Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-04

The IN !. American, with strong personal feel noe
for Gen. Scott, assures him, that "as between ~.
names Of Clay and Scott for the Presidency there -
in the universal Wing party, no doubt; aud Tia, ,h
ununimty (of the Wings for MIR. Clay entirely and
thoroughly supersedes the necessity Of any Na,ionsI
Convention"
The Boston Atlas is dissatisfied with Mr. Clav.,
early nomination, and hints at the opposition he !.
likely to experience, and at the necessity of withdraw
ing him. The Washington Spectator, too 'siill be.
eves, notwithstanding the preconcered enthusiasm
with which MIR. Clay is now hailed as The Wing can.
ddae that he will be ultimately sacrificed To more
available or popular. The leaders are generally for
him. but he is not great avori,e with the body o,
the party, which is already very FESTIVE under the po.
tical dictation hagranty attempted. Whatcyes
may be Mr.. Cays merits or dement's, he does en-.
joy the confidence Of the people Such may he tie
result in the Elections of this Fall and the mex,
Spring should go decidedly against the Wing party
But, safest will be, to consider MIR ciey SIS
in the field and rallyng the ranks OF the Wings, and
not outstanding the affected sqneamishness Of some
Of his letters. determined no account, TO abandon
the contest. Under this impression, we must prepare
ourselves for the straightforward all our strength
all our forces, and prepare 10 meet HIN al fhi!ppi
the ABDUCTION PLOT.
The Richmond Wing, pinned as 1t was TO The wall,
has come out yesterday morning) with letter from
Mr.. John n. Peasants, which asserts that The whole
story is hoax. We give MIR. Peasants own eAp.a
nation. The public will Judge for themselves OF tbs
sir. Peasants ought to have been one of the last
Virginia to perpetrate such trick, u trek 1t really
be. Sure are, that if IT were originally hoax.
il has imposed almost much upon his owl party as
upon When the Major b., TO whom he refers
will for ~ard aud verify his statement, then II
will he for Mr.. Peasants justify himself for throw
ing out plot which is silly in itself, prohess its
purposes, and only calculated TO do mischief TO the
Wings at the pending elections Ia this subject on
which any man of discretion should play upon tie
H. Ga ,rofo. aad
at the good order of sociey-calcuated to suggest In
proper des GINS 10 the factious and The dsapPoneda
moment Of tremendous excitement and violent
abuse Of Captain Tyler, was this theme on which Tie
pngry passions 10 be addressed ii was tr'!lng
with the public feelings, and we'll does MIR. Peasants
deserve the charges of folly and "nsanity, which Ihe
Wing press has lavshed upon his head
But the fact is, the organ here (the wise man who
holds the helm of the Wing Press in Ricbmond) wts
himself as much taken in, as any one else. Tie lss
TO execra,e the Piot-for, never have We
seen an Editor reduced TO so pitiabe condition as he
mas been since its FORMULATION tie and his whole
Germ were under the most violent panic during The
whole exhibition. But alarmed by the effect il was
oGucing-he first attempted to play 1t of IN sneak
ing manner, as Hoax, yet always leaving himself
hole out Of which 10 creep. Finding that this device
would not answer his purposes, he summoned up 'eso
luton enough to defend it-and then backed out from
the defence. His dilemma most awkward and
disgraceful Never have we seen the audacny oil us
Editor so awfuliy rebuked lie was at his wits enc,
and his tongue Glove literally TO the roof OF his mouth
When 10 his colleague comes fortunately TO his AID
TO relieve him from HI. calling embarrassment.
