Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-05
THE LAST NEW OF THE cAT-FAcED ORGAN.
The Washington Constitution" Of Tuesday
last, contains the following editorial:
WtNT OF C.VnDp

last, contains the following editorial
WANT OF CANDoR.
'tio:crnor Wise has written another elaborate let
ter. addressed 10 Mr. uiolpho Wolfe. II New York
spirit !eAler, IN which. among variety Of other po
iiJc topics, Inc discusses great length the na,ra
!iz.,ion question, and beracs the Administration
with his wor;ei accrb!;y. Takin, the lie C!erc e,-
= his text. he bases hi, hostile criticisms on the
inference, w"' !Ic has thought proper, TO draw from
t"t i"Ir line experimentation Nobody knows better
han Governor Wise tia. The le Clerc letter was in
t-',lcd simply =, :. warning foreigners agans; the
'.. ..r> % which they would expose themselves by
voluntary return 20 their native countries if thcy
wcrc liable 10 military service there, and was not Il
n;a.eincn. VI the views 0i the Stats Department Oh
:c -nc.s question Ct the rights OF na,Gralizcd ci.-
zcnc Bu. r:cG il Gov. Wise ever entertained any
doubt ". ;lls subject, that doubt mnst have been
removed Gitcr the publication Of Gen CasS's recent
Ir-lE'tc: 70 o';r minister i Prussia, wherein :hc
view, OF the Administration fully and explicitly
sa'eI. IL Is therefore, disingenuous in the las; de-
gre Tor Uovt!"r Wise 10 coLtinGc 20 .tt.ch lis OWE
Interpretation 10 the Le Clerc letter and insist
int - the true lntcrrctaton when he knows .ha,
such il rot the !act and tha; tie sentiments OF the
State Department, luy expressed in the despatch to
which We have referred refue every one o! hi, as-
-rnrtlc,l> u 10 'nc position ot the Administration
"a The question.
Tile principles which asserted IN he ,icspach
60 Hr. Wright, and which General Cuss has ALWAYS
maintained, command the appreciation ec every
A!Hcrican citizen, whether native OF naturul,yci
Their full -u,uciation may be- unwccomc 20 tho,.
wo .ecH 70 make political capital for themselves by
at@sinl 'ie Administration; but tha, is no reason
why hey should persist in misrepresentation after
they shown their error |, il far better and more
honor:'b!cto &c candid, and ingcnuvrsy acknowledge
the truth
BE Unknown, therefore, that by authority, and
under the order Of the present patriotic Ad.
George w. Bowman, late Brgader
General Of Militia of the State of Pennsylvania
and at this present time, by the grace of
Executive favor entitled to have and to hold one
copy Of the Blue Book, and to afHx therein
biacI; mark next the name Of every clerk Of
any Executive Department of the United
States who shall coDtumaciouSly refuse to
devote proportional quota Of his salary to
patriotic purposes; Is further entitled to issue a
newspaper 10 600 subscribers, to be denomina-
,cd for the most part, and by Executive autho.
rity, by tho honorary designation Of "scayell.
gers; and being further commissioned and
to pronounce sentence Of cxcomnu-
nication and analhrrna against every Demo.
cratic statesman who s.iai venture to question
the policy of the said patriotic Administration;
loes hereby declare and proclaim to the said
300 "scavcngcrs" and subscribers:
st. That the following letter, properly and
construed does assert in its full |
and broad extent the great doctrine Of equal
abroad to American citizens, native
and naturalized
DEPARTMENT os STATE.
WASHINGTON, Mny 9Th, ls5..
10 MI. FELIX Ii CixRc, Memphis, Tenn:
Sir:-Your letter OF the 18th instant has been re-
,cved IN reply, have state that is unders'ood
hut the French Government claims military service
rom all native, Of France who may be found within
IL jurisdiction. Your naturalization in this country
'f'H .os ,r.mp' y,a from TINT eai"' II yop sLould
so'gatiriiD r.'mir Hitler.
ID That the said 20. "' servant,
whatever to the rights of naturazed citizens,
hut was intended simply ms a warning to
,cy.;gmers."
I'd. That the late despatch Of ten. Cass to
Ir. Wright in no manner contradicts, but only
,iIixcS the proper Interpretation to the afore-
aid letter
.lth That Henry \. Wise, now Governor OF
Virginia, hath not only falsely and maliciously
described the said lie Clcrc letter as dcrogatoIy
10 the doctrine. "7hat the atire and natural
i.ed chi-ens Of The EaiteJ States Of america,
cquaiiy md oLke. ydaIibe. at srery reasonable
la-crI. proteeted IN their political obligation
IF aiiegiancc to their onn n0tire or adopted
iand::" but the said Henry \. Wise hath also
falsely and maliciously asserted that the said
despatch to Mr.. Wright, purporting to assert
the said doctrine of equal protection, contra
diets directly" the said lie Clerc letter.
9TH. That the said Henry 4. Wise hath, by
this uncandid, disnsenuous and dishonorable
conduct, manifested a culpaple disregard Of the
truth. which nobody knows better than Gov
cr;or Wise"
Jth. That the said Henry \. Wise hath ie-
loniously persisted in Misrepresentation after
he is shown his crror," only to make political
capital for himself by abusing the Administra-
ton"
1th. Let the said Henry 4. Wise, therefore,
he andthcm0 mnrdnathd.
And nine is one
And ten Is none,
That's the cat-faced one-tine.one