Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-22
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS.

| publishing OH, - Low on hand The Republican
press biea - the finest spirit, and il we mistake
| moi The signs ut the Zines, The lfue Repnosicah
parry will le more firmly united, and will rally
N masse 10 The Republican standard. We do mol
envy The position Of The balance OF power party
who. protesting heretofore 10 belong 10 the RepuD'
lican party now unite with The FedeFaists IN Sill
kino blow at The Administration and The free
dom OF the press.
| r,o,, ,i~ Ho,r,J,rg Pal Union, Feb. II.
EypfII SION OF MIR. RICHIE FROM
THE SENaTE-H is deeply 10 be resrelea
rbat majority of the Senate OF The United STATES
! have tell themselves so sorely agsreved al COM
municalon which recently appeared III The wash
ing,on Union, rejecting upon The course .ha' cel.
| Ia in senators had taken relative 10 Inc Mexican
war. as 10 induce them 10 expel rom me senate
cha mber the venerable editor oil the Union, NJ
mas Richie, Esq. Itslrikes us as a very small
| business on The part oil grave sehd'o,' ~ ,een
thcir yeneencc on an editor, when iheir hEe
sboud he empIoyed in maturing measures 10 en-
| able me administration 10 prosecute the war win
vigor We are not The advocates oil an abusive
use Of The press, but we most heartily depTecac
| any ,uemnt we care not from what quarter II
emanales, which has for its object The aorldse-
ment of any OF its privileges. Full particulars
ri This unpleasant affair will be found detailed oy
our Washington correspondents
Correspondence Of the Harrisburg mon
! WASHINGTON Feb. 10, 1877
F., The past week in Congress will be lnen,oi.
able one for all time 10 come. II was on i'e n,
day Of thai week that The venerable no''a e.,
chic Editor Of the Union, was expelled ifoili .
seat on The floor of the Senate, Tor an alieseu
lih.l against the body What, Has i come 10
This that The periods Of the Editor oil ifee pre-,
must be so rounded as 10 su the senate iniaeu
notion Of It's own preconceIveu dlshitY.
The time has come when The people shouio = ~
issuc Ii made the heart sick; nay, inc s'oae.
nauseate 10 hear Senators talk OF me aisn'Y -
The Senate, the question OF privilege anu SUN
nonsense M, iusl as though any privilege could be
granted in this country 10 which any other c'''zen
had mol The same righl-the special pr'p"fse o.
beno allowed TO sit on The same floor WIN De-
major forsooth, a distinction so grand, 81 i''-
posing, that any Editor entitled 70 u mus squa
his words-nay, his very lhonsnls-so va.
NAV moi offend the over-sensIlive organs 81 .So''
EN- Statesmen II mistake moi, this oase a..
tempt 10 muzze The press vii! react III Wy
,ha will make all concerned in u lremoie LOT
their noli,ica safety II The Wings had been ire
nrime movers in This matter, should not nave
been 40 much astonished; but when persons pro-
tossing 10 be The friends oi Democracy see III 10
strike al The liberty of The press, ana inrough y al
an administration of their own choosing, u
might well induce the President TO fxclaln,
!, M Brnte Had The exceedingly sensitive
Southern nerves been contenled 10 express G's-
APPRECIATION al the article IN Inc Onioh IL |
would moi have been so Objectionable; but when |
the same lime is seized upon to reflect severely |
harshly. nniuslly on the President and his adj 4
nnstra;ion. no man can mistake The object OF
4 al attack on the press. Kill the organ 10 gel
al The body Of The President! II is not very
strange Thai the southern Senator, VINO, 10 his
dav, has been all things 10 all men, and all par
ties, should see iii al this jnncluTe to take him-
self and faithful joiLolrcrs from The support a
President who has done more to bring aDou' me
cherished measures Of Mr. Calhoun man all ihe
Presidents that preceded him put loselher, pe'
cause he did the same thing precisely when nc
belonged 10 the Wing parry, and would do II
AGAIN tomorrow were he attached 10 any DINER
pa.lr. Ii is misfortune in The physical orsanl-
zalun of This gentleman, that he can adhere 10
nothing save changes Of opinion. Let him g"
with his three Ellore,s in The Senate, and AS many
as he can muster in The House. Inc parry can
we'll spare ,hem-open enemies are less 10 ~
i"aled than protesting friends. pray you s'Se
the vote on The expuisl'n-lel lhe leeoiu s'dnu
OUT in the face of Heaven, 50 that all VINO see
NAV 10ic.
cannot close Ibis letter without calling your
attention 10 The admirable manner in which Mr.
