Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-03
THE ENQUIRER AND MIR. HUNTER.

This caption is quoted from Tho South" of yester.
day. In which Il was made the text Of an article in
vindication of Mr.. Hunter, and endeavoriDg to induce
the belief that we are determined TO make no terms
with the Senator; blu. to continue to press upon him;
concealing a secret enmity under the guise of ankle
~ for the interests of the party. Referring to Mr..
Hunters past services and fidelity; to the fact that he
supported and voted for Mr.. Buchanan In the cleo
ZION of 1856" 10 that poor, puerile imitation Of an ar.
gument, that he has neither said nor done anything
against the President" and to the Senator's deolsra.
too, that be SLOPES and expects to support Mr.. Buc.
hsnsn's Administration in the main" THE South"
cries ont 10 tragic tone, mo-, all this Is insufficient
% long az Mordeosi, tho Jew, stitch at the Kings
gste-so long as Mr.. Hunter occupies a seat in the
Senate. which the 'Enquirer's' present editor ar
IDENTIFY covets for some unknown favorite.' We
would remind THE South that '.the 'Enquirer's'
present editor has repeatedly and distinctly dis.
claimed any desire to see Senator Hunter superseded;
on the contrary he hes as often pledged the ..Enaui
rer'' to the support of the Senator against any oppo.
,i,;on. provided he would avow friendship for the Ad
miuis,ration, and disclaim all sympathy with It's enc.
mics. Until the appearance Of the Senator's letter
70 Mr.. Lsske, We had hoped to receive conclusive evi.
denee of his mistaken fidelity. and thereby to be en-.
ab!ed to discontinue oar anxious inquiries. Had that
letter declared confidence in Mr.. Buchanan, and con.
demned the course of the nischievous mslconteut.,
who have been a~;;aciApg him, we would have 40.
eep,sd 1t with bearifef pleasure.
We still trust, that in answering the Rockingham
resolutions Mr.. Hunter will place himself in .uch an
attitude towards the Administration as to satisfy
every Democrat in Virginia Of his disapprovsl Of thu
cautious course of the ~ultraists: We have said it.
and We say again, that we have no desire TO ~displace
him. Aud the attention Of 1.-THE South" Ia invited
TO the declaration, ,ba, " the 'Epqnircr's' present
Eii,or" does no, covet the Senator'S sea. for any
fsvoriic. either known or unknown. He has no pre-,
foreaces which he is afraid to avow. And be has yet
to Do schooleG In that iasidious mode Of warfare,
which This South would ssem to intimate. when it
aka why does 20, the Enquirer drop the farce,
honestly and boldly svow its opposition to Mr.. Hun.
tx's reelection, and bring on, its candidate7" That
Soa,,ion has beea anticipated and answered. "The
eputh Z" may be assured, tia, Il the .Enquirer's'
p,essnt Editor" desired Mr.. Hunters unconditional
d>ssss, hs would make no conceslmert of II. That
not his mode Of dealing.
LIS, there may be some among our readers who
mink Ms unreasonable in our continued calls upon
tho Senator, and who may suspect Us ofhavipg uncon.
sc,ously become prejudiced against him on account of
biz refusal to answer our interrogatories, we would
state TO them, as an evidence Of our imperturbable
good temper towards Mr.. Hunter. as we'll as Of our
entertaining no unkindly feeling for bin, that we have
on repeated occasions erased from the communica-
:ious Of our correspondents. such s~tricturss upon the
Senator a. We deemed ~irrelevent to the immediate
astter at issue. Duplic!sy and disingsnuousness are