Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-26
RICHMOND, FRIDAY. APRIL 2G.

mr. In Tuesdays Wing there appeared n.
s,gned al Secretirio, when Is lhe 'nos' Th,
,o5,c,;oo that we have ever seen IN any journal,
seans 10 have rnked the kennel Tor The .ou,ss
Id ha has looked into his breast tor lhe
sf1a CHARGES which be has henped upon The heau
,he ssnior Editor OF the Enquirer. Upon ENDURING
Thai this wholesale dealer in vItnpe'ation ahe
f,Isebood il no other man than Edward w oon"'
the Washington correspondent OF tne h'i'oe pI
Nh me,,can In the autumn of lS42 this vagaoohu
mo-. sc,;oo Editor OF the Richmond wing and maze ~
.mocL upon the Senior Editor of the Enquirer, III
uh;cb a, moment too, OF the deepest fanny VS.,
49,; he ;,truded himself into the recesses oil our P
- ifs and stopped 10 ruthless assault unolus'-
- false nj all times impairment, and at that mo'
r,en, oar,icuarly, indelicne and utterly unieehhs
10 Ghoul he stirred up the ashes of the deao' =
crafty his impotent but vindicive mahcS.
Tie ENQUIRER of November lst, 1912, contained
bref reply TO his gross and miserable artcls II w,
enid owe owe It TO Messrs. Nloseley and fleasah's ~
Ga, mir skirts of the ntamy Of lhis production.
Tbev have never stopped amidst all their exceses "
nb DEGRADATION as this II is sufficient to state l,n
the paper, Ohe Whig) is now edited by Lowa'u ~
Tohnson. a mere loafer open society, ana e'se'
oain his bread here and everywhere by Inc ,ou w.
T,lsoboods and the most malignant attacks ne Hn'
;a ,he exposed this degraded creature 10 the SCOTT
~ h;s own marty friends, and he soon alter sS'PPeu
TO deal out his violence and ms nance III s'',z
region The present Junior Editors OF me E"fu''e,
III, IN vain for this man Johnson On the streets OF
R,phm
persons chastisement, but he cautiously KEPT VIM"
p;s Quarters. and dared not make h appearance IN
public. 80, e.:u =; o,;non,r
vo,,bv of the unprinciped "actlng Ecor who could
moi then brave the rowns OF his own p'ry lie knows
wal enough that the Enquirer has tive Editors besides
ba Ssyor Editor Yet he has not the manlness nor Inc
courage 10 attack either OF the other EoTs but pours
mi his abuse and alsehood upon the SENIOR Ed''or
alone We (tbe Junior Editors now atorm him, 'ha'
we are responsible for every thing that appears IN he
columns of the Enquirer, anc we no" Solemn'y en-
dorss all that was said in the Enquirer If the msePre-
senta,ion by al Secreiaro" OF the motives oil lhe
,ntbor of "Randoph OF Roanoke" lie cannot say
Tint we are "irresponslble,' that we have ever
Stunned danger when our honor was al STAKE; we
prefer peace and harmony. Our most intimate ffehos
are warm Wings ard we are lar from V'shing Una, our
present agreeable personal relations towards the wing
cartv Of Richmond should he broken up BY political d-
fe,ences even in the most heated canvass we Know,
that many Wings utterly condemn the dastaroly ahh
violent il tier Of g." Secrearo, which nghiJus'liy MS
heipo considered beneath the notice OF any gentleman
we however feel It to be duty to expose HIM to The
so of the People of Virginia. and Of Richmond, lest
his poisonous shafts may have some influence on
few ardent Wings, who do not know MN nor
ourselves Peaceful as our intentions may pe we are
resolved TO perform the high duties required Z" US our
10, - cast and spite OF oil difficulties and dangers no
man shall ever say with lmpuny that we have shrunk
from consequences devated from the path OF truth
or honor i, is in no boastful spirit that we now use
this language which regret 10 be forced to employ
We wish 10 place ourselves and the Enquirer on The
proper ground. We would that we could have been
spared the painful obligation of presenting before the
public these personal conslderaons-out our noho'
was al stake and we have spoken out. We cam how
ever assure the public that the subject matter OF 'h's
article rs too contemplate to be brought before them
ara,n in newspaper warfare.
p S. Since writing the above, we have been autho'
rrzed by The author of "Randolph OF Roanoke 10
state, that he does not "represent' or "own any nts-
rest in Texas bonds or scrip.
We appeal to the Editors Of the Wing TO rePuoi'sh
this article.