Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-22


cusations sometimes drsci :. sgainst the si-
ministration, ;s thst nu- secrecy has not been
sufficiently guarded,
The laiier sentences, which wo nsve above
quoted iroiE. the Wing find no warrant in
any thug that has Appeared III this paper, or
any where else that We have seen. No "unaE-
prohcaat:s purity and infa!'til,!?" ha7e evsr
been ssss,lui bf Us for The administration or
'or any member OF It. Wo expect no.hing
such OF any mortal man; and !: @as precisely
because, ana for the avowed reAson that, such
perfection was not to be expected, that we have
condemned the "bitler reproaches' in which
tho "Whis" and other journalists have per-
m;ttod thsE's.iTes to indulge for every sup
posed error Of tins Administration. But,
While ~ do iiot encourage the Administration
to beltfe iiSeif ihfallibe, neither do we be
l,eve It's ceuso1s and critics infallihle We do
not believe thst tie "Whig" il iufallibls. We
bslevs that ~hen they dsnouncc the Admins
traton, the reasonable chances are, at least,
ten to one, t!iat they are wrong aod the Admins
trstion right Tasy certainly are not seissT msn
than the p resident and his Cabinet, and better
gifted by nature to form a correct opinion.
They haTe none Of the responsibility which
presses upon the President They have less
personally Ut stake. "Tbe lights before them"
are not rear So good Added to this, they
corfessodlg Indulge il "hasty judEusuts,'
which arc never worth much. Thc"vcIy bittsr"
reprcsches which to-day they utter, tc-inor
row proves to n:Ye been very unjust" They
ere frequently persons of moroso and eeuso,
rous temperament, T;.o naturally oppose
every thing aad every body, ssvs when caprice
ner are their Judgments The vary instincts
OF the people will tell them that the Presidents
judgment is far the more reliable.
The President is not in danger OF being
spoiled by TOO much praise, TGere !s very
little Of it in the papers that are friendly 10
nio 4 stranger would think him very un.
popular. foc the papers and the men that
"rep-cacn'' him arc ever busy. HIS sup-
porters have deferred too much to these. They
have bcea cocten; 70 lot him stand upon his
msrits. Ho has boen applaudcd, howe7er.-
He has been praised, His name is to some.
aoi in some places, word Of meaning. OF
the uiatchess heroes whom Jackson led at
Bsr;on's Hill, some were taken prisoners
They were led by the enemy to Winchester,
and IS they proudly trod its streets and
caught the s5mpathisins locks Of the ladies
and saw their waving handkercheis, their
voices rang out loud and clssr, 'Hurrah for
tha Richmond Whigl"-#e bag pardon, the
pen inada 1risiake-"H "Hurrsa for Jet. Daqls!'
WAS Whist the brave Fellows said When they
reached Baltimore, the true citizens and LADIES'
Of that oppressed city we're Sc transported with
sympathy that they forget their own hgcr.--
Waving nandEsrch;sfs and waving hats told the
capiiyes that they we're among III ends. The en-
thusssin OF our brave unfortunatns was so ex
cited lL.t i must have ntterance. All guarded
Is they we're, peuned in with hayoncts and
mar chin. If to prison, thcT took of their tst5,
and waved :nem about their heads, and cried
out till tis city rang again, "Husrah for the
Richmond W hig l'"-oh this naughty pen, 1t
lis made another nis.sks-"Hurrab for JET.
Dapisr was whet they said. No other word
would &c. their fselings out. And the sound
was caught up 10 the ovsrhanging windows,
.ad "Harrah for jeff Dsvs!" was answered
back By The lair ladies and brave men of Bal
ti.ncre Whilo the President thus lives in the
hearts and feelings Of such as peril lite In the
bsttle field iur their country, he has no need
Of the praise, aid needs not fear the censure
and the hssty judgments, of those who dsclalm
at safe stree; corners, or Of such as plan Gums
paigns above editorisl back stairs.
By the most astonishing falsehoods, in high
places snd in low places, the enemy are keep
ing up the spirits Of their people, and tanning
tho war lever, with af1irmations Of series OF
crest successes Witness the following "or-
der, from the heavy brute who presldes al
L'ac'ln's war board. Bslhod, severely chnstlsod'
aHd termed back at Sugar Oreek-st,acked and
severely whipped with great loss ct Shiloh
taking Possession ii an evacuated island at
No. ~, and only after long delay and eDor-
NOUS expenditure both in effors aud in prepa
ration, Slsntos' yet Calls on his peepIs TO re-
joce over these Rs crest cictcrics! And they,
poor dupes, consnling themselves that his
statement. is trie, ahh exnltng over the sup
poaed slacebter q thirty 10 forty thousand" OF
tne citizens who fought for their homes at Shi.
lob, ars making themselves absurd over the
idsa tbat " hal iney call the rebellion" is
near its end
Fellow citizens Of tic Confederate States,
it surely IS desperate Cause which needs such
desperate lying Let us take courage from
the fact that the enemy is reduced to the ne
cessisy Of Sc ignominicus an expsdient! Let
US press upon him with more such victories
aa Shikh let us nly him with Them until