Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-01
RICH OND, VA.
Monday MORNING. sepsemher 80.
THE I-AST ErMGIrC;I

THE LAST HuMBUG!
The Richmond Wing slill ha!ps upon the Eri-
;ish Gold Humhug as II he himsel! believed H.
Now what is his evidence oil lis truth ! lst The
sentence in the Londoa I'mcs, (lrih0m dotc)
which no one has produced. or can produce. We
challenge lis production IL orcc. 81. Because ii
bears iaseEooi uran lie face Of iias il says
that 4 subscription had leca "receLlly" opened
and already '.llat ffi0oo1," (ncar - Goo0hD
was sutscrihed--a sum utterly unprecedented ior
such purpose i'll - siior, tine. The lonion
League (ia orpcsi,ioa,o The Com Laws has o2ch
ii operation near iwelvc-nocih. upon by
poticcaied capital O! only enc hundred thousand
pounds, ani vel that sum lad 10. been made up.
81. 1t refers 10 Manchester paTeis and sui#crl!'-
tons. Not paper is exhibited, nor cTfn The
name or date of the paper given. III The Wing
SAYS we have appea!ci 10 Tie Democratic
Presses OF New York 10 contradict this W iiS
story. ami they are silent. And yet ihr Wing
inust know that two OF these ParcfS have
laughed at thu humbug--inieed all the De
mocraiic papers OF New Iol6 scout The opera
ton OF The scheme We call, therefore, again Tor
facts procfs-somcthing 10 establish Tie exist
ence Of the scheme, bcsi;;eSa fictitious paragraph
in the Albany Raofjdtk "jonrn&i." We see,
indeed, Tie desperate shifts they are put to !"r
prooi-"ior lack OF other argument The lie
public Il paper bought up ~ nc Nhiss, hunts
up LETTER il The London League, written irc:a
the United States saving how much aooi might
Ire done in this country on sending over, Or
even re-nrinting in This country, lex liberal
tracts But THIS was in FEBRUARY LAT-G
mere slggcslion-and there is not III" slightest
ESTABLISHED c"itcncc, Tia; il has been Carried
out-and ccrtaiGly this is the time 10 do ~, If lhey
could have operated in this way on the PIeSiacii-
lial Election The Wing says. The Madi>onian
admits the charge ahoat British Cold sent Tor
this purpose. The MaGison;an admits 70 such
lI:r. The New York Courier ard TIE itch
mond Wing both pcrycn The Madisoninn TT
saws. that British Goli has been sen, 10 The United
States 10 produce the rejection Of Texas. lhiS
is all that tsayS-allt that ii mcani-"frcc rdue
Ia British goods in TeXas-Nothing more -
And yet see how they contrivc, Webs and The
Richmond Whi.) 10 pcr;en The plain cN?res-
sions q; the Madlsoniani
But we >hrcwi;y suspect. that the boot is on The
other cg-that British Gold has been s:ni over to
the United States To assist III. election oi h,r.
Clay. Gen. Bayly told the Democratic A>socl-
ton The other ni.ht thai We han cause to tear he
iragS ami mcaaS of the Wiie>-lhat lhey hi' IN
menSc lunos Ia !av cui in documents, i'r circui-
ton. willis, the Democratic Members 81 Con-
oress were unable 10 raise more than : li'io. nom
their oTn purses Ia purchase documents l"T 'iclf
constituents We know il 10 be fact ihai " H.
lis Green. Member OF Congress, is flooding TIE
State with documents under his irank-ia" mails
are loaded with them Large funds have been
collected in New York. Philadelphia, Itc.--hri
Mr.. Rives OF the Globe tells the following ancc-
do,e. which makes il probable, taat the British
iunahottrs are pouring their contributions also
into the Wing reservoir:
-Four OF hrc weeks ago. two gentlemen oi tic
first responsibility who reside more i.an two fii'a-
Grtd miles from here ana with whom | AN we'll
Acquainted. called to see M, They tod M. they
had understood. that while an agent oi this Gov
crnmcnt was in England lately, one 81 the firm OF
n house there. which held 4 large amount oi oHr
State stocks, ASKED him how much nc thought
that house ought 10 pay for lis pant 10 get lhr
State debts assumed b. The United States; and
thai James Watson Webb had a.-ly sailed for
England The agent vas then in this city and
Understood those men 10 say that their principal
obcc, in comm. here was 10 see him. and learn
rr5n bin wha. The English gentleman had said 10
him. They were hot acquainted with TIC agent
ana j. WIS Two or three days before they could
!inl L gentleman acquainted with both them and
hin.. 10 introduce them 10 each Other. They sue
csclc! At Isl. and Gi, not see i.:.:G afterwards,
unil they s;oppei Al nv door IN a hack, On Their
WAY - t;ic railroad. To hl mo "oo-brc; ana they
had oE!v time 10 say 10 ~" it"n, ,liai TIE aEcn'
aiI cpiiilfh'a WIFI t"Sl u u @.' =; ''H' ~,
down in w;ingr-ics British Gold is probably
herc-.hGi j; is on the oltcr sid, ri The houSc-
and we h,a! the real i:;icI first crying out lhei,
hi.i'
One more remark. AMI We have done What
arc we TO think OF the Riclmon. VIII" which
first rc-3ubshe; the &shhnr.on letters, which
it must know TO I've fsjfjco'c@-wh i:aul az
rick upon the very iace Of !ii":a-i'Ia, il may
sow vague suspicious {sanGcrc ror') aho"l
British Gol-and lh.s pref: by ;he ior-ery
and, when challenged about them, cool"
rnns round and SAYS, !, is the business OF h"
Wheeling Tines 10 es'.hi>h I':c'r a;,h'niici'r--
nm. his? But in this case, I'll. public have ris.:
10 hold the fcccireY -; b.G - ;Gc NIT.