Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-27
MORNING, AUG. RI, 1851.
90 of be Freedom Of h Press at tho
- North.

rrEsDSs MORNING. AUG. "a, 1871.
=, ,,c Ereedom Of the Press at tho
North.
Ths final stroke Of the axe is laid to the tree
al liberty. Heaccforth the huge despot'SH,
iDausuratcd upon the ruins Of the repnoiic o'
Washington, will permit no tongue 10 move
s,r, in strains Of adulation towards the nc"
system, 0ae after the other OF the safeguards
q liberty, as expounded in the Constitution
have been swsps away by the ruthless monsters
s,o hare seized the Government 10 carry out
q dcviiish and unnatural political dogma. The
last RIGHT of a people calling themselves free
tho right to comment upon, or to disapproVe
of the policy OF the public servants they have
themselves placed in ouics-is to be sup
pressed. Ia no particular. will the admins,
,ration Of Lincoln permit the parallel between
itself ana tic dcspotism Of King Bomba, to fall
in the symmetry OF its proportions
Ca, Of the fifteen hundred Journals publish
sd ,hroughou. .he North. only a handful-per-
baps twenty have exhibited the moral courage
TO stem the 7sging torrent ii fanaticisn and
stand up thankfully shd 'earlessly for the Con,
s~,itut;ao Of our fathers. 1t seems that this
brave baud of patriptic editors have welded
power quite d;sproportionate to their NUMBERS.
They have shown the wickedness Of this war
of aggression; they have pointed out the IN
siduous policy Of the cloaked aholition!sts who
rule in Washington; they have proved that the
real object Of the war was emancipation, not
uaion; they have exposed The madness OF Inc
attempt to suhjugase the South; and they pro-
nbcsied The destruction OF all civil liberty in the
United States, in case the policy OF the var
party vas permitted to bear cut lis iegin'a'e
results. These truths have found az ccho IN
the hearts OF thousands of The people. fecens
events hsve confirmed their potency. dur
nurirs is heard throughout the North. In
certain localities tie people are clamorous for
peace. 1t is evident to the tyrants that the
bold utterapces Of tine conser: alive editors are
producing this INSTRUMENTATION. Terror dictates
the remedy. The iron heel descends upon the
freedom Of the press.
We publish in another colunn the paTtlcu'
lars OF the Lincoln raid upon the conservative
press OF the North. 1t will be seen that the
government does not fail to find the plant tool
to write cut 9 justification OF its violation OF O
plain provision Of tine Constitution. The At
torney General--a Virginian BY birth, we are
ashamed 70 acknowledges quite ready to
publish the opinion that if the safety Of the Re.
public requires q suspension Of the writ OF
ha6ecs corpus, oy 4 parity Of reasoning it will
justify C. suspension of the provision guaran.
teeiug the liberty OF the press. On tie same
principle, ofcourse, every article composing the
Constitution of the United States mar be multi
fed, should toe safety OF the Republic require
it, tine President alcae being the Judge Of whas
constitutes that safety. Thus he becomes as
absolute as ,nc Emperor Of China.
Il will o. seen that orders arc promulgated
TO suppress the sale Of the conservative papers
of New York and Philadelphia. Tn fana:icism
ofthe mob lends acceptable aid to the policy Of
the Administration. Already the Aboi;tioniStS
ha7a destroy Cd, b violence, the Concord On. H.
STANDARD" Bangor (Me) Democrat" Eas.on
fPenn ''Sentinel," Westminster (Pcnu.) ''Jef.
fersoaian." Cleveland CO., Democrat" and Al.
lentown (Peun.) Democrat End Republikaner'
(,he lsss beng l German paper.l the editor
of the Essex Mass "Democra.' has been
tarrcd and irathered and forced tc take
an oath to support the war. The United
States Marshal has seized the Office of the
PHILADELPHIA christian Observer" a peace pa.
per. The var journals call upon him to eH,
rond his operations to the Office ofthe "Cathciic
Herald and Visitor. because it has published
an sr:;clo sustaining the late opinion ofJd5.ice
Taney against the suspension Of the writ ri
Ea6eas ccrpUs,
1t remains to be seen II the last spark ri i'll
dependence has been crushed ont Of the DEM
ocratic element of the North. Will ,he people
submit &c this last outrage? Are they SO be-
sot,ed that they are willing to behold them
selves reduced to : political level with the sub
iec,s Of the Gear Of Russia and the Austrian
Kaisere The suppression Of the liberty OF the
press mas been q measure that despo;s have
approached with fear and trembling, and as a
las, resort. In most cases it has been the pre-
cprsor OF O. violent outbreak. 1t will be 70.
menbered that the suspension Of the newspa,
psrs of Paris precipitated the revolution which
overthrow the power Of Louis Philippe,
and sent him flying through France, dis
cuised as plain English John Smith. Wenay
read the spirit Of a portion Of the Northern
people in the paragraph appended. The New
York "Day Book" Of Thursday, foreshadows a
day Of Bloody retribution. In an article pro
testing against the action of the Lincoln dy'
nasty, it says:
..Let the freedom OF the press be intertered
With however, and no one can answer for the
consequences. Nep York is a slumbering
EARTHQUAKE. Already the mutterings of an
angry storm have been heard. Inc great So
caI nrobleJa that has met mankind at every
tura-tae eternalhostility 6etosen capital ana
a5or-is yet unsolved. 1t is never wise TO
turn g simple opponent into a deadly enemy
But attack the freedom Of the press, and thou
sands will CT for revenge, sooner or later, VINO
would never have thought OF it before. 10 IS
an eGey matter TO start a Terof"tson, Qua
difficult ono to stop 1T"
Peace No, Far OF.
The New York Herald" commenting upon
the position Of England in regard to The block
sde, says:
"What is the duty Of the Government and
the people Of the free States under these cir
onroctances? Ii ia tn nut forth every effort to