Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-31
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prosperity and power y"u '.H'e i'ra'eA "''G
MAY destroy. TO characterize these lF?'cti-
ings as arbitrary, illegal and Observation-Disclosures
would seem, If such weighty words have NOT
boon en,ptied of nil Significance. I" h"f't Def
ter IN hour ut which you have mt .rr'T'd
am, u nlnnc where not public "In'"n. boat t'''
authority Of law speaks. after imrc:'''im"n'
trial, conviction and judgment.
Eut, sir, the suppression Of tw" daily l"uT-
mails in this metropnlis--o the organ "s lis
great commercial public, the ":kcr - iccrS
MED opponent Of The Democratic pr'ntIr!rs
which are shared by half or nearly hall your
fellow citizens shcck the l"n',hc MIRO
did amaze every honeat airJ patriotic cItiHHh'
drl fill with Indignation i.r'! alarm e:sry rare
and loyal breast. There were no Indignation
meetings, there we're n" T:ct'. Tie Wan 10
official protest But d. mnt Imagine, sir, thn'
the Governor IF this State las Forgotten I" n',
his dnty; DO not imagine that the Pe'P'9 VI
this city Ut State, or country have cen7F" "
love their liberties, or do not th"S nc" |"
protect their rights. IT wouia he i'''l |" a
t-r,nt 10 commit tlinr error here anal now. :.
free rcaplc can mt need dcv'so ni'.:t.i |" icarh
their Chief Magistrate HE same i"sr"n.
r., van, sir. who haze ~ heart the t"nN!i
,ut;nn which yuu swnrc to ''prrscrvo, protect
III,
cite those natural aud chartered rights thcro'
i, enumerated. among which are these ): That
tho neorle shall re secure in tier persons,
hnu,ss, pnpcts and effects, ais;.irst mnreasnna-
llc seixures, and that 10 vibrant c7cn shalt
i.sue, cxcsrt upon probable cum'c, supported
hv oath, and particularly describing the place
tc he searched and the persons or things to DE
sciZcd: that no person shall &c deprived cl
life. liberty or property without due process
Of law: vet these IRE the most priceless pos
sessions of frecmeu, and these vcu took away
from HE.
Even q captured and guilty criminal whn
knew that kis crime would I've proved, AMI
that the law would hssmrcL!T 'i.It upon INN
condcu punishment, might with rr0prir'Y
mead these rights and demand of the rElrl
magistrate 10 throw over him these shled'.--
Assaulted bv the bayonrts "F II military com
m.ritr, he might protest a,.I assert ina IL
nlienahle right to the orderly rr0rfasts. r'r
proofs, and the punishment "i the law. fni
has the Saxon tongue Hny ra'lns leli i'r hun
&c use who, heiug tho within OF crane, has
been made GlsO the victim Of law!eSs powers:
1t is the theory OF the law that alter the
commission o. any crime, AL Proceeding takch
Def ,ro trial shall re mercy preventive; hu.
the proceedings taken AGAINST the Word
wer" 81 the nature "i :. SUMMARY cz''','''h
,.r Judgment, Would tiinl Ery Law have htr:
,lehicl. wouid tho law il"c!t have ':cn sei
:.aihr for the hAyonrt. w"'''t Tf'".' "a fnti-
mary ~ "a drum hca ,.':I:r !nar:"i he {"
rrsoriei to hy y"u III l'cI'':'I. ":S. "a ir3i'l
Tie boundaries a.: 'n!l'':r ""'"i'.''r,i' Ind
The dresses %hiah 'HhAiatcnii? :'Pr':.na your
cnnraa Leon, a. we 'Trrn, tho 'i'ttm' ~ '","
InrgHrg! ilni tho Tribune ana i!'"E$
published the forgery (mnd tho r'n"nc
cNndih!y niIniis thnt il might have r'i!!Sa"I
it, and way prevented only hy mere ria',",'
would Won. sir. have suppressed tho "ll!'
tune" and .Timcs" as y>u suppressed TIC
"World" and journal al Commerce Yea
know you would not. lfnJt, Why nos;
Ia there Il different law for your otr3Ielta
and for your supporters.
(an YOU, whose ewes discern equality under
every .:nunir yi,I, ic blinded hy the i,uc al
,,rt;zanni,in.
IN. "N6rIt" had sustained the Z ,yrrn-
m.nt in its struggle to preserve cur iInperiI"L
na,;nnul;,v. Il had helped to INSPIRE the
marital shirt of the people, aud encru'a arc
them to the eacriii,tS they hay. - nolly
mazda /, had advocated ,!:osc measures Of
financial no]icv which ccuil bes. preserve thr
tone and vigor Of lhe government III the con-
tast Il Lad deserved we'll u The lciuiir,
AMI or tho q, who loved it.
Eat it also EXPOSED AMI lar"nnr,l ',c cal
rr,,;nn. attendant urn yn..r nim;nis;rmtior
II hand or,.nscI :. Il, iu-ivr and rncrvaling ~.
tam ,r ,:,prr money. 1, had vindic,t,L iI.r
fame of n patriot L;c"cr.i. whum yrI had II.
moved rrcm command on the eve Of victory
II had deprecated your re clec,iur. Did You
not find in these facts the rr0vucatioas to your
wrong and your persistence in wrong: Had
Won not made IN y,ur mind against I'D b.rnre
The UNDERLYING, Your parrih.n, bad aoncoctcd hir
Moi, When YOU :n.s.scr these intcrrngaiC
ries. will produce the proof Of threats lnadu
against us hv those nearcs. You, and assGuiin.
to exert your prcvoEativc, before this trick q
forgery furnished yna with the sr"cinuu@ Fr' :
tense Of an accusation.
On it he possible, sir. that FL: Il moment
you surrosel THAI .i"nrnaTs like "nrt could al
lord t" hc guilty Of this Forgery! let the
unanimous voice 81 Your "%n lr"'s ans%er.
Such trick would hardly have -r'rrncci IN
SanLamun county, Illinois 70" " fai:E w!''ri'
il ub3u. t., 90 before the ra0pc, a!Id ask them
To commit to It'd hands tho administration OF
ai!airs, which has been moe generous ;t''i
forbenring to your errors than yen haze been
in.t Ia its guides, permit ME 10 say th;t y vas
less possible to lie tine Of any nc Of them
than i was Of any man high or !ow VIII" sns
nected them.
Apd 80 the end hns proved. The confrs -td
and ruil,y forge,s were your own aealo., par
,;zars. .Insorh Howard .Tr, who has col
ies,sd his crime, was Republican roliticit II
and LOYAL Lacquer Of Brooklyn. Consider,
s;r a, whose feet no WAS taught hir goiitinl
EDUCATION, and in whose cause he spent his pc
Etical breath. Mr. llnwalli has bceu from
his yery childhood an intimat" friend f tie
,snublican clcrryman Henry " ard Teacher,
and 4 member Of his church. lie baa listc,
Cd wear in and ycurou to the drarriaEs 1t liz
plvmoutb sarc,,rary. Tie s;ulnp sprrr,,c4
wbicb there iollow nrager and rrcred, the
LeneJ;.ti,.u he for years rcnortcd N !ha i,n
nal. which il your devoted organ in thi- city