Turney sustained himself in relation 10 Inc al
rack made on him by Messrs. fulee, Bnier aid
other Senators He never quailcd Tor moment
before the personal abuse, nor did ne ever lose
soht. for ono moment, oil the object he hau IN
view. he held Mir. Calhoun and his followers 10
their responsibilities, and insisted thai The Admi-
nislraion Should not be made responsible Tor sins
OF omission when there was a .'baiance.Ot-poicsr
payiu" in The Senate which controlled II as ehec.
tualy as though there was Wing majority
think he showed IN Mr. Calhoun's consistency in
very marked manner, while he rePulsed with
miliness the vindictivc and passionate aiiao"s
made on him. No man that has attended to Inc
nfoceedngs of the Senate can fail 10 see that Mr.
Ca lhoun has deserted the Administration, and IA
ken with him three, and perhaps body suardo
five. Well let them leave the camp-'he De
mocracy desire no men in their ranks VINO could
make deadly lunge al the freedom Of The press,
and then cover under The dignity OF the Senate,
and question OF privilege. | would rather thi>
DAY be Thomas Richie, with the ban of The Sc.
nate on me, than The proudest Senator recorded
in favor OF that vote 10 expe him.
From The Philadelphia Keystone.l
LOOK TO THE Again have
these words come in vogue once more is il ne
cessary 10 invoke the people 10 look 10 the Sc
nae; and alas the spectacle will not be oil the
most gratifying character. Faction has obtained
place there The nert furnishes pretexl for neg
lec,ing Mis-lhe present is neglected 10 prepare
for the iuluIe-bul we mistake the people OF This
country if they will coun!enance and approve OF
the conduct OF certain senators in maniiesling a
stubborn oggedness-miscalled independence
a recklessness Of consequences, and design to
break down everything, in the hope that them
selves may be prominent in the rebuilding.
Thomas Richie has been expelled from The Sc
nate by the votes Of the entire whig force, and OF
Al for uipiDo DlarP in his
paper 10 communication whose language will
Rear favorable contrast with that Of some OF The
senators themselves, even on The floor OF The Se-
nate The offensive article conveyed no im7n-
talion on any senator's less decorouS than was
conveyed in debate; il reproached no senator with
a want OF decency, with an absence OF honesty;
i, recommended no moral nor political reforms in
individuals, vel those who suffered il TO appear in
"lree press" heretofore considered as ''ihe ark
az public safety" are held 10 be guilty OF some
thing like the seandaiam m0gnatam OF England,
as i formerly existed, but il would not be lolera
ted at This day even under that monarchical gov
eminent.
Thomas Richie once opposed the alien and
sedilion laws, and we mistake The name il the
fire OF his youth is so completely e1inguished as
not 10 have eil latent spark, which The Senate
has famed into flame. A life of ineproacha-.
bic puri,y-an editorial dignity-a flrmness oil
political purpose, nave hcpt Nun ntt's ''D"i ~
from reproach. But who believes the blow 10 be
aimed really al him? The argument oil one sen
aor, at least, incautously betrayed the fact, that
opposition 10 the administration was The leading
object of the attack, and il is ye, 10 be ascertain
ed whether the people will sanction The struc-
ure OF new party rayins around the balance
Of mower" or whether they will adhere 10 the
parry uphohling The principles Of Jefferson, Mad
ison, and Jackson, and establishing them accor-
ding 10 lis time honored and honest usages.
The last few days have been valuable!
From The Dela,rare Gase,tc.l
The editor OF the Union was deprived by the
Senate on Saturday OF his privilege OF entering
upon the floor Of the Senate chamber BY vote
OF % 10 81 Some puerile charge OF an attack
upon The dignity Of the Senate was The ground
for this scardalnus outrage upon The liberty OF The
press. There are men sitting upon the demo-
cratic side OF The Senate, who have no atiinities
with democracy o! The popular cause. The press