Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-06-15


quasi senatorial endorsement have referred to- and
| at once embrace it.
The portion OF DR.. Gihon's book with which
propose tn deal is that in which he prOfesses IT,
narras the facts and circumstances connected with.
aud resulting from the personal difficulty which
between Gov Geary and the late VIM. Sherrsrd
and which Terminated in the violent death OF the
latter at the hands OF an inmate of Gov. Geary's
house, who was subsequently indicted for the murder
and is now fugitive from Justice. | design to elm
brace in what have to say every fact circumstance
alleged or insinusted, by the writer of this book III
dsparagement of the personal conduct and character
oi the Deceased, including, uf course the crcuInsan
ces attending the indignity offered TO G-ary the
difficulty with Jones. t'bs murderer) and th.
persona! chastissnenr inflicted on Gihon himself
Tor bis Oflici9us ard impairment intermeddlins in
his masters quarrel, and from which he supk like
whipt Cur 10 his kennel; aud also the yeracous
account he En' given of the occurrences which
transpired al the meeting got up by The retainers and
adherens Of Governor Geary, AZ which time the de
ceased lost his lite and At which every member Of
Governor Geary's household was present, including
the historian, Gifou; the murderer JOnes; and the
lnstigator OF the cowGrdly deed, McAater-the last
next to the immaculate .'P,ivate Secretary" being
his exceIencys most trusted friend and COUNSELLOR
Now, pronounce, with regard TO The version given
OF these occurrences, and ALL that this author of
this book has not only been guilty Of the most die
graceful aud inlqulfOus pfrrersons, distortions,
and suppressions Of He truth; hut that he has
LIED kH0mingiy. ~dtmNy. 6asciy and m0iiciousiy.-
And 1t he has done lIs when speaking 0i occurrences
passing under his ey-s and in hs own hearing
what confidence s to be reposed in his testimony a.
10 other iacts OF which he had personal know etgt
The proposition have to make is this: That ii the
aforesaid Dr. Jno. H. Gihon is not willing to acknow
ledge his guilt, in all the length and breadth of the
terms in which have charged it, invite him 10
seek redress by All appeal to aud jury through
the agency of cIri! action for damages, in which
pledge myself rely upon the plea of ustlcation
my sole ground of defence. Any lawyer will tell him
that, in such all action, il The ot his book
founded in truth ha will have nothing 10 fear
VIII he accept The issue?
single word in conclusion II my proposition l..
accepted, will undertake 10 show that the conduc,
"t William T. Sherrard in all that occurred between
Governor G-ary and himself or between himself and
Governor Grarys subalt-rns, WIS such as became
brave ana honorable man. who felt and knew that he
had been wsntony aud cruelty wrOnged; and that
no one who admits rhe right and duty OF gentleman
10 avenEs his own personal wrongs can find Augh in
anything that he said did 10 censure or condemn
And, furthermore will gladly throw open the door
10 the widest raugs nt !nvestigaoc into the whol.
history ot his life, and defy tia utmost malice OF his
accu-er To ncd in II s:rE. deviation from the path
ot honor. JOSEPH Ill. SHERRAKD.
WlhcHEsfEH, Va, May 2S 1858.
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"CtYlLIZE AFIICA"--ClpILlZE LONDON.
The venerable doctor Of the "Wa5hipgon Era" the
veritsbe 'retUcd physjc.az mao,e sands of life arc
ticu Of tropical proiuctons from want Of slave IA
Dor. Admitting tina: white labor cannot stand the heat
of the Southern fields, and unwilling, for the OF
civilization and human progress, to acknowledge the
absurd'y os his uesrophUsn the veritsble doctor OF
the Era proposes ALL 10 the ills he nnces
he soes III the future from limited tropical protuc
| tions, to "C,vILlzE AFRICA"
Suw. OF all the pr"po.;liu2s that The wonderful
spirit of The ags hs. s'si 'I-r. ia none that equs's
this of the sase Doctor III th. :. Era 10 erR &c
Afca' The pupy efforts OF the negr0phclis.s of New
and Old Ensnnd TO accomplish that which the
tiat of The Creator Ii.s forbid and which the
history Of the worli proves .rn,n physical
be utterly impossible. Inc history of the last two
; hundred years Of missionary abor. as we'll as the
efforts of commercinl uercnur-e, has demonstrn',
that the unaded efforts OF man incompetent 10
this slu2sndoua woT';. The colony OF Liberia m0y
be centre which under the guidance of Provi-
,,.-nca may r.i..t. the s:. Of civilization, bat
| grophiIsn has ignored Liberia, and confines its f.
