Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-14
THEGAME OF BRAG.


The Wing talks boasiiully OF the changes to
Taylor in Virginia. From The accounts We &c
nc nss viii dss a hs him AyTSEs R
that Virginia will sand where SIC has ever stood.
We give extracts OF letters from Southwestern
and Northwestern Virginia:
Washington County.
"The Democrats stand as firm az The rock
Of ages Candidly speaking, DO believe in
this county that we shall increase our map.
rily in November. The party are more firmly
united, and 20 into the campaign stronger al he
star, than have ever known hem"
The following is an extract Of letter from
Marion, enclosing The eloquent and admirable
resolutions adopted al Ratification meeting,
which We shall publish soon. The Wing leans
upon broken reed when il counts upon The
Northwest:
awe have sci he ball in motion in North
wes'ern Virginia, and will give glorious &C.
coun! CT ourselves on The TN OF November next.
A writer in the Wing some days since having
in,maleJ. Thy damnable nuendo, tina. General
Cass, being implicated" in regard 10 unjust ex-
ira allowances, had connived al the burning oil
The Treasury Building, SO as thereby 10 defeat
an investigation, we have obtained the following
memorandum OF facts from authentic Sources
The Wing papers, relying upon shameless and
irresponsible leiter-wrers, and The blubde!lns a.
scyt,ons Of The conceded and INSCRIPTIONS parl!-
IAN. And. Stewart OF Pa, are sill! engaged IN mis-
repre.eniug this question OF "Exira Allowances
we shall therefore republish. al an early dale
The recent speech OF Mr.. hlcClelland, OF Illinois.
which blows The whole charge sky-hish, 81 bring
ing 10 bear upon il the potent battery Of req!
af,cls from the record" The reckless injustice
n,aclised towards The Democratic candidate'
will tcarfuy react upon The desperate poters
uThe insinua,on that Gen. Cass was ever, IN
any way, implicated in the burning OF the Ifca
sufy building 10 March, 1883 or that his name
!, his accounts were in any manner associated
with il, is one Of the most infamous ca!umhes
,ba, was ever put forth. Even The SUPPOSE
ion as 70 the destruction of his accounts, when
;s relied on 10 give plausbily 10 the calumny,
i untrue and wholly uniounded. His accounts
nave never been destroyed. They were not Id
the building that was Destroyed, bul were ana are
NOW on file in the Office OF the Seconi Auditor of
| ,bc Treasury which office was then and IS no" 10
,he buildine occupied by the Department. known
,s ,he Northwest Executive building. What IS
rstsrred 10 in The Richmond Wing as IN lnVes
lira,ion in Cong.ess "some years sih'e, doou.
~ r3S or 49," was call made by tne iouse u
| REPRESENTATIVES al the 81 Session 2olh Oonslts',
[3S 80 for statement respecting lhe Iseouns
and allowances 10 Gen. Cas-, which VIII De iound
IN House document No liz Of that session. Inc
oa,l was made by resolution submitted py MI
W;se bscause Of unfounded allegations mat Gen'
c.ss while Secretary of War, had made allow
onoss n himself as Superintendent nj Indian Al
49, ~ N,chioan. which had been refused by
ra,,;ans Secretaries; which allegations The docu-
menl referred 10 proved 10 be wholly untrue.
The Time. is in error in saying that VIM. y
Goode. ESQ, OF Virginia voted with Mr.. fi'i
MO on The Ather,on resolutions, llth December,
1879 |, was P. G. Goode of Ohio. Our own
bisb minded Goode was not Then in Congress.
AIR Bouldn oil Virginia is recorded as voting
u.;,b Fillmore on The ffsl lest voie-lhal oil sus
nspding The rules in order TO receive The resosu'
,ions-bu, as voting on the opposite side with TIC
onnonen,s Of abolition when TIC resolutions came
up Tor final adoption.
We understand that on Monday last MIR
Wise made splendid demonstration IN favor o
the Democratic cause Al Hampton IN ths
morning there was four hours discussion wi'i
Mir. secar; and on the same night, at Norfolk nj
cnchained large and brilliant audience Tor three
hours more. He handled the nopartyites with
gu, gloves. The "bob tail coons' will bee, IL
horror, from his keen lash Of sarcasm and argu
ment.
RECENT TAYLoR-CoNvERT's OBJ
1gcTION TO GEN. CASS.-The Columbu
crsr a wsi.er ppon Proridenee.' Blu, enc sic
luther is wanting, and that is supplied by IN
Detroit Advertiser, which objects TO Cas- ofca ~
his pie /, teacher In The Msthoei' Episs'pas so'
bo,l S<6ooLI