Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-27
RICHMOND, VA.
-r,.sa, Mornius. September "a, 1871.
1,rr urNBUGs or THE WIGS,

,rir nra.s..s. ook 1.-THE e:enis only ol the .a>
G.v. DAYS Was there ever a parry 50 Gc p rat
in il tiral>.-->o di>oracei bv Tie humhug> L.
which ,lcy have rcsor;cdl-.o loaded and bone
down :y the atosses and ,ao>t infamous Jorge.
ries} What confidence can an enlightened
people rrrosc in he presses which have resorled
10 such cXpcdicnts, or in presses, whlch nave
seized upan these EuE.trous fables, anu scattered
,hrm broad east over the land, without compunc-
lion. and without shame! We call the readers
attention To these ridiculous and outrageous ms.
Iepre,cn,ion< I.ooL, 1t This shameless forgery
about Folks branding his slaves with his names
! No forgery was ever more fragrant and fright
ful Il was first Introduced 10 GEL ri &C
quain'ancc in tie notorious Thurlow Weeds pa
| ncr the ALBANY Ercnin. JuurnaF-takcn up
| bv the New American. ard circulated by the
| Richmond WING. The Wing ought TO have
/ known better the ma,,crS 81 the South. than 10
! suspect any Soulhfen of bling - lily OF such an
! cnurluitv Had h. ever seen any such brand ON
the shoulder Of slave Nercr. Public OPT
Mon would have branded such IN act with in
dclihlc disgrace Why, then, could he have sup
posed James X. Polk 10 lie guilty oil such iEla-
my! Ought lie not 10 have suspected al once the
whole story 10 he false and onlr thrown out for
the purpose cfdciamalion! He Qhc Editor of the
WHO has not The same excuse Ia plead, a. that
Abolition paper the New York American, whom
he Yesterday cries up as II paper Of the highest
character" The New York American plead:
as an excuse FOR is publication tic iasaii;n2d,-
ciGld'.ou. that knows these chatcl> Slaves arc
scored deep into the flesh wih the drivers
whip, Ct; and again applied; worse therein than
the branding i:on, which Is oncc and forever.
&c, Re
And further it Che X y Alncrican) adds, hv
way Of bitter taun, that knowing all this, and
thai Mr.. Polk was Il s!avcholIc; and slave breed
cr, and Il most anxious friend OF immediate an
1eSa,.on, and considering these rs special ard
fragrant cnorini!ics.' il did not. we are free Ia
confess occur 10 Us as grossly improbable that 10
these cha;iclS, when licried 10 be driven 10 dis
tan; market the same manner al narhin" should
be applied thai is applied 10 cattle; seeing that in
ell other essentials, they arc treated like a',ie"-
And this is the insolcal Journal, which The Rich
mond Wing cries M, cr.n 1fStsrdaa, as . Il paper
o. the highest character and which on Tues
day it cuiogisei as n priat Of the highest person
al character We repeat therefore, that the Il.
Whig had NJ; HE same eysn~ iJr circulating
these ISLANDERS upon j. X Poln. q the Amcri-
can proe>sc~-ani that il ought never 10 have
lcpGhiished The offensive defamation without ir
res;s;!lc evidence /" support i,--;hat II ought 10
have seized on The frs opportunity 10 contradict
the libel and Gcnauncc tnc lorSrrr-and that
when it did come forward with is protractcd ana
Tagging contradiction, il should have done justice
10 Mr. Polk and 10 the South. with 10 hesitating
ard nic9ard parsimony OF honest Indignation. =
But the X. Wing has not done III this respect as
well Is lis compecr oil the y l. American. The
last declares, in unqualified term that 1.-THE name
u! the tourist is tnRi. an III" Interpolation OF
the passas, in question forasrN which would
hardly be adequately punished ~ branding har
! and forgc- oh the forehead 81 the scGuni!cl VINO
perpeigaict ii."-Rut mark The milk and wafer
namby-painhy, reluctant and la@"ing terms. IN
inch yesterdays W h. with This yer" article
from The y. \. American before ii, speaks o.. the
di>a:accu Forgery:
The Albany Argus coatnds Thai there is 10
zach traveller Is '3oorlack'-;h5i the pretended
quotation hom him. i. in realty: copied from
l'catncr>'onhau9h> Ruok-and that The clarIr
against Mr.. Polk oi havin" branded he initials
Of Lis name on ho shoulders oi iJ oi his Slaves,
IS fHS.yg, appended 10 the cnu of Fca'herSon-
hau3t's statement. IL some Tcr>or and. ~ il IL;
sinuales. by the Albanr Evening Journal The