crts to negro stsaing. and assaults upon the Bible,
| the Constitution and the Union Hence 10 "cvize
| African by any rational means will never receive
the AID of negrophaIn. Civilized Africa ia to
supply the deficit Of cotton. coffee and sugar.
| which the insufficient supply Of negro labor will
create when consumption has very largely increased
| upon production How absurd.
/ Had our "retired physician Of the ezra" studied
| for a few years the nature of the negro, lie
would have learned, that to ciriH=e Africa is an i'm
possibility that the negro race Of Africa are incapable
| Of civilization, AID that all such labor s thrown
away upon the savages of Africa The blessings of
| Christianity have made visible progress in
| Africa, beyond the limits OF coonized Liberia
| The utter ignorance Of the nature Of tbs negro
| reaches climax when the Ezra approaches the
solution Gf the Central American problem. Admit.
I ting that white men cannot undergo the heats OF
tropical climates, that negro labor is the only kind
applicable that locality, and having no popuous
| Africa TO civiiizr the Era cute tho knot by bod
stroke aud proposes TO the FREQ Negroes Of America
the suhiugstion of thoss splendid fields. 1t Gays:
Here il q f-d for the enterprise of our free
colored people here opportunity for them to take
part in the great movements going on for the sublugs
ion af the world to Labor directed by Intelligence.
In th.se shore Districts the Gulf the climate is not
| favorable to the white maE nor Is thu population IN
| sympathy with him. but the coiorsd emigrant can
| find pl.n!y o. sympathy, and can labor without in.
iury Here, then is broad field on which TO try the
experiment Of fres labor in the production OF cotton
! rice, and sugar. We have halt million OF tree
c,iored ueopIe among enlightened, ordry trained
under republican Institutions hut compressed and 0p
pressed by an unrelenting white labor competition
Whils Eli Thayer s organizing white emigration tor
| the Territories Of the Union. why may not some
| crierprisine slgacons black man organize system
of coored emigration TO Central America and fuca
TAM NEGRO labor il il assumed, is necessary ia
tropical productions let the free colored people supply
what is neaded in those countries.
The lszy ndolent, worthless free negro, 10 under
take the development of Central America This is
supremely absurd, and must have been intended only
| for the readers Of the novel Hermann, which The
" Era begins in July. The three and half columnt
editorial of this weeks Era contain no. ide,
| better than the two ne have extracted. Ws had
Thought ,ha: Northern men had learned something o
the nature # the negro by association that they
were eady 10 admit that slavery the normal, nat
uraI condition of the negro; that though opposing
slavery az AL institution Of labor tor the free State
from lie competition with white men, yet common senst
had taught them that slavery. ordained by the Gre
stor should never oe disturbed by man, We feared
for the safety Of our Union when observed tha
phan,hropc sboitonism had been swallowed up by
white labor-free so RepubIicanism. TO the vair
rawlings of the men and women ct Garrsonisn abo.
| lt;onism no friend OF slavery ever gave thought
IL was to the cold calculating sehshness o! jrec sou
Repubicnnisn that, appealing 10 sectional preudices
gave fears and spprehensons to the friends of South
ern slavery. But when see the organ of Repub
csnism at the fedora! capital indagng in such sily
alterations ss cv2ing Africa and Central America
by free egroes must conclude thee s very little
danger even from that source.
Az the Era" has seen III 20 al.ude TO the speech
of the Duke OF Argyle at the Livingston Dinner g.
evidence tha; the English Government has not abated
say of s sbo;ion intensity We would refer the Era
10 q recent speech OF Lord Shattesbury upon the
condition oi the white female slaves of London
and a-k Ihs Era if true genuine phanthrophy
do.s no. recommend to lis Exeter Hall friends the
bomely maxim Charity hegius at Home7' Wesub
oip 30 editora! from peighbor ofthe "Dispasch,
az containing valuable Information and good advice
10 the Ezra"