Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-09
RICHMOND, VA.
saturday Morning, october G, ls49.
WHAT DID 1T MEANT

WHAT DID 1T MEANT
The New York Herald has thrown out some
singular statements as to lie cause OF Inc oeiil'
cose representations OF the Poussin emsuts pun
forth originally by sbe Confidential agents oil MI
Clayton. II traces their origin TO siock-Ioo-
bling transaction. The New York Tribune says
thai The importance OF the French controversy
has "been greatly exaggerated, whether Tor st'eS-
joJbing or news mongering purpos's, is now oil
little consequence" Finally, The New YORK
Express, also Wing, indicates The same feeling ID
an article as follows:
The warlike rumors with which were rsherea
;,,o The world. through the confidential agent OF
The Philadelphia North American, Inc dismissal
Of M Poussin, contrast so strangely WIN me
cool, rational and philosoThic tone OF me semi
official "RepL blic," that we are po9Zeu, veAa.
,iously puzzled, in an effort 10 unuels'anu ,ne
contrast. Ii is declared and known maj lhis
agent Of The Phil depha North American re-
ce;yed his inflammation, SO minute ard clear
from Tho Denar,menl of Stale directy-and yet,
in ,h;s civ as we'll as in Philadelphia, his news
had such a coioring, such an olor oil war, mat
the srocl; market here was shaken from top 10 Dol
INN IIni,ed States stocks even fiunered al The
tune Of 3 per cent! Now, j! is well known that
when stock so stable and reeserclI; as that Of
The federal government falls per cent, something
serious is impending; and such was The oehel ~
the CITY, under The descriptions and outeiVlngs VI
The Philadelphia and New York organs nom
Washington.
were here all in agitation, and holders OF govern
ment stocks were paying for the agnahon d. Sc
we're sacrifices, "he Republic" in washington,
in close connexion with The government, exposes
The facts and discusses The case, in such way
as 10 show war is impossible, and that so lar
from animosiiy existing in this government 10
wards France, nothing but The best OF feeling ex,
isis. Thus, while The Courier and Enquirer
here, catching The spirit, and the facts OF Tie
Philadelphia North American writer, prepares us
all Tor arms as almcsl inevitable The semi-oilicl-
al organ of Inc government as near Inc loun-
| tain>head as The writer from Washington, speaks
in altogether another tone.
No, understanding this great and important
contrast and of course being unable, therefore, TO
accoun, for it, We shall mol Try; but we need mol
add thai the earliest intelligence was received al
a sad cost by hose who acted upon il, and ii they
sold any amount OF stocks, are now minus some
thousands by 1t.
The tock-jobbing operations, thus exposed
by Wing authority. have not been denied-the
"news mongering' charge is sought to be
evaded by an equvocation. Mr. Claylon's Of
gan, the North American, says:
"Mr Clarion has not nor never at any moment
has had any kind of interest in, or connection
with this paper, of any character whatever
beyond that interest, al least, which springs
from friendly relations with its editors"
To this the N. Y. Herald replies:
ale certainly has no other relation towards
lis editors but that of friendship, to the amour,
of $50 600, which was loaned TO one of them
when he purchased into that concern. This
fact We have ascerlained positively, and we
can prove il. The loan was made in the shape
of bond, which was sold at large discount,
in Philadelphia, 10 raise the money. II has not
yet been repaid 10 Mr. Clayton. Mr. Clayton's
friendship, therefore, towards that journal, may
be measured by about ihirty thousand dollars,
due him by one Of its editors and pufcrs. Now
wha, we object TO in Mr. Clayton, is, his using
the State Department to subserye exclusively
the Interests of newspaper, having but mar
row circulation in Philadelphia, and none al all
out Of il, while he has pecuniary interest IN
it, in The mode we have pointed out, to the
amount of thirty thousand dollars The State
Department in The whole history of our govern.
ment, has never before been used or degraded
Tor promoting private purposes and private
speculations Of such nature
But the Herald lifts the curtain back from
another evidence Of the dark and disreputable
policy of the humbuggng Regency. II says
that on the 9Th September, the Herald office
'recsired a note from an agent # The tote e
rar.ment, disclosing, 10 certain er!enl, lie dG-
eu,tics NTH Frame, and requesting Us To PUFF
THE CABINET for It's course in the matter, 'cithcu!
kno,ving til: facts in the caHc We declined the
Recommendation, aud paid no further attention 10
the matter ras commit
uicated 10 MS iciti a requet tirt as up nins The
vay to further dev lopmtnts, we should publish a
seri,s gf arii:ks az inst The 5nign oticy Of The
F'eneh gouernmen', and in support # the cABI-
NET" The Herald complains that "ihe mann,
| in which il WAS communicated in tic North
American ,eas calculated. If no: intended 10 e1,
cite commercial panie-to disturb exchanges. an
to a,rfst our commercial enterprises al home ana
abroad when, upon the publication OF The cor
respondence itself, appeared that The clamor ior
war was all noonshiDe, and without the fmsies'
shadow OF foundation. Tcias,s haze 5eea fol.
sifsd through the agent Of ths Seeretary Of State
as he correspondent ofMe NORTH Ame,,can."