Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-29
10 he Editors Of the Enquirer,


CHARLOTTE CoUsrY, Va, July, 1885.
Gentlemen In the Clarksvil!e Tobacco Pian: -
the 2Uth june there appeared piece over the sis'
nature of j. s. B. j., which wish to notice-Eoi be-
cause fear the influence it will have IN the neigh
borhood in which he resides, (for, rest stsured II ""
fall still born there but because your paper circu.
lated to great extent throughout the country, AID
many persons seeing it might be dec-ved, roi KNOW
ing who j. s. b. j. was and take il for granted ihtt
he the uouthpiece for the region oi country III
which he lives; aud the very indignant mannrr u
which be has spoken Of chlvslrous Southern Cell
tleman and member oi Congress, might be taken rs
the honest sentiments OF The community IN whicE lie
lives. But not so, distant reader. 81 j. hsS "ny
belched forth his own morbid seninenIri and net
because he cares any thing about the dittcufy be-
tween Brooks aud Sumner, but because he ls kn""|
to entertain feelings of hostility towards one q 'ho
editors Of leading paper IN this State woo "sscrst' 7"
espouse the cause Of The noble Brooks aud the Grr":
desire that has always manifested Itself IN him 10
differ with that gentlemany Editor 10 every tinGh'
it right or wrong, gave birth partly TO his preur'ae
publication. And this is not all: there appear. y
piece in the Richmsnd Enquirer about the yra .e'S
or lSi9 over the signature Of "Bensaodi, %hi.t' 80
doubt, Mr.. j. would have gladly rel!sved hIhsrI
FROM upon the same principle aud under the saino
conditions that he has laid down 10 hs article OF no
10Th June as the foundation Of his assau!, on me
South and this, doubt, WAS The great cause "t ms
kangaroo Jump from Virginia to Massachusetts, waero
he has planted himsef firmly at the back OF the TO-
torious abolitiouist Sumner.
consider it scarcely necessary TO notice any ot no
arguments used by Mr.J., iD!his late artcl- e'ihy
are ONLY rehearsals from the Northern abolition pres.
But II does appear strange, indeed, that Mr.. -
,boud claim protection for Charles Sumner Under ~
instrument OF writing which he iSumHnr) ooes n"'
acknowledge or recognize rs biuding. DID not "r'
j. know, at the time that he penneo thst "r,'p;
that Charles Sumner, OF Massachusetts, wes one Sc!
the leaders OF the higher law party, and That lh''
very party ,ra,npled the provision, OF The Cor';G'
ton Of the United States under FOOT regardless ~ H
consequences Did he not know that come OF ihS
officers of the United States Government hn6 oe,G
murdered in the attempt to carry out IA" p'oVs IL
of the Cuustitu. on against the violence oi the Jg
law party, OF whom his immaculate sumner 10 chiS1
Yes Messrs. Editors he knew, asd Knew u We'll -
But so great WIS his desire for \ noon dhye !a'Er
thai he "pitched in" without weighing tas conae-
ouences or counting the costs But whr, will Nj
j. say of Summers subsequent conGuri !; /:
stated upon the authority Of number OF dt'ingu!'G'
ed gentlemen, members OF Congress; phy.ieIan''
the day before NJ. Brooks trial, under pre-
tepce of extreme indsposition, that they never
saw him look in a better condition, and thAt tha
causs of hls leaving Washington was 10 DO sb-'n;
from the trial, and to escape cros''e1amiia'i"h,
which would have exploded the whnlo OF bio foruirE
testimony before tho House investigating commit e.
and published to the world that Charles sunner w.s
ever ready to fabricste lsehoode IN support n' La
hgher.aw doctrines. And is thiS the man thst MF D.
$. b. j. has stretched his arms far North, INTO ih'
b.srt of N.uachus.tts to embrace from bis Snuthrr
home home that place, him in one oi Tue a'g'os
slave holding region. in Virginisi II is 'ingu"r
fact Messrs. Editors as has 6sen remarked oS YER
!. gentlemen in the neigh borhood Of Mr. j. thar not
one word Of condemnation has been uttered nan't''
the cour,e of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks and 10 one
Nd th, caus. of the notorious abu!ltionri. sum.
sI2 pou,th in this region Of county Mr. j. e"
d uestoue, and a full groom old mao, wh" has been
IoI erpp about tLis neghborhood upon the chas'y"'
4. citizens for the last twenty-five year', III The -
.,;,y az An old patept note suging master, aid ~o
bas lately TAKEN 6rm and decisive stand against III
interests of the very people who have kept bn n"i
hi. farorile oA chestnut from starvation tor >" o.
quarter Of century. a. -