Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-10-08
THE New York "Day Book"

III NOW lokA Das AoO
4 despatch from the North says, briefly
1.-The New York Day Book suspended on the
Gath ult. Tho editors remark, in their valedlc'
tory: We arc',compelled 10 succumo to lorc''
They claim that they had $4,000 suoscrioefs
at the North" This is tho first authentlc !,
formation we have had Of the Suppression" %
this fearless journal. 1t was the last au'oca''
OF peace and defender Of the South remaining
in New York city. During the last SIX years
Il bso becn known throughout the length ana
hrosd,h If the land as an able and energetic
..nro.s,uyerr" paper: ltdid not merely defend
The, social institutions Of the Soulful went
c.rthcr-it attacked Abolitionism in lis strong
hold, and grappled. with its professors just
where they felt themselves strengthened ana
sustained BY public opinion. While lighting
the enemy in the heart of Africa it seems mat
the editors were generously supported oy Il
large patronage from the South; but 1t is a re-
markable fact that their blows were still more
effective at the North. The "Day Book" was
wont to remark that its circulation in that sec
ton was greater than in the South, IN spite
Of its advocacy of doctrines, apparently SO
d;stasteful to the former. Under its leader
ship a party arose at the North known as inc
"Pro,slavery Democracy" This party number
ed among its shining lights such men as Chas.
O'Conor. Though a mere handful at first
it finally became the nucleus Of the Breckln-
ridge party Of the North-an organization
which polled nearly 10000 votes at the last
Presidential election. A few years previous
to the appearance Of the 'Day.Book," can
d;date on pro-slavery principles at the North
would have commanded scarce a score OF votes
This progress towards common sense among
the Northern people was largely due to the
~untiring efforts Of our deceased cotemporary.
From a reliable source we have a few inter.
esting particulars relative to the DAY Book.
Il commenced its existence in 1850 as q mcr-
camille journal. Under its former proprietor
a Mr.. Stimson, it was known as the "Aer'
chants Day Book" In 1856, DR.. John ID.
Van Evrie, of Rochester, New York, formerly
and officer in the American army in Mexico,
and now we'll known as the author OF a ptlo'
sophical work on slavery, purchased the paper
with the purpose Of making it the exponent OF
his peculiar views in regard to the great qnes'
tion of the day. He foreSaw the probability
Of a crisis like the one upon us, and believed
that it could only be avoided by q revolution
in public sentiment at the North. He went to
work earnestly to educate the Northern people
or, as he termed it, "to Explain the great ques-
tion to them" We have alluded to some OF
the cbee,ings fruits OF his labors, but he could
not keep pace with the ianaticism of tho,times.
The sectional Juror at the North eliminated in
the election of a sectional President and swept
away the last hopes Of q permanent union
between the Northern and Southern States.
Associated with Dr.. Van Evrie. in the pro-
prietorship of the "Day Book" were Messrs.
R. G. Horton Of New York city, and G. W.
Olney, Jr., of Charleston, S. G. Within a few
years, the Day Book" became one OF the best
paying newspaper concerns in New York. 1t
had a weekly circulation in the Southern
States, OF over SO, 900 copies, and an equal NUM-
Der Of comics were taken in the North. Il was
therefore, the most extensively circulated
Democratic paper in the old Union and only
one other political organ at the North, Qhe
New York "Tribunc") could boast a larger
circle of readers.
Since the war commenced the DAY Book
has been an earnest advocate for peace. Under
the Lincoln construction Of the Constitution,
peace is treason. 1t is not surprising, therefore,
that n paper so bold and uncompromislng in
this species of treason should attract the i'll
will Of the despotjsm. The official axe was
laid at the prosperity ofthe "Day Book" and it
fell, sword in hand, amid the last fra sments OF
the Republican edifce.
When reason resumes its sway at the North,
and the yretches who have deluded the peo-
pie have been made to expia,e their crimes in
their own blood, the conservative journalists OF
the North will be recalled from exile and from
the dungeons Of Lafayette to lead their section
to a better destiny.