Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-21

,oAp Old Wing in the Richmond
~ -, .aify '"'' his memory or his manners
IN is n'' But for the imputat'oh wn'cn nc 70
~ ,f,'s. p"' ,,r veraclty, we should disregard
~ % tis' ..,,aihs about our age. lie is ms
81 ~ "S !, - NOT true, that were an ad
- rs iacS N the town of Fredericksburg
IN Nf - 49,, I've III Fredericksburg at that
~ We "'' a., were in the winter oil w 10,
nc, I'D "u,.t,,l Lectures IN Philadelphia, ana,
N u !" .,neImoaths at'' r"ardS' 'hat we pesa"
III aoi 10 another purSn'' IN our naive cou"'
"A :, 70, ~ T s,sn, more than two years III pre-
~ g>ss1 ,l,s ,rosccution of this employment,
"',r,~ IN Fredericksburg t'ii Tue year loo-
~ n2's''" of as honest and enthusiastic
lsi ;"o '.arse of Education, as any person
I'll n +" ~ rs came 10 this city in the winter OF
Al lavs 'eI' '" ,,t and engage III the Editorial
s. plea 0'' '
wh,,- layishes upon no small portion
III 900 ""S we have taken of the a,rocious
n 81 i'' ~ hoax call it which you may. he is
n ,7f ~ &c an absolute hoar-to say, that
Il. % pass ,bs belief OF the reality OF the plot
i -: o3fu s,sminr candor and truth with which
~ d lux 49, mat Editor had always been distin-
.: @,'. Ill.,, me truth, when any thing appeared
esa j." Signature in that journal. we shall
.f' Dis ,o,lyse the truth OF thus statement
10? ,rs,, anon the truth OF The nuihof OF the
III a'' u hs Public is vet in such fog upon
SCI = plo,, that they scarcely know what
i'au''v ,ny readers suspect, that the last letter
st'e ,,, and not the first. They were both
Il fUF ,,,e nerson-and it is difficult to know
Y .'i ~ I,y, Sirned as the plot was by the real
20 g. y,''a,,bor himseli, il loses entirely the cha
% - un,x. ard II it be not true, it assumes that
6,uon. Then, the question would be,
% 49, sr,,on-the Plot, or the denial of the pot'
% ~ ~, hoax. the first or the last letter: Was
' ',,s. mn, forth, merely for the absurd amuse-
~ ,stsonS IN u chimney corner-or, was the
=" n.,,,sn. To cover over the mischief, and TO
H. excitement o. the first; Is this the first time.
'' has been made 10 pass OFF plot as hoax:
-, that such scheme was at that time talked
sr',,ss persons IN this city-whose names will
by them under the initials Of Mr.. G., and
+.o4 the author OF the Plot or the hoax, as the
l. asy he. ,uo,,
:. f,,a5ain bringing up this subject of the fiot
=, has mo7e deeply suffered by It than h'mseii-
ue are MT singular in the impression which we
.,.,ed Of is effects, lei other presses speak we
T., -sw onIy BY way otspecmsn;
.r1,. ye 90 moi doubt, is the truth; but Mr. Flea
H.. deserves the severest censure for attempting j
:, n such sutject."-N Y american, Nag
~ ran only repeat what We have said before, that
-, ye-y stupid, as well as very foolish hoax
inside, in every respect. We object not 10
mrs. bit of pieasantry-a Jeu d eSP'n: now anu
N Bat such hoax As ih:t-cpon SUBJECT ;" ''i
with such gravity-w'th s"ch pa
. ef,,n,s and circnmstance-ina manner calculateu
~. . create belief but oin,ct substantial INJURY
..sa, ard patriotic political party-deserves the
.l.i condsmnation ~ Y. Paper, (UMg
There was gravity IN what he IS pleased to call a
.,,, ,.ict,on. and n crcumstantiaty of detail
n, N OF. humble opinion ,eaS meant TO produce The
,,,,t the whole affair was acknowledgements
,5 %, however wicked It may have been. we do
.sips the Wing PARTY has much TO thank Mr.. T.
.,lh. at,emp! 10 pttach ignominy to 1t, however
.5y inclined he may have been himself
rr Y. Courier, (Uhg)
III. .,o.y NJ the Abduction Plot and his subse
-, ,..sri,,n ,ha, the story was hoax have placed
. n abou. As unenviabe n position as his direst foe
IA wish Many still believe that his first declaration
the true one, and that he was engaged IN most
,.,,,s conspiracy Others credit the denial, but
b oa,es admit that whichever tale he true, Mr.
s.,ns has been guilty Of an ndeensable tasehood
. Wing papers generally JOIN in reprobatlng MIR rs
J,c, with degree of severity which does them cre-
/, mas be added, that ''hoaxng' under any car
stances is species of sport IN defence OF which
can be- SAID La is best condition, TITS merely lie,
s.et less offensive by ludicrous circumstances, but
l'c. anu IuaH gum ho u'uoi, w. -
eau,y be exhibited in the operation, in thus playing
= the confidence of those who place credit IN MS
.,:3ns -Pcnnsyiraniaa.
.ag. after the cool avowal of The writer, that he
VS. no wrong in iabrcating string OF statements,
matters Of tact, within his own knowledge, and pub
nag them over his own signature, which OF the Two
~ are we to believe The author has convicted
I.s.i-has acknow ged that he is capable OF sta
> . facts, what he knew were not facts, and his
d beng confessedly good for nothing, it may be
m While 10 inquire whether he had not stronge
gss 70. falsely denying the "pot,' than ne could
. had originally for iabricating it He signed his
- 10 K, he says, TO give il greater pauslblli'y-he
net take that trouble hereafer-indeed, II he ever
hes credit gwen TO any of his statements, he would
we'll not 10 let the public know the source from
al they come.- Charleston Mercury.
Tie Richmond Wing contains letter from J. II.
SAINTS. IN which he conesses that his abduction plot,
al other Wing professions, promises, and colngs
.o4l People are no more enlightened now than be-
Tncy won't believe Wing now days, even
% ,hey kaoic he tells the truth. Should any reck-
VIM par,izan obey the command Oft certain great
,sman to pick his Wing flint, and try Mr.. Tyler,
effort # unsuccessful, would doubtless be confessed
M also. ~ Y PieLetan
We have now the two statements of Mr. F., over
,wn Signature, one affirming the narrative to be
and the other denWng it. The public have right
The Richmond Wing fails in It's attempt to whistle
,wn the wind as u hoax Mr.. Richie has exposed
plot, IN all It's inbecility and wickedness; and the
, ere in the mouths of the people of the Old Dom'
, as involving one of the most desperate and dia.
col plots 10 produce civil war that was ever devis'
$ man -.laShrWe Union.