Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-02
a vovr sprEoHn IN MASSACHUSETTS,.

NIesIrks HAspLED WITHOUT CLOVIS sxErUHp -
NATURE
Tho discharge of the Gordons, who we're arrested in
Boston for reasonable language was pub yes'r.
day. Their counsel George Sennot Who, IL will be
remsmbt red, defended Stevens and Hss Of the John
Brown "army,"s Oharlestown, Virginia. His ad6res
in behalf Of the Gordons contains the following notice
abe extracts:
|. TIE EIaaTlo TRIr sPssoH
declare before Goa t6sf - ura zutsnd that right,
l value il more than % ny IL fS1n dis whole
country to witness If have nee ~ proved the
sincerity of this declaration BY ny act,ons And the
right INDICATED at the hazard Of my life before
Southern tyrant, will not give up, for the ssks OF my
husiness 10 Yankee sneak. Neither shall the Gordous
| Tner csse Ia ours. We are tried with them. And In
defending them, defend ourselves and our country
from a gang compared with whom Col. Ledbeter is bu-
name and Gen. Floyd respectable.
Mr. Sumner was the advocate Of free speech
He claimed to be almost Of it, martyrs Aud in de-
eoce OF IT, or in cons, qlence Of it, be certainly The
victim of coWaroly assault il hicted with ferocy AID
endured with a necklaces uneIamplsd in the annals ct
| oudgeling He now changes bis opinion, or at least
| his language With that felicity Ct ausion which be-
longs among the public writer's Of America, to him sod
to GOV Andrew alone he advises hs friends 70 put their
heels" upon those who differ from them and who care
to speak out The advice given n letter 10 tbs late
war meeting at New York. Is this prosecution an eI
pertinent made upon poor mechaLics by lev snlali
consprator in pursuance Of agreement between the
| principal Thugs at Washington, in order, ii it works
we'll 10 sacrifice important victims 10 the Abolition
| Klee? / do not kaow-I know that the gentlemen OF
the Republican party do not counenance H. and that
will fail here because 10 reach their political opponents,
they cut down their personal and political friends
II fee speech ia here our eIcelsnt Governor
would speedily be known the late uLlament6d John
A. Andrew Ter bis speech is Exceedingly free and easy
quite loose az you may say. Then, what would be-
coaie Of Mr. Phillips Does he speak in fdUOr Of the
Goyernnlenty Has he id anything In favor OF any
Government except that oil Hayhr Did he not lately
advise a large and patriotic assembly not 10 give man
| or dollar TO the government of the United States p
Aud did not tina. patriotic society applaud that liberal
ruggestioIS Shall prosecute Mr. Phillips, therefore
Not with my good will Not without my active rsiidt
nuce / should violate the very first principles oil De-
mocracy which is greater than anything but the
.otd OF God himself il did rot 6ght for Mr.. Phillips
ghL talk treason TO any focl who wE2ts 70 bear Nm
WHAT SAID raE IRISH TROOPS ON LEAVING b aros
| When the regiment OF the late C,l Oass went Cf,
without AN Of tue Second Battalion, II sas
not actually Kissed 10 State street, was the hAss ehu-
setls re gment On lie fGom Mexico JM The Gyre
ablf r.pa,L ,sds adds and hsni that tie pdrfias Of
he IA 10 aid b. great relief 10 poOr houses and
jaiisl The Governor or his friends MY sly about
90 UAsss couutrymen--thc lish-Without committing
treason or even giving Il We are not accused Of
taking 20 badly, even about Mr.. Andrews eoantrymen
the negroeE--yet are We prosecuted
| WHAT Ma sEssorf THINKS sEcRkrAsY sLwALD.
Have we arrived at such state that one must hnd
fault with any action omission OF the Govenmen! CT
Any mber OF It. without having treason imputed TO
himl Can not you, sir Gan not ~ l, Tor eiimPie,
hav, the misfortune to think that Mr. Seward, Our pre-
sent Secretary OF State, ID ro H. AZ statesman, TO n
d, the papers of the late Sas Wright However little
he may be al, cted by my thoughts DO think Ills want
Of eeuse--sOGsr has made him the laughing sock
Of Europe think that he is small ward and county
poltcisn who writes like sophomore aud acts Ike q
s.ocl obLer. Every time he speaks about what will
happen in SIXTY days. in ninety days, he puts me 10 mind
of curb stone broker chaerrg over the approaching
maturity of dubious uote. think such men have been
Aessucd to important places IN this country Abou AS
often they viii be, and cannot help rjoelng 20 think
that Mr. Seward will probably be the last Of the Llipu-
tans.
