Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-03
WHO IS Mr.. WRAY4


lion 10 The following revelations which We fird In
the No.folk Argus. We make no comment. save
% call upon our .ders, OF all parties, TO mark
the contrast between The parties. On SATURDAY
night week, Mr.. Brown Of Ohio addressed the
Democratic Association, and boldly denounced
The aboliton:sts and Tree scliers o. Ohio and The
North for infringing % Southern rights. Fol
this speech Mr. Brown was assaulted By Whis
organ in Richmond On The same night and al
The same hoor the Wings were addressed by al
ab,litionis in disguise, WHO assured them lha
Ohio would 60 Tor Taylor, 10 doubt, because, as
he afterwards boldly avowet: he would carry thu
Safe by a coalition OF Wings and Free Sellers
Can the true friends Of Southern hono- and inte-
rests ask for stronger evidence as To which
ticket They should supporll
iEron. Tnssdags No,tnk Argus
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS- We
refer all Soulnrfn men 10 the exIaordinaIy dis
closures which appear over the proper name u
w. Fl. WooiIey. Ii is no fictitious name, ard
the author on so solemn an occasion SCORES 10
assume any anonymous signature, in making his
communication 10 The public Col. Woodley
who vouches Tor the iaas disclosed is gentle.
man we'll known in this Sta Tor his high stand
ing and unimpeschable character.
We do MOI know who his Mr. Wfay is, but we
learn he was introduced 10 The Rough and Ready
Club in Richmond as he son IL ex-Guysinnr
Wray formerly u Indian. lle is The IDENTICAL
gentleman who enielaind the Wings OF this city
with 50 rich repasl Saturday night. We
NAV have occasion 10 sfer 10 ouf next 10 this
sumptuous least 50 haisomciy served up 10
them al The Ashland boats We shall tor The
presen, content ourselves ? stating, and WE chal-
leuee denial hat on thi OCCASION this t'avel-
his friend Horace Greelelas he passed through
New YORK, who iniormej him that he Greeley
had addressed circulars ) he free soil men in
Ohio urging them Ia rIy on he Taylor and
Fillmore ticket, and ,hahc had every reason n
expect that the appeal wuld b. successful, and
with such combination lat SAFE would he cal
ried for ten. Taylor by aOverwh"lmina major
inv. All this was sand IA srn'its!n Wing au-
di,ory, ana no, me signot fisapPlohainn was
manifested. What mayHe exprc; next
To; te Edft9r Of ~ Soatfa Arsns:
PosTsyTH, Oct 80, 1913.
No apology is necessat5or THIS communi ca-
ton. The facts TO be diIo5cd are too impor-
tant to be withheld from NJ people Of Virginia,
and indeed Of The wholeSDuih.
On Saturday last ha the honor 10 fall ln
with travelling Whisorator ftom Ohio, on
board The Courts Peck, on her passage from
Richmond who al yereariy nonr Of The day
rather vauntngly PROCLAIMED ,ha, he had been
cauyassing the States of lhio and Pennsylvania,
and intimated that he ", then il Virginia with
The same object. Seveh little incidents soon
satisfied me aud other eptemen on board that
be was Mr.. Wray, Of HON and whose speech
we had heard in Rlchmnd few days before
some amusing anecdotes In the course oil hi
conversation, this gentlnan mere than once a f
frmed that he katlD General Ia; lor vas n
"IVimot Proyiso" and Free Soii' man, tina;
the people Of the Ndh and Northwest bad
pledges that the Genial would sustain these
measures if elected, al that IL they did nol
know that such would his course, they would
drop him al once as the candidate FOR the Pre-
sidency. He was compmented for his speech
in Richmond and fatteh with tic notorcty OF
the fact that he had appointment tor that
evening Saturday ,oaddress The Wings Il
Norfolk. | EXPRESSED " qualification, lhrt
gentleman Of hi, oprriranh and independent
character had visited Nglnia IN tnis OCCASION
and nv regret that The me would not afford HIM
an opportunity 10 cantss the Whole Slaie.
