Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-20
THE WASHINGTON SENTINEL.

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ss partly TO compensate him for past tcachery 10 tue ~
oc,,,c Marty but mainly to stimulate him 10 jealous e"
ero,s in he same cause the future The Senfne now
quar- ds6cient in other respects will not be wlnIns IN ''
70 IF, s coofejera,es The conf iencc Of Seward ana u
mar was not misplaced, and their promising P0''SS "
| manifea no reluctance 10 doing their oehes1s.
II dsch,roe Of the obis OF its compact "!'h os
on whose bouuy it su5sss, the Sentine' has ''' ' "
make sra,uitous and malignant assault on '"'S pp''
ping to win the applause OF i,s masters oy ae"ps W "
,bs influence of journal steadast In It's devotion 10
r r.. n.,c Marty as the Richmond Enquirer. Doubt
49, -, h,;c win appreciate the ardor Of its zeal in its new
service question there be as TO the discrehon
which it displays in provoking controversy win 'his
journal.
COURSE that the Sntinel should attempt
to mask its motive though with tho rmslesI pteleA' ana
should alsse provocation in Justification OF It's attack
on this paper Accordingly cites the following paragraphs
from the Enquirer OF the Iaa' Us pse''h'"s e
casus 6elli:
Wa observe that the election OF Mr. Tucker OF the Sent-
NJ, a. nn,er to the Senate is occasion OF great exua
lion on the par, the opposition They affect 10 regaa
this event as indicative of the opposition which tho al
mnistralon is TO encounter in the Senate AND
Joubtess they are correct, 10 certain extent In sup
porting Mr. Tucker the Wings and aeoonss o,d @ s
onabIy blow the Administration but we viii mol De-
ieye that any Democratic Senator haroored sucn pu
pose As regards The Senators from virginia. we are conL
lent that other impulses than that OF discomfort win ne
administration determined their conduct IN the mauel-
They will undoubtedly that independence OF uug
which chaacerzes them Us men anu ,ss ,e snn a.
Senators but they will extend 10 the Administrator sup
port all the more effective n being the result OIL attachment
| TO principle g.. .;,;,,,,,;o, or p rc
dsnt PIERCE does no, possesa confidence of the Demo
cracy Whatsoever discomfort may have prevailed 10 CON
sequence of the Of the IN ,epsu' M G
The New York feud has been entirely propa'eu oy 'hc
development of principles; and policy mace n 'ne
the President aud the reports from me Dspatnsn,S,
Dsmocratic members Of Congress will but represent Inc
enment of the Democratic party OF the county, IN sns-
tanning The Administration in Its efforts TO carry out eHo
cratic principles In the policy of The government Wc are
Confident that the Administration will not a 10 sscue the
confidence and support cf democratic congress
standing indications OF disaectlon "heh 80 ueen
| the opposition.
The candid mind will SEQ nothing offensive in this Ian
eusge; but the Sentinel Is provoked demand with coun'
erfei, Indignation by right BY what authority the
ENQUIRER either directly indirectly calls into question
the course of the Washington Sentne We answer mat
our right and authority expose the secret cachc'Y u
journal which, protesting devotion TO the eI'oS'a par.
