Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-17
Exeeation OF HazIelI ana stcven..


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when General Lopez and a number of
equally misguided Young men from the slave States made
similar attack upon Cuba, the Spanish authorities exc
uel he principal offender and at the request OF several
Of our public men, permitted the others 10 return TO ms
country This was the act o. people considered tue
most bool-tuirsty in Christcndom. Whatever may be
ala of ttc impropriey OF the Harpers Ferry iusurrcc-
r no person doubts that the motives OF those engaged
In H. were worthy Surely tie dltied followers Of join,
Br5- sigh, hare been treated 0h as much n1qHaN'1,-
ffy bg tts IrggjofS as ggHg CrUeHdeH ana hS COM
,is ,,-s BIZ The Cuban authorities. After five per
sons had been led execution Governor Letcher might
have m that the claims Of Justice were fully satisfied,
ns "a, least commued the sentences Of the remaining
tg criminals Must the Old Dominion be much more
unforeying than the country Of Philip the Second and
Pizarru s'
The New York Express well remarks that the zeal offs
Republican rsi-hbor in behalf OF its unfortunate Aboi
ton friends seems to have beguiled him into strange
msapDrehensou Of or utter Indifference TO- the facts in
the case of yo1ug Crcudeu andhis companions Who
,he Post ought 90 know were not permitted to return
to this country, .Jut shot, every Of them, by the
Srsrsh authorities Hence the parallel the editor seeks
90 run between Cuba and Virginia utterly falls for II
.be lsluded followers of John Brown" be treat
Oh o., the Post would have them treated, with much
m1-nanimity" as the Cuban conspiroors were-the on
~ difference would Je that HazIet and Stevens would be
shot instead of being hanged Nothing more.
Asto "thc Old Dominion being much more untorg'y'
rr than the country Of Philip the Second and P.zarro,
the Post certainly misses IT'S pon. again by reason of It's
bad memory, we viii nos say OF wIlful pcrvcrsion Of
che truth tn, Cuban invaders were dealt with in much
norefummlry manner than Virginia has dealt with the
w. Court martial in the former case made short and
sharp work of jhe prisoners whereas, in the latter
h-le has neither been undue haste failure in any
respect to comply with the regular forms FLAW.
An Available Candidate for the Presidency.
Democrats az the South who advocate the nomination
Of Senator Douglas for the Presidency, do on the
ground that his position on the slavery question makes
him pa9rlar a tine free States ANY Democratic cand-
date hey saw can carry the South, but this would not
eec, him; De must De able carry free States If the
party are to act on this policy, the New Orleans Delta
throws ou, in the subioael paragraph, "a suggestion
worthy OF their consideration:
DTle process of determining the question is like a
siu iu the Rule OF three FOI instance grant that Mr..
poualls "a Democrat, sound on all points but one i,
worthy OF recommendation 70 Southern preference u
proportion as that uusouudueS recommends him 10 North
era support. then 1t Governor Chase or Martin Van
Buren, or Preston King, or David WmOt or Hickman,
the beHi.cbedL also a sound Democrat all points is
bv reason OF hs dstug shgd uuSOunduesS IN that par
tcghr eXtcv three times popular at the North as
Nr Douglas IL must follow that Gov. Chase has exactly
h.ee times the claims TO Southern preference as Mr..
Douglas Nove,lorned politician viii assert that Gov.
Chase does not possess least three times the strength
orNr Douglas 40 the North aud the Democratic NOM
inec he would be Gel tain TO sweep the Northern States
with scarcely the shadow Of opposition. The case is,
therefore as clear as a mathematical demonstration. II
ccsrg the Democratic nominee and preserving the I'm
ion is the primary object OF patriotic desire, the uomina-
lion OF Governor Chase would be preeunenty fl to
be made. Ills incompatible availability is as immense
his election would be an nvincibe certainty. IfSeward
were ouly sound on free trade internal Improvements
strict construction and forth, he would be still more
available, indeed superlatiyey available and the South
sru Democracy could not hesitate to run him for the
Presidency But as Seward could decently pass for
democrat he is on; of the question Chase then, is the
man bv all odds