Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-02
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The Boston Journal" a rampant Black he'
publican newspaper, discourses as follows, In
IN editorial article headed "lioHoR no WHOM
IIosox Is DUE" It will lie remarked, doubt
less, with due appreciation, that our anti
slavery Contemporary finds two righteous men
even in The Sodou OF slave holding Virginia.
Two OF our Representatives in Congress,
Mussrs. Millson aud Clemens, have the honor
to lie placed among most select company:
Ills gratifying 10 observe that in the very
HEADQUARTERS Of the secession inia1ny have ap.
pesre,l some Of the most effective defenders oil
the Union. We refer to Mr.. Buchanan S Cs-
tinet, where, aided by the proyerbiul weakness
or tho nominal head. two Of the most unscru'
uulaus and one Of the most active Of the dis
uaouists carried OH their plots with all the Of
ilcial machinery at their command Ihomp.
-on trayersed the South on his mission to pro-
cure the disruption of the government from
which he was drawing his pay; Cobb was ~
iting disunon uliSsives occasionally, anu Deg
CARING tue Treasury continually; anu floya,
surrounded by whole nest Of traitors, was az
lively eeuippiog the South with arms stolen
from tile North, aud was swindhng the Govern,
melt us if be had got the notion that Ito coulu
break it UP With his own outrageous corrup-
ton An outburst Of national Indignation drove
those ;rs.lrrs away, and gave ROOM for the en-
.-sie. of three patriotic and mcrtorous pub.
lie ssryants-Js cob Holt. Edwin B. Stanton and
Jeremiah S. Black. Hollis public record during
,he secession movement hasbeen admirable from
beginning 70 end, and has been exceedingly
influential. When ne consider the intiu-
.nces he mas had 70 Withstand az Southern
Democrat, TOO much honor cannot be awarded
to him. Stanton's private influence in sus.
aiming the tone of the Administration, is said
10 have been unequaled while he has found h
ready and able ccndjutor in Judge Black.
These men shed hslo over the closing days
IF Mr.. Buchanans Administration, ana VII!
20 into retirement honored and esteemed:
no man in the Senate oil the United States
has probably done so much 10 STEM ma turn
the secession torrent as Andrew johnson Of
tennessee 4 Breckenridge Democrat III a
border slave State, his denunciatlcn OF the
reasonable movement wasas prompt. thorough.
going, and we'll put, as any Republican Of New
England could desire. 1t u !iu!e when nearly
all The Southern Senators were committed to,
n we're orerawed by, the secession plot, hir.
Johnson gave il 10 quarter and asked no quar-
.er The first consequence vas, he was sneer.
"a ut by the DayiScs and buled blythe Too,nb'
sss and the Wisfalls Of the Senate, and hung
in etisy by the disunionsts of his own State
The second consequence was that Tennessee,
tborounhlv awakened by his bold utteranccs,
rose in her nigh, and buried her seccssipnists
brnts,h 10000 majority. Here WAS back:
bone" Of The genuine quality, and 1t emerged
It Just the right time and place, and the couh
trv wlii not soon forget It
There is another instance, even In Mary land,
which does equal honor 70 the Constitutional
Onion men Of that and all other loyal States.
IL was essential TO the rap!d-and therefore sue
:essGui-spread Of the secession caus- that
MARYLAND should fall before it; and so ingeIi'
,usiy We're the trains laid, aud 70 powerful
We're the engines brought To bear, that Mary
and would inevitably have fallen, and Carried
with her, perhaps, the naliona! Capitol. but iur
the immovabe tirmness Of one inau, Governor
Thomas II. Hicks. lie withstood the disuniol
conspiracy just as palpabIr us Doratiui Codes
kept the Roman bridge "ir the brave days Of
od"-and he ought 10 have equal honor. HAD
he yielded 10 the importuna,e cry OF the mo
prnt, ia uart real and in part fictitious, and
u COnNClllIpil ttS S"i' P'<'S ". t'>
winter, secession would have inrrenchcd tscl
in the border Suites. and the line of slavery
would have beon the Northern line OF the South.
ern Confederacy. That is now prevented, anu
MARYLAND herself is permanently loyal.
This recognition Of Anti Republicans, 10
whou, all honor is dae for the part they have
PLAYED in the present crisis, would not be com
plrte without the mention OF other names, VIZ;
Henry Winter Davis, who has nob!y, sustained
tho Independence which he evinced when he
voted for Speaker Pennington Emerson Ethe'
ridge and Judge Nelson Of Tennessee, who al
ready read their reward in the verdict oil their
constituents Adams and Moore OF kentucky
G;lmer of North Carolina Alillson and Glen
ems, worthy sons Of the Odd Dotnnloni the
,.nretiring Bonlgny Of Louisiana, and the re-
solute Hamilton OF Texas. There may o.
others as worthy, though less conspicuous -
All have fvarlessy given their services to the
cause Of their country in time OF gore trla''
-sud have won need Of appreciation that
,ranscends the distinctions Of party linea, and
wnoar excresson should not be withheld
oul Of any regard 10 tue prejudices Of the past
Patriotism is Of no party, and should ihctnoe
ALL