An ILLUsrRAros-sIwARD AsD sUMsIR.
Again, | do not worship Mr.. Sumner. | cannot sd-
mite person Who is slmpl ~ to think inner thing
to pretend TO be u fanatic than TO BE- du but honest
m.u. There is fle old rman story, called The
Adventures Of Reynard the Fox in the Illus ratons OF
which animals CT erent Countries are represented IN
the attitudes and with the expressions oil men. The IL
lustraous very good and from h; well known fact
that men often resemble certain an mails in most Gu.
rous and unaceouaisble manner, their efsc ID highly
| amusing Il is particularly 60. II you happen BY any
chance TO be reminded by them of any particular per.
sou. Nov, mus. | suffer d.ath If say that never
looked those pictures without thinking OF Mr. seward
and mler? and that | never hear the lanes OF
Me- S,uard or OF Mr.. Sumner wi.hou: thinking Of the
picture Of the Fox and OF the Ficure Of the Gauder?
SICK oY The IxBkCILuY THE GOVERNMENT.
Aad what il an frank enough to say that am sick
OF tho staggering mbeciiy with which the Government
have managed this Of lie and death Is that trca-
sooabl, Shall my Goyerlment-that is 70 say, my
RYAN, my H'sHaste 1ny money, and even LEI IL
be stoeu and stop my paper and interrupt nay ousatss
aud violate g CONSTITUTION, and arSe and Kill my sol.
diers and Of pure neglect aud gain only disaster and
defeat TOR me by all this folly Aud shall say nothing
Ii sm 10 pu. with this aud more, aud say nothing or
else be shut up by order OF w. II Ssward winto know,
seriously aud calmly what shall fight J, Davis 70 What
shall & 1ht Davis for WAT worse eau he DO 10 me
than Seward or Stanton have done ALREADY What indeed
when their OF and want ct energy have made
him ever thing that he Lost money may be reganed,
lost armies may be replaced out OF our s~arns OF men
bu who shall give lck the time We have wasted oS'
the dirt heaps Of Hanassar Expose cup o: clear VA
ter to tue frost Observe t. and even when the cold
begins to FL lIs transparent substsnce with beautis'
culd oi ice il you agate the mass 1t will not mm
dslrly fsCZ but give 1t in that condition very snort
period OF Rest aud il becomes rock hardly yielding
to the energies Of gunpo~der and lire so have We
f,uad the South They once undecided. Time
a1d the stupidity OF Government have consolidated
hest a.irg into hostile people Yet Mr.. Gordon Is
traitor il he calls fool q fool
A PICTURE W sIw ENGLAND SOCIETY WHICH Is sor At
ALL rLArTrRISG.
New Englaud to-day is covered with societies, in which
the best Of men and c0nscientousy but relnc.
family, aud the wcrst Of aud women eagerly aud
with deglsh delight perform the part OF spies and in
formers ION each other. To say that su;n gigantic
system OF mutual eponage does not tend to degrade
cha acer simply 10 say that caves dropping aud tale
bearing arc T OF Low and occupations. Under ia
hIsuce nothing IL known OF mans al character or
disposition. .otual wachluness upon the one side
a@ske0s habi al hypocrisy on the o'her. And It !s
| -. RI lila aeiaI nj
gsnte villain OF New Orleans San FrinGi,cc that you
can tell how vast benefit you derived from his emiga
ton Tue wckedless lDok ID little here, because We sa~
but little Of It. Tae pr s'nre OF nIiSersai Ii
tening aud peepng had driven deep into the iDnermo
brs Of our society. 50 pressed il pro iucss Smelling
Uommuees-it elects HsI Legislature it brings
such men Is Deacon Palmer ATE, Oh! OF fear
nith men ike Mr. WASH utn, whom ,hey receive into