Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-21
TIM RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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land Is HIMSELF His OWN ANTi1iiESlS."
.Tbe South" has completed i;s SIKH or eighth or.
tcle op the Inconsistency" Of the Enquirer" Like
. downing man catching at single straw, it meets
every issue With bu; one reply Whether 1t be with
assaa!tiug the President, abusing the Cabinet, de-
councing the Northern wing of the Democratic par
~, attacking the Governor Of Virginia. or sthlianS
with extremists and distruconists. that we charge
tue South" that journal only shrieks with increas
Jog emphasis, the enquirer" is Inconsistent: Inc
.,Enouirer" has turned a somerset. The "Enquirer'
1. its own anti,hess And so on, to the emo OF the
chapter We are not inclined to deprive our "esnoe'
Of the little comfort be derives from this resource
Toe reiterated structures on siug!e art'ce OF INC
ENQUIRER" the same note droned over TILL 1t hos %
come mopotonous, has furnished The South" with
some eight or ten columns, which passes for reading
matter, however unreliable they may have become,
und doubtless has done much to tighten the editorial
labors Of the opposition journal.
Blu, against one thing We must protest. The edi'
tor OF The South must not venture to decorate his
own cap with the jewel of consistency. Even though
be shall! modestly assume the right to wear 1t only
h.n 10 ventures to speak the subject Of franchise
in Kansas, still we will G:sprove his title. The very
frs, clause of the record tells against him. The very
rst ou,cry raised by Kansas shresers," was TO deny
the rigt; of citizen Of Missouri to suffrage in Kan.
sas soon as he had crossed the frontier OF the terri
,ory amino .naur,.di. II was to dispute this right,
TIM; Immigrant Aid Societies." were instituted 1t
was TO affirm ths right that tho whole press Of the
South. with ono voice, sustained the efforts Of the
Central Government No journal was more direct or
more earnest in the yindication of the doctrine,
;aar wac the Enquirer," OF which the pre-
sent editor of the South was then the CO.
editor and partial proprietor. The stand was
boldly taken, that the territory of kansas was CON-
non territory that every citizen OF the United States
had an existing interest in such territory that this
interest, when accompanied with actual presence IN
Kansas and the intention of remaining there, 'pSo
facto constituted an unimpeachabe right to voice
in the direction Of the political sffairs Of Kansas in
sonuo5 that man might be yesterday citizen OF
Missouri, and to-day q voter in Kansas. Gan the
editor of The South deny that be did maintain THE
doc,.ine1 More than that. Dir. X. &. Meade, and
other gentlemen eager for the proper maintenance OF
equal rights took steps to facilitate the expedition to
kansas of settlers from Virginia, who might imme'
ais,ely on their arrival employ their voters to CO.
opersts With the settlers from Missouri. Did not
The editor of "The South" himse contribute to this
enterprise BY word aud deed the present editor OF
The South has proclaimed that every iubabitant
Of Ksusss is entitled to vote in Kansas. How then
can he venture to scof at and aout this same doo'
.rne of the right Of inhabi,ancy in the very same
sense which be once upheld!
Will THE South" snswer these questions, or meet
this issue! The most readers can expect, is
yet another article from "The South" still harpng
90 the Inconsistency Of the Enquirer.