Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-27

&c pronounce 10 De INflSlIOuS dDoItlplS. CIl-
ss it bii9s 10 this City The originals from Wheel
ne, il mus; he content 10 pass, IS the vcTes dupe,
q the West lradrccr.
And now. People Of Virginia. We cell upon roa
b hewar" OF the Wing presses. They are de-
eiv!l" you--altcmTiing To alarm you with hum
hgs-and rcsorinS 10 the :-rosscSt iOrgericS and
iol> We say. that 4 party, whose presses are
nus conducted. must be defeated. No one will
I elieve them They appear stricken indeed with
lie sro>sest folly Madness rules the hour
They are filter i,r Beilam. than they are for po-
lilies. Insanity indeed IS The most favorable cX-
use. which could be assigned Tor their cxtrav2-
nucc Yet one lesson People q. Virginia, is
ius taught YOU. and fortunately in time Be-
ware oi swallowing The aulac.o us stories. which
will lie put in circulation before the clccliJn.-
Presses lha. begin with toT@crjes at the close Of
September. Will Sickle Il, nothing before thc In
O November Lock out, therefore for every va
rcty Of humbug Take Warning ~ what YOU
So before YOU. and put Satan behind yoa.
Ycs;criav's Compiler contains another p.oba-
lie h"mhuc. Il processes 10 be Z leier from L.
iarshall Of Troy, stating !a,the British Govern
! ncni had actually allowed his importing house in
Sew York such a bounty on British printed and
Stamped Coos imported into New York, hy ono
hour, as amounted To ''irom so, 600 10 $500
per ;nnum, * bounty for their Importation OF
British Goods, so ihat they could sell Manchester
mad, gou.S lower in New York than they could
lie b,u.h, for in Manchester, where they We're
made" The New York Morning News pro-
noun.es tbs also 10 be a miserable humbug -
What are We coming 10 next!
POSTSCRIPT.
Last evenings mail brings Us the UIcclHe
Tones of Monday last-which ullcrs idle ihap-
sodies enough about 'rhc startling disclosures
made in our paper Of Friday last, (calculated)
10 cause the most serious alarm Ia every
lover OF his country Upon the Faith OF
these letters, it even confidently "chaigcs lie Loco
Fhco p,riv IN this to5rr (Whcc.in") rid c''cii1r.
cering on British mopg-and we DARE them 10
deny it, and prove their denial to Tie satisfaction
ii honest, thinking men.
"IRrAsoS." TREASON, is Il, chaIgcs-and n the
most damning evidence Of the stit oi the Demo
cratS of Wheeling, i, The expense ,i.cr have lately
iacu.cd-the Arch thev have cIcclct-thc mum
her 0l F'ags they have diSplaycG-ihcir N'tr
cannon--thc fine German Band they have EN-
r,oyc,.-il:cir proi,lSc Barbecue. And this ST.
pcGior equipment which i The ttri, of their
own generous litcfaliy can0nlyhe accounted Tor,
in Wing theory, by British GoG-as for !he poor
Coons. the Wkcclng Times conesseS, TIA, Their
means are nearly exhausted. These, indeed, are
irresistible proofs ofhe Treason oithe Democrats OF
Wheeling The whole story about British Funds
is false The lnaa has been probably quiZed
abou The letters il he his any 10 show--and a.
to the British fable, it is too ridiculous for The
yeriesi simpleton To hclic?e ii. There is one part
Of his story which arc kr0,r 10 he utterly. era
,uilousv. totally false He says:
"TnosF LETTERS TELL. u, and they speak out
in tones of thunder We do not say there l.
British agent residing amongst ns; out mere i
such Il thing "a STATE Central Committee IN
-. .;,l,,, iy,,uu ,laff a
majority 10 contend against in ONO county
and iha; I large sun! of money was absolutely
necessary 10 keep the party from being entire
II lost there They. no doubt, took all THIS INTO
consideration. when they divided their portion
of the British Gold. received al the price oi
Their couniryS liberties and we have the result
Row. there is no fable in Baron Alunchansen,
SUPERIOR 10 this idle and ridiculous allegation
We pledge our honor. and onr salvation upon the
fact that .he Stale Central Committee OF Rich
nond OF which We have the honor To be CHAR
man. never heard, never suspected. never dream
cd. of this British Gold, British Funds, call 1t
what YOU please. in any form wha'soevcr pc
fore this idle humbug was stared III hlg
print. The Committee never fingered one dollar
never suspected that there WAS one dollar sent to
this country Tor such pnrpo,e-nerer believed
;:-and never sent one cent 10 the Democrats Q!