Iy vet SO conducts itse. win the appreciation anu
grateful reward of Wings and AbolonlstS; which, a'ec'ns
confidence the Administration yet abors win cease'ess
magny dlscred the Administration IN the esteem o'
the counry-which wanting the courage to assai the Ere
siden with manly stroke sabs hIu Iaroush Inc eaoine'
with whose fate his cwr is identified; we answer hat our
riq and authority TO ca into question The course OF sach
Journal and 10 crilicisc and censure it, is the legitimate
conseo ucnce Of the duty which owe to the parry Us
faithful champion OF its principles and lis Interests MOT
shall the impoent o. any panpcred stpena'y' IN
insoence Of graed greed and OF prcierment won Wy
stea and eachery deter from launching Just such cen
sure against the Washington Sentinel may sIlI our eooa
pleasure
Tho paragraph the Enquirer of tho lath is
the only shadow OF pretext which the Sennef alleges III
qualification of its attack this paper. II is true that IN
another Seminal complains that we have re
peatedy and without provocation thrown our weight anc
influence" against it, but presume 1t does not mean
confess whatever may secretly feel that It's present aael
was provoked by refusal 10 cooperate with 1t In s de-
signs on tho Treasury Now is there anything In ihe af'l
Gle from the Enquirer which the Seminal might Justly
take oence2 Does contain either positive OF 'nle9eh
ta censue on "he course' Of the Sntine!! Does II as
ser, or imply anything no, strictly and literally trucf The
correct reply these questions will be apparent VIC con-
slider the purpose with which tho original article in the I'm
our.r was written The election OF the proprietor OF pa
Der notorously iumca TO The Administration by coalition
of Whg and Abolition Senators, Claimed not ~itnou
some semblance of premedi!ated Stroke al '"'
Administration The Wing press, with excessive e4ua''on
boosted in the election of PRIMER was test
The strength the Administration In the Senate and that al
who sustained the proprietor Of the Sentinel were 10 De 70
garded belonging The opposition. The general lone
Whie journals in this State is illustrated by the following
extract from the Petersburg lateligencer:
|; THE sENATE's PRlHTER0INsoLENcE OF THf
The election of Beverly Tucker inter to the Senate
of the many decisive prooio that General Pierc
has fully succeeded in smashing up his ADMINISTRATOR
should ie know what else he could have calcu
lated unless hs experience OF The corruption and We
naity party laugh, him 10 believe that official paronag
could buy him support which could otherwise
mand. fuckers election s universally known Washing
ton ebuke by the Senate on Pierce free soil appon,
r. ments and affiliations II Tuckers paper which frs
sounded the alarm that Pierce meant 10 turn his back upo
the Compromise and was his paper which has cousan
for the last three months tracked and exposed the dis
honest aud devious courses of the PredenIs organ III
Washing Union 1t cannot therefore, be denied mat IN
object Of the Senate In eecng one VINO mao so
was designed and Ia felt as eouHe on tue Aamn'S
j. traton
Nor was this the opinion OF Whg papers only Democrat
journals perpexed and confounded see the sunone
article from the Norfolk Argu when they found that MIN
Democratic Senators had cooperaed with Wings and 400
onsts in besowug the patronage of public printer on
opposition paper In private circles there much specu
ation ns to the aim OF these nine Democratic Senator's
Did they mean 10 "ue the rebel with hidden help and van
age9" Was their vote indication oil opposition 10 IN
> Administration Confident that such an Inquiry did nJns
ce 10 the Senators from Virginia. we thought our dut
+ 10 vndcae them from the suspicion OF hostility 10 the Ad
mnsraon and renie the inference that their vote 10
public printer evidence of diso6ectiOn Win 'h
purpose original article in the Enquirer was written
The reader may now determine whether there is anything
e quirer 10 Justify the insuent assault of the SEentm-
But 10 truth the Sentinel itself comedies This point For
after exhaus.ing its fury in column of mPoent nvecaVe
concludes its tirads with this remarkable confession u
10 the tone and the implications CT that article tha we 90
ec! rather than any direct and specific charges Thus
T. it's own admission the Washington Seminal is the aggesso
in this quarrel The only legitimate inference then, is tina
the Sentinel upon by its whig and Abolition mas
ers, and that in assaiing the Enquirer it but illustrates
that of njependen, support which 1t has engaged tt
render the Administration in return for the favor OF Sew
' ard and Sumner.
The Seminal presumes prefer charges against this jour
nal thinking perchance that nsY waive The privilege
being tried by peers and submit prosecution hy th
organ of Seward and Sumner We will conscnt to no such
degradation To u.s. the opinion OF the Washington Senti
ns matter of Indifference except so far as the ap
probation of the organ may be thought 10 imply the good
will of the coalition which 1t represents II Ia no there
fore 10 acaui ourselves OF the accusations Of The Sentne
,hot y,a potce three paragraphs