Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-24
RICHMOND. SATURDAY, DEC. "a. ~.
Tic Delegate from the Borough of .,a,f

we lay the following communication hefo,a ;.
readers with such brief commentaries as it sesm.
deserve. II is not surprising that author has -,
enough Of tie game his cause is none Of Tho ~
and his manner of defending 1t, is none Of The ~
fortunate. Who began this game Not webn, -
Delegate of the Borough Of Norfolk. 1t was a., W.
slept OF his way, 10 aim unnecessary and an :.
just hit at Mr.. Stevenson, who was no, becc,s -
| House at all as a nominee for The Office Itw,s =
who idly undertook to asse,,, The, Mr.. 8. was 80,
as herring" IL was he, y no most unnecessarv :,
improperly undertook 10 assail hm By inucnGo f., !,
"running correspondence with Lord Aberdeen !
was he. who logged Us into the election, when We h.
kept aloof from the contest. !, he, who p,,
nounced the Enquirer to be oefunci, because il J..
failed 10 cleo. Mr.. s., uhen the Enquirer had taken :
part in the election. II was he sho, in like mana.
delivered a funeral Grafton over The Richmond Junts-
when he defed to produce The evidence Of SRI,
junto at all-or of any citizen Of Redmond ta.s,
any part in the election. /, was he, who touph, !,
| the notice of the House the Editor of a ne .e..
MED oil privilege of reply. II was he who has atlena
ed TO make political capital out Of the uhasaiing a
serlons Of an idle debate 1t was he whose p,t,
feelings have hurried HIM on to do an act Of nju.s,
TO Mr. s., which, in cooler moments, he Nigh, be IL
first TO regret. II is he, who attempts CHE, :.
the issue in the case Of Mr. Stevenson and af,e, !.
was refuted in the nuendo, Starts another na-a
delegate Of the Borough OF Norfolk has 'shad enou,
of this game II he has gained any "extend'd "a
toriety," il is not our fault lie was volunteer on
occasion. He threw the first stone, and we have s.p
only in selfceience He is welcome 10 .'incucate 4
HARRISON Wing opinions, in any way he phases, vi
vided 1t be not at our expense. Bn, we desire ms1
Of the game. We, too have enough of it, and g
cheerfuy close it with the proposition he makes 10 .
We will "let the matter drop"-snd with The I'M
assurance to the Delegate from the Borough Of Noi
that sc feel resentment for his inuerd or b,
hints, and that our feelings are, they have been ~
heretofore" towards him.
A few words, however, us to the Card which he ba
done US he honor 10 address TO And, first, IS !,
the signature of an article which appeared IN tbs .,
per of Tuesday last. Mr.. Taylor 10 suppose :r
"Norfolk" is msnomer-that II was assumed oru.
purpose Of giving him hit, and that the writer /;
favor Of the "Mlliiary Institute, should have h,s
from the city Of "Richmond." What were the sss
motives Of the writer, We know not-hut ii is pos,r,
that he no more thought Of Mr.. Taylor in writing 4
than we did in publishing it. 1t is certain, hover,
that The communication came TO US from the Bororr
Of Norfolk, and bore duly the postmark Of It's Psi
Office. We have no light TO presume, and we have %
reason TO suspect that il was not written at "Norv,
So much, then, for nearly half the Card Let US nr
come to the real issue in tie case we mean what y.
a,es to MIR. Stevenson. "All else is leather and F..
nclla."
have been sick Of the ''game" he had played and
party feelings had not msled him, into new error
would have made the anende honorable to Mr. Steyts
son. by confessing his first mistake, instead Of be1
hurried off into inusaGo. His charge Of 4:
running Correspondence" with Lord Aberdeen il, 81
he truly says, "dcad subjeet'-"dead (his famoa
herring" He will scarcely seek 10 revive i,-,nd I'd
suspect he has chad enough ofMat game" But he
"permit to say, that cannot return the compln
hch he pays US in relation 10 it. He will "pernt
say" that il he had shown little more precision q
examination, little attention 10 tn" "commends
min likeness" of dates md transactions, he would nP
have mnde any nuendo against MIR. Stevenson sb
the drumming correspondence at London. lie woOl
ave at once, that Minister not at o.. !
blame for Drawing the responsibility, without any :;
siruc,ons, of defending the rights of his couH,r!r
ne3pectedly assailed by most unwarrnnable prest
sion of the British Cabinet. Instead OF blaming ba
he deserves the gratitude md appreciation of the Ane
rican people. Nor would Mr.. T.. have blamed HIM 10
not waiting answer, when his days. and even hcc'
at London, were numbered.