plederd myself In aid ia IN the dissemination OF
mis- and Gen. Taylol' peculiar views On IN"
above subjects. he lin affirmed That, Ii"n 'he
information he had ted:ed from many 'nie "
gent gentlemen, he belved Msrc raS mol man
IN Virginia phO toiS 1t at isaTt ~ fau"F ~ ~
"H,lmo Pyoriso' end Free SoJ moUsnlsnf; anc
that Virginia herself " al this moment ripe 10
the abolition Of slavery 4 gentleman tom ths
county oil Yurk, who VS. present i heaId thest
sentiments attributed Virginia and 10 many o
her respectable and inlligent citizens, imHiedi
aelT replied ina, he cl not believe that Toe ONO
orator had any au,hory for making ;uch as'er
lions, when he atiirmeihal he had reccirei Inc
information from The don. J. NJ. Bots Nj
Darlington 81 Richmnd and many otner-
whose names are not 'stncly remembered. ~
deed, he sail, he had lei win no Wing 10 WI
mia who had no! eofc:sed the same senii-
menS.
A gentleman VINO .pt on beard he "Cnfli
Peck remarked - n, ha. re had particular
ayoided The man, bcause lie had hear! MN
while lying in his hr!s, atroca'ine abo '''"'
ioctri IS. From .dct ,"hich occurred htfore ny
eyes, and il the knowledge u Offers his e1peh
ses, as travelling pcakcT, are deirajcd y
Wing Contributors Ii i, certain lhs' he shun
pesA'l
The boat, and no mons was pail ioG his Passae
py fimscl; and lha; E had 70 BIZ ifn.alne0 u
by several appeals :cm Iac Stewards bell, an
hai a. last 10 be sent b expressly By The Captain
before he could be bfpgtl up for a settlement: =
his fare.
These lac can be or ioora,ed BY several ger
lemen, Wings and D,mocia!s, who were q
hoard, il they shouldt: question d. ColnmcT
upon them is superlaous. in Abolition WA
Orator imported into Vagina fr"rl O!m an
pad by Ithiss # V.r1nta!
P.S.-At 4 late hoir lat ev"nin. wc Erct'Y"'
the following sin iron he Time; Office:
To the Editos Of The T.a,s and Compiler.
Gentlemen: My n:me having been rnrn'ione
frequently in connection with that OF ccTIai
MIR. James B. Ray. o Cincinnati Ohio, iee
due 10 myself as wdl as to the Wing party (
Virginia, 10 make t.iei statement Of The circum
stances under which formed Mr.. Rays al
quaintance.
| was in Philadelphia during the later parl Q
September, and fist met with Mr.. Ray on Inc 25l
OF that month, when se addressed with ability
LARGE public neelin9in The district OF KrnsDs
ton. being introduced to the audience by The pre-
siding officer On tbs occasion, a on The follow
ing day. al a similar meeting 10 Wesicheste
he was coriial,y ,assn BY the hand by some {
the most respectable and prominent Wings
the city Of hil.delplia and received from hen
in public and private, The respec, and considera
ton due 10 a gentleman Of honorable characis
was informed in WesicEester that his connec
lions and relations were highly respectable
With these fac,s before me, could adop, no OF
er conclusion, Than that Mr.. Ray was p:opeIl
endorsed both as gentleman and as an adj
Wing.
Under these circumstances Mr. Ray came
Virginia, and derCiet u 'he part Of Virs'n'
hospi;abi; - extend &, him every attention; bat
was my misfortune u b deceived and imp's-
upon, as no doublihe gentle 'en before alluded
in Pennsylvania we're also. This individual
no doubt a vile imros'cr, as | detected MIN
,wo deliberate falsehoojs helore he left the cit'
and he thereby having forfeited all claim 10 10
character Of a gentleman, discarded him ito'
all intercourse with me, and gave him due
inima,ion, lhs. The sooner he left The city
Richmond The bcler Tor him
Il seems his fasehoods I'D mol stop in Ric'
mond; for see by letter signed w. Il Woo
ley, addressed TO the Editor Of The Nnrtois q
gus, and dated Portsmouth, October aoih, ioi
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