Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-27
JUNE 27, 1851.
THE TRUTH PLAINLY SPOKEN.

burg Express, copy OF the New York Daily Nsws. i
continues its sentiments with bodness which
is truly refreshing, when around /; so many
striking examples Of a muzzled press and stisd putlic
sentiment. The Necs does not hesitate to point to
Lincoln and his unprinciped Cabinet the absurd pecy
of the task they have undertaken The expenses oi
Government now nearly twenty millions OF dollars a
month"; the prospect of a national debt Of several hun
dred millions of dollars; the unconstitutional procllma
ton of martial law; the arbitrary and tyaunca suspen
sion OF the habedi cp, aud the probability of imme
date hostilties with Great Britain, all advered
with ph and puogency which must cause the coru2.
Government at Washington to vince when they read it.
Sccl plainly uttered truths in the very stronghold OF Lin
colnisD, where Bennett aud Brooks ere un'ug with
Greeley, Bryant, Raymond and Others, to crush the
South il men and money eau accomplish the object, nre
encouraging to every lover of Constitutional liberty,
must indulge the hope that they viii not fail TO open
the eyes OF many in that section:
On tine 18Th OF April the President Illegally and
cons utionslly summoned 9eveny thousand troops to
arms, to put down rebellion" little later he demand
I'd So 600 men more 1t wss boldly proclaimed by bis
organs in the press that with such an immense army
every of secesson would be speedily swept away
So far from these predictions having been verified Ten
nessee Virginia. North Carolina and Arkansas have silce
joined the States that had previously Withdrawn
the Union, and Missouri aud MaryeTd dissf
fcted that the loss TO the Nor.h of single decided bat
tie will them also 10 cost in their lot with The Sout
erl Conicderacy. With .uch OF coUhict, the
armies assembled pronounced insufficient TO coerce
the single State OF Virginia uto submission, aid to
it's Ii from guominoUs defeat the Administration il pre-
paring in obedience to the ouicries of the Abolition
press 10 issue req1isiiion for still another Hundred
thousand volunteers although 1t is no. probable they
cod be pushed S0uthwqrd as Jar as Richmad, n
they ali marShalfed today on the S".thr" banks 9
the Potomac.
The clpeuses Of the Government are nearly twenty
millions oi dollars month, aud il the continues
must soon be doubled rstiouAl deb. of several hul
dred millions ia III prospect, IN face Of an Impoverished
country aud q credit already impaired that money
olly be raised at the ruiuOIs sscrh e. Mar
tal Law has been unconsiitutionaiy proclaimed, the
privilege of the writ OF haJeas corpus has been ar0ra
riy and tyranuicsiy suspended aid on the eve
OF hosiitics with Great Bri.ao, whose fleets will block
ade Northern hsrbors while opening the ports OF the
South sides sunihilstrg commerce. The Consti.
uion hes become by-word security Of life and pro-
perty gone and Notwithstanding this hdeous reca'
ituati0n of crimes a.d calamtcs the end OF which baS
been the hypocrca preteG for them Of restoring The
unity Of the Republic, s further removed than ever be-
tore It has become, in truth, nearly hopelefs.
Tho udnslris classes o the country surely and fear
fully ha' universal mpOvershment and ceuseles'
national ruin vii be the result of the rerpgtuaton Of 4
reign of terror which has recently gagged mems mouths
dom OF the press Ga change, in countng-kouses aud
manufactures in omnbusses and in the street. respect
able thinking people are impeled oGce more by sheer
necessity aud the law OF preeryaton, TO speak, and
their hourly becoming louder and more indis
nlnt and determined in behef OF peace, and cessation
Of the nroads that are beng made upon popular liberties
aud rights. Seas,be Republicans, Sho some weeks ago
advocated civil war; confess themselves hamed OF tter
preciptancy and are endsayoriug TO atone for it by
assuming bold and reacOnary attitude. Newspaperara
ditonsy conservative but rghened b. the mob maniies
a)Gs ot the middle OF April into conuiSing at abolition
treason again declare the truth and, rep
resenatiyes Of the capital aud industry OF the cy aud
county, speak with woned dignity and rmness Of the
mpe.ious necessity which demands their efforts 10
store peace No disneresed patriot will refrain from
welcoming the ail that may be derived from such
sources becaase OF past momentary weakness The COLI
duct oil ncou and Ills advisers is Fastening the last act
of terrible tragedy. At such time, when the land IL
being fast drauej OF is RESOURCES the lives OF teus OF
thousands Of uui are beiig offered sacrifice TO
the Moloch OF Unsuitable and ianstiCs ambition, and
the nisinanagement of lev weeks longer will u.
plunged into war with England. We deyoutly thank
The Ruler of the Universe for every gle individual who
may aid in swelling the avalanche OF reaction which Is
abou: to overwhelm Republican misrr'e.
Couup. Northern politicians straIing every nerve
TO closet he door against friendly relations with the
South. They will hasten and embtter the civil waF
that has begun through every device in their power. IL
il the imperative cuy OF every good cZen, therefore,
10 throw of the reserve ana silence oil the past aud 10
protest openly aud every occasion, against the con-
inuanee Of hostilides. The Union may yet be recon
structed but it cannot be done by violence. The dog
ged determination OF the Administration 10 pteJpi'ate
collision between the sections is the OF oil
present dargers. Viii the industrial classes Of The Uni
led States lend themselves inst Of its disbo
cal schemes? VIII they FIRE tteir own Gw-l!ngs-de-
stroy with irenzied bands the magnificent social ard
political fabrlck OF which the stone c.m-nted in
the blood OF their oreiabeesy II not let them herea
ter hiak aloud II they will DO SO, their voices will
drown into ell, the crafty dsuuiOn utterances which
Tor two months pasa have represented darknesa 70 be
light and igh! to be darknss