But the Delegate from the Borough of Norfolk 10
changed the renue and he finds Mr.. s. uvurer
BILE the innendo which he frs; puts on; against h7
he is epouing another inucndo. We leave II Z
Mr. T. in his cooler moments 10 decide, how far Il
just 10 start new lnuendo against gentleman, wh7
he has dragged without good cause before the Lef
lature and when he finds the first inuendo unlcst 4
the mysteries of Mesmerism, in any figure OF Rs|
toric, which can excuse the Of one "black crow
when another is ''ns dead as herring ln mssrd
this second insinuaton, the Delegate from Norfolk
following in the s'illusirious footsteps Of that qcti1
ous gentleman, John @. Adams. But MS arrow :P':
in VAN. The Senate investigated the whole transact
and acquitted MIR Sievenson-and the country were 81
,sfed with the verdict Why, then is this almost otsca
affair 10 be ripped up again. Months ago, we sas y
ingenious letter from Commodore Huh hch pan1
the whole subject in its true light. We have doas
that Mr. S. will consent TO lis pnblcation-ifi!sh '.
be called for II would silence the attacks Of the VI
ter, and show him what injustice he had done 10 NJ
Stevenson.
But VIZ "have had enough ofthe game And aft,
thanking the Delegate from the Borough Of NoH''
for his warning about excepting (polrtcaD hoG'7
hold in order, WE beg leave TO subscribe ourses'
"as heret ofore,' &c, &c. eve part with no o'''1
feeling than that OF regret for The necessity Of The '
lures be has provoked)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FNQU!RfE|
Tuesday Morning. Dec =
SIR:-Allow me- to express my thanks Tor the l',]
| YOU 80 obviously design to besow upon me. Tie n
lega.e from the Borough Of Norfolk who, in truth,
very sncitous either Of Official s'ation or sn,
tended notor,ety and who, from The bottom OF h's '9
d-spses most office scekers-not 10 say some iii
understand, consequently, was no, very likely, "
out your notice, 10 attract much attention, VIII |
PiniHiJ o'o'"'riS, oS oofru, ~ t"H oe'''SN
labor 10 inculcate his Harrison Wig opinions
| The running correspondent" II seems, ha',
mered, received an ample notice from you to day-r1
another, who deeires in these hard times 10 co's
the Armory into sort Of West Point, TO dispense
porftiess soldiers. and 10 teach the "young idea has
shoot, assumes To himself tho title .Noriok, VII
suppose, does indirectly refer to his v,rws Of The 4
,erest Of the town ! have the honor to represent
my action al last session of the Assembly. srf
intended to recall the subject to attention OF cut
have no objection 10 this, but ore,-tha', 10 q
cuss the subject this year, will be 10 60 over
ground traversed last year-the expense of VI
perhaps, had as well be spared this Impoverished
mnnwpalih. But The writer ought to have signed
self "Rchmond," not "Norfols;" for The most, STAIR
arm raised against the proposed measure of last "f
was that Of the gentleman Of this city, who has
reelected by constituency not unmndiul OF hs
| mar services, who have much reason 10 be e'9''
him. Had the signature "Richmond" beea AotF.
we might have had " another Richmond in the 1
utterly object to this per assumption Of The a.
Of Norfolk. The good people Of my town uncf'.
me right well, and happen to know that al. n9'
10 disregard their interests or their wishes ro,-
friends and political opponents understand what
lieve fully: and, SIR their instructions have never
sent to me yet. | incline too 10 think, it wooId g.