Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-05
COMMUNICATIONS.
TO THE ADIToKs OF THE ENaOiRER.

TO THE EDIToRS OF THE ENQUIRER.
HARDY CoUsTY, January 8, l644
Messrs Editors: Not ne,ng able TO speak according
TO "dcttoaary" IN the "unkno@n tongue OF The "Wa
terloo' corr e. ponden, Of the Richmond Wing, Of tn
Cd instant h"pr the pery learned ertque viii pardon
my inability all he has SAID c"ncerning
sd, % shed Democrat, unit ! Prof Anthem shall
ha We completed lh p0nd,rOus work of translation, an
given me IN, l'era - good old Anglo-Saxon at ro
ct preQtersn Mill VIII This process shall have beer
gnn through WITH and your plain English M de OF do
business does no, seem 10 De suited I" the taste OF my
"Wa,prlon trend, shall probably reply TO him NOR
satisfactorily through the medium OF The "Echo a.
Monde Sarant' or the "Repus Seifatfque | woule
beg leave remark. however, that b. rry utortana
and highly offensive extract 10 which ne aIudes "os no
written Tor ,hr columns of the Enquirer, nor 'or
anu oihsr public j"urRGt The remarks (mast unhap
PLY for my reput t,on as wrner, for am hterntty
dead and feel as fiat as shnpl,ser arc empty Is
an oyster shelly iell from nv pen IN wrnga Litter
on business the esteemed Editor of the Rocking
Register, a. without any view To publication lat
Edrlor. wevrr, committed the unpardona6te sin Of
transferring them his columns-ifom whence, II
seems that they COPIED into the Enquirer, Wood
tick Sentinel and other papers, thereby adding 10 The
in,ou ty of The deed whilst they also sending the
hapess extract right mo lie awful field OF waterloo
Oh ye guilty wlseacres OF the press thus to "beno
the erudite and heroic man of Waterloo Better tor
YOU TIL, mstones had been hanged about your necks
than thus wake up this passenger IN the chariot OF
wisdom Like Virgil bees, you have all persisted al
the stroke You must suspend the operations OF The
Or, S. and teseech Carthage for bushels of gold rings,
that YOU may purchase with the Plato OF letters
and this Cesar of Waterloo But for your most
sarage and brutal ignorance, you would have saved
Yourselves this unhappy doom, whist you would at
the same time, have saved me- from the unenviabie
"steep, where Fames proud Temple shines affair."
confess that would bave been far better for all, il
my illusion had been permitted 10 "was'e It's ira
GRANGE on III desert air.
But stind ST II, thou Sun Of G boon and thou Moon
in the valley Of alon Hear thou The voice OF joshua,
the Hercules of the political and the Plato of the
tellectual empire Hear The aefuiiy transferable
in,erropaory which he IS pleased PROFOUND: Now,
in The name of all that is hgly what does thus dstin
guished Democrat mean by having the cause Of God
10 vindrca,e,' Why, most noble Waterloo "ds
tnpnished Democrat moth ng more than that IT
is The duty of our Christian community to vndicate
TIE cl Of the true dirin'ty opposition 10 The strange
gods tina, you been pleased to institute among
These be not Gods, on Joshua They Gods
that we're unknown even 10 the most Idoiatrons OF
YOUR fathers We have read, most excellent Water
loo, in the trarelS Of Gu!ieer tina. many Gods have
had ..name and a local hsbiiatlon among your
fathers We have read of the rats and 1oeoseis that
were worshipped by your ancient Egypt an brethren
We have heard, TO- that yonr Greek and Roman
brethren consulted the enras Of Slaughtered animals,
and the fight Of birds In short, We have heard OF
all The rites and ceremonies OF your brethren, who 90
homage 10 the Brahma OF India, and The Gods OF
Australasia but never, never. my most cherished
Waterloo, have heard Of Coon becoming the "con-
eave Of DvnItes, until you pronounced that ton'ty
insect the most potent of oil the Gods 1t SCENE
that a,es had reserved hun for the special use OF
the "Waterloo worshippers OF America "Oolilot'ne
us, shnot u.s." burn Us up with "parched corn, 90
any thing with Us, most mefciful Waterloo, out 90
not, beseech you, compel us to worship tns uou
We conf, 3, that gfraid OF that mysterious
"wh,rig,g of Time which brings round ITS revenge,
and which viii Ultimately swallow up all the scattered
tribes Of Columbia, who worship at the altar OF Coon
cry We by the fate of the Gods OF Homer,
and BY the accumulated ignoranee OF the American
people, (ns by the late .leetons never 10 depart
from the l-ss of our fathers.
