Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-01-17

Richmond from an able and eminent citizen o.
one Of the North Western States. The writer
rasps, with just severity and graphic power
the puritan sappers and miners Of the Const
tuition and Union:
-, DEcR 90, 1852
Some days ago | read, in the
New York Times, the message Of Governor
Wise to the Legislature Of Virginia upon tli.
subject of the recent startling events 6: llnrpers
Ferry.
\ native OF the State OF New York, where
passed my youth and continued TO 1--we duEing
several years after attaining the years OF man.
hood, have since spent about the same length,
of time in the North West. 1t is, therefore,
as Northern man" bnt not a Yankee OF
Ne,o Highlander, that desire TO express my
qualification at the firm position occupied by
Governor Wise in connection with the events
referred to, from their commencement, and the
unhnchine manner in which he has met the
issue that they present.
a close observer Of the growth and progress
of Abolitionism in this country during quar-.
ter Of n century or more-with the actual
spirit and temper Of which, consequently,
believe am as convcrsant as any man can DC,
viction that the period has arrived when it
must be met with fixed determination to
crush it out, cost achat it may, or it will crush
out, sooner or later, as certain as God liveth,
| the existence OF the South as an independent
! people!
It is wholly in vain that conservative and
national men in the North struggle TO stem and
turn back the current Of treason to the const.
tuition that is overwhelming them they are in
| n minority-and that minority is daily and
rapidly diminishing in numbers. The only
remedy then for the evil before them, is for the
Southern States, unitedly, to resolve. that un-
less some better guarantee Is afforded thenn
than at present exists, against the inccSsant en-
croachmcnts Of fanatlcism upon their rights
and their peace the Union shall cease 10 be
and then to live squarely and unyieldingly up
10 that resolution! Let not the South, after
ioint has recently oceurred-thc legitimate and
clearly forcsecn result Of the teachings Of the
Abolition press and its orltors-thc Tribules
! Stewards, ChaseS, &C., &c.-lct not, | say, ,Sehe
South evince single jot or little Of Il dispo-
siton further 10 temporsc Or to compromise
away, by new concessions, her rights under the
Constitution. If she does So The storm will
ere long be upon her with redoubled fury,
| bowling and raging rs it howlcd and ragged in
France during the days Of the Reign of Terror .
| This believe as truly as believe in the eSis-
! tence Of Supreme Being.
! The line Of conduct last indicated, though it
were prompted by the purest and holirSt mo-
! tivcs Of patriotism, would Mt oEcc be construed
| by the maddcncd and accurscd crew Of lanatics
not into sincere desire 10 preserve the
! Union, at any reasonable sacrifice; but as an
evidence OF weakness and C0wardice en- the
part of those pursuing it. 10 bitter hatred OF
! the South and her Institutions, now at red
heat, on the part Of the great mass Of the dom.
| iuant faction at the North, would be added
scorn and contempt for the lack Of spirit among
her people 1t is this latter feeling that the
! public press Of that faction. with scarcely On
exception, from Massachusetts TO Iowa, Is la.
! boring inccssantly and with demOniac ZEAL To
cndeuvor 10 bring about. No sane man can
doubt this who has closely scrutiniZcd the
course Of that press, during the last two
months, as have done Its real, and studied
object, has been most palpably bly-Harpcr's
Ferry being constantly cited US an example
TO demonstrate to the abolition hordcs how
easy u matter it will be for them to Orerrun
and suGstns ihs entire South when the time
M by the presses Of the Tribune school, to
their readers-nine-tenth II trhom nerer read
oay other paperS-as n set of puSillanlmous
wre,chcs, destitute of the spirit of manhood,
and disgrace to the race from whom they
sprung! This every man, who has had an
opportunity to read those papers, knows TO be
the simple, unvarnshed truth. Has not, ever
since the affair IT IIarpcr's Ferry, on the 18th
l>oo, n nj IF
the whole gang of the New England "Repuoll-
| can papers, as well as the New loIk tribune,
and the Albany Evening Journal, the Cincln-
+; natl, Columbus, and Cleveland tOnio) papers,
| of the same class; the Chicago Tribune md
Press the Wisconsin and Iowa whippers-
in, who follow their masters lead-barklng
precisely the same notes that the latter give
! out-in short, as already remarked, has it not
! been the tone Of nearly every "kepuollcan.,
paper, in every one Of the Northern, or ''iree'
! States? assert that it has; and 1t is not
| that press or any Of its influential. leading
members, that will put in denial OF the fact.
Why, even the New York Times itself, while
mendaciously dsclaiming to be of the crew, has
| lost no opportunity to cast in its bitter sneer
also. at the South and her people. For my
self while abhorring the Tribune" whose
atrocious, whiteivcrcd cditor-in chief, Greeley,
is to America and will hc SO regarded III
future times-what Voltarc was to France,
in demoraZing his countrymcn and country
women; preparing their minds and hearts
| for n reign Of atheism and lust, to be ioi'
| lowed by reign Of terror-"hlie, say,
utterly detesting and loathins this man
and his infamous sheet, dcspise the New lork
Times more. 1t is, if possible, even more
dangerous instrument for evil than The Tribune,
in the present crisis-just in proportion as It Is
more hvpocritical and Jllse
Little Villain was the cpthct once thrown
ot RAYMOND, the chief Of the "Times," by
! Greeley himself, and never was epthct more
appropriately bestowed. 1t is enough to raise
the gorge of any true man. even here, TO READ
The insoIent adrice rendered hy this vile hyro'
| critic to the people Of the South How, then,
it must be received there can readily conceive:
| By the way, wonder that the Little Villain,
while venting his sncers at Virginia and her
natriotic sons, has not been reminded ol the
celebrated retreat Of himself and comrade,
less than six months ago, as graphically por'
traved by friend. That was retreat across
the plains OF Italy, through wheat fields and
over fences, for q distance II many miteS-and
from an imaginary enemy that was never after
him at al 1t would make rich picture, in
the hands Of good artist, that of the duck
! legged little Editor Of the Times" making
straight coat all for league after league
upon swcltering summers day, to get out OF
the reach of the sabrcs Of them darn'd Aus
trians," when they were never in pursuit, Dol
thought of such thing Suppose you sug
gcst the subject Of "Raymond,s Flight OF Sol
{erino' to some painter or other; for. surely
such an exploit, by such: lEEo, one ht to b'
commcmorated. 1t is as worthy of being pu
to poetry even as the Battle of the Kegs. oil
the equally celebrated race of one John Gipln
and as il is probably the only occasion thai ina,
will ever occur for heroiziHg the Little Vii
Lain let him profit by it!
The course Of the New York ''TimeSS, o.
which have been a reader, at intervals, alnos
ever since it was established, has been that o
the basest trimmer The whole and sole orJec
| orits owDers is tn make money. 10 DO this