Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-01
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u,,., Irt1,s,, Statesmen on Buffers ne"
Orleans order.
c,rd :r about 70 treat the world to suoth-
CT Test Of tumol,ng.
will be remembered thst when Wilkcs
took Messrs. Mason and Slidell from the deck
IF British mail steamer, the authorities and
people Of the United States were thrown into
"a oestscy Of joy over the achievement. sec
rotsry Nsl,as addressed to him letter OF
spacis congratuission, aud glowing WIFI
,r.isea. lie told him he Ind "the emphatic
aDp,oval" OF the Department In his annual
Rsno,t 10 President Lincoln, and laid by him
hsfnre Congress, he used the same language.
The House ol Representatives at Washington,
m tna first day Of liz session, rendered him
"lbc thsnhs OF Congress" At Boston grand
banquet wls given him, OF which Governor
Andrew, and other prominent citizens did the
hon6,s Andrew said Wilkes "had performed
The u,o,L fltu,trious sorvice" Of the war. De
ssid that 10 was with Secretary Cameron when
,ha news ,sas received, and that Cameron led
of lin the chssra which followed. In tho
D,os., ut tho Uniled States Mr.. Hale said to
u,rrou,.se Mesafa. Mason and Slidsll would be
snch humiliation SO must END IN do7tr..1'
ton.
To th1 SAME purporl spoke tho N"sIaarn
press. The Nav York "Herald" sa' i'at tho
demand OF England for the SURF ender way FOX
,remely offensive" and compliance "abso-
lu,eIy out OF the question" the N. I. World
said that "a point blank REFUSAL must BIO made
to SUCH a proposed humiliation. The n. J..
"Times" said "the Confederate emissaries eau
never he surrendered" The Philadelphia
Press" ssid il would he done - NEVER !"
and il Join ii viii. the other papers in saying
il would fight England first
Tncso are specimens of the general sentiments
and csmmitmcn,s OF the Authorities and people
who hail Lincoln as chief. 1t will be roneln-
bcred, however, That in the fscs OF al rhi' Sew.
ard trembled when be heard England speak !;
and by lis pusaninous surrender uadc the
North, in tho language Of the New York "Ex-
press" hang it's head in shame. 70 a demand
brief almost perernptory, he replied "lhey
will he chrrR.cll.y l!Lsr4!.,l" Tbs world
had neytr before seen .lGung people claiming
TO be manly, so affect dcmeanor, and was
antonished almost into silence.
John Ball is roaring and Seward quakins
once mere The ineffiblo infamy Of Buffers
order 81 Now ORLEANS, has aroused the indlg-
patton OF the great men Of tie ministry and
Parliament We refer IL the proceedings
which Te publish in aauiter column. Earl
OsrnIeroon condemned il in severe terms -
Lord Russell said there was no defence Cor it.,
and regarded it as an ofsoce ugans: tho whoi6
Soll. Lord Palmerston did not soruple to
attach to it the epithet OF inta:nous, and whs
chee,ed ior the sediment Mr.. Gregory said
it was Iepugnans to dccency, civilization and
humanity, and So insxcrsable Outrage upon
the moral sense of the world.
TIC this moment Butler has passed unre-
bukod by his government. No public sign
has been given Of disapprobation, but the
contrary. This day he is lording it ovsT the
people Of New Orleans, although what Lord
pa!me1slon calls his infamous" order was ib.
sued about the midd.o Of Msy-si1 weeks
ego L: is 10 Do presumed that his conduc: 10
at least not disasreeaole to his superiorf.
II may DO sa d that it il necessary
to proceed according to official forms il
such matters; that Batter must fest SEND
cop:e; of his orders to the central au-
tnoriiy, before lhey car &c dishonored or an
nulled. Blu. Lincoln has himself deprived that
consideration of all force. Abou. the game
tina that Butler issued his order in New o.
leans, Hunter in South Carolina Put forth one
on another subject Lincoln disspprovcd Of
ttls, md acted accordingly. He did not wait
10 be arprsed OF it officially, or perhaps even
automatically. He took it arowedly on the
authority OF the newspapers and promptly Is
sued proclamation 7cToking it, without wait,
ine TO communicate with Hunter. But s5 Be-
iure athtad, not 30 has lie acted with reference
to Buffers order six weeks have passed since
it was issued. A notice Of it appeared in the
Neg York Herald Of the 28ih Of Mag, noIu
than four ks ego No rebu6e has yet ar
peared. Butler has declared that DO will
stand by every word of it; and Butlor ls still
in power and Lincoln ID still sl5nt.
Eu. tie voice from across tia water al
which L,hcon's administration is accustomed
to ,1oube, is now heard. Picayune's Ihts ID
sealed 81 last. Seward will be called 10 the
rescue agsin, sud will come as usual. "lhset-
fully" A few quircs Of foolscap, covered with
the firstlies and secondlies, snd the divisions
sad suboivis!ona Of s sorhistical discussion
which his people will consider able because It
is long and profound because it is misty, will
suttics. Baller will find himself "che eTtuiiY"
condemned III tsa conclu1i1g psragTsYk. and
Lincoln aid his people will fancy their repuss.
ZION clcanssd from the pollution inflicted Or
Butler. Thsy viii givs IL their o~u 7iTtuous
promptings the cfeo;t duo 10 the gTowl OF the
British Lion, aud will consider themselves
more than over, tie blessed Of the earth y
| VINO could endure association with such p2o-
plo!
Col. John Marshall, OF Texas.
Oul. John Marshsll, Commander OF the 4:h
Texas R.Siueut, attached TO JIekson's Army,
was killed. He ia we'll and iavorably known
TO tie rosdcrs of tho Redmond "Eaquirer,
ss G public mon and Southern patriot Some
months aen no gave sketch Of him in con-
nectioi With ,ho lrass ii Texas; he having
been tie editor Of the leading journal in that
State Tor somo ten years past. He had been
previously canrrcted with the MississiPPiaa at
Jackson, Mississippi, of which State he 's