Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-10
ASSAULTS ON VIRGINIA.

Virginia, by her trm and steady defence OF her
rights, has drawn upon herself the deep.seated ami.
mostly of those at the North who feel 1t their duty to
attend 10 our morals TO the neglect OF their own
Bearing, 90 she ha, ever done, The nag around which
rally the friend, @. the South, the Union end Consii.
tutions! Justice, she has by that very distinction at
tracted The hottest fire Of the hostile hosts. Never
did that enmity exhibit & deeper hue OF malice than
at the present time. She has .taysd Inc advancing
tide of sectional fansficisp, bu. j. breaks upon her
With all the fierce fury If lie bpfl-d wave. II dis.
turbs her as little :: he wave the rock.
She ha. been threatened with Invasion by O free.
soil COLONY, unde- a man n"tor!ous,l II not famous, Eli
Taayer. We ure sorry that the brsggort threat
should have received any attention from any Of our
Journals. The Inen, who with thrse Thousand clergy.
men 10 desecEa,e the pulpit Cad The Sabbath day, in
advocacy of thsir sciemesi VINO, with an army OF
Sharpe's rifles, er5s military chests i!'ed with money,
and an organised army OF invaders, are How retiring
beaten and discomf'ed from the wilde Of far of Kan.
sas, are not worthy OF consideration when they threat
en- 10 take old Virginia by q unhome tuo inpotent TO
pat dowa a handful of Western pioneers. some Of
our papers, however, have thought the movement
worthy OF the dennnciation due not 10 its real impor.
t.uce, but TO lite svowed object, and the Ihayer press
a: ;he North forthwith 20 into the spaeIps appropriate
TO such indictions of the spirit Of ''bordeT ruff an Sun.
In this manner they have oOntrived IN lay 10 q stock
Of cheap persecution aud Outrage for their hume
market.
But the New YORK Evening Post seems to have
chosen ne its epecihl mission the wr!Iing down Of the
financial credit OF Virginia Gnd her securities. Dug
after day IL sings tue same soEg In is irsue C: yes
to-day appears an article mere sharnefa;:y untrue
and disparsging than VT Rad before noticed, bad ss
these had teeu. i. declares that "Ihe State is on The
verge of bankruptoyi" that it is ~hopelessly In Gebt
both as a State and individually" and "nurrying On
to inevitable bauS-uPtey,' aud that "she will not
pay interest on her dents i've years longer"
These are its general. sweeping :Hcga.lonsi told
not in The constrained language Of ~fra!aTa1l affection.
which grieys when it must speak ur!.yorsble, ard is
niggard Of i;s words: bu, tod with that volubie and
eager 10y which loves TO b!cZon a bad report. Rere
are come Of its more detailed statements:
Under c Ge!usive notion that Internal improve
mentr, and not free and intelligent: labor. had created
the prosperity OF the North, the. Stata plunged into a
debt Of ago, OC9. NN fui rrit roads; the Srate to pay
,!ree.6lhs az lhe eKoe.s= and the people TO pay the
other two-Hfihs. Whist followed Tho banks lent
all their money to the State 10 LAY i!s quota. and, OF
course, had n" money ~ lena 10 the people TO pay
theirs. The n-Il step was 10 Issue scrip 10 pay IL.
teres, on Tho Stste dett, because the people were too
poor 10 bear the necessary extra taxation, in addition
10 tho stock they had uesn obliged 70 take IN the i'm
provemen:s. and for which they had been obliged,
very generally, TO mortgage their farms.
Upon IN. Top of this tux TO pay the interest Of the
enormous Siate debt. came another tax To pay some
$4,000 for additional patrols required TO prevent ne.
gro Instructions, ind for the price 81 which those
that were hung during the !nsIrrection were app.ais.
ed"
1t is one OF tbs merciful provisions Of Providence
for the restraint OF evil. that vice by its tendency TO
run Into excess, often carries within itself the seeds
OF its own cure, "vaultlng ambition often lover.
leaps ITSELF" Malice, by overac,ing is pat, effects
It's osn exposure. Falsehood soon runs FROM the
p,au.ihle into the incred BILE and absurd. Just so, the
New York Evening Post has progressed 70 that stage
which renders lis assaults irpntent from violence.
We need not. 10 our reader, say one word IN ex'
posure uf the allegations quoted above from the F0st.
Aud vet il is upon such statements rs these the: a
paper of great talen, and grea, circulation. attempts
10 ~disparsg= CTR credit aud damage ouE !nserests.-
The bonds OF Virginia, paying siI per cent, are not
at per IL New York il IL true, where the rate at into
rest Is seven Per cent. Bat is that wonderful We
have alw sys paid ous Interest punctually however
We have established q sinking find for the redemp.
ton of the principal. Our landd ara every where i'm.
proving in price and value. Our railroads are gene
rsLv as prosperous as similar works elsewhere. Our
taxes ere less .ERa tGOsa vi many other States. Our
c.ople, though long oop-eeset by SYSTEMS OF tariff.
ior Northern bsGeht, are rs prosperous rs ihoss Of
other communities. II :hey do ~enigrats Go iha Pest
charges, what Of that ! IHe: so Nowhere without
ue citing our Yankee brethren ahead OF them.
Our population are law abiding, conservative pen.
ple, combining 6rmness with moderation, virtue with
charity, and patriotic concession with the spirit OF
personal liberty. They are a peop!s who feel that
they have duties 10 perinrrn Ms wei! rs rights 10 main.
tain. They are a religions people-with the Bible,
no: characterization, as tier S:lf.. Millerlsm and
that understand the difference between robbery snd
philanthropy betwe-n practical bcne,yoleilce snd
preteucs. They arc Il people that send
no Malicious aud EdwnTdese" snd Giiterts to
Congress. They are q people out OF whom
nave sprung a Washington, aud a long array, second
only to him. IT'S such a State and such a people
that the Post disparage. and defanes, under the in
f.uencs of a ~distemper that perverts the yis:on, turn:
back The gush of natural affection, and fills the soul
with the gall OF malice and the bitterness OF hate
We hope Yirs;uiar. will ever cultivate a better tenn
per and practice q justcr corduct.-l Alexandra Sea
tthl.