Wheeling. az Ohio or anv county or city OF the
Commonwealth So mnch for this idle story
and the rest Of il j. Ike this part al the on,;sou-
Invention. 30 much then. iorthis caleclisln
"THE BARGAIN" AND 1.-THE LETTERS"
Yesterdays Wing quotes paragraph from
The Frankfort Commonwealth. which states
that Mr.. Blair would have published the whole
OF it (;bc Correspondence long ago, II II
would haze served his party a he has al
ready permitted Kendall "a publish the only
part Of il which admits ot any constructive
application to the Bargain SANDER Tie Wing
adds r,on i,s own authority, Who doubt
that Mr.. blair would have published Mr.. Clay's
letters. il he had been Of opinion that they would
have injured Mr. Clay or benefited the Loco Fo-
60 parlyl who douh;S mat he would have pub
lisirl, them il he had not knorn liiat the pGbica
ton would have rurscd Mir Clay OF al 6usp-
con? Blair has never meant or wished To pub
clish them! H. hasbrrn dcfcd 10 do IL. His game
is deeper and darker us o5icct is 10 kep up tie
n.psi,fp; 10 throw ont dark hints. and to leave and
10 lcad the public mind 90 draw The most initrfouS
inisn,nccs! He has more e2region>ly violated
the confidential character Of the letters than he
possibly could have done by publishing them en-
ire. He has permitted Amos Kendall 10 :,3'hlc
them: 10 extract and to publish III CARRIED form
every I'm, tha, could bc tortured into suspicious
construction against Mr. Clay. while he suppress
@, Intermediate passages which illustrated Mr.
Clay'~ meaning AMI stripped kcndalis c"r>tEuc-
ton of even The acmtancc Of probability"
These random hits are untrue AMI unlu>t, both
10 Mr. Blair and to Mr.. Kendall Blair has ne
ser shown the esrondencc 10 *. The last
has never carjled them The facts are these. *
they arc stated in Ms copy of Z letter from Mr.
Kendall in reply 10 one from the EIiors of this
paper. Ills letter is dated Washington Srl!cnl-
her %
Il had prepared IN article for mv paper OF to-
morrow on HE subject of the Blair Letter asking
Won or some other candid man, Wing or Demo
crat To read my version Of the letter in 1898, then
inspect the copy in Mr.. Leishs hands, and tell
the public whether my version was correct or not.
"Incrcr aar he original, nor am ether copW
tian .tm which the Adams and Clay Central
Committee of Kentucky procured from Mr. Blair
in 1888. Tina, Mr.. Blair bad such letter ne ne
yer informed ne prior 10 the investigation hy The
Senate OF Kentucky, a, their session OF l~@I-e.-
! inferred lis existence from circumstances. aGd
when Mr. Blair was brought before The Senate
he did hot intend to make any statement 10
strengthen my Inference bat on his refusal 10 BE-
sworn. he was rudely attacked hy the friends Of
Mr.. Gay, Is acting part AMI having nothing 10
disclose In a confused explanation. which this
attack elected he accidentally alluded b letters
from Mr. CLAY. sat in The Senate Chamber IA
NlnG NOES ol INC proceedings ana 81 couiSc ho'''
down this al!usion Mr. Blair afterwards came
~ me. ana wished 10 see ny notes, which exit
biteA - him He admitted their correctness, hnt
begged me- 10 suppress his al!n>ion 10 Mr. Clay..~
letters. which peFamptorily refused to do rs II
was made before the whole Senate and numerous
spectators. With this clue pressed more holy
dam before upon Mr. Clay, demanding from him
10 release Mr. Blair irosn all obligations of con-
fidenca or himself publish he corre-p5o3encc.-
The Central Committee wrote NJ. Clay in April
requesting copies Of his correspondence with Mr.
Blair. ana myself for publication ". Cap PTo-
cpr,f trcaii M Eiair copiss n as icf'c'< AMI m
June answered them, refusing 10 permit the pub
LEGATION OF his letters 10 Blair, but referring he
public to hi. Frankfort Committee and himself,
for sigh, Of copies. At lie same time. ne sent
copies Of some Of my private letters 10 Ms Com
,,;,,qe for publication, attempting 10 cover thai
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