But ar the .soracle" apoin: "Have the Wings made
profession Of any principle, or adopted as part 81
their faith any thing which wars against Inc aulhor''y
oil H-av.n?"
Now, my dear Waterloo, in the first clause OF the
above n,errog you have imposed upon me our.
den 'nto-rebe by far than oil tia, was implied
in my remarks about the "s~ord OF Msreogo De-
seech you to let that cup pass me. VIII never you
have any thing ask about Wing "Princ'ples, I'M
plore you most ,ndulgen Waterloo, PERM, me -
IN" at once All that have been able 10 gaih.
upon the subject of your sprinciples, have iound
recorded in the l9S765th Of the 99,h Book o.
our"Chap,rr Of Acc'd dents page 1886 That mos
precious vnua,e may be found numbers like unto
the frogs Of Egypt the burning sands Of the
tropics and furlo"gs The other side of the frozen
regions Of thu poles IL you shonld fit 10 send y"u
ENJOY Extraordinary for copy, would instruct YOU
10 ha W him call h-ssrs. B-nham, Bedsoe and Ne
riwriher who will most cheerfully all necessary
ins,rncl,ons N regard tn. route, &c, &c
A 10 s.profess,ons," my m,st mint ,be Waterloo
,b.v are 400 tedious I, mention" | will, however
Yeci,e very few Of them for your special edira'on
If nv memory serves me, ! think you prjessed no
long ago TO be very fond of"soast beet and tw" dollar
eoav. and that was surely good profession before
m,oy wtn-sses" You also profrSssd in and abou
the same time a strange KIND OF hankering after The
things Of Gnvernm.nt, order tina, you m ght save
the dear pe"pl-s money from the grasp OF derort'4
1coires Well, professions gave ,ou the re'ns ct u"
v.rnment for two years, and as Washington City wa
very cheap place to board took up residence
there for sixteen months (nut of 24l where you legs
lated most proiusely upon the virtues OF nnadnlerae
mnoushine But you ate The "roast oeei g0uTSereS
which had BEEN promised 10 The peopl-, and squandrr
ed sway more Of their money than had ever been be
fore by the peoples Representatives IN the same iene
OF time
You Drofesscd wish II husband all the resources
Governme nt and relieve the people from embarrass
ment /; but with empty TIea-ury and the Govern
ment debt you sez-d the revenue arising from IN
sales of the public lands, and CAV it TO the States
thereby relieving wrh hand, that you night oPPres
the mare Aeor'ly ,o,,h the other
You prot.sssd much regard for the rights of tn
dear people, ye, you passed an abom'nable BankruP
Law which destroyed their rights aud had well n'g
ruined our country But public indigestion fepeale,
both it and you-aud in coming day, that very bl
50 replete 10th Ciay will be more Formidable 10 you
party than the head of Medusa, or the ghost OF Phil
lippi
You professed before the last Presidential election
at pour opn Capitol at Rirhmnnd TO be opposed TO III
embellishments of National Bank; yet you beiraye
our confidence and passed Bank bill, which Captain
TYLER sent as sacrifice to Coacina
You profssssd "holy horror a, the idea of unltin
the purse and the sword under the Hero of the Her
mi,age; ye, you are the very who,fid unite til
purse and the sword by the repeal Of t.s suh-Trsa
curry, which entirely separated The funds OF ,be &c
yernment from The control Of the Executive.
nrosoribed and proscripted every thing before you :
Your dear Mr. Granger, though perfamed with III
hoiy incense OF his Coonshp, turned out ss1ttea haH
dr,d officers Of the Government in four months, an
afterwards Alexander like. wept in The halls Of Con
ores, the very place winch had resounded with you
ioudss professions, that he had not turned out 700
more.