Argus I,utes 0ei q H'.0Gr cGsc and we 0waR p'H5
curiosity The response OF the Evening Journal
We have already expressed the hope, the sincere
| hope. that the accusation was un.ounGc. and thu;
! Mir. Polk might he able 10 acqui' himself OF
charge, which, il true SUNK him below civili-
zaiion, and inflicted u deep wound on the charac-
teroi lac Souii,rn States ~ staH. therefore. re-
Enthusiastically :" What. is not The man 81
hI;.@ yet? What further evidence dot, ne
wan; Has not the whole Forgery been expos
! ed, in the strongest highland vet this ind!g
nant friend of justice this devoted Souhron
! calls for further evidence of the forgery. He
cannot say even this co.icmptihe little without
casing poisoned Par;han arrow al the Demo
cratic Party. liear hiN further, at the close Of
his short Article. for the seBtimt is characteristic
oi The spirit ol the paper:
t The truth is suspected 10 I've, that the forgery
was Of Loco FRA ort2iA, and YVES designed rs 4
TRAP !ar the Editor OF the Albany Evening Jour
nal into which that distinguished Editor iaIag
/ hOrN!p 'H. That he himself conm5rea tie h0Ed
! 30 one il New lori; al les; will believe for
I Ttu;low Weed occupies lace in the front rank
Of the distinguished men q. that Commonwealth
III Sl0H scc lrioi h has /" san ajom tie matter"
And j. il possible, that the Editor 81 he Rich
mord Wing had not seen al the time he published
| ms a,.icle what Thurow Weed had said upon
I the subject lie declared. that he himself had
not fabricated the Article, but that tic extract in
question was taken precisely as it appeared in
! the Journal. from an exchange p'p,r and was
! published hy uS without 4 doubt oi lis genuine
! ness
! lie had published il. rs il il were E,Iiioral and
| henc. The forgery WIS originally laid al It's door
! Brt the paternity Of the article is now coming
on, along with It's apparent adoption IL the Al
bany Journal. Tuesdays Albany Argus gives
the following account oil IT.
~Eui the Evening Journal i now ready to
! share the :ono!s Of discovery with others Fer
! fhr ff0 time r-a,THGp Il ifiiS pberc II E1pad mr.
'RoorIaeF crtract. Ii copied it from the Albany
palro,-an Abolition print oil imilcd circulation,
copy Of which We bad not seen for week. until
I Yesterday. The Albany Patriot copied il from
tic Ithaca Ch!oniclc-a Wing paper OF the Eve
ming Journal stamp, with which We do not cz-
change The Patriot, however gives due credit
10 the Chroncie-copios the entire article-and il
I rurporis 10 b. upon it> face from an aaoaHa"ws
i soucc-a> anonymous a. Rooiback' him>elt.-
/ The following was tic Introduction to the extract,
Is j, appeared original: in The Chronicle:
MIR. Spencer: VIII Won have tn goodness
10 inset in yoaI paper the following extract from
/ Roclbachs Tour through the Western and
Southern States III $3.50 tbs 0rork las rccGrci
+ liz appreciation u srcrg imoicoR criic. u0t grin
for rs ateFRic dcstriiti9aS NJ @casrv, Lat fer rs
/ candM and impdtfial remajLS an 7nrp 0ad man
! ncys Amidst The present turmoil and iana!icisIn
/ Of politics | would furnish aafenem piddc loHc
bcfore tie colt1si0a rc0,hcd rs l-ieR Mcft coud he
NJ iadaclmeat 10 disguise he truia ar gu5iisb q
/ ftiSChnm. AZ ArnIlTioSISr
Here was a flourish designed 10 pop M the
! fraud. The Evening Journal SAW, that instead
Of helping it ont ii could only serve to excite sus-
picion, and therefore preferred 10 give it a new
/ inlroiuction not Is The Evening Journal SAYS
briefly stating tic source from when the extract
Was derived, but la introduce To the reader rs
extracts are usually introduced tint reg,,iSc no
| roucicr far Me3r GaffcahciiH The following IS
| al crtract.' substituted in The Evening Journal,
not from the Ithaca Chronicle, bu, from Roor-
/ tael's iouf through The Souttc5n and Ii,Hcfn
! Stats in 1886 1t is idle for the Evening Jour
I nal 10 pretend that il gave the source Of the ex-
tract, if i, means the Chronicle, or Patriot
We have gone into this long, perhaps tedious
statement, 10 show the course Of Weeds Al
hanv journal, and the course of It's Eulos>,,
he Richmond Wig. VIVA! benefit can the
Wing parry expect from such organs. or what
! confne,lce can The rcorle rcrosc in thcm BIZ.