Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-02
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REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT! WIG INSANITY
You may rely Wings ESQ Called, rstr"! them
| proved, OF cornluc, Of the Fedrra.. in 1898"
Such are the remarkable words addressed TO us on
the I'd ult, by Of the first minds IN this county
man, who though distinguished ns Republican IN
the days of 9a, vas not a warm friend of the Jackson
Administration But the opinion which he has express
ed now s sufficiently indicative of his opposition 10 the
Federal Wings. HIS words prophetic OF their
downfall. They "destroying themselves without
the aid of the Democrats Such men Us John Quincy
Adams, John Minor Bolts, and John Hampden Plea.
SAINTS their conspicuous men, enough to destroy
any party. We say, J. Fl. Peasants for, his COM
mnncaon in yesterday Wing, is revelation that is
calculated TO sare every considerable man who values
order respects the voice of the people, obeys our ins
utons and detests The revolutionary spirit OF Dan;on,
or the conspiracy Of Catiline. We have looked to
this revelation with n-tonsuent Even line Startling
phenomena If Mcsmeriain scarcely surprise US more
What madness rules some OF the leaders Of the wing
party controls their presses Had Mr.. Pleasah's
considerate friend 10 advise him Had The Editor OF
the Wing Oracle OF this city counsellor 10 arrest
such developments Bot if the mere enumeration OF
thus revolutionary plot produces such an excitement
must nialliby extend itself from extremity oil
the State TO the other and from one end OF the Union
TO the other what must think Of ien who were ca
pable Of entering into such an atrocoua plot! Happy
10 learn, that some OF the cooler and better
Wing spirits of tins city already den ance the whole
conception n Revolutionary ent. Let the au
thur and publisher OF hs manifesto be assured, That
The people will mol let this matter resttlat t!ey viii
never cease to call for all the deias.r The authors of
She pot-or Tie roll Of the Lenlul and tie Celheg, rnd
for The OF every ConspiFator, no IVES 10 kdnap
the Chef Magistrate cf the Republic and to :ubvert
the constituted authorities Of tie country. Nothing
must now be kept back from TIN ANXIOUS curiosity of
the Peoplc-aud the Wing leaders will owe it 10
themselves expose the authors, TO denouEce the
design We have no this mo ming for as full ex
tracts as we would desire TO make from yestesday
Whig-We must lay the copicrs details Tor .ano
thcr opportunity.
Til r. Wing Of yesterday, contains Card faom
"John II. PieGsan!s addressed 10 alexander M"+e-
lev ESQ.,, written the 23th August, 1872 and ask
ing him publish in the Wing, Tie correspondence
which follows it, The LIST letter ~ as follows:
RloHNoNo, Aug. II, 1872.
To John II. Peasants Esq, Beaver Dam:
Dear ir: confidently stated that plan was in
agitation lilo nbdnc Van lIren lie aa been rr :lr'-
that pIivy and could tell az about u! denied H.
10 hell certainly in the va, epesencc s'9ult
sh s 10 ." @ ana VIOLA %' c 9S
particulars either through tie Wing Let me hear from
you. Address A. H., Richmond 49,,
7. g. Can't yon get Capt. ~ Ter abducted:
Then follows the reply of Mr. Pleasants to A. b.
dated from .Gocchland, Aug. %. lSI2,' occupying
more than II columns of The r. Wig. Mr. F. states,
that ain November, 1910, when every mail came
fraught with The returns Of Tie .sdenlial Election
and before the final returns from New York had been
received, the Wings of Richmond unprecedented for
twenty -four hours that the day hG gone against them
This impression was caused by The complexion Of
certain Loco Fcco statements issued from the city 6"
New York, one two days after the election IN that
State, aud which claimed, with tie greatest conf
dence, that her had been given 10 Mr.. " D.: lie
vs. that g" n York had thus disappointed the snEguine
calculations made upon her by The Wing Party,
was doubted that Pennsylvinie, whose vote was
hoped for rather than confidently exp >cted would fol
low her lead, and the vote Of Virginia was already sui
tcieny in to render it next to certain that she had
voted for Mr.. Van Buren,. The consequence was al
hat
ted in his favor, the Wings were defeated, and Mr.
