Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-11-06

We have perceived with considerable feste''
sundry articles emanating from The newspaper
press Of the North, in which the action oil inc
Court and The community Of Richmond al Inc
lale trial of Myers, &c, is censured IN unmea-
sured terms. We regret 10 see The press OF olhe'
communities aspersng The morals, and cehoune-
ing every Thing that belongs 10 our own. we
need no. say how strongly enlisted our own 'eei-
ines will ever be in defence Of the morals OF our
people-not merely because they are their niofaiS
bur because we believe them comparable win
those OF any other city.
We have not permitted the opinions oil ms
journal 10 become mixed up with The proceedings
had al the late TRIAL We have chroniced facts
we have reported the res gestac OF The Coufl
room, wilhou, attempting 10 poll the sentiments
Of others, without attempting 10 bias any one BY
giving vent 10 our own impressions. II IS only
as the case of Myers and Hoyt has concerned The
public that We have mentioned it al all. Wepro-
pose 10 "enquire" after what concerns the public,
and 10 defend what we think is beneficial 10 them;
but we must ever be averse 10 meddlins with the
private quarrcls OF any man. We are not cham
pions OF pirate righls-we are not avengers Of
pr.rate wrongs. We have neither played the
part Of Counsel and Advocate for the Messrs.
Myers and Burr, nor have we thrown netIles
about the grave of Hoyt. Weshould never have
narrowed the feelings OF highly respected and
extensively connected family, nor OF any family
whomsoever, by the publication Of letters and
documents which ought never 10 have seen The
light, bu, Tor Inc fact that they already had been
dragged before The public.
il is 10 The unmeriled aspersons cast upon the
people Of Richmond that we look in the present
case. We defend them against those aspersions,
and We throw back The charges 10 the quarters
whence they came. In no community within
The limits of our country could persons similarly
situated have been convicted and punished. Had
The case which has just been tried, occurred
in any city OF the North, we believe the result
would have been the same. Had sentence
been given anywhere, we do not believe il could
have been enforced. The same "mob," Gas vast
concourse of our disinlerested citizens have been
lermed) would have attended and have appauded
al acquiltal Of men similarly situated, just
as was done in Richmond. Ill does il befl
those 10 talk of the morals OF Richmond becom-
ing polluted who have seen around them armed
resistance 10 The law in every shape-who have
seen the stores OF honest dealers ransacked and
pillaged amidst an admiring multitude-who
have seen officers shot down in the execution OF
legal proccss-who have seen churches burned
and large city pu under martial law have
seen the portals Of The sacred cluisler invaded in
the dead time of The night and helpless females
cas-, out with insul, and outrage, and without the
protection OF law or The reparaion OF money, in
money-ovng and money Astounding land
But we torbear. We wish 10 excite no jealous
les. We sci M no claim 10 superiority We
would mol judge. And when we are 10 be Judged
We prefer TO have some part in The selection of
our judges