Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-16
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The Richmond Wing is true to it's vocation. What
its Editor wants in force, he seeks TO make up in
abuse As destitute Of decent manners, as be Is OF
vigorous intellect, he is incapable OF discussing any
subjects great principles His forte 10 in scatter
ing frebrands through the community, and spreading
nsdious suspicious and Liberal abuse around him. In
stead Of arguments, he resorts TO attack. With no
polished viii to grace hs columns, lie resorts TO the
coarsest nicknumes-"Old mesmerlzed driveler,
udoard," "old Mesmer,' and similar epitheis dis.
grace his pages Strip him of these feathers and you
fix him at once TO the earth But there is "dspung
about hobby horses 1t the Richmond Wings do, in
deed, prefer "motley fool for vigorous champion
coarse Jester, instead of strong man at arms-lf
thew do delight in vapd wiitcsms without point, and
with silly anecdotes, that got up for the express
purpose Of raising monetary laugh, at the expense
of truth why have right TO critcse their taste
but they must take along with it, at the tme all
the indiscre,ons and all the foes oftheir Squire We
could wish indeed for parts, well as for the
sake of the dignity of the press that their this
city was more worthy of the sts-ihat he was capable
of meeting in fair and manly argument. We
WISH in a word, that he champion, whom we
might encounter with some honor and without some
self. reproach.
But fully aware as re are Of the amiable temper and
the decent manners Of the Richmond Whg we are not
at all surprzed at the epthets which he has lavished
upon US in his Wednesdays paper We had CALLED his
withers too much-we had chastsed him too severely
with the scorpion lash Of truth-we had reduced him
to too awkward predcument, for him 10 escape with
any credit to himself We expected, Of course, vim.
dictve reply-but we confess that he has completely
disappointed US, in the vigor though not in the venom
OF the blow. 1t surpnsses his usual "forcble feeble
ness" But no wonder! He is staggering under the
blows he has received The truth overpowers him
We proved him first TO be a reckless prevarcator-and
then showed him TO be driven TO the extremity of
vindcang, in t OF desperation, an atrocious plot
which he had attempted in vain TO pass off as mise
rabe hoax In hls Tuesdays paper, he pre-.
by DublIShinU A letter from the country
which assumes The Peasants Correspondence to be
hoax upon us-And in his next mornings paper, he
republishes, in side wind manner discoureous and
ridiculous paragraph from the N. Y. Express, which
represents il as ga poor hoa1". Yet in its own puere
Editorial the Wing, instead Of denying its authenticity;
instead of meeting The charge, which we brought direct
" against him-s1ys in his peculiar vein, he twill
confess to the 'Atrocious Plot and commend
(our) veracity in charging (him) with approving it,"
The Editor of the Wing, therefore, pleads guity-if
not by his conlesslons-if not by falling 10 pro.
dUce the contradiction Of the author Of the Correspond
ence-yet by its disposition in vndicating the ne
cessty and morality Of the plot-and, henceforth,
we nail him TO the counter, as base coin-as one
who first attempted to play off humbug about the
Correspondence and presumes 10 vndicate plot,
which he can no longer deny. Such then, Messieurs
Wings, is the organ Of your Party Such is the Jour
nal which the People of Virginia advised to look
up to for truth and for prncpe-A Journal, that Grst
attempts TO pass off as quiz, what IT knew to be au
ihentic and stands forth TO defend Revolution
airy plot which might have drenched fields in blood
Let the People know this alarming truth, and let the
Wing Presses throughout the Union no longer take re-
fuge under the story Of hoax. In vain does the Sa
vannah Republican say, that sit was pronounced hoax
ia heir) Office, il read, not by US,
but bg others who heard it read aloud In vain does
The plant Express OF ~ York condemn US for "mak.
ing much fuss about 50 poor q hoax. No hoax,
Sirs? We brand it on the forehead of the Richmond
Wing, IS an authentic correspondence published BY