Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-26
From the Richmond Times, SEPT. 20 J
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Angus, 1910.
/ Nom the Richmond Times Slpk a0l
MR.. JNO Al PATTON.
The EDorircr II Yesterday contains as we
had been led IL an,,c;nae an evidently 81 horira.
live repn,l of certain remarks made by Mr. mo
Nj. Patton, before The Demccratic Association
on Sa ,uiday night lasi, having y .rticuar Icief-
| euce 10 late article ia hi, paper
To these remarks We give place in our col
umns first because we wish our readers 10 be
fully possessed o. Inc facts on either side, ami,
secondly, because the: insertion gives rs the
5! right 10 exrec:, thai The Enquirer will publish the
/ notice which we shall lake OF ltcm.
II will lie seen Ina, Mr. Patton inIerprets our
first article as making ti!ec, and serious impu-
talioas upon his personal integrity and honor
| His reply. that mss. impn;a,ion, are false"
even il that word were designed as a r,tou in
kind. woul.; therefore be without the pale of n.
! coonitinn BY u.s.
But Mr. Patton accompanies the use Of lhiStx
preston, and another Of similar beating. with
an express disclaimer OF the intention 10 impule
| improper motives to us-a iorhearabcr, which he
ascnbes hu.h 10 The existence OF certain personal
FIRE! dships, aud 10 the tact that he has right Ia
suppose thai We are not conscientious and homes;
10 our opinions.
| We, therefore, understand his remarks as
SIMPLY 'ePtliinS offensive mputaiions supposed
| To have been ''iaGe by US, without extending ANY
! similar imPu'ali0ns in return
We shall COW state frankly the motives under
I |hch VIC nave acted N thp wh"l" fnaueI.
/ when ", wToe the article 10 whIch NJ, Patton
| ot)ec'S, "edio ncl suppose mar any serious eA-
| ctp'inh cow! &c 'aRrn 10 u. Inc ahnsiohS ~
VII. fdton ioHehesS IN 'naJoiisieS, ana MS pc
Iilical instability, were made N Ta!ylRg sprIt,
and WIN me knoWiecse maj they hah been COM
inohiy, am very pnplciyi Jokeu aoout ny Ut
ration himself.
tiis unexpected sensiVeness reminds Us OF me
story 0: religious meeting, al wnich one piou>
parsonage, %ih much apparent mummy, CONFESS
e. lhat he was great sinner, and gwen 10 many
shortcomings, which he specially enumerated
AMI sfevoisly der!o:rd. lis neiehhoF, 10 whom
The word vas next in turn. quietly remarked that
he had nothing 70 say OF his own sins, bnt could
IN every particular, confirm The account the hist
had gwen OF has. Al which The later grew very
angry and soutiy declared that me accusation
was an unloundei SANDER! Now, u Mr. Pai'on
IS distinguished tor any one peculiarly more
than another, u IS Tor The freedom win winch he
| publicly Jests about me uncertainty OF ms poll
tics When we vcnnred 70 refer 10 me same
subject, we ed mol refsc; that man may ifce>
" acknowledge many things oil himself winch
be will consider offensive, il suggested hg oshe;s.
With regard 10 the illustration OF The weather.
cock and church streple, We had better authority
Tor our mention q il han Mr.. Palon seems TO
| have been aware n The Enquirer Of Jane 18Th
contained sketch OF a speech made by Mr.. Pat
| Ion on Inc l3!h oi the same month, 10 The Demo
! cratic Association. From This sketch il appears,
| hat alter declaring that "Gen. Cas- had been
mis- choice tor The last rn yearsn and that he iul.
| " deserved The suppor, oi the Democracy, MI.
| pallon made remark. which i, thus reponed
GNr. p ncyt alluded ia The rccu!iar aoxip.y 81
o1r onnonentS ii nrpye mr. inconsistency. and saia
,ha, tho v-,icsr weathercocx in politics j, me man
| who COMPLAINS li,al the slceple is constantly utn-
lnn ronnd."
We referred 10 this remalk, as cur readers may
| generally remember, Al the time il ppeared in
| the Enquirer, a-d il Terms which shove! that We
construed Mr.. Patton 70 lypiy The Viii. parry BY
| me weathefcock, ami the Democrats himself es-
neciaIly by he s;crp'e And, inasmnch as he
| had mentioned his Ten years consistency, in
choosing Gen Cass before all other men, although,
| n ,hp mea nlim. ne had SPOKEN IN voted !oi
Gen. Harrison, We submined The point. whether
his smile might not fairly be reversed, and the
| character OF mpo,i,ical weahercock" applied 10
| himself rather than 10 The Whis parry. The &C
cnracv ri our reading having never been Qucs
| .,onei TO- referred 10 the comparison in our lie
nsn, art;.,e Win M e,necla,ion rba; lis au hen
,icity couM he DISPUTED. Il is manifest, hat al
though the phraseoogy Of Mr.. Pauon's remarks,
as reporied makes The s,eepie represent he De-
mocracy in general, rather than that gentleman
alone. all tLsir opponcnts are compared 10 The
weathercock. So that Mr. pallon's complaint
with respect 10 The later sinile but Tor which hc
states that be would have said nothing al ALL
should have been LODGED against his reporter ralh>
ar Than AGAINST rs WHO did not hear the speech
and had no Other means than the report OF know
ing what j: coa'ainch .,,
rs lot WI. Eaton op,'s''s y """,.. ~, =; -.
sfeiIs par "i .ne c1nP".;s1 n'"s. na
upon MS a.ne'.ns ~ n,s " We =. - az"
''e s.eepe ha ye y, "". a,.. ~. pn,,n e"y
ani SenueI !!..ens,uns, sa'sJ ,; W.; "' y" ns
~ De"uela"e o'e,n,e , ~, - X. = hon, III
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"nehesei pubic ilh. ON. &C. 80
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10 the atdcndum 10 air. paao5's remarks, We
cannot bot recognize AZ amusing ac6nowiede-
men!, after all, vi The true power ana usefulness