Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-05
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every lusunsT brought scandal, repr0ach a'ir
mUrti6catun upon vltT uume and rati"n.-
From Springfield to Harrisburg his j",,rnc,
was sort # trumphal tour. C,aliui. await
I'd him ut every l.on;. Mt even hts own
c"arseness, isn"rance, buffmnc:y and iatvl''
general uuwurthnrsS and opacity c"ulu
etl: the enthusiasm or check the I'uiiicut &
and hospitality of our pcuI.le. Taste was
shocked, expectation Was disappointed, YET
there was faihI hope that s,,ucthii,g e. Oh
might be hid under the lia.s Of ruhh!si, trash
nonsense snd tarlequinadr exhibited by The
President elect They hoped that howevs.
plain and crarse and uncou,h, he would in tho
end prove 10 Le rnnr.
But they have hern doomed to bitter diSap
pointluent lie is NC. only without abilities
HIT he is without courage. lie hus neither tn.
dignity nf monkey n"r The spirit 81 sheep.
lie hinched and shove the white feather al
tie first I,ia to which he was subjected.
To reach Washington, tie President elect
had to ass over Il patch Of slave trrIitory-c
pprlipn vi Delaware and Mary land. inciutt iIg
Baltimore. TO which city the plug uglres have
gwen bad nano. Up 10 tina. poin. oi his
journey lie had travelled in pUnp and splendur.
Privacy and reserve were altogether disregard.
ell. lie belonged 10 the public, and 10 the
public he Surrenlel Ell himself. lie showed!
nn.cif 10 the people every here. aud with the
! pcuDie he shook hands anu cunvcrSrd. HIS
travelling arrangements were published lar
and near. Nothing Was Concealed. lie was
IN the FREQ States, and he felt as brave Us q
lion. But The nlonieut he tU.ched Slave irri! !.
tory he hacked Conscious pf his hlp ngaln.t
the Sou'h, and the sin Of his party, hr lrrtll.
bled with guilty irar-he shook uud covered.
Violating ali published arrangements, dsap'
pointing the public, dcccirlng The very lrehds
Who accompanied hm Insulting the Cotnnit-
tee and the people Of ,ittors and 1lary land,
he stole through Baltimore like u fugitive from
justice, like thief in the Fight, aud arrived al
the national metropolis lnole like al scipeu
penitentiary convict than President lie is
4Ad 70 have lett Harrisburg DISCUS, d. 10 iiH'r
concealed himself in all uppc: beth III Il night
car, and TO kare travelled incognito all the way
TO Washington. When he arrived there, nohc
but chosen lev kn, " uf the change lh:t had
been made in the programme Airang, lnrntS
Tor his reception and for his Tr"tsetion had
been made both in BIlIinurc anal Wa>h.n.t"n
but in his paralysis OF Ieur. l.e br"ke through
them all. l1is flight was Disgrace tr"tn
which l!o can neT:r recover, and !1 a striking
commentary upon his Il ppant H.. lra.l"n Tins
nnlhng Is going wrong n"b"ly Is hurt, &
He showed very p!ainI, Tint he wa5 the VIC
in Of Il at Anxiety" which he ~ "livn Sl"k'
ii, anil ,l,, nc hllrs,l wa, mr,onai'y al, ad
,f eing hurt" lie may c"l,,ilcr hin>, Il
'uohou: ii 8, multiLucce Low ng!ce wiIh
him.
The circumstances connected with this first
America Wgiro, us lar us knuwn, will be fluid
4 T.. IF Il. ,.I ia l.u
eIr ch Of ignonuy in our history.
Various itasur,n are arSirned l'r It. Snm'
say that q, neral Scott ,.lesraihcd NJ. L."
coin that conspiracy vas on foot 10 mob and
murder hun in BAItlnoe Oihers sad Mai
Seward ordered h'u. 10 Washington i"r cu'.
-ultnl0n IN regard TO The c"lr>r 10 Irc pursued
hy the Republicans in the Peace Conference.
That lvur, base and cowardly fear. WAS the
cause Of his sud iru 4 gni, /, r,idvI'c"d hy
u,any cirrumstunccs--hy his dsguIsiig bin.