But, as we have said before, the explanation comes
too late in the day for the Editor Of the Wing. TO
him belongs the merit Of defending the plot If any
doubts tbese facts, then lei him read the following
article, from his pen, which We republish tor his
| own edifcation:
"lndeed, (the Editor Of the Enlurer,) may make all
he can out of the Plot itself His Tory instincts may
shudder at the idea of refusing submission TO p"sl
dent forced on the country by minority, through
fraud. lie may preach up non-resistance and passive
obedience, and he may "Ihro,o on title more d The
Fuid'-but he will never bring the people OF this
country 10 agree with him, that they have no rish, TO
resist usurpstion and overthrow tyrsn,s II is OF the
very Of their princp es-the motto Of this glo
rious old Commences proclaims it-that II IS not
merely the privilege, but the duty Of every freeman to
resist yranny;-and when the occasion arises, when
usurpe is thrust upon either by force or freud, me
Republicans IF the land ,c not stop at abduction nor h
rtrg serupuiouS about the means they rtS0rt0, 10 rnd
cate their iJtrtieS They have the OF which they
cannot he divestpd, TO resist usurpatlon whether OF
fraud force, and they rM ezer it, whenever the erer
gency calls for it, in spite Of Locofosm, or sesesn
or any other ism, which Toryisn may assume, cs !
49,. -Iy--s ~nn,iiy Ia freedom
"These doctrines may be new and startling, and
tonishiug TO Old Mesmcr-either in his sleeping OF
waking mood-and he may make the most Of them
liberty and detest siarery'
Who can read the above, and not say at once, tha,
the Wing believed in the Plot, and has justified Whist
he should at once have boldly condemned There i,
no man in the State, who has better reason TO curse
the inventive ingenuity Of his late colleague thar h IN.
SELF 1t has shown his aacrity in DEF. ndng any plot
which the other may conceive. Like tie Frenchu.at
in Pope,
/ Tel. him go Iieil-to He'll he goes
he now Gays that he suggested II was hoax. Very
snn ted N m unv flrf
was not ser,ous in the suggestion-But il is equally
true, that he suggested defence, which the character
Of the remarks, we have quoted them, shows was IN
tended as serious justification Of The "afrocicus plot
No man then has better cause 10 rue publication, thar
II the aforesaid Editor-Who has been involved IN mo
awkward ADVERTISEMENTS, su fcred more Notifications
undergone more quizzing and more censure, than aia
10 the lot of most Ii is the fable of The frog
over again 1t may have been Jest 10 Mr.. P.-bu,
had like To have proved death to Mr. NJ. MIR. T. mo!
well ask him to "pardon (him) for mstfyng you (r
NJ } and your readers" No man has suffered more II
mind, and in principle than his unfortunate colleague
Upon one point, this Pleasant Hoa1n has hoaSsd
himself 1t IS true then, the Editor of the Wing ittd
10 extricae himself from 'the bed scrape If h- po,
and The "inre into which he had fallcn-by ioohly
playing Oft mesnerism against it. So far MIR r Is
right-but he is mistaken supposng, that we seized
as rare piece of luck for helping (usl out OF The
mesmeFIun mire. We required no such lever to III Us
out; because, we firm and sincere belrever'
IN MesneTIsm, as ever Experiments indeed ore Ia ca
ening upon town mot speak Of Petersburg and
Portsmouth, which battle all incredibly the part 'i
those, who have seen the Phenomena Mr.. 7. hmse'
cannot even justify his silly pho, set eff and
counter hoax to Mrsmersm- his letter comes f's
1t was written on the 25lh, whilst MIR French id not
make his experiments here before the 2G:h August
To the Editor Of the Richmond Wig.
"Dear SIR: Thinking the Play has been played cut
! re enter to drop the curtain and sreuk the Epoere
"Relieve MIR Ritches horror by the assurance iH'
there was no steamboat, conspra;ors, and no plot
1.-THE whole story fiction, concerted here, BE-
tween your friend, Major B-.' and myself, and tie
object simply TO amuse ourselves for day with
the spccula,lons of the press. The letter Of B., 10
which mine was in reply, is in his hand writing and
was sent TO Richmond t" be mailed to me, and where
it was mailed accerd nsy
81 signed the story merely 10 give it greater sir Of
probability, for winch suppose it is excuse enough
that there was no injury intended against any human
being, nor could 1t produce any. BY Horace s rD'e'
fiction is ever allow able, hen II stops short at 'Hs