Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-18
<tl,!lmuul Enqunli
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. II, 1863
81 TYLER n ALLEGRE

Tie Sentinel of yesterday cSpouses th
cause or Mr. Benjamin, and replies to our de
f.ns!yc remarks against the false aspersions O
the agents and organs Of the State Depart
mem; We are told that
ic- purposes of controversy, nsthins coult
La!e he Z more inliScreet than such an avow
al t.: determined opposition for the natura
aal logical effect is, Ia PIT its readcrS or thea
lgir: whenever the State Department. is men
t:.ue,i hv the Enquirer "
i Ills all our inIiscretion does ? Put ou,
reader, on their guard" Mr.. Benjamin diG
hi, forus long ago His mal-administratior
Of the W.. Department. his sacrifice of New
Orleans, Fort ponelson and Roanoke ISLAND
yitt4s wioie count'y on its guard, and called
forth s;;ch manifestation Of public sentiment
that the President very properly yielded tc
the voice Of an outraged cause, and removed
him from tie War Department. 'Fault-tind
III. AMI ccnSure" became the 'Tmatter Of bus
i@:s,' .r tie whole country, and from city
aal iowu, from county and State, the ''busi
ness came up. and the Congress took up the
matter and wage,l the "open war;" and Mr.
Benjamin went under. Weregret the Presi
dent did not leave him where his own NAL
administration placed him.
But We are again told that Spence is Mr.
l!GEHainger's man, and not Mr.. Bcniumin's
. aai the Sentinel" differs totally from the
'E.qn;scr's estimate Of Mr.. Spence" and
thai his work on the American Union con
tairs some expressions repugnant to our OWL
views rs to slavery in The ABSTRACT" We SET
n reason 70 shift the issue from Mr.. Benia
min 20 Mr. Spence, or his book but, for thc
la%eft 4: the Sentinel" we extract the fol
loSiGs from the American Union," writer
iy tie famsciM agent Of the Confederate
S;a;es il England:
w !"rlore slavery as laraentable evil
a"4 rocard it as 4 great human wrong
pages.
AID again:
In fact slavery like other wrongs, react:
oa tie wTcns doer. Taking the most temper
az v."w Of il, stripping away all exaggera.
uo0s. il remains an evil in an economical
sense: wrong 20 humanity in !. moral one.
i; i gross anachronism. a thing of two
'a'HSan4 years aso-the brute force Of dark
a-"' o:rGling into the midst of the nine
t""Ath c"n,ury--a remnant of elder disnensa,
tons whose harsh spirit was law; in cunhic
Fa IN" genius Of Christianity. whose mild
'liri i iovc. No reasoning. no statistics, m
:i,si. ~ philosophy can reconcile us to thai
"a.ih "nr instinct repe!s. After all the argu
M'''> have been poured into our ears there i:
something in the heart that spurns them. We
maze 10 declaration that all men are borr
e4Eai tn' conviction, innate, irresistible
'e''> Us, with Il voice we cannot stihe. that a
man Is man, and not a chattel. Remove from
-'i'eFy. aS it is well to do, all romance and
sSa:s%Fation. in order that we may deal with
Ni>air and calmly, it remains foul blot
I'm: l., which all must desire to purge the annuls
q The zee" Page 90.
lEs "Sentinel' says that in the book Of
'.e .fa"'rial agent Of the Confederate
Sa.a>-
Her tho Yankees). interference with
sa:'Fy j. pontclly condemned, and any in
.,.''ar"n"e vita it, save by the Southern States
'"el'>e!; !;'es, is deprecated"
Inc " Sentinel" can never have read the
r>a :, and apologses for Spence in ignorance
Here is vha: Spence says
;.1H the Southern Confederacy maintain its
,,..'SEen1"nee, it will become its strongest de-
.v % he received into the family of indie
.S','eai powers. II rW be clearly alloscablt
,;,'' g''sramemt. tchen acknowledging thar .its.
tff,"""';, +, 10 obtain engagements IN relation
:, -''a BY parity Of reasoning may not Mr.
-"H'' IN acknowledging our nationality,
.'a nia!n and England in making it .condi,
%'''' rF"n emancipation? What would be
=, r' Fsiii'n Of the financial agent should Mr.
a now offer to recognize the nationality
We Confederate States upon their abolish
T. =, saTeFy? And Lincoln will resort to
!. -. "' s'on as our armies again force back
,'''eS To the loyal States. lie will endeavor,
," ~S Principles Of Mr.. Spence, to detach all
""@''ay from the Confederate cause by fore
WV; r''A us the naked issue of fighting for the
r,S,a9cH r Of Mr.. Spence's '..joul Jlot"-
,n ,.-.' Las bcen taught by Mr.. Spence that
-; ~" Properly Interfere with our. institu.
1-,. ',',' aN@ Ii she, so can the United States.
,-'> 'UfIect for gratitude?
49,, ~ Sentinep may "recl bound to honor
,,r, y :! sfa;eial to him (spence) for his gene
,,, s'''''srssted and effective advocacy Of
w. saa,e; :" hut the Enquirer" cannot share
,... sVGn obligations towards any man who,
-'4'ns upon our strongest desire" for
!. '',"n' urged England to take advantage
49,, VIZ a'aeu;ies to effect her own selfish mr.
c,,, ~ abolition. The financial agent of the
,G... ':'a'e States in England is paid in gold
".e'sH exchange at ten, fifteen or tventv
a,.,s ,1s, and here is the work our people are
,,,,. a''s' and urged by the sentinel' to he
'as:'Aeiy grateful for. ~
s,,;. "sA's generous, disinterested and eff.
Ii, d. advocacy of our cause" amounts to