Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-25

! Rcpubll''an organs. The New York "iTibnn"
publishes the following:
. According to H., E.cG"r.i Engsi.cr, u" p"ore
oi Virginia. far from i'!ne IN the least disposed -
cAtcii pardon 20 .lGh Hrpnnumi his cO,i,rri;c>.
are rcynu. 10 iIguir. ''Siiy they were no. shot,
like dogs the mon"n: Of their capture: Tic M
swer 10 that question l. iip very difficult As 4 :-
pcncd Browi and IL, ::.e': 10: captured by t'-
NirsinIa forces which lad been assembled u Harper
| Ferry. Those military gentlemen mode.,ly declined
t., op, r; ul IN favor ~ the CIi.cd S:,c> n":':t'
sent from Washington. Tho nariGcn have ~. v:
come ~ - Tie pcir: .: shooting prisoners N cold
blood cr III h.. blood, after lli resistance j. over.
Ii the virG!,aGs wished 20 Eavc Brown ani hi COM
panons shot Ike G"ss dispatched on .hc spot, Ti.t-
ont trial aud without iIrrcs--:E"r should E", ii'i
waited i,,r .r marines :" max. ;hv c,.:uTr Nor 40
the lcsDi, ur:rd by tie Enquirer il! favor Of such
sumarS proceedings seem ttiite Sohc!uS'r Si;!'-
pose Br1wE "a vsi::rsS :ra;c ard a--ue,in, 4
docs :.n i"S ,la c va therefore Ca...lui :" no
trial =. !aY' %. tia. ~ 1ast 10 have hec'. Lgn; q.
onc,. wi:nr,; .he Intervention oi Judge 'r jury. -
, However .c-o,vGd thy good people % N:rS!n.a u"!
hc have The lives g! ;A,'r prisoners, they oGsnt y.
lr;-; 20 hg coLr!:t 81 :a.c ;icr III drccn; AMI r.
! derry manner. j. sas enough .ha: Thompson vas
il>paicI.i i:vr tn" n.ckod favored y:ha EnAnirrr
Tiu, j,mrca. ipwev"!, speaks under cons!dcr:hir
rNc'tc!ucr;, vccaS"ned Uy the !ct i!aSGper- C." .g
! themselves conservative, ard processing sIcc-H
sympathy ior the sayeEold:rg Interest, shcdd base
been aHony the hrs. and mos. Grgcn, IN rccomncii-
ing Brown, pardon 1t looks upon hi, rcccommc Ia
ton or the part Of those journals and 90"
nr,ly tracking {" the abolition scn.inlc:-n iac ~
falling ,:lr -iIog; cf indrrc: Endorsement .''d
approval ~ his nrocrot!ns'.
No such remarks as those quoted appeared
in any editorial Of the Enquirer" and no pa
per understands better than In. "Triilnc'
that TO select extract, from the "Richmond
Wing" and attribute them to the "EnqnIrrr,
is to perpetrate falschood.
We ar. Indifferent to the "1ribunr'> opin-
| ion. both ni cursriye, and Virginia, h3t III
ialschoodS mSicad innocent people and !, IS to
guard against iii, ,!Iat w. rrriv {" the "lr'-
hume"
! The New York Time quotes iho ,"'"e
words from the Richmond "Whs.
! We have had occasion very repeatedly I"
/ correct the ni>reprrSenla,i"ns and expose the
lasehooi, OF the Black krpui'iiran E"q'r'-. Il
was but las, week that the dosserei.m"'.."r
OF the New York Evening Post, pcrP'ra,"'i
similar misrepresentation upon "s.
These continued instances of deliberate :al,c.
hood arc the rcsul, o! Il purpo>r, and the
! mean, to accomplish AL end. Having accept
ed GOV. Wise AS the probable candidaI" I'll the
! Democracy in lsG0, the Black Republican Jour
nails are anticipating the nomination. and ni-'
representing the supposed candidate. Not
content with holding him responsible" Tor every
remark made by the Enquirer, the editorials
Of Opposition journals are desicnsdIy credited
to the Enquirer in order 10 predicate charges
against man whose nomination they r"a>ona-
blv anticipate and whose election they Justly
fear.
We should regret indeed I" nave lr"r. W ise
or any man justly responsible i"r oar errors,
but To make him stand sponsor for the opinions
Of hi, advcrSarie, is the hcichth oi injustice.
1t is true that son Of Gov. Wise is enc Of
the Editors Of the "Enquire,,' hut he was
absent from Rchnond for mauy weeks before
and after the llarpers Ferry '.a'at' and l. at
present absent He has written bni little about
that affair, a;d rot 4 line ut the editorials whlc:
have been tn" subject y! Black Republican
Lamentations ',", WiSr j.. iGn"ra.t :"
villa, aIInar> III the enquirer until h" read
it in Ill" phIcI, a. any "thci n''n ~
the State. general! ruh!i>i", his opiul"''>
over his own signature, and requires the aid I"
no editorial to make known his sentiments
The New York Evening Post Tribune,
and Times are the principal offenders against
prorricty and i',>ti"e; tor the New York
Courier and Enquirer" its diatribrs against
Virginia excite neither surprise or anr"I. ll'
genius Of Byron gave interest 1" pirate, hu'
greater than Byron would fail 10 give lmpor
tancc To Webb There is point below whicl
contempt cannot descend, and disgust rccoils
from the "mahcgany stock.
These misrepresentation Of the Enquirer
are designed to prejudice Gov. Wis" in the cs
tInation u the Northern people, and by opc
rating upon the Northern Democracy, prrT"n'
In, nomination at Charleston. These jour.
nails know our defeat to be not only probable
but they believe inevitable, with any otheI
man, and hence the effort now being made 'o
prejudice the Norihcrn Democracy again>; him
NJ tUoll UDN ~ HIiio''itN 'hit ~ NV
Black Republican pa per, 10 c"rnpas, ti,- 'ieIeaI
OF iioycrnvr Wise before the Charleston ton
ycntion, will but the NOR. recommend him IL
the conservative men nf all parties. and rcnd"l
his nomination absolutely necessary I" success
The contest in ls6n. will hr between IN. Con
scryativr. ami Drsruc:ves between the mel
III ,,tu nh hp
aud ,hn>,. fanatics of the Brown. Black Rcpuh
i. lean school, who arr nov lahoring ardi
"lsly t" .irv" tn. people of ,f.. S"n'' - th'
extremity ri dissolution.
tt. preservation and pcrpctuity oi th'
Federal Union has been the grand object o
Governor Wi>e> political life; he has rn
tlravurcd 10 secure the rights Of his State ar'
section in the Federal Union; and since tn
IIarrcr's Ferry emevte, he has done more to RI
strain the feeling Of diSunion 10 enforce tn
authority Of law, and to preserve attachment Il
the I'nioa. thar any man living.
And get, hi, discharge Of duty. his enforce
nIent OF law his restraint Of popular excitement
MS w Ii''S't tuS h''''' - -
State that made him her Executive, have bu
made him the object Of SANDER and villica
ton lie is represented as Withholding pard''
from the condemned for the paltry purpose o
political capital at the South. just as he.wa
charged with having written his Lecompto'
letter to strengthen himself at the North
The well known fact that the laws of Virgins
give no pnrdoning power to the Executive II
cases Of treason, has not silenced these Journals
nor mitisated their misrepresentation. >uc
shallow trickery will not do-:he conservatiS
people of the North will respect mn Exccnir
who has enforced the laws, and who has re
strained the impetuosity Of his own people IN
der the most aggravating circumstances
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