Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-17
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
wEDS ssDAY> SEPTEMBER Is. 1852.

NICHa0kD ENaUla Il Is.
WEDSESDAI. SEPTEMBER Is. 1852.
Mr.. Lyon fully vindscntin; him.e,s ~ ." sn,xnrI
| his butt cries with deadly effect "P''
| nssalIants. ,o ,hIo cyposi
| ~. ,iv. hollow Mr. LYONS manly, patFiouc' " r
;o, - h;s .o called forth by the unwarfaia"' ~
&c tho sco,, journals because he wouu no' ,o''e'' -
name eat 10 his words and yleiu ''.'e''. 49,; r,o,
| e ,b;r ;moroper purposes. out oeio'
~, o card which indeed speaks 'r i.se anu "''.' ~
"' we deem il proper 10 lc, the people OIL lac
500 m. character OF the attacks made upon nm oy Inc
80 ,issar.s AT Lexington, Monday week, ac-
ding "a The Valley Star Mr. j. NJ Bolts explained how II
was ,ha, ne was eccto at large and denounced ms pre-
decessor (Nr. Lyons as IA traitor TO his party ins Is
most beautifully consistent in Mr.. Bolts, VINO IN lS47 !" "
tore md sneeches denounced Gen. Taylor the regular non
nee and left the Capital Of Virginia for tine pufe avs
rbere" of New York. with its Stewards and utce"sJ A"0
Bedford Sentinel says OF Mr. Lyons: e. -
rbc h;p pary generally never had any respect 4, VI
fas,cs n this in,olerabe popinJay ana toaoy. lhey
h alrnvs looked upon him with degree Oh s.Spieio u
contempt knowing well Una. .' ons day lead him 10
rih his cloven foot, and show hhseil 70 nI NV h
h naked deormly For several years past ne nus S
@ nInsid.ra,ion Iscarloike, he couid nave oesi
s,b al anv time for thirty pieces OF SILVER OF ~ W..
promise Of "lee bu no was al 10 cxto.t
"a nuan from the Democratic PARTY oil Virginia n"t nc
e na now md gone. we haic forever we sinItic! o
Is s"ua ,Sc VIM party Of Virginia. upon SO happy ana
2Iatua'e . Indeed tho pleasing and interest
sore of the present canvass consists In inc lafoaoc
opportunity presents Tor y, m on shall be econce 10
@ dis,srer which may befal lie in the iunre II IL WIN on
c,s,nse and purify the party OF oil snci "ot,ntss any
rash as Juincs Lyons, ni the city o tSicAohu.
srrnrse is that the Wing press OF Richmond nave
no, long since uncercmoniousy kicked nm gu! ot o
70 and turned him over 10 tho warm embraces ~ w. 81
,n,rv :, which he belongs, Just as natatay Is an CO
does to water.
The Ieesburg Washngtonian which itself before the nom
i'm; eynresscd great dsru Ct Gen Scott, now says Oh "
| Lyons: ,
Mr. Lyons has long been dead weight 10 le pa' ~
HACK sheen in The whig fold OF virginia ~ was ~ 10y
;ns onnoson of this selfish aspant mat the "n3 noun
ines ,r Congress in the Richmond district was uesaG
h ,ast election. Deuded by ms hypociich
nroessions vi fidelity TO the party INC wings o. 'r b;
@ h"nnrcJ him several times with the position e cnar
man of the '.Whig State Central Committee, uI'u NC 80
vet 10 see one single act, Mr. Lyons ever alu IN aa' b
n advance the interests the party IN the Sa'e ,'Ht
noIical derclions of This sell important p"ucah nave ~
ialr become so slang 10 disgust the enhte paiYuu
mior.d and chagrincd he was at the increasing non
which flow in The brilliant and consistent career u M
Bots he started pilgrimage the sacreu s'o ~
Etionism in New Hampshire, where uhnsi 'I MI, nd ,e
c. pierce and minions he dotted his wing altt ana re-
zen ~ b The pu1e beczcs Of Northern Democracy
has returned TO Virginia. add his small thunder 10 ss
svs which the democrats now belchng or'h lousno"
49, S,a,o Snch chameleon like politicians as Lyons anu
Faulkner Gun add but little stfengt " 'ne 80 III
