Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-19
,t,,c of mat same JIoo!en Cannon .

A correspondent most APPLY ridicules the
Wing bragcadociaS as swooIcn cannons. which
cease to scare, when they are found out-Of a
niece with this is the boasling article in ycster-
DAYS Wing from which We make 4 few precious
extracts:
"The election ofHenry Clay is entirely certain.
Norhir: hui lis death can prevent il. II is Ger
tain too hy great electoral majority, two 10 one
at least CLAY is already elected and by an i'm
mense electoral majority! VIRGINIA is ioI
Clay,-l'cs, Virginia A few weeks will prove il.
We will mol give our local proofs. we demand
10 be- LcIierel. because heretofore all, even our
enemies. will confess that we have voluntarily
deceived no man.
And still the Wing Illus roughly raps The
Wings OF Virginia overlhc knuckles:
The Wings OF Virginia are aespondtnt set!
Jackson and Jacksonism have In over them 50
long, that they have almost forgotten the CONT
Geacc and The LuoyaHcy Of frccmrn. They have
nearly forgotten slf-ycliancc and the spirit which
conGlcrs. by determining 10 conquer.
"Wc can allow for solicitnde, for anxiety, when
such incaluable consequences are at stake
Be he who really doubts, is a tOol or Il po'troon
BE anxious, if your like the system OF borrowing
trouble bn serious doubt or speculation is mad
Missile We are much disposed 10 think that
man fshv. or inclined to be ishy, who doubts now.
inc in The hour Of ,rial-onc whom You must SET
a tried soldier to guard to keep nm irom Tann'ag
ardy"
Now.is not this most ridiculous Inconsistency!
The Editor first brings ont his 'wCoden cannon"
claims Claws ecyiain election, ft0 10 0hc, and Viz
rinia safe for Clay, brags and busters most mag
nifIrrntly-and in the same article whips around
and attacks the whole Wing party o! Virginia,
under his very nose aS "a Respondent SET" as
having "almost forgotten the confluence aud the
buoyancy of frcemcnp How are this Editors
sweeping calculations az 10 The Union, to I've he
lieved. when he conlesscs that The Wings Of pir-
giuia 4, his very door, are 'despondenlT But
boas,ing is the only desperate hope OF the Wings
TO make capital. In the East they boast that they
are gaining in the Wes,-and in the West they
swear equally hard, that the Fast is going tor
them-Call for the focal proofs" and they refuse
!, because they have it nat And yet, though
they refuse to enlishlcn their party By particular
proofs they absolutely condemn their w ing sol
diers, who will not swallow their "whalers, who
even doubt the triumphant election OF Harry
Cl,y-Thev pronounce tie Wing who ''yeaUy
doubts. to he a fooi or a pal,oon.' Upon TINS
test. many Wings are in a bad way, for we have
heard intelligent gentlemen of that party express
pretty strong doubts" as To tie result
III, will not brag-but we will safe mat we
,..s,erdav cav five gentlemen from different parts
OF the State. who bring news OF numerous changes
in their neighborhooi, and express MT doubt
rs to Virginia We daily receive letters TO Tie
same purporr. and We boldly say Virginia il Not
for CLAY" III never felt 50 confident oil carry
ing the State as 4, the present cec,ion-and We
dare TO say, that orr Information is more ex'en-
sivc and better than the Wings.
As one evidence of the accuracy OF the Wing ;
statements take his assertion. that he has vol'li-
tarilv deceived no man. He has been then most
egregiously deceived himself. The tact Is, he
has never been right once in his representation
of the vote Of Virginia on any one Presidential
Election. lie was wrong in "a in regard 10 her
vote for Adans-wrong in % in The contest be-
tween Adams and Jackson-wrong IN ~ rs be-
tween Jackson and Clay-wrong in 80 IN pre-
dieting the success of Harrison over van buren
and again wrong in 1870 in claiming her Tor
Harrison-and he will be decidedly wrong in No
vcmber next. A man, who has been So often incoI-
rect and who has shown such aproiound ignorance
of the sentiments of Virginia, might as well show.
little modes,y in putting his wooden cannon
out of his pori-hole-and speak less confidently
of his own superior knowledge, as vel as less
cavaIicrly OF the doubts OF his own friends. Bat
the wooden cannon must, We presume, be display
ed TO keep up the spirits of the fools ard pol
troons Of his own party.