Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-26
Ai1bmono Enquirer.
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2e.
NOBODY AT ALL But R PATRICK HENRY
AYLETT!
n RICHIE, DuSSAyASr, TYLER wIsE.

jvopopY AT ALL BUT MR. PATRICK HENRY
AYLErr!
Several of our country subscribers have been
siss;rous 10 know how and why it is that the
Sp;,buond Examiner has shifted its ground
H,ron neutrality" TO LetcheriSm. Some of
s,hese attribute it TO the supposed influence of a
a,,r,ain distinguished Democrat.
4 Unwilling longer TO do injustice 10 any true
Epcnorrat, by permitting such impressions to
'x.co.n. current and unwilling that the edto-
= !, columns Of the Examiner" shall add TO
ssrcr advocacy of John Letcher supposed
Eweight and authority to which they are not
6u,,ct. We announce that Mr.. Patrick Hen
e. ,ylett is now, and has been for some
k,im,. the leading political editor Of the "Ex-
Eonnyr.
Whether the unfair and partial account Of
EFr,iays meeting which appeared in the "Ex-
amin,r' Of yesterday. is from Mr.. -l!ylett's pen
~ that Of one OF his l.ctchertc coadlutors
V Mr. Avle,,. as the Editor Of the Examiner"
& :, himself responsible for it, until he furnishes
The public with satisfactory di>avowal Who
,.er wrote the article, We have no hesitation in
4 .ha,ac,erising il aS an invidious and unfair
production
Tn, opponents Of Mr.. Lctcher never did
j ayow themselves minority; and the writer
KNOWS tha, the vote on Mr.. Scotts resolution,
/ during the proceedings On Wednesday night
| which Mr. Ayctt has declined TO publish, left
l !, still undecided whether the friends OF oppo-
ncn;, Of the resolution constituted majority
even OF that meeting.
Again, the Examiner represents Mr.. Pryor
s, taking the stand lin response 10 loud and
repeated calls upon him. and represents Mr.
\ Wise as afterwards mounting the stand, eith-
| ~, a call. The truth Of the matter is, that
Mr. Wise was called for, simultaneously with Mr.
\ Pryor, and willingly yielded 10 Mr. Pryor the
I precedence-and. after Mr.. Pryor had conclu-
! led, there were loud calls for Mr. Wise, and for
( nobody else.
I That Mr. Wise is bad spcaker. very feeble
[ and unimpr.ssive" Nc will not deny. That
! his speech wa, an inhction OF the patience Of
I ,h,. crowd. is, however, untrue. That speech
VA, mostly confined to simple statements Of
facts against John Letcher, not one of which
failed 10 command the attentive interest and
loud applause Of the audience. The people Of
Richmond like to hear the honest truth. and will
applaud it, however contemp;ibly feeble and
! unimpressivc,' may be the manner or ca
paci,y of an honest felow-citizen who dares
to speak i, in their presence. If the edito-
4 .ial> OF the Enquirer were reproduced they
were reproduced with effect
Why didn't Mr.. Patrick Henry !Aylett repro
\ ,ucc some Of the editorials OF the Examiner:
\ lie wa, called for camorouSly, so soon as Mr..
4 Wexford concluded. The vehement and urgent
/ cal!. then made, as the Examiner" pretends,
( Oh Mr. PRYOR, was made in truth, not on Mr..
i Pryor. but on Mr.. Aylett. Mr. Aylett refused
| 20 come up to time and Mr.. Pryor was obliged
10 ,Akc his place.
.nd We tell Mr.. Patrick Henry .Aylett, that
when and where hc darcs, the unirnpreSsive
speaker, whom the Examiner" treats with
l con,enpt perhaps not altogether unmerited,
will meet Mr.. Aylett before any audience in
Virginia Ia discuss the dement's of John
Letchcr
The greatest of living English writers tells
| Us that at u great battle between the rival
nests of two great nations, it Was = hunch-
backed dwarf who led on the successful
riiargc for France, and All asthmatic skeleton
who 50 calamity covered the retreat Of the
| English forces Who knows that even poor,
feeble" Mr. Wise, with his "unInpresSive
n.anncr and utter want Of originality, may
not. with good cause to back him. win a
laurel even in contest with the stupendous
lesdcr OF Richmond Letcher,e>. Mr.. Patrick
Henry Aylett:
NJ. pryor'S resolution was evidently a con-
'cS,ion not to the weakness. hut TO the strength
o.! the an;i.I.ctcher men. Ii was proposed by
gentleman who had openl. urged Mr. Let
hers friends 10 obtain instructions in his be-
ha.i, ch,c,rer they couN be obtoi,sd, and
'otci Tor by men known To be opposed I" Mr..
lctcucI> nomination.
The Examiner state, that Mr.. pryor's re-
solution was carried by large majority. :"
This statement is untrue We have yet TO see
The ,nan who has not declared that il was in.
possible I" decide which had the majority, the
ayes or the hoes 1t took the sharp ears Of
Mr Patrick Henry Aylett sharpened 10y all
ms Letchcri,c proclivitic>. to decide that the
"aycs had it,"
Il Is also untrue that Mr.. Wise Withdrew ms
sal! for a division. because of the "clamor. -
tie Withdrew it. siinp!y because men Of both
sides standing around him. decided that ii
would he impossible to make u tair count in SO
dense 4 crowd
The "ENamne, cannot deny tina, the
';Foans which pronounced against Mr.. Letch-
er' were louder than the cheers which
declared for him. The miserable pretence that
"i'!s> and Know -Nothings present, gave the
g'oanS' majority is the Examiners" worst
iod..
lhr Wings and Know -Nothings all know
NAT John Lctcher is the only man whose nom
nation can prove at all disastrous to the Dem.
cratic party. That the >ympathies OF the
"!ics and Know Nothnss are with the Lctch.
'''ies. IS well known. That number of them
'"'"d with the Letcherites on Wednesday night
''I.not be denied More than that while Mr.
Pryor was speaking, Mr. John NJ Bolts who