Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-15
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arsANIsas FROM THE YANKEE NEWSPAPERS
ATTEMPT TO KICK BY A HoBBLED PRESS.

The New York "Times" il becoming candidate Tor
Fort LAFAYETTE. It gives indeed ierocous support Oh
the war but it impeaehes the niabity oil Lincoln anu
his government in way that Aoraham not IN lne nao
il Of allowing. Hear him. ,
II charges too that the extraordinary mendacty oil
the Northern accounts of battles due Immediately TO
the Administration. How di'gracsd is the country
whore falsehood sts enthroned!
But, hear the "Times:'
nm the press for the last two or three months 10
pr,v n, the publication Of intelligence which 10 was sup
posed might be Of service to the rebels"
a the night after the battle Of Bull Run, the Editor
of this pspsr pacsd in the telegraph ohce lat asng
toni perfectly accurate statement OF the result derived
from his personal obseryation;the Government Agent
rsfrssd TO allow il to b. sent and reported instead that
our army had achieved victory. After the Edwards
Ferry affair tho Government refused 10 transmit M s.
sages from special correspondents on the spo and sent
A dista Oh Of their own, giving view OF the battle,
which the facts subsequently developed dd not sustain
An intense ieaousy has been fe Of the Press in ocsl
quarters and every possible effort has been made to pre-
won't any revelations through its agency which might De-
ray the strength disposition OF our iorces the weak
meas of our POSITIONS the intentions OF our Government
or any other facts of which the enemy could make tue
slightest USE To such extent has this boon carried
that President Lincoln Is reported by the brutal
and mendacous sheet which assumes to be the special
organ of himself and his family, to have said that the
Editor of the Times" deserved Hanging" for having
published with the permission Of the Commander OF the
Nav, Expedition the number and character Of the ships
composing It, after they had lain for two or three days
within cannon shot Of the eneuSs works at Sewelrs
Point and within the full and unobstructed view OF their
gssses.
This vigilance has been highly praiseworthy and has
commanded universal admiration. The Pres has been
quite content to surrender its independence just as eve
~ citizen has willingly surrendered his personal rights
because tie sacrifice deemed essential TO the public
good Il could scarcely have been anticipated howev
or that the Government itself word make to the rebels
voluntarily and Intentionally. such full specific and un
restricted disclosure of its weakness as ia contained in
the private memorandum which Gen. Tbomas draw W
for the information OF the President and Secretary Cam
eron. If any newspaper had told the world that 0
force expected at once to attack the enemy, had nj
transportation" that mot twenty in hundred OF the
gnns would 20 off"-thst the commanding oihoG wa
utterly incompeleutttss the Union cause was hopeless
in Kentucky unless 100000 troops could at once b'
raised-thst the young all Secessonssts anC
that no large body Of troop, for the Uuion could b.
raised Ia the State-t would have been promptly de
nounced as disloya, if nothing more. Yet all tbes'
statements and many of the same character are
given to the world under the official sanction OF thu
War Department It is pretty clear that all the inds
erection Of the country is not monopozed BY the news
papers.