Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-17
II Hs Elito s ef The E qutrer.

AMELIA STRING, JhiJ EHn, 1917.
Dear sirs:-Llke one OF The lra,hered Tribe lhal
has been startled from is native haunis b. The
bid OF The broad ami sweeping wig" led che
pcstilence that wdlke!h in darkness" and roam.
i:g wherever fortune or fancy leads the way, |
arrived here 4 few days since, where, fora while,
| sEall inhaie not only The cool h!tt Zcs OF a sa.
lub!ious atmosphere, but imb,be oorious ~dfarghis
from a liinpid fountain u hincral water. Repo
sing here beneath the dense shacc ci a v.ne,
whose thousand fantastic WIeaihs and iusufanl
;ol ag= form d natural bower OF unsurpassed
osaily ard loveliress, brea,hcd upon by 2rih2I>
Is sol, as The tanning Of ascfaph's WIG, wh,cii
~ mach rci!esh the eve oil A suii;y day, resal.d
by the delicious perfume ard potent fragrance
.. ~unnumbeIed flowers that gracefully p"ro.Iudr
heir variega!ed heads from The fresh vcrdure that
surrounds me, | almost fancy that my enrapl
sonl has been transported on the ''seIaph wings
Of ecsiasy' % the happy ieids Of Elysium. Thi,
is not The Wild sketch ol a creative imagination
that 'embodics forth Inc forms Of things un-
Known, and gives 10 the airy nothing a local
nabiiaiicn ard a name" The bower allud j lc
is not only a reality but il is in tact a natural GU.
riosity. IL is in front If lie Ladies Row.
rhe vine, aief having cntwined self in n THU
sand complicated folds around the limbs Of a
small clump OF treos, runs The whole length u;
he pii zza, some sky or seventy iert, ~cunceal-
ms i; cnlirely IRON view, aud iotmin, a
aiost lo:cly and SECLUDED retreat Tor those who
Indulge in ';the charming agories of love,
~hose misery delights" Here, as | am inform.
I'd. has many al aspiring youth, while The soti
beams oi the >ilvery moon empsrtd sed the nisc;,
fallen a victim 10 the Elusive form, The Xii d iug
9 ace, the enIicinS smile, or The modest seeming
eye. Here doubtless TOO has man. a needless
youth pcen led on by the syren voice Il the CO.
qGe,lc, 10 suiletul shores and me- d., If fatal low
Here also NO doubt, has a liule monosylabie dis.
fay,d 10 some lucsy wight, the seventh lea ven
ma glance" or involved him in The gloom and
darkness oi Erehns.
When | arrived al the Springs, | observed in
from. ci The ho.el an elevated Platform, attached
III a nee, which looked tc nc ike a sacred us.a
irom which ihouSttl should h,ar TIC subli.ae ard
waning voice OF some an.bas ador ol Jehovah,
afoGsing iEe apathy Q! Inc lisIless ard Slimulai.
ing tie ac:or u he pious. 6ui, upon enquiry, |
ascc;siined that I. wasa tcm73raru establishment,
erected Tor temporal purposes, and No, for sp, Gu
idIieas about ',he vast concerns Ct az eternal
scene" II was The sand for The orator On tie
occasion Il our national anniversary day in
dignity and importance unsur passed by any that
iIlumines Tue page Of mans history, always ex.
ccp ing The natal day OF the luwly Nszarine. But
lie youthful uTaioi vas tqu 10 The occasion -
Fhe tit OF genius warmed ElS soul and spafklcd
in MS eyes. lie S., siied tc have been The / ayoi e.!
child OF Fancy, who hoYefed over him as A guar.
dian an.e, and from her '%pictuled urn scalte:eG
thuushl, thai b.ratncd AMI words thai bL.ned."-
Bat | trusi that lie gloomy iorcbctirss OF The
orator in relation 10 The reckless al.'np,. OF
NoI,hc!n fanatics 10 Apply the flaming io:ch to
the maer fi,eai d fee OF our halIowed an! glo.
i.ous CONSTITUTION, viii Frove eruundiess. | lIus;
ina: our Northern be h,cn vii, ncG icrge, that
ouf uaion originated in compromise, and that by
compromise ii Can only be preserved. An oncr.
Gus, oppressive and unconssiIutional law, dictated
10y sectional and self n interests, lot many years
ago engeuderrd q Southern s:oEm that almost rent
10 fragments orf con!edetacy. We ask nothing
tut oLr rights, aud We will never submit 10 re-
rea'ed inj@r,es ami wrongs. The Palmetto spifi:
is The So ri Of III Soaih |, is an honorable and
chisalrCus spiri. iha. will never allow lie SoGih
10 'alne'y submit to ~d'ssr5ce and deeradalion.-
rs The North have the power, they aust be re-
%sponsibie iof is exercise. II they suffer tanati.
cisn aud sectional amnesty 10 control her lie.
and bias their legislation, if nacnes
aud iclly shall i1sIigate them 10 trample upon III