Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-31


nose to DO him in Justice, or accuse him in,-
properly. We are not lssailing the man: we
are merely seekingto relieve the service of al,
unfortunate end wa'ucLy oA,'rr.
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THE SUPPRESSION OF THE NE"
YORK "WORLD.*
Tie fnreibls seizure Of the New fork
"World" and tue journal oi Commerce. has
called forth the suhioined printed protest q
! the e.l,nr If the "Worli.
Fer ,brec wears the "W0rll' has been The
hla,an. advocate Of war, suhugation and de-
ISOLATION FOR the people CT the Confederate
States; fer three years it has been the ally Of
Lneo!n, supporting Illegal Imprisonment and
ur institutional war: It has applaudcd and
encouraged the hurning Of dwellings tho dis
hnn"r II wrmru. the murder OF non combat
anti; il has kept limo 10 the muse "a rny'd
!.c .hc m,At ultra nl,nlitonint4 Now That it'
ir"u.lins4 have come back upon itself, and It
feels what il laborcd to inilict upon u5, Its
lamcn;alion will but make the people mock
at lis ,,nlamity and laugh ut lis fear. "c"rse7'
ike chickens, come homo to rJoSt.
FROM the New York World, May 70, 1Si'
| T. lis EnceIlency ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President Of ne LAited States:
Sir-"That the King can do no wrong" IL
he theory Of II monarchy. 1t is the theory
Of u constitutional republic that its chief ma
yistraro mny do wrong. In tho former the
ministry r. responsible for tho Kings acts.
| Iu tho l:ur. tho President is Responsible Tor
il. :..ia ui hi4 ministers. Onr Constitution
! ,},ai,. that t!e President may err in provid-
! ing fora Judgment upon his donSs by the
rrn,,r. in regular elections. la providing
| Ter his i,nreachment. X ahmits that he may Ia
! guilty 81 crimes.
! In . Government Of laws and not OF men,
! he m,,t obscure citizen mny, without inlcco'
rum address him sell to the Chief Magistrate,
| Ahen 10 the Constitution whence you derive
! ynur icnrorarv power, ard he tho guaranty
! e his rcrvemal rights, he has CONSTANTLY
raid his urqucstioninS loyalty, and when t"
ric laws. which your duty IL to care Tor a
! faithful csrrut,nn Of he has rendered entire
ia ,Jirurc.
If The, matter 1T III" midrris he that IN h-
| ,,,r-,n .r"rrriy and rights, tn" Consultation
|.;., teen iiar".artrd and tho Laws ,l'''rheyCi:
I II In ;:rr"nl Ia the principles nj 'ustlrn be- L.,
tuui,. ..In 1T iIun the a,!iitu!e at his rcnr'l
rt:uri, nnd II tho manner "l hIj .ddraE' l'
! no I,.p Temperate than Inn, he 'lrtd not ncc'i
,,our;iY phrases IT, rrGrtain a,l Wtent''
'hcu,ipn from :, magistrate wh" loves hs conn
trv. hrr institutions .GI her laws.
In the Nv erld" ri las! Wednesday morn
ing wa published y pr ,clamaton, purportinc
t, be sl.aed by your Exce!lency aud counter
signed ~ the Secretary Of STATE, .eppointln.
a day rf fasting and prayer. and calling ini'i
military service hy vuiuntecrin = art draft i"ur
!uu,irci thousand citizens between the ages
cc c;..h;een and forty live. That pr"claina-
t;un WAS forgery, written hya person who,
ever since your departure from Springfield
Tor Washington in i'';l has enjoyed private
rs "ell ~ public opportunities Tor lelrniDgt Ia
Counterfeit the reaularit;os OF y1ur speech
ard style, and whose service for years us
city c!itcr Of tho New York "Iiines" and
upon The New York "Tribunr," acquainted
him with the entire newspaper machinery OF
The city, and enabled him to inert his clever
I,rgcry into the regular channels (which we
receive l,.Ns ut u time when competent IN
.r.ctiun ri liz y-i;i'inrres1 Was impnssiilc
aud srsy;r.ol Of ita authenticity w;.s lnprnr
i..lIc. The manifold i'aprr. resembling III al
lcsp,,:i. th:. nruu whrh NO nightly rccrIrr
from eur a""nta news. aud from tho govern
Incut it.cii orders, announcements and pro
/ clan AtoDs, was left with i night clerk about
=; or / o'clock in the morning, after the dc
rarture Of eYery responsible editor, and was
~ once r.g-s.d into the hands Of tho printers,
pu: in tyre and published. No newspaper III
The country nut would have been deceived H.
we were
Our misfortune WAS complete. At an carly
hour, however, before the business Of the city
had fairly begun, it WAS discovered that we
had been imposed upon, and were being made
10 anrcar the instruments Of q deception OF
the public. There WAS no delay IN lIndi-
c;.tinr oar character. Gar whole lnnrlIlhcfy
I.,r srIr.!inn nrwH wn4 mrt in motion instantly
{, anntun..c that We ha,i been deceived by Il
tiorpcry--,lat yrnr EsccIlcnry had issued IN
pro, luna'ipn. Tho sale Of papers over our
c0unters was stepped. Our bundles tn the
Scotia, bound fer Europe that day, were
stoned Ncwf room bundles and files "ero
stopped, and the agent Of the line was IN
rm1d that the proclamation was forgery.
Our printers AID rrrssmcn were brought
IRON their bones and beds tn put IN type anu
publish tho news Of our misfortune. Our
bulletin u ards we're placav'lHd with the otter
If reward f"r the discovery Of the forger; and
no the agent IF tho Associated Press sent {.
telc::ranl recilir- ell the facts, for him to
transmit a: once to nearly every daily paper
III the NORTH. from Maine to California. Thus
lnlnrc the Scotia sailed, before your Secretary
rC State iud officially branded tho forgery,
th, winga which We had given tn truth hia
enabled her IL "lItstr,r tIEwLere tue raia.
h,Id we had ,u.m ittinglv set on loot, and m
MANY places the Trnth arrived before the
forrer had coinc 10 tell his tale.
Tor any iriIry done To ourselves, to the &
vcrprment, or 10 tho public, this publicity wa:
annie antih"ic. l.. indeed, made injury IN
possible.
Eat the .n-uIl to your EScellcncy WAS the
greater in proportion to the eminence Ct your
station Early in the afternoon ct edn"
day, therefore | went with Ms. William T..
Prime, the chief editor Of the journal Of
I nmmcrcc," whirn hal been deceived pre-
clrcl; .,l We were, to the headquarters oi the
Department 81 the East, and We laid l;aGnr,
the mmln,.img General every clue in cal
rr;srs.inn Ml:rh could load t. the dnr'voi
'i H.. .uilty pcrsrr:'. All the facts above re
,,rd we're lclcgrnrhcl 1T once To y"u Through
an, Serretsry.u of War hy General Dix. ~
.crt oar utter hlamelesancss. ! assert, mort
oyer, that have never known u mind rn pre-
iuIircL in which acquaintance with thc:t
iucts would not enforce the conviction OF on
inter b!amelessness.
Here wms the absence Of an intent to ID
wrong here was an sntidOte for an injury
unwitinsIy assisted moro complete and el
f:..un than tho injury itself hero wnI ala",
rity in search Of ,l,n wrong loer, and aass
ancr rendered To y,aIr subordinate /" disr"vc
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