Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-28
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Douglass own friends regarded MN as hASns
ruined himselfby his attempt at injurlng Others
| unl,ss ha could in some degree retrieved iunsell.
BDrcs he has written another letter TO the
& Examiner" which appears III t6at paper oi
Yesterday. buried in a column "i oa''o''Ai'
The "Eyamjner" embraces the occasion 10
drop i,s own affair, whirh had become more
than it could manage, and altempts to reIeSe
itself, by directing attention to Douglass con-
troversv. and constituting itself his cham
pion.
We pass Douglas with but a few words
His charge that this Office or oHs Of ITS col
tors was engaged in thu substitute business
VIZ Lrsnd-d nj the lima as " utterly and "su
uidlT false" TIE "E1amlnsr' Stt"c's {"
believe it, Though it does not BECAUSE 1t suits
its cwn present necessity; but it is none the
less false for that. Weslmply re-afhrm Ais that
we said in oar own original statement
ANY thing il. opposiuon is Untrue
U,uplas';: lsst letter IL INDEED q cnTl"'a it.
In siy.,;on ii Ia, ,.:.iiessaess win Thi'i ht
SELL makes Ayernen;s. He is almost t4';al &c
! his nstron for the Line, the EXAMINER. upe9
the cotton purchase. He says, My brother
called on Mr.. Wilson immediately after TIT
| hattl. sc Williamsburg and inquired II money
had ben d,yns,,ri in the hands OF that office
in ,,dcr ia .tnuuY him Il substitute. Mr
Wilson's ieply Was il had been, ami gave q
certificate to that effect; enabling bin to pas:
the picEets,"sc The nntrutlI and stnpIai'yo
tn. ahov. sre equally m,rlfes, upon i9 in"e
The "cnrtitcatc" referred tu ~ dated hh'
,,uirer oilits, Eiclluoad, May }, 1867 where
AZ The battle Of williamsburg waa fought Mon
day, Missy :. Yet 8. are told that the csitl
l:sle was given aJter .ha Latlie! 1hls II
eoualed by the shsurdity thai ID certificate o
dsposits enabled a man to pass the picke's
We dismiss Douglas. The question in which
he was concerned was simply tc know whr:'
responsibility in 3 certain matter justly !hi
Tl,rs IA. ca l~uesiiYa ii thsr0.Irr ;%nrni'c'
o.. a~lIts:,l. There ~ M ti'ii"reD'e h'""'
III. material lGris. ii2 chase tha uup',S
Shicl, wa- arnirGbly a~ss"n;rt t., 81" I'll
e;s7 rue ,h.c iay which :nnaa him IN th'
p.pc-s .ctins the slsndere: 10 help his case
TIE "Exa!nincr" uses h,m !"r the moment
but only a&:S hlHi.
Tbs camneEts uf tbs'E ,miner' ca H"'ig
las lstycr ar, bsrsaih cir criticism The,
are the Low words which ars hearG in place
W hv:s the law coneIegste, ani ais 10 ui2r'
f.sl;cisLIs ii:i Hrile II lin, sSNt!u:a t.
apply spiiLe!, 4. us ut'oi MI unPr"'Sa sn'
absurd stGLr.u1rt, h:'h has been branded u
fxise, il has not u void 20 say Tor itself
though confronted fy sr array al indisputa
bio facts thnt might we'll demand ITS attention
What ara these facts:
The EXAMINER alleged that ii had urget
upon the government tnc policy of the pur
chase ii :bl cotton crop. ii! ii became d.,
gu::..2 sid. liz. ulllrc,i'ahit Il;l: ct ;rearh
4ng IL tho r. uni"
We 1nnt"t :r%'n liz" Examiner /" a''"'
that. On tn. contrary, il hsI ,eh-n'ent!y q:
posed sal d~rrcnac"d e"rh purchase:
The Examiner" ;!,"m claimed !Gar. ut
preceding period to tn=t "srsieirtd u, II hes
held thp cth"r l-nurd 4rt Il laata1 lT?iI ::
editorial u prove i.
Vs. r!Gctcdsd I" ,et,iJ ii. li:i.i''n Il!
c0m: Ariug il ~itiI iit original, an! 1,rnd II
GU. arna.sirant and pan ,hai il rid heel
mut,ih;ed SD that It's real rhaTactr! 40 ioIpe'
appeared, ard was tnan aDpliei TO prove
fact 10 which it Ind not he least reference
Such az ..c., in a case pending in court
would indemnify be held and punished p
forgery. II il dlr 70 the general press 10 Say
that III our somewhat long connection witt
it, We never before knew or h Grl # c lik
offence on the part Of a journalist.
Tins situate1, and confronted b. Ines
facts from ita " 1acnTI Ihe 'l>Ea1ulner'
drops it Gwn 2a;.,rr:ro attend 10 aDothc
mans controversy lie think before i! dee
this, il ought tn explain the folio TinE things
1t ought to tell wLr i, aiIEcl>ed the I'D
nin:stration inr Nc: hsTing dare ';Eat II ha
asked it not 20 Do.
il ought 10 tell mny it 'sss:ted that
had enormously uis:i ii u the Fpos'
course.
1t ought TO TIL Why j; iii nH' admit il
error when we made it plain
it ought to tell Why il msrotntrd ~eviisnc
to prove mhnt it Knew to lie AZ r:iar.
Aot especially it ought III teii Why it pei
vert=d its own record By muil'au"ri, hhd sP
piled it tn prove a proposition to which u
truth il did net actually even a7.ds!
;fnen II has done these thing, II risy ler
ha ~ afford to attend TO the mnttfrS Of othe
persons. Oar reul purpose III the origlna
criticism On the "Examiner's" LAKE cotto>
purchase article, was TO Gull It's attention I
the fact that it vas letting its p'cJndices III,
completely ever with it. Public journals hnv
q grave duty To perform, especially in time
like the present: and their cTiilcis:is shout
he guided by settled ideas md convictions, NJ
by htsul caprices or binding p,e)udlccs- !
would have been fAr better und more mani.
for the EXAMINER" to ADMIT the error whic
VIC pointed out, than 70 persist lne cours
which mas placed it III what must re q Yer,
unpleasant position. Douglas can't save it,
It can't ride out upon him.
an Honest men.
Tbs Bank Of England DirecTals hid b tel
ribls fright two Or three weeks sgo,-not q
a~ccoun. 81 the loss Of their water market
paper. hui irom the summary i~f;'a'ion of tt
buillc!l 81 the bank. = COR espondent c