position and confident thy nius1 scr'r IT,, nn
| come from The patriotic ana in'c'"sei'' p'' ' " -
cratic party oil me STATE ;, ;,
Tho Petersburg lnleigence and Noho'H heral"' WIN
singular inconsistency, have also resaied themselves "
sneers al Mr. LyonS-but their articles are mol no" "i
our reach We have already quoted the wing ~hch repre-
sents Mr. LYONS 'always nuisance 10 tne cause' %
"cosiup the Wings in time and vexalon IN c"os -
humor him and in fixing 'sugar-rag' 10 qulel h a us
services were worth, thousand times over Is os
nike an indifferent who has eaten his head Oh every
i ho, prcfpd
W. e,s M, NJ nil surprised at the bitterness with
.,,b rho Richmond Wing assalcd Mr. Lyons because ne
renuated the llsehoods Of Foss Fogg " 20 a"a soAe
ont the truth Of what he heard and saw oil The Democracy u
New England We well recollcct in loa9 wheh Gen "y
or under tie maign Influence Of '" Ballard rc8'"' W"
dd - yia,e hs professions Of noparyiS.n and TO re-
va INA, ,ycel,en, man aud officer, Capt Ihos Nelson
from The GUSTAV House here that that vichn Oh po'c"
ma ssion demanded investigation into ms ohca cohuuc
Nesss LYONS Mac!aand, and number Of Inc h'oS' ''e
n, and influential Wing merchants Of this city, examined
into the facts ard gave testimonial OF ms oe"'S " "
officer and For this act OF justice me he asSaie'
usssrs Ivous and Aacfarund srcN tads-and al De
c,use they were unwilling bias; the character oil worthy
man yho had been sacrificed for his political opinions Inc
present attack q the Wing IS in exact accordance VIZ" "
Infatuated assault upon Mr. L. and The present chairman
tho Scott central committee
We were however not little asonished, in view OF al
Tie rdicule attempted 10 NC Gas
imam Mr. LYONS through the Richmond Times, repeated
through three daily of that paper Yesterday week
in = tone Of mnck anrrasrn m. :" =, =,
alarm at Tic cDnsc of DR. Lyons bold aTo~a Of III
truth the Times describes Mr. Lyons as IA ckey and wind
shaI.en bark, and it says:
We might toiou the example Of neighJor, the Wig
and enquire how il happened, in view OF oil The probabilities
of Cen SCOTS mn.on, that Mr. Lyons allowed hlnsei
be placed in the most responsible posts OF the Nh
party If Virginia, viz that of President of the Cena
Committee, and Of Eector for the State at large when hi
mind have been than half made up 10 Kick out
the in the most popular Wing in the Union SHOULD
be chosen 10 serve the party.
The Times concludes
Let il &c nurn his ashes and his
mains the scpuchral monument 10 declare 10 The children
that the resurrection of the body" Is for those
who Of tlnd and ncOnsidcrate rasiiness com
init political suicide. Not that follow the rgo
rule the old English law, and bury this telo dc
the junction OF two highways aud drive stake through his
body. We act after more humane fashion Or
retired spot in the church yard where the soft zphyrs
in which the political remains OF Capt Tyler, Charles
james Faulkner Robert Toombs he very sounds
beyond hope resurrection the mcdi;ave reader will
discover meath the drOuppg branches of willow, quie
resting place. by decent marble slab strewn,
hap with harrbes and vi0es those gentle rcnenbrancers
and bearing this simple inscription:
He jQcet
JACOBUS LYONS.
i Born l1S-
Obiit august 1852.
Wednesdays Times has another long article in which II
brings in our humble selves as follows:
We think Mr. Lyons has treated The Wing party very
badly. He pres. and asss ted in conspicuous
nor al the last Wig Convention assembled IN this city