Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-16
TaE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
MoKN1NG. OCTOBER &c,
ABOLITION RANCoR AND FURY.

w Wiso's pungent letter to the Boston Anti.
st.yyorv Lecture Committee, is one of the most cnI i
M Kits of thu day, and We base this opinion upon The
rtksral appreciation with which it has been received
h<fe =; home. and upon the published comments OF
journals of various parties. The Petersburg lheHH'
senfr, u Jealous opponent OF MIR. W'ses election
rShnders the highest praise to the letter in the following
afiicle III yesterdays issue
GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE. ....,
Ws'arc taught to love mercy and d" justice. anu
no matter how often we may have fallen SNORT III ou'
obedience TO this golden rule, we u -.
while, at least To CONE up to u anu aehno"WuS :"
Binding force. 1t in in this sptr'' tI"l 70 puo,aSn - -
Wise's admirable letter TO the Abolition ScaWps III
B,,tnu. who have been inviting Southern siaVeiolu-
srs TO lecture on the subject OF Slavery. mus auu'ne
insult 10 the injuries which they inft!ct AMI propose 10
muI,iply on Southern rights and property. IL ~ NOT
suf;ci.n, for these e.nissaries OF Satan' to hatch at home
reasonable plots against the Union and the SOUTH oul
they must iorsooth ask Southern men 10 go 10 oos.oh
and there submit 10 an assumed Jurisdiction ." u
question of Slavery and try conclusions WIN sueH
Ii. a. Greeley, Beechcr and their fellow c"hsplrators'
on tn. other hand, the New York Evening Post
orc,tilcnt Abolition journal, pours out a flood OF the
b,,ckest abuse upon the writer Of tho letter. we
congratulate Mr.. Wise upon his success in drawing
ON himself virul.nt attacks from such Il source. Iii
certain that he has done a good work, when the bile
cf the Abolition papers is so ficrcely aroused a. Inc
following from the n. Y. Evening Post demonstrates.
Under the head Of "Virginiats Fighting Governor
.Hare Specimen Of Gubernatorial Dignity the Post
Publishes Mr.. Wise's letter, and in another column
refers TO it in the following vile comments
GOVERNOR wIsE'S REPLY TO AN INVITATION
TO LECTURE ~ BOSTON.
Ii our readers wish to read Il specimen Of Virginia
breeding in high places, they will please turn TO the
letter. in another column, from Henry 4. Wise, in re-
uLy 10 an Invitation to lecture before the Boston Anti
Slavery Lecture Committee this winter. The most
charitable construction We can put upon the docu-
n!c!,r is, that its author was intoxicated when he wrote
il. He certainly cannot be sach a Thoroughbred
b.ackguard when he is in the possession OF all his ia.
cote.
lct in this, perhaps. we are mistaken, for tho man
WHO murdered Cillcy ought to be capable of pernins
just such Il paragraph, and publishing 1t without Il
blush.
The fact is, the invitation was q compliment TO Mr..
Wise, who can probably present fewer literary or TO
rensic claims 10 the attention Of such All audience as
these lectures will attract, than any other speaker IL
llu. course. Ii il were otherwise, ind Mr.. Wise was
ever SO eminent as n public teacher, the invitation
OF the committee was entitled 10 respectful attention,
a.Il none the less because it WIS frankcd by Senator
Summer. The contrast between Mr.. Wise reply and
that OF Senator Buffers, Of South Carolina, TO the
Same committee, will not fail 10 strike every one
vino reads them. There is all the difference between
them thai: usually distinguishes the manners OF u gen
tl"!aan from those OF L tavern bully.
In reply to the Posts Chief SANDER, wa deem 1t
proper 10 say, that Mr.. Wise is practically a cold
water man.