Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-29
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;nnescbed IN the most vague and and pfesu"p"''
evidence, or rather on no eVioehce : -. .
~. ~ ur,,rirsr,, has "its favorise' for the
= .ha, fsvori;e is Governor Wise, 1t VII
-, wa think, for i;s readers TO recon.
.1o tho fact with its unreserved avowal OF q
determination to resist all efforts to suPp!aht
senator Hunter, provided he declares all unwa'
yeripe adherence TO the Administration, and a pur-
pose to support it, and defend it from all oppos"ioh'
whether from the fanatics Of the North or the iae'
tious ultraists OF the South. We acknowledge no
contest for Mr.. Hunters seat in the Senate. Clover
nor Wise, go far as We have heard, expresses no ue'
sire to superseds him. Aud vet an alleged contest
between these gentlemen is already an exciuhg 'oP''
with a portion Of the press. The views Oh u
quirer'' have been boldly made known on Inc suo'e'''
We have endeavored by respectful re"on'''"N
by; reminding him Of his obligations " LIE P"'''
and his duty to himself, 10 induce oeh'.o'
Hunter to define his position, and take DIS s'anu JUN
". either in favor of the Administration or against H.
Our readers will bear us out in the as'ef'on 'N' ~
have been respectful and decorous IN our oou'o0
wards Mr.. Hunter. And unless he responds 10
our appeals to him, he and hs friends may Se' H''o
reason to regret that the Enquirer was NOT aus"e''0
1t would be strange indeed that the ehe'ency 0.
the Enquirer as a party organ, should be impaired
by it's efforts to maintain intact the princlpies anu
no,;cv and uni,y of the National Democracy. We
desire Mr.. Hunter to state bis position not ior Inc
purpose of "exasperatiDg and d'stract'ng tne pa''J'
but to avoid dissension and division, oy Inc election
of Democrats who are, and will be, true 10 Inc AL
ministration. Senator Hunter has only TO declare q
determination ON his part, to Cooperate WHO
the National Democracy in putting down dis
cord in the party, to insure the support
of the enquirer for reelection to the Be-
nate. He owes it to any and every Democrat in Vir'
einia, who may entertain q doubt as to his attitude
towards the Administrations avow his views frankly
and fully. Until he does 60, our duty to the Demo
cratic marty demands our remoustrance against LIE
.;,suce, and our opposition to his reelection.
Governor Wise makes no concealment oil MS NOS
fifty to the rash and ruinous course Of the factlonists
And surely the Executive Of Virginia is not inferior
in dignity to an u. s. Senator, albeit, he Is the able
and honored Mr.. Hunter, of whom, we hesitate not to
say, the Old Dominion is justly proud.
The Democracy of Virginia are too true 10 sheir
principles and their party, to be "e1asperaleo anu
distracted by our endeavors 10 maintain the unity
and effectiveness of their organization. we trust
that those instances are few indeed, in which friend.
sh;n for either Governor Wise or Senator Hunter 10
significant of enmity towards the other. The Enqul'
rsr sdmires and honors them both. But it's ALE
glance TO the Democratic party Is higher than it owes
to either.
THE SENIOR EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER
"Mr. Ritcbie, the proprietor and nominal saitor o,
that journal. is much more q man OF ieisure ,na AZ, q
active Editor. He troubles himself little with eoitocc
rial lsbors, preferring to depend on the e1ertionS .
friends and casual contributors. Hence the late 10.
oonsistenoies and tergiversations 80 manifest In the
:" Enquirer and the effrontery with whlon tney Ore
carried of by the new hands
The foregoing is an extract from q letter, published
some time since, from a correspondent Of the Charles.
ton Mercury writing from the White Sulphur
Springs, and since copied into several other papers.
We transfer it simply to do an act Of justice to our
senior Editor, and to show our readers why It is that
he has been, for some time, absent from the editorial
chair. The "Euquirsr," has all the time been
under the management Of an Editor, who takes plea.
sure in acknowledging that he has received occa'
sional assistance from kind friends, and hopes still
further to obtain their aid when in their power 10
afford it.
But TO explain the condition Of the Senior Editor,
and its cause. About the FIRST Of February last,
while descending the steps Of the Exchange Hotel,
he accidentally made a false step, and falling, caught
his ankle in the iron railing Of the step. 1t was at,
frat supposed that he had simply %sprained the ankle,
but, after suffering much, a closer examination has
proven that one of the bones had been broken
From this accident, be was confined in bed, or upon
erutches, until the month of May, when he recovered
sufficiently to enable him to walk with the aid OF a
cane merely. While 30 walking, the ankle again
gave way from weakness, and it has since appeared
that two Of the bones had been broken instead Of
one, and that they had not securely united. The
injury has proved very serious and Obstinate
From that time to this, from the wound, and from
the general prostration of the system consequent
upon it, be has been disabled from giving attention
TO his editorial duties. He has been for nearly two
months alb sent from the city, and for weeks past been
perfectly Frustrated by agues. fevers, and the pain
attendant upon his still disabled ankle.
This statement, we trust, will afford q reason, even
to the correspondent Of the Charleston Mercury
why Mr.. Richie should "trouble himself 30 little
with editorial labors." He would much prefer, no
doubt, the troubles of the most active editorial life
to the disabled condition in which be has been
thrown.
ANY charges Of "tergiversation' and Of "effron.
tery' we can take care Of. Our editorial career has
been accustomed to battles, in which suoh bullets
have fallen heretofore harmless at our feet, and We
ran stand them in future with almness and compo-
sure.