Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-08
The New York Times Geography solterino and
Harpsr's Ferry.

Harpsr's Ferry.
The stupid BOBBY who drives the gun lot
the New York "IIeralds" "quadrilaterai con-
Temporary" The Times" is in ignorance not
only Of the laws Of Virginia, but even OF
her Geography. 1t says: The Richmond
Examiner shouts to us from the fair va'cS OIL
the Shenandoah, and the rocky gorges OF the
yirrinian !AlleghanicS." Does not The Times
know tha, Richmond is upon the banks OF the
lanes. and nowhere near the Sheh"nao"@ or
the AUeghaHies? Vii! no, some humane reader
Of The Times" forthwith send that journal Il
man of Virginia. Cannot the Herald sup
pIy its higily appreciated contemporary with
a schocl geography: For the credit Of the
nress. and from L decent regard" FOR the IN
lcllirencc of New York Journals, we impiors
rho Herald not to be slow 10 supply the
means Of knowledge where SO much ignorance
exists. But as we are interfering IN a matter
that belongs exclusively 10 our neishoor' INC
Examiner we shall turn oar attention 10 'he
characteristic complacency, and lack oil com
mon sense" with which this eminent geo
crapher ailudeS 10 ourselves.
The Times having fairly gotten out OF the
elbows Of the M!ncio" and dlSrnsas"d itself
from It's ..ouadrilatcral cmbarrasSinents, has
frequently displayed its malisnlty as wei as
its ignorance, since the llarpers Ferry e"e4'e'
Viewing he terror Of the Eirslnians through
the same glasses that witnessed tie paHtc q
the French and tier .Fyi"g 'etFe"t '"'' ne
aealLs OF Brsscia, the Times must be a!iowe"
much latitude in the matter o! Tears ana Pah'c''
The Times" having a $peciaiitcin such affairs
we DO not feel disposed TO question the accuracy
of the Judgment Of 50 experienced Il critic
But we must be permitted To urge in behalf oil
the people Of uarper's Ferry, that il, in the
darkness of night they greatly 'aaSniiied the
number Of their ASSISTANTS, the Times apoch-
ryphal account, of the battle Of So!irTino was
not without similar incidents.
The fright Of the Times editor at the bat
tie Of Solierino was certainly not less than that
Of the people OF Harper'S Ferry-thc former lost
his wits and the latter the Arsenal. Harper
Ferry has re-gaincd the Arsenal, but whether
the Times has recovered its wits. let ITS Is
norance of geography decide.
The "Euquirer" has never proposed TO "dor-
ter John Brown for Gerrit Smith, nor to swap
Stevens for GidiingS, bat we did intimate
that the mercy seat could be approached with
more probability Of success by the voluntary
rendition Of those supposed to be implicated;
that n disposition on the part Of the North to
do Justice, by bringing al! suspected persons to
trial, would do more to incline the parGonine
power to clcmency, than the strange course Of
badsering, insult and uublushinS ialSeh"od'
pursued by the Northern papers.
The voluntary rendition Of the Northern men
susnected aud implicated, would tend to dis
pose to clemency the Executive and the Legs
lat.rc, which, together, constitute the pardon
Ing power IN cases Of treason. Such rendition,
either by authority or by voluntarily coming
forward, would subject ne tnaoce"tto but ten.
porary Inconvenience, while it would eSince the
spirit cnjoinei 10y the Constitution and de-
manded of conftdcrated States.
The New York "iimes," now a hermaphro.
ditc journal, half Republican, half conserva-
tive, half Seward, half Douglas, began its ex-
istence under the agIs OF Abolitionism, and
for a long time vcgetated in Improbable exist
cnce under the upas' shadow Of the Tribune"
Eclipscd in enterprise and surpassed in viru-
lence bv the arch traitor of the Tribune" the
little william Of the Times soon started in
cues, or adventure and moved on the track Of
conservatism; here again disappointment met
him, for the ground was covered by the Tier
aid" and rivalry or competition vas useless
In the dilemma Of two unsuccessful Ell
forts, the Times" sorely puzzled, made its
notorious campaign round the "elbowS OF the
Minclo,' and established its "quadrilatcrar re,
putation. But the slorics Of such achievements
were found evancScent and fading, as they add.
ed but little that was enduring, to its rcputa.
ton, so they brought but little that was solid
to its Golfers. The exigcncics Of business re.
quired another tack, and the non-interrcatioa
of Mr.. Douglas has supplied the occasion.
With Jefferson Brick and his new pro tenn.
politics, We have no inclination to ,neddlc. We
think doctrine and journal were never better
fitted one to the other. There is a harmony
between the n~egatioli Of non-intervention and
Mr.. jefferson Brick that it would be cruel to
disturb. "-Ne sutor ertra crepidam."
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