Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-17
THE ENQUIRER.
Richmond, June E6.
the uNKlNDEsr CUT or ALL /!

in The political and literary world, the Wings
thought to breathe a new spirit into lis declining
party BY giving lie 10 the american Whig) Re-
view," which was 10 contain the concentrated es-
sence 1.-The Wing talent and learning oithe land.
The names Of grave Senators ard fiery Repre-
sentaiives were pompously paraded as conrIbu-
tors 10 The journal, and The whole party were
beat 10 arms, to sustain this grand national ar
senal, whence ammunition was 10 be copionsly
supplied 10 all The Wing soldiers Of The Union.
The preparations were Of fearful character,
for the poor Democrats, who had every promise
of complete annihila,ion.
The faithful" generously stepped forward and
gave their aid TO the patriotic object, OF planning
The Review on firm AMI immovable basis. All
(Whig) eyes looked anxiously 10 The Furnished
armor that would be displayed from the battle
mens Most OF them were not disappoinied-A
regular Paixhan, with the curious label q ne
Mystery Of lniquity,' was brought forward.
was 10 scatter hot shot among The Democrats
and utterly denoish them. But there was one
spy in the Wing camp, whose sense of duty urged
him 10 tell the truth, and 10 expose the hollow
character Of The ponderous engine. Skilled as
he vas in Wing tabricaiions he saw al once
The tlimsy materials that had been wrought up
into an imposing ulasS-and, at every ha%ar
resovcdo warn lis party asainsii!e danger oil con-
linuinc such dccets upon The public. This high.
sounding "Mysery Of IEiqu prolesscd 10 ex-
pose the endless frauds The n. York Democracy
a, the las election II boldly depicted regular
train OF criminal movements, on The part oil The
New York Democrats, which far surpassed the
darkest and most guilty horrors Of The In
QUESTION. II painted, in the gloomiest colors,
the want OF honor OF patriotic motives, oil
moral principle, in the Democratic leaders
and charged them with criminal conduct,
which, il sustained, should sink them 10 The low
est nfamy. The Wing press chuckled al these
awful Developments copied from The chaste and
powerful pages, the certain proofs of Democrat
ic crime, and sent them forth upon The wings OF
the press, 10 every direction. The style and the
sentiments of the author were surprisingly bril-
liant The facts were rs clear as sun-beams, and
an indignant world upon such arguments and
such proofs, must consgn their opponents 10 po-
itica nolhingnes>; al lca>l, 50 said The Wing
press.
The Democrats OF New FORK, conscious Of
The gross decci,s attempted 10 be piacisedb BY their
opponents upon the public mind, said but little
Perhaps ihey wished 10 give 4 little more rore
and the monster would stranslc itself. 50 il has
turned out The Democratic press have no III
ducemenl 10 enter into an elaborate reu,alion Of
The glaring measurements. A leading champi
on OF their opponents has come out from The
ranks, and struck blow, which he strongest
coat Of mail could not resist. The New York
Courier &; Enquirer, whose Whiggery is indis-
puable, thus completely eyplotles The whole am
muniiion Of The Wing arsenal The Article
will speak for itself
1.-THE editor announces in conspicuous type,
that the copyright of,he article entitled Mystery
of Iniquity' has been secured By The author ac.
cording 10 law. A fall edition, with cmrndalons
(of its facts We Lope) is ALREADY in press, and
will be issued in two or three days A mailman
in the Bioominsiae Asylum, some weeks since
imagined himself the liver OF 4 goose. in process
oil being enlarged 10 make Pate Gr totr groS-
Most assuredly the conceit was original; and we
think there would have been quite Is mach s0nHp
evinced in his securing the copyrsh 10 il, as there
is in taking out copyright for The article in qucS-
lion. No copyright WAS necessary in either case
Tor there is as le prospect o! any person ever
plying the 30 pages OF rsmaro!e from the 'Why
Journal, as there is Of sane man borrowing he
idea Of his being goosc's liver in process OF en-.
largement by heat We cheeIully admit, how.
ever, the right Of the author Of the Mystery o;
niquity' TO a copyright, on both instead OF one Of
the usual grounds for projections il is perfectly orr
ginal in its character, and from the commence
mcnt 10 The end felton,.
I is is pretty strong language; bu, not halt as
strong as another paragraph, which we find few
lines lower down the column:
ain this very long and circumstanlial pretended
history of the frauds Of The last election, il is
worthy OF remark, that The writer does moi attempt
TO gre the slightest eridtpcr in support cf his al
legations. He starts OF upon a most 0bsard tin.
~, and then as he proceeds, nnntactnrtS focis ~
sappmiofM Charge upon charge is brought for
ward in The most circumsianiia manner allcga-
ton after allegation is made, with as much appa
rent confidence in their truth, az ii the facts had
been elected in court OF justice; and YET not one
particle Of cridcRce, in support ~ sotury caafrc
or allegation, is placed before the reader Nobody
can rise from the pcrnsal Of this paper Without
a conviction, that it is from beginning 10 end The
work of an unsetlc} and rendering imagi,,,iion-
of brain laborng under mos, unhappy hallu-
cination. which calls for the prompt interference
nt kind friends, 10 prevent more disastrous conse-
quences That the mind Of The wfler is not as
tranquil as il should be, is apparent from the
gross contradictions contained in The article itself
anil tint lie responsible Editoy az Mc mogoc ne
has no brains 10 bccoe addLed is manifest from The
admission of such a r0r:ns and 7idienloDs ariteir
into its pages
I do In l. hat
Iniquity" will be turned uron Mem. a, all events
the evidenc- Of the Courier and Enquirer GOES
far 10 allay The fears which Wing boas;ine ,oau
have infused into the minds OF The Democrats
on account OF The thunder of The "Whis Review
Hereafter they will look, without dread, upon
This "Wooden Hoise," whose Simon has been
been exposed to the blaze Of light
We shall conclude with a description, by The
New York Evening Post Of this distinguished
writer, whose fame has been universally pnbli h.
ed BY Wing trumpels. II this is The best lha, the |
Wing Review, with its long array of Senators !
and Representatives, can do for The Wing cause
il is indeed in an unfortunate predicamcnt:
I'll purrons TO be an exposure Of lie frauds
resor,ed to during the recent elections in This civ
Being written with great initiation ard erandilo-
quencc OF style, and the completssl recklassness
Of truth. with large infusion OF anti. Demo
cratic malisnlly; il has excited considerable sen.
sa;ion among The Wing politicians Orc credu.
lous old Wing friend OF ours, whose attention
had been called to il, actually belieyed that ali
the writer said vas gospel truth, and he is conf.
DENLY predicting complies overthrow Of The
Democrats But if this gentleman mad known
that the writer Of the article was once The ina
gina,ive but malicious Munich usen who wroIe
letters from Washington for the New York Anne.
rican-that he is the same person who made 50
grea, fool Of himself in attempting 10 make a
hero OF MIR. Clay At the Tabernacle nd that
he is openly charged IS We shall show. By some
Of his own political cronies viii partial deranse.
ment, even he would have hesilalcd before he
gave credeIce 10 these revelations
P.S. The "head and front Of the offending oflhe