Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-31
PATRICK COLLINS. 1.-THE DEFAULrER."

PATRICK COLLINS. 1.-THE DEFAULrER."
Much violent abuse has been layished by The
Republic aud the minor organs on this gentle.
man for fai!hless and criminal CONDUCT as Coi
rector al Cincinnati. Though lying on the Dec
Of sickness, he has been mercilessly ana rrceiy
assaulted as "ielauller," deserving severe crimi-
nal punishment. The following article from the
Cincinnati Enquirer will show that Mr. Collins
has paid over 10 The Government all the money
and other property that he has received
for The Government. MIR. Collins, il blame
able al all, can be blam'd only Tor no
collecting the money due on The merchants
bonds, when he delivered The goods. This
matte; is no. clearly explained; but, in its worst
ASPECT, il would show mt he his mistaken OF
failed in his duty, and that his integrity Is unim-
psached Assaults On This point come with an
IN grace from the Republic ard other Wing
journals, for The Cincinnati Enquirer says :ha'
The present Wing Collector OF that port, Nj.
Bond, has taken Of the merchants Of that city
bonds of the precise nature Of those taken by
MIR. Collins, without warehouse goods 10 secure
Them. Mr.. 2 must, therefore, be denounced ty lie
Wings as "defauler" also, guilty Of The same
offence which they charge on Mr.. Collins. This
whole affair runs parallel with The Republics
ipsinualions, that Judge Mason has committed
nfelony" under the subj Treasury law in The Den
b. case, Will. MIR. Preston is now practising
precisely The same process OF paying over money
10 foreign agents, 10 be used niheit private BUSH
ness Surely the organ, in lis "copper". head
malice asains, Democrats, and its fawpins sub
seryiency TO lis employers, has become blinded 10
The precipice towards which it is leading is
party and Itself.
p. S.-Mr. Collins is dead, as announced in
The last telesrsphic intelligence:
r1em tk Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Tnr CASE OF PATRICK CoLLINs The Cincin-
nall Enauirer has undertaken 10 deny that Pat.
lick Collins, the late iccotuco Collector OF Gin.
cinnati, is deiaui;er 70 the government, and all
the ocoioco organs have held him unio The pub
lie eaz. as an innocent martyr 10 the guilioiine.
The annexed statement, h.w.ver, from the Gin
cnnali Atlas, paper that is remarkably scrupu.
lous in its statements, leaves no doubt, in or
minds thai he is A de!aul'er, and 10 large
amount Louurtle Journal.
lf,he Atlas sis remarkably scTupulous in is
statements" il is more Than can be said OF the
journal; Tor the more inscriptions The lie, The
more is relished by the MawwoTm that con.
tucls that BLACKBOARD sheet. Had We not seen
The Atlas article reprinted il ,"r Journal, We
should have paid no ra"re attention 10 il; bn: is
appearance in that quarter Satisfied is that it
contained more falsehocd Than We h;d supposed,
On careless reading Of il in The paper in which
i, originally appeared. And we have not been
disappointed We don't wonder, on reading ii,
lhs, The editor Of The Journal Rolled IL so readily
under his tongue as a .weet mcrsei; Iof il is full
c. the crosses, ia!sehoods and m:sicpfeseL;a-
items. The Atlas say:
1.-THE Washington Union, having copied The
Statement, Of The Enquirer, OF This c:.y, Al bol-
~ ANNOUNCED that Collins is 20 deia utter, there
need be no delicacy in stating the fGc.s. The
simple ruth is, The government has drawn an
order on Collins fyr tsoo balances vhiei he Aas not
paid, and # toAieh ,re learn there is no 1sr TO ray
- cash.
Now, The simple truth is, the government has
not drawn any order on Collins Tor any balance
,ohth hes not tssn paid.
NJ, 10 follow Inc Atlas through It's whole stale
mems, which would compel as 10 expose .he con-
duct Of The new COLLECTOR, which We prefer leaving