Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-18
pE,cN on TERROR REDlVIVUS.

We have no better PROOF init 'uS
doing il. whole duly TO The party anu coaui'
6an the ceaseiess stream oil abuse wH'sn =
Z poured oul on it BY The Wing pres. Inc We
makes itself daily ridiculous BY its wouiu-e'
wily sneers at the Union, in The lace OIL 'ne iS''
,h,, bu. few journals il The country can com
pce with the Wing 10 violent assaoi's upon lie
poli,ical Opponents. Tee combined ATTACKS Oh Inc
Wing press prove clearly that the unlo1 > expo
snre OF The humouss ADD impostures OF Iay'o''
ism TN on the public mind-for, ii TINS Is ho' -
WHY d. The Wing prints exhibit SO much nei
yousness under the lashings OF The onioh' n
there were not justice, truth aud power III 'n'
Unions editorials, they would be passsa oy ul'
needed.
The venerable grandamo of the N. Z. Com
msrcial Advertiser, furnishes tho most felnar
p.bI. instance of commissions on this SUD-
,ec;. /, quake, with horror, and tho Union
Seams 10 bestrids il like nightmare. 1n's
representative Of the ans:e" regime rises WIN
terror from perusal Of tho Union, aud cos''
ta,ss upon the best plan Of Kidding the coun'rS
of this horrid monster, which is playing such
havoc with the Wing party aud its men high IN
authority. The Advertiser, alter due deiioefa'
ton. pens momentous article, headed "Stsn'
da UNI Marna,um," which, it says, in tho Ea'
elish Law Book. is
"Scandai uttered Of and concerning peIs %
,,bo.e rank, or ,ficial s,aLdiug, maEes detn
nornt 10 his character especially injurious. IL is
Mid for instance that 10 libel Pee! Vi Inc realm
q d;poitary Of The Church, high Judicial officer
q, Sal. iunctionary, such as Minister, is an
offence de CRYING severer punishment than tue IL
bel,ine oil a private individual; ani lof 2"od Tea
sons. SO Cd .iuus ON lue islSc'ion lnas W.. nceu
not Cd 10 enumerae ihsm. ooch hoeilipe -
ds,iaclively known as seanaallm mag "atam'
II next regrels that 10 lnis coan ry The dlsllnc-
,iou is no, kept up between this kind vi scandal
and the ordinary kind, ITO which all men are sno'
lee, and ID redress for which all men ale entitled
aud declares that as the whols people are inter
es,ed in The Presidents coed name, "it becomes
10 them almost duly to see that he is proseceo
and vindica.ed asains. The attack OF the iibeller"
II declares, therefore, Ina. sSnsthny onsa' 10 De
done to check Inc grossly, shametully libel
lous course OF The Washington Union win regard
10 President Taylor" and that
"Tne people oil the u. ). al large and am2nS
them the thousands and tens Of thousands who che
risa for the chief ml2 rae oil ne UG,oa warm
feelings Of affection and respect, have valiu
claim to put ia heir veto against The daiiY cui-
pouring OF maleyoien; 'nlperaiion, sanies &hG
ridicule with which i. is The pleasure OF the lead
ing opposlion burma. TO annoy and Insult ihcii!.
II ,hey cannot b. reached through hei: ia,nGS
and consclences, So as 10 Compel thca inlo
more becoming course. the more reason l. iae!e
for ~ auemp, to reach them through their per-
sons or their pocke,s."
We ask the attention cI re people OF VHsi-
mia 10 the monslrous proposition here put !'r'h
1t brealhss the genuine spin. oi Old Johh
Adams A lien aud oed, ion Laws, and seriously
rccommvuds lna; IN E1itor. for freely canVa:sins
the qualifications aud acts OF The President,
should be- made to softer IN hts Fsrsoa or his
pocket. We though. il bad enough II sove:ns
ment officials, with cannon pointed al uuaimed
and peaceablc American cilz ne, 10 cenouLce
them as Diagrams" and threaten ~ siaive them
out BIZ a sicgc-bu the recommendation oil lEis
supple instrument OF power goes lar beyond. IL
oroposes 10 effect 10 invest the President and al.
them on The same platform OF Legitimacy Win
Tory "Peer, OF the rca!m'-'heir qnaiihcatoLs
no, 10 be discussed, taeir misdeeds not 10 be CAT
ve.sed-and an Editor who Gares 10 speak the
truth, Is 10 be placed under Tie ec'ew OF The law
and 10 be pun.shed by fine or impEiaonment'
Here is the iheroic age" with Ycagtance'-
Under the "secund Washington" il sGGle 81 his
leading Champions are TO lie etanh'd d, he era Of
the Alien and Ssdiiion Laws IS 10 BE- revived
and any Editor WHO venture. 10 speak i'll Of TIE
President or the Regency is to be iepj!te'i by tn
parasites Of power, aud 10 be nulced in damages
or stripped o: his personal li5eny-a censolsdiF
OF the press is 10 be set OH loot, on the same
principle thai Louis Napoleon, "iae kite in an
Eagles nest" has sought 10 pro:ec, his i-so'tsn
power. Under The first Adams The Sedhion Law
was passed, TO protect he ''ecol naCie" Of Ihe
President-and, by packed Vermont Jary, I'm.
Ger this Infamous law, Matthew. Lyon Was con-
vic,ed and impEisoneG-but his Constituents
rushed 10 bis snppor', returned MN 10 Consicss
aid tho authors and abeiots Of The r!olsl'ous
tyranny we're ins!orioasly hurled :Iom power.
The present attempt to muzz'e the press, IN
this bessed age OF Taylorism, vii! nee! with
similar febuke, and the uickste.s aud Tuuic>2e
oppressors will in Ike manner, iaH be:V:e Inc
storm Of public Indignation. This county IS
no, ye, rife Tor Presidents, or Regencics either;
"by divine righ;" The press is yet fee, 10 dis
cuss men and measure; and wee be TO Thai party
which shalt dare 10 carry Gu, the atrocions pro>
position OF the Nsw York Ad7e,iser-a jour.
nal which, 10 It's ultra cens:'ratism and zeal 10
hedge ia The Presidency with prerosatiyes, has
made itself worthy Of The especia! favor Ct lbe
grss ping and ucac!egous President, Of France.
A MISTAKE. NO DOUBT.
The Wing, few dsys since, stated that Mr..
n of Ia ia