Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-22
RICHMOND, VA.
Tuesday Morning. October ~.
THE LAST AND LITTLEST OF THE
UUMBUGS.

man with asioni>hment and Scon II is evident
that the Coons are concentrating their forces up
on the Old Dominion On this point they are
bringing all their humhugs to bear. They must
carry the flagship, il they can, and they will
spare no efforts for this purpose; blt She Gcilcs all
their tricks and all their power.
Ii ought 10 make the blood Of every VliSlnian,
I've he Democrat or lie Il" Wing, boil with i'll
dignaiion, al The means which are 10 he employed
against her False pamphlets are to be cilctil;t-
ted The British Gold Humbug * 10 be revived
from its early grave, with new embellishments oil
fiction but with no new evidence of iaciS. y
handbill is Ia be sent through Wi>e> District
The Democratic Executive nj Washington say i,
is a iorgery-irom MIR Wise, declaring in favor
of IL. Clay when We received letter from hlm
before he sailed declaring most vehemcnty
asains, that man-And black bread TOO, is said 10
I've prepared 10 I've scattered over Virginia, tor
the purpose of imprc>sina The idea upon the peo-
ple that without, protective Tariff, the citizens
of Virg mia would have nothing but this black
bread To cal. All these handbills, and this
last disgraceiu piece oi mummery ere got
IN under the auspices of Willis Green, chici
manager Of The Clay committee OF Wash
inson. Is there Firsinian, who is proud OF
this proud Stale, who does moi consider this last
and lowest AMI l!tllc>t trick. 10 be a gross in
snll la the understanding OF our people That
Willis Green, kcn!uck;an, the ficnd OF
III. Clay. carried away hv his loyal feelings,
should sloop TO offer such in insult 10 The people
OF Virginia, is not surprising That The HotspuiS
from Kentucky or some other State Should may
not be very extraordinary but that any man
who is Nirsinian, should countenance
il. is dissracetul to himself We hope il
this barrel of bread has been sent 10
Yorktown, some Wing OF sense will lay ms
hands upon it, and stop lis distribution
If not. wo be unto the party which employs the
mulnmerv 1t is an insult upon the State, which
she will never forgive This Is the last state
upon whom this trick should have been employed
She is proud of her chaIacter-ioo cnlig htcned Il
be thus bamhoozled Bread is more abundant
and cheaper here than any where el>e-wleat As
well as corn. All our negroes have plenty it
eat, and will always have plenty in this cheap
and abundant land. How can IL ever become st
scarce and dear. To force any of us 10 eat The
black bread, that Is given 10 the peasants ant
horNs OF Germany 10 eat! II bread>,ulis happier
10 be scarce one wear, we Immediately put more
land in grain next wear. ANY attempt 10 alarm
us bv this trick therefore, is futile, absurd, ant
Il gross imposition upon the people, which the,
will visit upon The head of the impo>tors Be
sides ii foreign nations will take our brcadstuiis
in exchange for their goods, Gas the Wings arc
said To argue and leave us no good bread To cat
this is the very thing We would wan-the very
market which the Wings say they are striving IL
give lis al homeland besides, they can never
take so much of our brcadStuiis that we shall moi
be able Ia supply ourselves with enough, or more
The Globe notices the false handbllS, which
Willis Green and his colleagues have printed al
Washington-and OF which The Globe has Co
pics
"We Go not wonder (Says the Globe) that tht
den which witnesses the travail of all these mon
>trors things is shut up, and none permitted I,
look in-not even the messengers. Letters ant
bundles. emitted or admitted, pass I've are told
through the crack of the door: and The work with
in goes on in all the mystery which yelled the Ia
bora,orics Of the alchymiSs of old The elior.s
of the impostorS uf former DAYS were To turn base
metal and dro>s into pure gold: the coon philoso-
