Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-21
TIE COURSE OF THE DESTRrCriOEISTS
FULLY DEVELOPEp.

TIE COURSE OF THE DESrRtCriONlSTS
FULLY DEVELOPEp.
We call the most particular attention OF our READERS
TO the following article extracted from the Nsm Or.
leans DtHa, of July 2lst which discloses the full On
tent of malicious retkessness actuaiing the precon
cer:ed course of that faction which seeIna to have
been organized for the sos purpose Of eaping abuse
upon the present Administration
From the New Orleans Dcin. J"ly"l.l
The Richmond "South" has been lstely celebrating
the extraordinary attributes OF James Gordon Ben
nett editor Of the New York "iterald." Ii has ap.
pareny been bent on defyIns MN ny h"iung !':m u?
as the Prince of Cacoemomum to the political world
in general and especially to those Innocent "lambs
Of society,"" so pathetically alluded TO whom by Gov
Wise, upon whose fres! and tender savnr;ness he
wac wont to glut his vulturous appetite: How GOV.
Wise himself escaped is mystery. "Eeihes 4 WAS
because the Satanic Prince dscovered--cr though The
discnvered-that the Governor was only wolf in
lambs clothing, or because hi7 parchment waa too
tough for even a vUlture's beaE, we pretend not 10
say. Certain it 10 he escaped and is now considered
by the awful prince aforesaid if not worthy TO sit Al
the right hand Of diaboca royalty, at leHst an eS
celIent agent to play the deuce with Southern politics
and subugats the Sou'h itsslfto Satanic dominion.
II really puzzles to account for the hJdrophobc
horror which some editors aud poitc''ns entertain
fo- tbe editor OF the "Ilarald" W. would not object
hit 10 see the caustic satire and classic invectve
Mr. Pryor OF The Richmond "South," directed against
tbe ed,orcl inconsistency, lnsincerity pervrrs'fv.
dishonesty, or what you please, OF the New No'E
"Hrrald" We nave nDhng tn say in rnd.ca;ion
of such qualities in the abstract O. concrete. We
b,y. no plea tn make fnr Mr.. Bennett the political
Palinurus of the '.lIernid." Eut why drag MIR. Ben
1et the msn befurs the public, to be elevated upon
In. piLbet as the "cltaa1 Of all scorn ana ntamyF'
OF hat heinous crime against divine and human
law, sin against aocial morale outrage upon humanl-
~. or bpsstIy personal vice. has Mr. Bennett been
Gu;lty7 Has Mr.. Bennett comm tied piracy upon the
6ioh seas7 Has he fa;tened on the widows mite and
tho orphsn's portion1 Has he strangled or poisoned
several wivesl Has be eaten little children, or cor
rupted countless Dnocentsl Has he lei his house
hold etarve while wallowng in vic;ons luxury Has
he evaded bis Just debts, betrayed his friends ruined
his crediiorsl One would naturally suppose 80 when
reading the Richmond South" that the said Bennett
ia "the baseSt meanest, vilrst, most corrupt wretch
mon either hemisphere "a squnteye iend, who
ATS in dismal isolation upon the monument CT his
own unapproachabe infamyi" ian epitoneof u the
ylainiea;" "au ugly daguerreo'ype of the devil
&s, sc, to the end of the ruthless philippe
Now tbis terriGc personal onslaught by "The
South" is provoked, as we have nmated by the po-
ical course of Mr.. Bennet-or rather OF his paper.
Grant thet his course has been assaable-that il s
asnes os corraniio what not, Very we'll what
then Are politics go pure, are politicians so inma
culats that Mr. Bennett, for au occasional detection
from princiuIe or deviation from political rectneari.
~ should be- marked with a stigma Of infsmy as in.
deIible az that planted upon the brow Of the first and
eos murdsrerf That question is brimfu Of sugges.
ton and may be probably pond red in these days Of
compromise and sham, when the principle Of prnci
pie is supplanted by the principle of place.
As concerns Bennett, the editor, It is needless to
separate him from his paper. That is business in.
stitutiop and its business il TO make money. Itmakes
no parade of being devoted to any particular princi
pie: or particular mep, and consequently can scarce.