Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-14
SECESSION sYaPAraY IN PHILADELPHIA.


The Philadelphia correspondent Of the Nex York Tn
bune says tha: Judge Shaswood OF that city, who Is
candidate fJr reelection to the District Court Is Sym
pathizer" "FrCm the Bench" he says, " the poison
.presds the pulpit rather departs from IT, Every
Reverend south-Sde is leaving us. The Gospel, accord
have ost the Rev. John Leyhurn who has had letters dis
mssory TO Virginia. The BAp,sfs have lost the Rev.
Hessrs Brantey Cuthbsrt and Wbs,onall gone South,
whence THY came. But vent tf at the same Viz
ginia speed with the late Rev. Wise. Jr
Uae oil the religious papers of Philadelphia says:-
ave are sorry to hear that tn, Rev W. I Brantley,
has done the unpatTiotiC thing Of leaving Philade-
pha for an abode among the Confedcates OF Georgia
We knew very well that his fatberin law vas man oi
la re weslth and one OF Tho most rncompromsng OF
Georgia Secessionss, but did hope that our frerd
Bran,ley would prove Iue to himself, his country and
mis- God He has gone however, to our grief ard 10
table irstar ce he has given Of what may beiali
Northern man with Southern principals"
PREsENTMENT OF NEW YORK JOURNALS.
The Grand Jury of the county Of Westchester have
presented the following journals disseminaor Of doc
trnss tending to give aid and comfort to the enemy:
"7hs Yoaksrs Herald, The Highland Democrat, and
The Eastern State Journal have from the timesof the
issue Of the Presidents proclamation, Immediately after
the firing upoJ Fort Sumter, steadily treated the war
which has followed, in the extracts and articles they
have published unhoy aud partisan war, unnsty
commenced and prosecuted bv the Administration"
| "The Stats Zsitmng and National Zstuag, German
newspapers of the city OF New York, have aso pub
shed articles still more repreheDsibe, and perhapswh
more injurious sc;s than those which have been put
isbed ia the county papers referred TO and nasmuch
as these German largely circulated in this
county the Grand Jury feared that they may have ope
rated " on weakmnded men, aud prevented enisments
for the war; which would otherwise have taken pace.
"Ihe Grand Jurors therefore invoke the attention Of
the District Attorney Of this county to the prosccuio
,rt tha sandp tha
If aer Ibis public notice Ct their course they should
persist in thus continuing give aid aud comfort to the
| enemies OF the Government"
THE POSITION OF THE NATIONAL ZgITUNG.
The National Zs.ung thus defines its position on The
question of freedom Of the press The Efforts that have
been made by certain portion Of the press to ir
cite mob violence against that journal have called forth
these remarks:
"No threats or denuuciations can deter us from full
filing our selfiuposed duties and faithfully laboripg for
what coDscieDtotsly believe 10 be jus. and holy
cause.-The Of the freedom Of our Thoughts
Of personal advantage or safety do not enter into
calculations; while, the other hand we know that
which the enemy OF the peep can adopt likely
TO rustrae The o ec of enterprise. 1t is built upon
too large basis to admit OF violent and sudden
throw. If you suppress the National i:ung to-day,
another will rise in its stead omorrow aud If you
tinue TO suppress the effect will be the same il may
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your real character and desig than unchecked
efforts could d. Thus there is nothing We ought to be
afraid Of and nil have to do in order to accomplish
our object is to remain true to ourselves.
The National tung does not, nor ever did, recon-
nd the subjection Of the North to the South. What
did try to impress upon the minds of our feow.ct
zens was the necessity of putting down that clique of
Northern Abolition disuaionsis, whose pernicious doc
trines aud raitorous nrgues have provoked this civil
war; and who carry it on for the sake Of plumber
| and dizam haya atfa
tion 10 the overweeripg ambition to the infamous greed
of gain and power Of those shan patriotic politicians
sho propose to restore by force Union which their
conduct has severed They the real enemies Of the
Northern people, and il they disposed of-polt.
cay dead and buried-there would be nothing TO prt
vent satisfactory reunion Of the two sc.ions Of this
once glorious aud happy country
"They know that they cannot conquer the South; but
they need convenient p-e;cnse to raise standing
mics and to dctaoria powers for the purpose
of subduiug and enslaying the masses OF the North
whose Just wrath they have incurred and whose future
Judgment they dread