Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-21
To the Editors Of tie haquirtr:
~ ,attycr,r Iuly III 1871

Gentlemen My attention was arrested the
other day by the following aricIc from
the "Rlchmonl Southcrner,' re Published in
a Michigan paper. Can it be Pssibc that
such Statement, appeared in Richmond paper,
unrebuked by the other presses, or unwhirpec
of Justice by the rest Of Inc community Such
pieces are calculated TO do mmens injury 10
the South especially al this particular period
There is no truth in the statement, Tot The sem
blancc Of truth; yet it is relied Pon al the
North as true exposition of SoniiTn feeling.
MIR Lawrence a member of Congre from New
York, in 4 set speech the other day,Guoted this
piece in REPUTATION Of what Genera Bayly had
asserted about The general sentiment OF Tue
South These Observation-Disclosures in the Soulh
should be closely watched, and madercspon-ioie
for such publications as the above. am YET IN
credulous that such piece did aonar III The
Southcrncr. Respectfully. &C.
at is not generally known, YET II = nevertheless
true, that iw"Ihiris Of the people of Vrgna are me
open and nndscu!sed advocates i" rdd:n Tue iatr %
slavery and after The Year -l, when lht census : -
ken, their views will he embodied in such form as 10
sIatir he South. We speak underSt1if'ncy We
have, within the last t%u years conversrl WIN Holr
than i've hundred slave holders IN tire state an1 i"hi
hundred and fifty oul II the five hlIndnd expressed
themselves ready u unite any general pan 10 ap"
li-h slavery upon almost any terms Abolition lamar
ciam nj III" North Has not produced tl@ ont thr an
neIllinn ol Texas and the acquisition oil lrios hse
done II. Virginia may he put d,Sn rs no on.rr rthi
bic on This question When she gnra, Inc pstfi.i ~
Columbia = free territory; then Delaware am mtiy
land viii also 70, and North Carolina an kentucky
VIII follow SUIT
We would inform our intelligent aid justly
indignant correspondent that we hayenot seen
a copy Of the falsely named Somhcrnerlor some
time In its early issues there were &hlohed
such coarse abuse upon the Democrats party
such reckless misrepresentation OF iads-such
unblushing and shameless perverson OF puo'
lie sentiment in the South, that re have
thrown the paper away in disgust, mol hav-
ing opened it for many long months While
We, therefore, cannot positively say lhashe ABOVE
article did appear in the Sonherner, we can
not doubt it, as we have met with il more ihan
once, erul!insly copied BY The Wing aid Barn.
burning ORGANS in the North. As som. justin.
cation for our failing 10 dcnouncc The article as
il deserved, we could say that The paper regard
ed as Of no authority even BY is assoc'ae wing
editors. AS evidence Of The fact, We void cite
an instance. The Souherner, few days since,
IA. we see from its article repubished OCT Of The
STATE, asserts emphaiicaly that its editor, who
il erca, traveller" hal met one hundred De-
lnocra,s in Virginia whoinormed him that they
should support Taylor ami Fillmore-and hence
his hold statement thai Virginia would 90 for The
Wing ticket. Now this important fa't has mol
once been quoted BY The Wig press OF Virginia
"srong sign" that The al'horiy was not IN me
leas, reliable
The Soulherner vas saIied as The great cnam-
n;on NJ a nrot Give 'rsif-iis editor r'feSfy
boas;;ne ,ha, he alon. inhc South understood Inc
question and ,ha, he wa abon, 10 shed food OF
Itch, on il, nlricaces. We know nothing Q! IT'S
circulation though may OF the protective Ia
riff Wings, who probah never read us res'''s
rous doctrines, must bas given II an impe'u'-
and We hay. recently hard OF instances "oe'e
Democrats have been pisuate3 10 subscribe iot
II, under The d.lusice pa that ii was ne''"He
r.ner I, hence becon,s our duty, in order 10
clear he skius of Inc Dmocratic patty, ano 10
m, our friend. on iheiguard. 10 SAFE that IN
Editor of the Sou;herneis rank Wing, ana i
nnu recorded as one the Secretaries OF me
whis TAYLOR "acugh ad Ready clab" OF R'ch-
moud over which Wiia m II Maciafland, ESQ
n,es;des The Wing ,arly Of The Metropolis
have, therefore, unwi'rsly we hope gwen I,
,h;s amiscbiet maker",e "aid and comfort" CT