pliers of our day are taxing their invention |,
turn Can into enid; ard their process is fist Il
turn gold into dirty paper, smeared over with
lamphlack s!anGer
But these empyrics, we ascer;ain"d to-day, dc
no, contine their Efforts in The black ait To this
their usual mode OF employing ii. Some acci
dent a, the railroad depot lercalcd new material
which the managers in the den have imported IL
operate on the people The head ot one OF sevc
r;.l barrels forwarded 10 the iion. Willis Green
or some of his contederaeS, fell ont, ana mas
of bread rolled ont, made Of saw-dnSt AMI rye
bran. The use Of this commodity Ca sample o
which We have seem has been explained by on,
Of the room orators IN our neiShsorhood, wnt
took piece Of this bread in his pocket 10 illus
lrale one of his speeches against iree-rade. Th,
sort of brckbal bread is shown 10 the people, will
he assurance that, il the Tariff is moderated
and foreign manufactures partially permitted Ii
come in for exchange with The farmers pro
ducts our wheat and corn will all he exported
and the laborerS vi the country have nothin:
le;i to cat but bread made Of husks such suit a:
they exhibit, taken from their sample barrels
This new derice is simply reversing the s,ra,ascu
Of SIRE doli,trs O daa and rooa tecf" to which In
| Coon Orators suppose they owed the success q
| the campaign IN 1910.
"They cannot resort 10 that very cilicacon
appeal TO The stomach in their present straiis.-
| There are none 50 ignorant, rs not To Know, TIA
| all their fialering promises IN lSl0 In The abo
| ling poor OF bounti!ul wages and rocking roastS
served only TO cheat the imagination. The ope
ratives las those are called who labor, and ar
now taxed exclusively tor the benefit oi The capi
alis,s,) found their wages reduced and their far
made worse BY the success of their deuders. ]
is necessary now 10 address the suffering appc
tic they disappointed, in different way: and
they can only persuade The laborer, that allowin:
him to get his clothes, and salt and tools, free %
tax 10 the monopolizing manufacturers, will ne
ccssarilv involve as The consequence, that h,
must he stuffed with the saw-dusl bread, which
the Coons exhibit 10 his eyes, they will bring hin
To a sad dilemma and he may prefer rags an,
rood bread TO comfortable apparel and bread "a
hard as a s,one-lhe bread on which the monopo
lizng arstocracv beyond The Atlantic feed tn
aboring classes"
Vireinians see the tricks with which they az
insulting you. They cannot impose upon an,
man of understanding; but they are playing DIES
perate game 10 elect H. Clay. BE yicilant, az
i've, always ON the alert. Light tic 'ratch-fres-
Warn lie Committeeman put this shameless
parry down dorm tOrercr:
EXTRACT Of letter 70 Tic Editors of The Enquire
franz "WAsHrNGToS, Oct l6, 1871.
1.-THE Executive Committee here have been in
formed that the Wing Flanking and Puhllshin:
Committee are preparing documents 10 be issued il
your State on the eve OF The election, grossly mis-
representing Mr.. Polk Also preparing letter
pnrpor!ing 10 be written by Mr.. Wise in favor o
The election of Mr.. Clay. This letter will be
circulated in Wise's late District Before tina
gentleman left here, he openly denounced Mr.
CLAY. Publish ii TO the people of Virginia, ant
put them on their guard.
"lhree or iout paiIei> vi oiedu, ,iid"e Va n''
and sawdust, has just arrived in this city from
the North, consigned TO the Hon. Willis Green
intended 10 be used as an argument in The coming
struggle in your State They in,erd TO repre-
sent. as they saw TO the ignorant and poor OF youl
State, that if Polk is elected, they will have L
eat this bread. One barrel Of il, understand
has been shipped TO Yorktown, for the Coon
gathering there Ii is an insult 10 The people o.
Virginia. Respectfully,
on bchaf Erccutirc Committee.
From The Giobc.]
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF PENNSIL-
VANIA, NORTH CAROLINA, MARY
LAND AND VIRGINIA.