The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-09
WHO KICKED McDoNALDf

WHO KICKED McDONALDi
II 10 fact which every one must have OBJ
served, thatall mysteries which have never beer
satisfactorily explained, are perpetually recur
ring to the minds of men for calculation. Thus
il 10 that the authorship of Junius-a question
which has NOT the remotest bearing upon the
present condition of mankind-is made the sub
iect Of unceasing and curious investigation
Sir David Brewster, devoted his leisure mo-
ments during thirty years OF his life, to this
subtie INQUIRY. Other philosophers. less re.
nowned than he, have addressed themselves 10
the vexed question of '.Who hit Billy Patter
son 2" and thousands of inquisitive intellects
have been turned to the unhappy fate Of Milly
Macpherson. Ii viii not be thought strange,
therefore, that after The lapse Of some months
the dark and doubtful query which stands a,
the head OF this article, should have come back
again 10 puzzle and perplex the brains of the
Dispatch.
Mcdonald is himself responsible to some
extent, for this re-opening of the painful matter
connected with his name. We had hoped we
were done with Mcdonald. We had ventured
to cherish the belief, that until the meeting OF
the Legislature, in November next, we should
not again be compelled to direct our gaze into
that opaque cloud Of "historic doubts which
hangs around the affair ofthe kicking. Truth to
saw, Mcdonald had become bore. We were
ourselves, sick, for time, of perpetual Me-
Donald. Our readers, too. began to tire of his
martyrdom and devoted Mcdonald to the infer
nal gods. And when he went back to the
bosoms OF his confding constituency, we be-
lieve no tear was shed over bis departure. But
Mcdonald has stunned up" once more to the
public observation, and, like some unhappy
goblin, appears s'before his time," to alright
mankind.
1t will be recolected that our worthy Chief
Magistrate, in the fulness of his gratitude for
McDonald's sufferings in the Executives be-
half, appointed him a Visitor of the Uni
versity Of Virginia. Albeit not remarkable for
elegant scholarship, the new appointee went to
Charlottesville in the discharge of the duties
of the visitation, where he fiourshed as pa.
tron OF letters and a guardian of learning
On his arrival at home, he felt that something
was due to the sagacious Governor who had
elevated him to so distinguished position -
Accordingly he gets up meeting of the De-
Imocracy Of his county, (of which we have re-
ceived the proceedings in the Monongalia Mir
rory and pushes through set of resolutions,
in which it is declared that Gov. johnson was
right in committing the sentence of Jordan
Hatcher, and in the reasons he assigned for it,
that an "infuriate mob" assaulted the Cover
nor's house, and threatened the lives of its in
mates, and that Richmond is "Free Soil
city" of the very worst stamp and character.
Vire Me Donald A bas Richmond!
Now the Dispatch has nothing to do with
politics, and cannot therefore comment upon
the endorsement of the Jordan Hatcher bust.
ness by Democratic meeting. AS champion
of the honor of the city, however, it feels itself
bound to remind Mcdonald that although the
most pushing investigation was made before
the Grand Jury and the Joint Committee of
both Houses, no evidence of anything beyond
merely noisy gathering was ELECTED, and THAI
the only "in5uriate mob" of which any ac-
count could be obtained, consisted of ore sim
gle individual, who did, il seems, with force and
arms, being thereto instigated by the devil,
Against the peace and dignity Of the Common
wealth and the statute in such case made and
provided, proceed to kick lriolenter pe9rm i'm
posuit the said Mcdonald, and treat his per-
son Otherwise with disrespect. That this 'siu-
-fufla,e mob" was no joke, we are willing lie
believe upos the testimony Of Mcdonald him.
sell, who made off from it
"Lite one that on lonesome road
Doth walk in fess and dread,
And having once rurned roun /, wafks on,
And turns ne more his head;
Because he Knows a frightful iepd
Doth Close behind him tread"
But admif,ing the ''iniurste mob" it is
non seeastur, of which we should not hav
suspected even the illogical mind of GU
f,iend, Mcdonald, to say that in conse
quence Richmond is Free Soil City,
For what purpose was this mob (if mob ther
wss) gotten up? What was the occasion ,
III Every body knows that the excitement
the public mind at that time was awakene
by the misjudged clemency of the Governe
in rescuing from death a slave Who had mu,
dered his master. fit had been Free So
or anti-Slavery agitation, the "iufurate mob
would, il seems 10 US, have only waited on hi
Excellency to thank him for his conduct, re-
serving all its indignation and fury for the Cou,
(which condemned the negro to die.
But We feel ashamed OF ourselves for enter;n
into anything like an argument with Nc Dopslf
Such exertion of our faculties, we are assn,
ed, would soon deprive us of reason. and W
turn, therefore, 10 the momentous interrosatt
ry-"Who kicked Mcdonald" Can not III
whole thing now be cleared upl Where's ii
individual We have an especial reason &
wishing to know him. We desire to raise
statue TO commemorate his achievements
Surely he deserves the honors Of sculptu
more than il he had taken a city. As soon
his identity can be established, we shall op,
n suherrint.nn Iisf NJ the ofi.a of Tho n;sr.,