The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-23
The R,ehmond wing. and WING E.lsshood.

ana WlHuuy.
The Richmond whig, and whig Eaisshood.
We never except by accident see the Richmond Wing
and Of course cannot regularly expose the alsehoods
which il utters against u.s. Nor il necessary that we
should do SOL for its conduct has been such that il has
forfeited the confidence even OF its own party and its
slanderous statements are consequently harmless Events
Of recent occurrence prove that the wings of the Rich
mond district have at length repudated and abured it, as
they would have repudated and abured il long ago, had
they been wise even after the OF the world Since
the spring elections Of Virginia. its teeth have been drawn,
and its abundant venom is now harmless. We there
fore care nothing for the ISLANDERS Of such print while
they are confined to its own columns for the Richmond
Whg verify believe, enjoys, as the result OF its bitter
malignant unmany, and unprncped courses,less OF the
public confidence and exerts less influence than any
other journal now printed the United States But,
casionally, whig papers at distance from Richmond,
ignorant of its character at home equally reckless with
ITSELF copy its statements, and thereby give to them an
importance which they would acquire even with
the wing party Of Virginia We thus compelled oc-
casonay to alude the statements Of that sheet as we
do in the present instance but feel due to ourselves
and the public to apologize for so doing.
We find in several of our exchanges the following
false statement, attributed TO the Richmond Wing;
and we trust that our readers will for exposing
il, as il has been extensively copied. The Richmond
Wing is represented saying, in recent diarbe against
the Union
.sWHEN A PoRKIeNKR, WITH A POLITICAL oF
rENcR WAS KIDNAPPED rHK CAPrAN GENERAL OF CuBA,
AND OUR PRESIDENT SOUGHT REDRESS FOR rHK GROSS OUT
SOIL, THIS so CALLED ORGAN or THE DrMocnA-
cy POUND ARRAryD ON TEE SIDE OF SrAis
~ he linn n
utterly false and unfounded 1t was manufactured from
the whole cloth by the Richmond Wing and il has been
copied and circulated by wing papen-the Republic among
the nnmber--wth the knowledge that it was false and
without shadow Of truth to sustain it. The statement
is bvt one Of the thousand deliberate falsehoods which
the whg press has coined and put into circulation ODE
dience 10 an attempt which seems to be systematically
arranged to weaken by deliberate misrepresentation and
forgery, our assaults upon the corrupt cabal which now
rules the country There Is not reader Of the Union
who does not know that we not only sustained the de-
mand for the restitution, but that urged upon gov
ernment to demand further satisfaction Of Spain for the
gross outrage which had been committed on our soil
We took the position that the restitution Of Rey
was no any more than the delivery Of stolen
property by adetected felon atonemen for robbery
We coniended not only, but again and again, that IL
the evidence, as we believed ii would. implicated the
Spanish coasul at New Orleans in the outrage which had
been committed, he should be punished. and that, IL II
implicated the Captain General Of Cuba the United States
should contend at al hazards and II necessary. coerce
Spain to make amends by dsavowng the acts OF her OIL
GERS, punish them BY evokng their commissions The
Richmond Wing now afinns that Rey " pas kidnapped
BY the Captain General Of Cuba " and we believe that
the assertion is true But the other assertion, that our
Proident sought redress for the gross outrage 10 our so
is false IL any reliance can be placed upon the organs Of
the administration in this city The President. as far ss
the public knows, was fully satisfied with the mere res
tuition Of Rey and far the public informed neither
he nor Mr. Clayton ever sought redress in any
or form for the gross outrage to our SOIL a. the Rich
mond Wing justly terms the abduction OF Rey. To this
day that outrage is atoned for by Spain and have
no idea that any atcnement will be demanded Of her
BY this administration When the news Of the restitu
lion Of Rey reached Washington, both OF the organs Of
the administration alleged that national honor had
been fully vindcaied This allegation tsntamount
TO the assertion that the President and Mr. Clayton
satisfied, and that they would not make any demand
upon the Spanish government for sonement, bvdisavow-
ing the acts Of her officers and revoking their commits
sons Viewing the matter in this light. we denounced
the administration at the time for abandoning the honor
Of the country by not seeking redress and the No
tionoi IaisLligsnm, in order to cover Mr.. Clayton
while HE "was found arrayed on the side Of Spain,'
and in order TO divert the public attention from the
sympathy which the administration manifested to-
wards Spain, leading to the abandonment Of the hon
| or Of the country, put forth ridiculous complaint
that diplomatic intercourse with Cuba not allow
ed--a complaint which made TO be abandoned, a.
Il has been abandoned The trial Of the Spanish con-
sui at New Orleans has not been had and Of we
are unable to say what evidence will be addpced Bot
we believe that il will clearly appear that Rey was kid
mapped by the Spanish consul and that the Captain Gen.
ersl Of Cuba was pariiops iminis in the outrage
So we shall do all we can to induce the people to coerce
Mr.. Clayton to demand full and ample aiouement We
do not mean to decide the question Of veracity which,
report says, is pending between Mr.. Clayton and the
Spanish minister, Senior Don Caldeon de Ia Barca. rea-
tive TO this matter We do not express opin-
ion a TO the truth Of the allegation which understand
the Spanish minister makes, that 10 order to obtain the
release Of Rey. Mr. Clayton gave to him uhs Spanish
mnser assurances that the Spanish consul at New Or
leans should not be punished We do not believe that