Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-02
RiCHNiOND d, VA.
..ucsaay Morning. September 2, 1915.
..,.r .cryrs LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY


vpre Of niue,ecn-lwen.icths Of The Northern
presses: >, c,,
aTo wha, tribunal can Cassus M. Clay APP
peaR There ought TO be power IN me lanu 10
lake The press oft True American and replace
j, in Lexington, and give lis conlrol 10 !he eui'o,'
The same powcr ought 10 take some oil The ieau-
crs Of This outrage, Thomas r. Marshall among
the rest, and put them in the Peni'entiaIy, I'D.
power. in government like ours, can on'F e3's'
where The allegiance OF the people 10 '1e laM :.
uBQueStioned. mai power, "S "'i 49, "
existf OK.
This is The language Of a journal, which IS IN
H., daily babi, Of attacking the Southern Demo
cratic press for lis Efforts 10 excite bad feelings
between The North and the South. |! il be true
that nioe.een-twentc!hs Of the Northern presses
speak thus conemp,uously and violently OF
measure which scli-prcscrvalion forced upon the
refined and intelligent people OF Kentucky, u IS
lime indeed ,ha! The South should lcok out Tor II
self for broad and impossible gulf is opened
between The North and South. But, we are sa'is
feel, that the Express has grossly misrepresehlea
The Northern press. We have read win pea
sure Ike liberal comments OF many OF Inc oemo-
cratic and neutral presses OF he Norm. iheY
condemn the violent ami incendary proceedings
q, Cassius NJ. Clay, and Justify The peaceio' ana
orderly manner in which the people OF KENTUCKY
removed from their borders viper, WHO was
ahou, 10 sting Them 70 death II IS useless lor Us
10 argue This matter before Southern tribunal.
We all feel that our existence could MOI ne Tree
from danger whilst fiery fanatic like Cassius
NJ Clay was allowed to continue an abolition
paper. and hull his incendiary missiles into
every corner Of The South Filled with this
conviction, the people Of Lexington mel IN
solemn council and Yesolvcd 10 expel flom
their State The Dadman, whose wan'on attacks
peri!,ed the lives Of themselves ana their families
For this ACT Of seflefencc, the abolition papers.
and some Of the Northern Wing papers, like The
Express. vent their wrath upon The people OF Inc
Son,h, and declare that 'some of The leaders Of
This outrage, Thomas F. Marshall among the
res, should be arrested as common felons and
"nu, in.o The penentiary" This is the way 10
produce feelings OF kindness and good will be-
tween The North and The South! A people, whose
dearest rights are asSacd, and most delicate in
slutions are endangered, shake The nccndiary
who was about 10 apply The torch 10 their poiti-
cal edificc--and ior this &C, oil necessity and
characterization the leading ciiizeas are 10 be
incarceraicd in cells, appropriated % The West
criminals! And these sentiments no eci from
those journals, who prae necessarily ahoat law
and order ard The compromises II IL ic1siu-
lion In vain wills the ':nineiecn-lwenie,. : oflhc
Northern presses" find ''ihat power whic! will
enforce such an outrage. The following extract
from The Charleston alercu;r speaks he feelings
OF the united South. What has been done in
Kentucky, will be repeated il e:ery Southern
Stale, shonld wild fanatic, like Cassius Nj. Clay,
dare 10 repeat the oulrages enacted BY that Abo-
litionist:
1--WE make two extracts to-day touching lie
final aborS of CassiuS MarceiiuS Clay in The
way OF abolshins slavery IN Kentucky, and
have simply 10 remark that, in The combined ,!e
cision and moderation of their proceedings the
Kenluckians have done themselves signal honor.
Nothing could be more misunderstanding more
disnfed, and 10 speak. in better taste
Bul the Express sneers 4, The van, OF "alle-
glance of the people TO The law" in The South
Is there no violation OF that allegiance shown in
The proceedings of the AntiReniers Of " York
the most dangerous ard alarming faction that
has ever sprung up in the Republics And what
has been the course Of the Express in this mat
teri 1t is true, that that paper is now thoroughly
opposed 10 the disorganiziag ana la;schevons
schemes OF the rioters, and has wased fierce
war upon the Tribune, AlhanY Eyeni.- Journal,
and other prints which are said % justify the lie
gal movements Of the Anti, Renters. Bur in de-
ieadirs itself against The Evening Journal, The
E1nress lets US into knowledge Of lis own previ-
Gus bearing. We quote It's article entire:
"The ALBANY Evening Journal in the course
Of defence Of Gov Stewards connection with
lie Anti Renters, takes occasion 10 say:
"''The Express was 4 warm and frequent colo
sst oil Gov. Seward. In its present, condition, it
assails him for measures which il formerly vindi-
Gated
"Not So Because, from friendship 10 Cover
nor Seward and from attachment 10 HE bonds Of
he common party that united us, the Express hcM
sticWt il does not follow that it vindcated Gov.
Stewards Ambient policy, his threatened veto OF
the New York Registry law, and unwilling ac-
quiescence in il, or his zeal as an American for
the repeal OF the Irish Union with Grea! Britain
Beyond the social circle, and until CIR. St,rard
made ,riat lie pnb!ie fcn AMI liner 10 DC iat,-
Ciap speeches n Heacrm Nep York, we NAV ne
Yer have uttered dsapprobaion, but We t,A a
disapprobation of many of his sentiments ne
verlheless The ripenng fruits Of many Of the
mi~dierous wiadp'es he has sowed in This State
have ef laie, compelled Us TO give public u,,crance
10 ihat disapprohalion, aui we have done il more
in sorrow than in anser-and with the hope that
he will soon see his oycr-ardenl ambition hes,
sFathed By l0atinc npmard, instead OF Gov'n.card
for success"
Here il plainly conicsscs that, though perfectly
convinced Of the mischieyous principles OF Gov
Stewards Anti-Rent policy, il was restrained by
It's party considerations from whispering a sylla-
BE Of disapprobation Q. his course. As long as
Gov. Seward pulled in the parry traces, tie Ex-
press "kcrt silent and suffered The mschievous
seeds OF Anti-Rentism TO take root. Every thing
Tor The party was then its motto But the mo-
ment that Gov. Seward made his anti Clay
speeches in Western New York, the eyes of The
Express we've opened 10 the dangerous tendency
OF his principles, aud gave public ut,erance 10
The disapprobalion which il ten all the time. BY
It's own confession, it yieliel up as sacrifice 10
narrow party feeling, It's deep conviction, ,ha,
the principles OF lis political leaders would lead
10 violations OF law and order. To secure The cleo
ton OF us idol, Henry Clay, ii suffered doctrines
70 pass unrcbuked, which were certain 10 produce
most alarming fruits.
And this is the journal, so devoted 10 law and
order, that it would throw INTO the dungeons of
peni,entary the moderate AMI respectable ci-
tizens of slave State, for chasing from its bor-
ders an avowcd, hoi-headed Abo!ilionist. This
is the paper that dcnounces the Democrats for
corrupt and mercenary motives, because they
defend Republican administration agans, the
wanton assaults aad unjus,ifable misrepresen,a-
lions Of The Federal press. Better wonld il be for
the Express 10 correct its own mis;eeds, than 10
fling is powerless arrows al the character Of the
whole Southern people. Let il clear up its own
Nutrient Inconsistencies ere it again assail the
motives aud conduc, If men. who occrur, in the