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


..luK6Af MORNING. ArEi1G 10. 'B2.
Tie RrimoLd Wig vi Thursday,
z,i:sr in its own dcf.Hce, or as the chsupion
2,ibsfs. excuses, ii i! does hot Justify, The late
carnations of Gen. i. s JIhnst:'u by those
x,o ii present heap ,Eacs uEon bis grave.
ale charity. l!ttle fp,hsaIhnce, short
...pso-l.n OF Judgment, lio d:splsy Of little
..r=fv.i,e, towards one who had given so many
,r,o!. oi coursge and capacity, would have
t,sr. uuca better, So far as The deceased hero
::.a,csrnsd, than all this display Of posthu.
=. praise Alas il falls on the dull co!d
- ii testii HIS last days were dogged
=.:a 3eianslory criticism" which was 10th
.r.aarsut ana dcguatical" These are hal sh
x5,Gs," says the Wing in rebrks 70 TIC
~E..e!..:' ios aav!Ds employed them. "Lat
Is cc !-st e iaa living as we'll as 70 the dead, !"
.:s;:s. u:,c lies the very paint of our CONS
.:.i:l VII: could not the i..ay Johnston
s:sase@o poor !iite o: that justice, which
:! rgt: accoidsd hi: Why was lie the subject
o ..oo!ld 2:l cIusi assaults. &C. orc lie had
y7sa Ca. -,,s5ips: We tuks up The words
ci lie Via. a.. repeat: "Let us De just
20 the il -. i, r7lii - - the dead" We hope
,hs; eG: co!.@ps:.:y will Uo;ic win US In
sc;.cs cpo@ IF.
4l rhe "'nis" excuses tie "scry bitter
ard SER atjlst re eproaohss' which it admits
~, "asspe.:" or Gen Johnst@a, on The
:yav;.:; la Io.. "ho uttered ths7a knew no
..,l-,"s::h ire lights before them at is
:5es:.i ua.easo@aoe,' it adds, "to expect the
.-oi!. ;J eHtlri: the patient iupaTtialilJ of The
a.;V7;s2. Hssty judgments nsy be
g;.ssh. aopgi f,r.:eF, nut TO no purpose" If
lis .: G. Wig" idea OF 'ebli:htan,i public
O?.ht-2, .2d iii rv ;ae trae one, then really It
stol!.: ia .ist.sT vi very littie consequence to
coed LAT pssce of MIND what the public
.r:st: ii.,,k. We bad aiwa;s supposed that
ine c5s5ac!.ii;,:c Of a reasonable :.nd Just man
Ess, tnSE &c ~csld rot take up hasty aceuss,
Too against i.liov citiz5n. ae would, in
deed, iuIu an oIil,op, or rather an impression,
with lhe !igL;s befurs bith;" bat until te
could !.aTp al the ACTS, no would hold it as
mere F:cTisioaa! opinion, and he would bold it
= Ef>s: charity. BE would By no msans in
3c!gs:E vsry bitter rspfos cles" Until be bad
sYoG reaSon &c Enow that they were no: very
-:ias;. TIE excuse which the "Whig"
mites f.T 'rese "aasty judgments, followed by
':Ty Liter AID very unjust reprosdhes, would
7..aca;s IL least 1ine.Ientns Of all the ISLANDERS
az ~ li@ siaDderers the! sta,ct society
N.s: 81: sI,nders. il most cases, il they are
-: '::'"siy lajs dento" formed with the lights
Hs:tie :teJ,,' er;! proclaimed il: ''ytET bitter
a-c az unjlst approaches =
We DO no. Egreo With the ''W Gig that the
.:eae-vf st least thar po',ioE Of them whose
s2.a,sas arr regarded, and vno therefore form
g.Iii' oPiniou-are in the habit of indulgng
Tasty Judgments aud making thora ths
'is's q hitter rawlings and angry dsnuncia.
LOIS. Soae the:e are, wa know, who So act,
'a; ;ae Wing" should join US in coucemning
iisSe--Out .xcusiis them. Certain it is,
la: . s3nn as ie becomes known that
SUI; 5 'hoir hs5i!, their cpiuiuus and
@s7 cso5ures PASS f5r nothing. They
u. recognized and held "a mere scolds,
'2acer of sensation than OF III. truth. Thes
i-iE q 40 wants bis opinion respected will not
lts'rd i in "a hss.y judgment IL is certain
sasi .Grns!;s,s, at ieasi-who are recording
Sis History Of tho tiass-ousnt to DO moro
:sGtous and deliberate.
FuShc opinion is powcrlnl agent ior good.
i ii is sept intelligent sui pure and Just; .but
.stit ha characterized b., 'hsstY Judgments"
aHd very bitter and very n:just rep,oaches," :"
lex / Ee made the vehicle OF all ISLANDERS and
Ca n"caaritsbleness, and there s DO good man
"fo ~isnG. learn 10 dssprse 1T. Let ns have
an enlightened, just, reasonable public opn.
100, anu is value is incalculable.
o6e OF the pr;lcipal monitors ol men, in
tOriT pursuit oi vita, is wise and excellent. il
es2sF!srce, We TAD supposed that ths per-
lePuon AID acknowledgment Of tho great in.
.aslice which nao bseH don: Gen. Johnston
Seud have cautioned our co,croorary to DC
little less "hasty" in its Judgment" and
little less "bitter" ii its rep. oachssp for the
i2,afe. We were tne rnore encouraged to e1.
pscS tbs y cen, coupled with its aloae,aent t.
tee a:sr,yred General, it said: ''6lt ., us be
Just to tnc icing as 8sll ss to The decd" We
thought then that our living Generals, cur
Pfes.d.a:, his Clbinc;, ard all on whom fail
'as burden Of public. af.irs in this terrible
an', would not bs7e to wait until death io7
''Eia'n Justice Bet the "Whig's" Article
quickly undeceiTsd us. It s1 onco slid into
's'y hite'" reproaches Of tee Administra
.'a accused i: Of reglecting even lis ''avor
~ cr't'ta'n,"- Johnston /; charges it with
'ssADsss CT folly; end says that it used J. ohm.
s''0 as "a 5cspe-soat," and is responsible for
.sfsIEoachss that fell upon him, and for all
'NsH consequences. This is the "Whigs"