Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-24

A single W0rQ more 10 reply 10 paragraph IN tne
"Enqurers" article of yesterday, Here it is:
"'rhs South has never chastised, never denounced
the Della and the Mercury" for abusing Virginia
and vituperang the President. The South" with
expressions of affection for Virginia its pages
has never applied the lash to the calumnators Of Vir
ginia."
We take the Editors OF the Enquirer" to be inca
pable of deliberate missatement. We do not doubt
but they always ready 20 make amends for an
ACT of Injustice to an adversary. Now, In the above
paragraph they affirm very positively aud precisely
that The South" has quietly acquiesed in attacks
upon the Virginia Democracy. And the assertion is
obviously intended in dparagem-nt OF the character
of this paper. What IS ths truth of the ma.:er1 In
the isue of this paper for the 9Th OF October Lead
ing aud elaborate article was directed especially
against an nslnuation in the New Orleans "Data"
that the Democracy of Virginia are wanting In fdsli
y to the interests Of the Souh-l"Ihe South" Nor.
20th.
The South" lie correct in its presumption that we
would not Intentionally misrepresent political TAD
versary.' However em5ittsred the opposition to
the National Democracy and the Administration may
become we shall endeavor to observe ths courteses
of editorial warfare.
"The South" did, on the 9th of October. rebuke the
"Delta" in long and able article for declaring that
the Democracy of Virginia was being abotionised.
But our reference TO "The Soutbs not having vndi.
Gated the Administration and Virginia, was to that
phase of the fight with the "fscionists' in July and
August, when the Enquirer and the Examiner"
were not aided by "The Soubl'' "The South" did
vindicate the Virginia Democracy 10 October, but
when certain disunion papers branded Virginia a.
"faleu," degraded" and 'abolitiOnzed" at the time
to which we refer, "The South" we have alleged,
uttered not one word in vindcaton of The Democra.
cy of Virginia. Nor did THE South" take offence
e, leading organ of the factionsts, when 1t brand
ed Mr. Buchanan as "a coward" I" "a traitor" and the
abolition "Baal of Whestland." On the contrary,
when it vipdcated the Virginia Democracy from the
assaults of that paper the 9Th of October 1t did 90
in friendly rather than in an angry spirit 1t used
such expressions as these in its able editorial 10 reply
to the Della" when that paper denounced The
Virginia Democracy as being 'abOlitionlzed:'-
$50 much the greater ia surprise, therefore,
when journal, tc,th the intelligent vie,rs Of public
policy shich distinguished the Neu Orleans Delta"
DC And sgain, "ehen journal Of contpicuous
ability and patr,otism." o We confess that we are
not prepared to endorse the encomiastic notices OF
the "D.ta" in which "The South" INDUCED on the
9th of October. Nor were We wrong in saying,
that the mercury" has, without rebuke from
our neiehbor, INDUCED in repeated aings at the De
mocracy of the Old Dominion. Although We award
to him due credit for bis excellent article of the 9Th
of October, We should have been better pleased,
would have appreciated, and certainly could not
have forgotten the assistance of "The South" had 1t
come to the rescue when for long wseks we defend
ed the President his Cabinet, and the Virginia De
mocrscy, from the ferocious assaults OF the faction.
lists whose Objects motives, and designs against
the National Democracy, Gov. Wise 90 fsarlessly
and ably lashed in his late patriotic and manly letter.
THE South" dwelIs, With considerable complacen-
cy, upon the softening and harmonsipg effects of Its
article Of the 9th of October upon the sedtious Jour-
mails which had 90 long and bitterly denounced the
Administration and the National Democracy. at
provoked" says "The South" "a reply from the
Delta but not of the sort which the Enquirer oc.
casiopally draws upon itself from the Democratic
press of the South"
Does The South regard such papers as the "Del.
ia" and the "Msrcury" as democratic journss1
In wha, does their Democracy consist Does it con-
sst in the open and avowed desire Of those papers to
break up the National Democratic party' Does 1t
sonsst in 7ituperstye and oosrss denuDciaon buried