Self and skulk'ns like It .naleIac'ur-'.y i=.
crivIng hi. sute as tu hi, change Il logrmmrnr,
Nv the TACT that Til. lis first dodge was at thv
very nloncn, when liz !nuched slave TERRITORY
and by The hundred grnuudI, 50 rum0'. as 10 n
con pracy for his assassination, startled lay Ii C
Black Republicans. llo" d->prable dues II
appear v hen We beflrld him trusting his Hi lie
cause he feared that It Was !" be L ro'n oil
the Track. lis only care srrins TO h;v. beet.
f,r number one lilS own safely o: :ureh il
matIrred but little If hiI lattrily >iI"nl; perish
We cannut find language sufficiently strunp
to express "ur contempt for In whole rIo.
cceding Bs whu:irocvcr ud, is,d ana on
whatever prrtt st, It "as diseracv!rl in ,he 4
trrme IL is luuikrd by that thie' Ike craft,
,Itb md Il, ,irlI n
g,,sh Black Re-, uhli:anisrn. Colonel Sumner,
who was one u hIs suiIe, s sa,d to have Ie.
mon,Iralcd sgaiuSt it in the strongest lnann'r
and to have shed tears .! chagrln aid citIh
cation when i, was determined ON. 1t Is, n,.
deed, humiliating rnoush To draT tears Of
.hnme and SORROW frt.n any tnan.
1t IL an Insult TO NIL tile Border States, e:pr-
cialIy Delaware and Mary land. More p.rtlcli-
arly is 1t an insult to u E.ltimorc. II puts TINT
citv under tIie ban Of tho pre>idcn. elect, and
puts the President ceet under the ban .! that
cl,y The people Of Baltimore will never fol-
yet or fJrsiyc him for liking 50 rnwarrantabIe Il
>tlGuIa upon thc;ii
The whole nation is Inundated, degraded by
this wrelched and cowarlly conduct OF the
President elect. This is your srcond j ick> Oh,
TOR whom the Republicans have been praying
"
i,cen boosting! Had General Jackson been
told that he was thrra,euc'! by conspiratorS, lir
would have crushed the conspiracy by meeting
it like man. lie would rr,t have d''d =, d
,knlked, f.i, like hrailnm Lincoln, the Re-
publican President liz would have barred his
breast atd deii.d it
This Is the man who heads the party tha,
threatens wnr This is the inan Of such rN
caSsive .lnck that he clnnut listen to the sug
gestion OF n compromise. War lie will have.
and fight he must FIT companion in arms is
be Of Hick map, SUMNER Greel"y uud Durlia
game.
By this act 5lr. Lincoln 10, rendered hi>
name the byword oi boys tl!e jest"f w"men
and the scorn Of men, The South will look
upon him and his party with increased cor
: tempt. If his party iHS ,nu",h Of vntuc ant
manhood left To he capable VI Icrlng shame, II
too will blush. Cun Black RrpuLlcanisu
bluyh
We may imagine his anxiety" as the sleep
ing cur Gu whith he was hid tussrd through
Baltimore. Pei haps sninrhriy had prachrtl
g Perhaps he was mt safe ;!''r ull lie nigh
be detected, and drawn from The car 10 face ;
mob. We Gun almost hear lr;;n whispering IL
hj,p,elf-'Mi sItf:rlfIg- IL uIulcrabls." Bu
| y.
md throws himself Into the arms Of his I'rn
uc.o,- Grnrial Scott. What AZ embrace! i,
gods and lil,e h,lics.
The journey. thus ended, has presented
.sbrahHr, Lincoln to tho Auicricrn people i!
, his true character. All Of hIs de',cts ha"
been brought out to The gaz: Of tie world
l ignorance, cl"wn'.linrss, vui isartv, cuwarjicc
I With lhi. exhibition uf himself. he heSInS hi
Z administration. How will lie be regarded il
I the Suuthr lInw will he appear aLroad? 1t ;
= fortunate. perhaps. tnr The counirJ that B!aci
llepublicanIsn has found IN itS first Pre>i'itl'
complete type Of all i!s ninst drgmstn
characteristics. From such party the cuuti.
/ must ecol III huir0r.
q Eh;,r,s will doubtless he made to give tur
q to this f,ir, that will relieve Mr. Lincoln q
censure. II so it will hc mere pretexl. tn
y, cat has been let out Of the bag. The secret