Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22
ASBURi DICKENS, Secretary.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From the Richmond "Whis,' OF Yesterday.
we copy the following:

From the Richmond "Whis," OF Yesterday,
We copy the following:
Hon. VIM. /. Guggln slipped oil from Rici.
mond on Sunday without public notice OF any
kind, or even giving private information TO Nr.
Lcichcr. Of any appointment to SpeaH at Din
~iliir Court House
We got wind Of the fact however that he
had started f"r that place. and despatched Il
telegraph 10 Richmond for Mr.. Montague. who
cane over in the early train, and we are happy
20 state was on the ground.
Mr.. Montague was ao much surprised by the
despatch Is doubtless Air. Goggin was 10 find
his little private arrangements disturbed.
\ just public will know what TO think on
this fact, alter all the gasconade about the gal
Ian, Gegsin. = i'ttsr,bvry Pros.
The Enquirer, Of this city, makes the same
charge. In saving that We hnow the state
ment Of both lapers 20 he untrue, we do not
mean t. imputc to either the intended msrcp-
reSentaton Of fact. 1t so happened that Mr.
Goggin did III the presence oi the writer Of
{ lis, inritc Mr. Ictchcr To- meet him in Din.
widdie, and lid call Mr.. Non,ague's attention
Ia III. fact. This invitation was given at the
momentary meeting between the three gentle
men at the door Of the Exchange Hotel. III this
city, Sunday afternoon. We state the fact
upon onr personal knowledge and verncity.-
Hhhmo0d Wig.
We state upon the most reliable authority,
that when attacked by Mr.. Montague at Din.
wiic Court House, for DopGISG over there
without giving notice to Nr. Lctcher, Mr..
Go.gin replied that he DID NOT KNOW, UNTIL lie
Goy 10 PErcgsDuRG. JnAT lie WOULD 60 70 DiS-
wIrplE CouRT HovsR. Mr.. Gosgin may have
invited Mr.. Letchcr TO meet him Is DISwIDpIE,
when he said he would speak in Petersburg on
Mon'lay night, but hc certainly concealed the
appointment at Dinwi,lde Court House, and
explained the DODGE by saying he did not know
that hc was going TO Didwiilie Court House
until he reached Petersburg This fact can
he proven by five hun,irci men at Dnwiddie
Court House.
Again, the Wing" Of April 18th asks
'.whcrc his Mr. Montague's) authority for the
assertion to the effect that DR.. Rufincr, the au-
thor Of the Ruiiner pamphlet, was going TO
''L>l illS 'blC M ''CSii' Wv iNl'. ''"N
Mr. ';oggin asserted th' tnct Mt Louisa, Char
lottcsvilie and Petersburg, and exhibited the
original manuscript, Of the letter to Dr. Ruff
ner, ~howin. that Dr.. Ruifner was supplying
the Opposition candidate with documents. Is
the Wing answered:
Will the Wing answer if Mr.. Gogsin did
not vote for 4 tax on TEA ASp corYEE: and thus
while he Processes an attachment for OLD SOL
DlrEs, and arraigns Mr.. Letrher for not vo'
TIM for bill designed to put money into the
pockets not Of the "old soldiers bu, OF claim
agents and land sharks, he himself voted for
taxing the TEA ASp COFFEE Of the poor mar, of
the .'old soldier" and not only Of the old sol
der but Of the old women. We mention this
fac; not to arraign him for his vote, bu, to cx'
pose the 'lcnasogism Of his complaints against
Mr.. Letchcr for the Pension.hill vote. Processing
love FOR the old veterans to an extent Of aicw
dollars year, he voted for tax that would
have taken from them far more than the Pen
sion bill could give them.