed truth, by the great Statesman,
III. H. p (nnce Minister, | beg his pardon, mere
messenger, and very fathcss one, too, to foreign
cour and ushered forth 10 the world with the most i'm
posing air, possble' at was mir. P. says) simply 10
amuse himself for day so, with the specuations OF
the Press" And the Wing says sit shallow trick
played eft 10 impose upon The creduty OF The Editor
OF the Enquirer" and to show that cold birds can he
caught with chaff," &c Now, here Don and Sancho
are at variance. Which tells the truth But let
the reader decide for himself this point of veracy
between the rtraeiouS gentlemen while assure them
tina, the fewer such "shallow tricks are played oil,
the better for their credit, and the interests If their
party. Mr. p. must have been highly amused with
the speculaons Of such presses of his own party as
branded him lin "cither supposton Of the CASEY as
shameless blacksuurd without regard for "trnh, no.
nor decency.' This, and many similar comments
By his political friends must have been truly zen
pertaining (as he says) in high degree But, What
its effects may have been with Mr. P. and his man
Friday, l. in common with this whole community, can
see but thing, which il has done efec,ually, and
that s that j. H. Pleasanis possesses the capacity OF
one of the most nGro fbbers in the world and that
he is capable of taking greater pains to perpetra,e
alsehood than his worst enemies could have believed,
before he acknowledged it under his sign manual
What distinguished proof he he's here exhibited of his
eminent capacity for the post has Of late ign.
cd him, that Of associate Editor again Of the Wing
When to suit lis purposes scarce, here will
be Editor, his Abduction letter proves at loss
10 coin many lie may deem necessary TO nuke out
his case. Hear what the Editor Of the Richmond
Star another Whig) says in connexion with this sub.
jec: "a hoax we understand to be, properly Says
the Starr assumption of what is not true, in such
terms that toeraby shrewd mind will discover the
cheat, while thick head will overlook the under
rent Of humor, and swallow the whole as gospel Any
other kind, where sober assertion is made upon direct
authority, gfavcly given, carrying lis force by the
weight of the authority, attached to it, have always
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something, which shall not here name. "A flo
1t miserable business, TO talk of hoaxing people who
are foolish enough TO believe grave assertion and
hereafter, when Mr.. Peasants has any public commu
nica;on make, he will need to state whether he de-
sign, it hoax, pleasant fan, sober truth.
Exactly so! But for these "speculations, we are in
debied to the fact, that Mr. Pleasants and his Editor,
sorely "bubbled" their friends, while engaged in
the labored and laudable eurt Of fbbng to ''amuse
themselves, and o catch old birds of the other party
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children John H. Peasants man who, with all his
ecce ntrcities, has hitherto maintained some little
weight Of character, letting himself down low 10
practice iHetricks which is pronounced by his own
friends void Of the "mer of either wit truth ~
And, the Editor and the organ of the "great Wing
party, n, the metropolis of Virginia, lending himself
10 tr.fe with The understandings and feelings of his
readers, by publishing false article calculated to dia
turb The minds of all rejecting men, throughout the
county Will any sober, Discreet and sensible man
look upon such conduct placing feather in the cap
?t either "f these funny gentlemen Never! They
will :est il, everywhere, as unworthy of all coun,e-
nance.
But will not trespass further upon your columns
with remarks upon this subject is one, upon which
there is but little variance Of opinion, and, upon which,
all hectng men will at once, give true verdict.
will only add, that there some who have doubts,
which Of the two letters Of Mr. Peasants is intended
hoax, The first or the last. And we'll may these
doubts exst-for, the first bears much stronger evil
dence oil sincerity than |Ee last neao theHl anu VII
ness the niy Of aGcerily in the frs and the jocular
style of the latter. We have other evidence than
Mr. Pleasan,s to decide this question-and he is no
evidence al a-for, according TO all legal and mora
rules, he longer credible witness. lie has made
directly conflicting statements ovsr AIS aame-
the first with much greater cir Of solemniiy than The
ast-und the court is left entirely TO inrenee which
is the truth. Well may his friend of the Star say,
that thereafter, WHEN MIR. Peasants has any public
communication 10 make he will need 10 state, whether
he designs as hoax, as pleasant fun, or sober truth
For my own part 60 not believe ''tle plot owes lis
origin 10 the motives assigned BY Mr. Pleasnns. If alb
ducon was no, entertained, there strong reasons
to believe gone revolutionary movement was conlem
plated in tie event of Mr. Vans Buren, election The
acts of the Wings in 1910, coupled with the deefa"
lions Of many of their leading men, TO that effect, leave
scarcely room for doubt And so strongly were many
Democrats impressed with this belief at the time, that
That they bore with composure The defeat OF MIR. Van
Buren,, thinking they did, that contrary resuh
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