Van Ruren reelected. Such n catastrophe then, when
the Wing Party were wound NJ 10 tie hshcst p''ch oil
confidence in victory, and ex1,ation in the glorious
fruits hch they antc paed from l. TO E'sfuled coun
try, wen Il LA been appalling.
He adds during the "a hours q Suspense have
mentioned the excitement III ichc'and was very great
and was much increased by the Pre-, aient, may say
the universal conviction OF the Wing party OF that
place, that there had been frapdulcat voting Vrgi
MIA to much extent, sufficient i'll the counties OF Page
Shenandoah gham and Macl on, alone, to coun
,erbalance any majority by which Nj Van buren could
have carried the State. How far l'is conviction was
well illfounded it is not now ree' ut 10 enquire II
is enough that it prevailed, honestly and sincerely
("Fraudulent voting. What proof is there of t-
what proof that there oft de, than on
the Wing sde We have the charges made out and
proved that the Wing ppea layers of Ohio resorted TO
the yes corruption and pipe-layng in lsi0-And the
same case in New York. Has not NJ. NJ Noah, then
one of Tie Elite of the Wings in y York, emphni,csIly
said hut the other day: We hope that Of the
LARGE sums expended in The late Presidential election,
have not been drawn from this unfortunate source
Did the tcn thousand doiiarS which csriain edi!oT On
3bauu carried away from the city 10 The Sccn nd
III siyiet come from The finds IF ms institution? i'7d
the thousand dollars grcn to Glcntwor,h 10 brn g
on persons from Philade phia to watch our polls anu
preyent frauds come from that TyiSt Company
But let all this pass-and let u.s. proceed TO the
Wing plot Of 1910: "lf then Gays MIR. P) Mr. Van
Buren was re elected by the vote Of Virginia, without
whose vote he could not have been elected, ana IL
was manifest and should be rdically established that
lie was indebted for his Virginia majority to ra"d the
question passed from to man. what was to be doneS
What was the remedy; Would the American people
submi, to he ruled by minority, carving their point
h. l,aud? Ought it 10 be submitted tt?
&C If the Constitution and Laws Afforded no redfess,
OUGHT rot the people to take redress into their OWE
hands as case was presented wien submission 10 the
w,o, waa tacit relinquish ment OF free Government,
and virtual slavery Such were the questions as'ta'ed
al that moment OF excited feeling and painful suspense.
Gentlemen Of the Bar were consulted as 10 the legal
course bich CHIT be TAKEN if hlr Van Buren, had
bren Elected by the aid of Virginia, and it could be
made 10 appear that his minority in this State was
fraudule n They were of opinion that there WAS no
legal redress Whatever and that the returns OF the IRE
side ntal Commissioners, were final and conclusive,
and could not be looked behind.
.'' In this state Of feeling, three in
divduas who happened 10 be together, in'erchangea
opinion found entire concurrence senumen. ah''og
themselves and hastily arranged u heaes OF pan
for redress no the wrongs oil the country by securing
the person of Mr. Van Eurcn, previous to his nangura
ton Three things to p:ccede putting It in eSecu-
tion: J. The election Of MIR. Van "n,en- : nat he
could not have been returned without tie vote nf 'e
mia 3 Proof carrying positive and undoubted certain
~ with it, that his minority in Virginia was fraudulent
These prelinnaries asceFtaned twenty persons, men
who could depend on another, we're to be admitted
into the association under the padse OF secrecy ana
fidelity Ten Of the number were to proceed 10 wash
neton in fast steamboat, giving out that their object
was jaun of amusement, 10 witness the approaching
inauguration. 1t was imagined that there would he
little difficulty in finding opportunity in conveying
Mr. Van Buren, on board by sir"esen or 'o'ce' emo
L;s done the boat was 10 run with all dispatch for Al
bcmarIc sound previously agreed upon as the desna-
ton There the 10 be met by their associates
and Mr. Van Buren, 10 be escorted by the whole into
the upper districts Of North Carolina, cornwaii's
.mnst re bel ious pcopic IN Amrr!ca. and whcm we