Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-03

THE RICHMOND WING.
THE ExAxINER-Irs LOGIC.

TO The Editr Of de Wing EtuE rr4g
TIE Ezaminsr has a fashion of calling every writer In
the country with the views Of whom that sheet doee no,
happen to concur, Mr. Noodles Toe d,fai,ion Of the
term noodle Is "s;mpleton-silly fellow" II the opiu-
ions and arguments of anonymous writer approach
that dignity which calls for answer, he cannot be
noodl', snl to apply that epthet 10 him Is neither
spocthl, courteous or ssntenony. II the opinions Of
writer are SO utterly empty, and his arguments so
utterly poness and Illogical to isfy the application
Of such epithot TO him, then they cannot call for
answer, and no press can seek controversy with
simpletou without suffering by such coDds-
scenson. I woald have rjoined to the Rxamin-
s reply sooner, but my tim, has been better employ
ed will do 1t now, however, and commence by
upsetng the premises Of tho Examiner which will
der work Of tupererogaon to notice the deductions
bo made from them for certainly II the si and sleep
ers are rotten the osts and rars must noon topps on
them Imprinius, then. did not say that ad,arce
upon washii glon "woa'd be bound to end in a sort
Bull Run business" did rot "felie'ste" myself upon
any idea of that ilk did not intimate the Of in
ion ha: "bound TO be necessarily whipped II
We did advance. did net say the Examiner was copy
ing Greeeys b,undcr, sbs ia assuming to know mere
about Generals Johnston and Beaursg CARDS business than
those modest and gallant gentlemen themselves we're
willing to declare they knew, am not that the
Examiner il no; obnoxious 20 some such q charge.
The sole object had in making the alu.ion did 70
"0ld White Hat. to admonish the reckless writer's
Of the day of the supreme folly Ct which they must be
guilty when they attempt to NEEDLE with matters about
which they know nothing Has the Editor Of the E1am
rer received military education? Has he that
al h.a al atrra
Does no know the strength and condition of the enemy
aud our own precise strength and condition. Is he per
fecy apila ar with the geography of the country about
ard between Manassas and Washington? If to all these
simple ard fair questions an affirmative reply be 70
turned Why Is he no. Major General and in command
Oh The Potomscg Why Is his sword rustng in Rich.
mord when should be "srking terror to the souls Of
fearful adversaries" on the Potomacs If to all these
questions, simple aud fair they are, negative re-
spouse must be returned, sorely afraid tie Ex
amners manners, indicated by the freedom with !
which II employs nisknamts and epthets, ard It's mod
esty, Indicated by the great GOODNESS with which Il
presumes to give unsough! sd'ec 10 old able and skill
full Generals t and suitable concomitanfs for each
other The character OF the Examiner we viii find,
however, Il not marred by any Of harmony. Its
aad modes'y It made cacpl ,,ion rceently by which
IL established the charming fac. that Postmaster
Genenl was the mOr.sl foe Of Eight and knowledge,
aud shining against it by the enormous charges he
was making for It's ranp ,rtston and went largely into
6guresto prove bis guilt In the first place, the Post
master General only requiring the iav to be
cu.ed and the Examiner, IN ono little calculation Of
four hundred dollars stumbled into the trivial blurder
OF working out four hundred dollars where the answer
according to tbs figures furnished, should have been
rsfy. syen dollars lis true the mistake only amount
ed to three hundred and seventy thiec dollars when
there Only four hundred Involved Look at this |
Automatically logically, and has noodle air sbou!
il not 10 say brazen The discretion Of the Ex
an ner Il occurs to u.s. does not commend ITSELF ia al
empting excite the public mind when tie public mind
should be Tranquil The naturs result be to
dstt where confidence ough: to reign. Il Is not pro-
able that any good accrue from It, aud II Is posi-
BILE much evil msy. Suppose tho PEOPLE are rsstivs
Who are THE PEoPLg In an hour Ike this? Tney are |
pitisbly small potatoes indeed end Il grossly criminal
to filter their ridiculous price, tolerate their impudent
presumption listen To their clamOr 1t ALL In tines Of
peace they the demagogues god End for liz FUR
poses omnpotent Bot "when wild wars dea lily blast Is
blowing" the army swallows up the people AID when
the soldiers sun rises the politicians sun ought to 60
dosn. When war Is raging, civil hibunr' Lave but
little to do, and civilians ought to haxe fss TO soy-
plain buttons are badges Of irfamy your men In
good health nov; aud Is plrn to To the young
men of most OF the Confederate S,at,s tiuk co. for
when you ask for them, mother or sister responds
etheS that they "deld upon the fell Of honor" II
living, nevertheless, upon the field Of honor. They
all there (a1d wiz be fourd there in tie morniag
an those who are not arc on their "wnt'ug wsyr-
The people, the "dear people," then, are now
mob OF Nocdl competent wo know they are not to
give advice, AID Nc without our apprehersions
tia. they have yet TO lsarn how to tats IT,
CASSlU5.