Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-30
For tie Enqnirer
..nluu Resolutions OF iugunta.

It is intensely uncharitable TO charge on an
intelligent community the objectionable aOSur'
div Of recordings wholesale verdict in favor
Of 4 SET o! propositions, whose meaning and
tendency they 10 not in the least comprehend;
therefore, We make bold 10 say" that tho pco-
pie Of Augusta, in subscribing 10 the volumI'
nous and conflicting absurliticS presented 10
their sublime wisdom Tor earnest debate, on
Monday last, have voted themselves entitled to
,bc most exalted compliment which has ever
vet been accorded to mere finite intelligence.
Mr.. Glvddon himself, the unrivalled clnclha-
tor of the ancient hieroglyp!iics oi the Nile
and Of Egypt, who. as he unsolded the wrap.
pinrs of the a%uti-deluTian inummieS, read and
related with ease the biography and personal
pcculiarilics Of his define! subject, with those
mysterious uncooth characters labeled OH the
windins.shect as his only guide and historian;
did not, in a life time, earn for himself so lofty
o claim to eminent sagacity in solving ii tangled
puzzle, as is due TO the people Of Augusta, Tor
their sudden and untausht acumen, which so
readily pcnetratcl the reccsSeS OF that dlillcnlt
riddle which was submitted 10 them on
Monday, hy that modern SphynX Of tho
Anrlo Saxon tongue-Mr. II. y. Shctfey.-
Yet we wonld entrrat these wise citizens oil
AUruSta 10 DIllSc, INV ~
reasonable dInidenca Of their own wisdom,
while [ tell hos the practIccd and learned MT.
GIvdlon was once 50 unfortunate Us 70 become
ths victim Of ruerciless riLicnle, when l~ecturing
heC,rr 2 vast audience, 10 The city vi Boston,
We believe, u: the biography AMI romantic 10
c;dents in tho life Of L beautiful princess
with long auburn hair, and liquid, loving
eyes, who had worsiipped ard Airtct by the
banks q; the Nile, three thousand years ago
,l of which tic learned pundit translated with
n rroud confidence from the "Scieiitlhc pot
hook characters, scratched ana iane!cu WIN
valuable irreguiarisy al over The hack OF inns
am:ahlc Young wo.naIi. G:. G!yddcr, IN rcach.
inr the last t"iIching incident IN inc mortar
"soiour1l' Of his mummy heroine, iiad EXHAUST
ell rcar!y al the oSnaburgs in winch :ne was
wrapped, and was proceeding l~ea'ricdiy ana
tenier!y 10 demonstrate. from the l'ot.nooNs,
that the young lady had, alter Il s'lly fashion
then quite common, fallen in love with one ne
meath her, ~ lowIy love" She called IT,
and then "nohiy" died rather thar marry
Il gentleman, when, with a sudden tug, ne
let drop from the canvas al nni!Il>taSanie SMALL
nappy.hcaded, muck negro. Vow, may II not
| be TINT ill.,. resolutions Of last Monday, when
stripped OF the unintelligible rer5iage when
invests ,hein, will present to the eye Il spec
,acle more revolving, or rather, more contrlnpt-
lille and meaningless. than that Which surprised
and dcr;drI The antiquarian lore 81 poor ulyd'
don: As l. whole there is. positively, no per-
vadinc idea 10 which the mind can attach a
Continued weight; the Intelligent reader VIII
perceive that the seceSsIoniSt, the SUBMISSION
list, and even Mr.. Lincoln himself, are alter
natcly taught to hope for HE aid or sympathy
of those Shiny cells, and that the language OF
one prominent gentleman, who advised their
hurried adoption, is true 10 the letter: "Ihat
no one need hesitate to subscribe to them, as
they contained nothing which could commit
any body 10 anything; which l.: q very lar
estimate Of their merit. Their passage, how
ever, is claimed As q Union triumph but
rather think that the entertainment, ut
all, Of such ~puinllcss illusions, Is due TO
their presentation by all honest, but very
blind Bell Union gentleman, MIR. Hugh
". Shcffcv. Whereas, had the s~cl!-sanie
opinions, If such twaddle deserves that
respectable nannc) been submitted I" s'ie
Assembly by Il breckenridge Cnion man,
the whole would have been voted d"wn.-
For sncl, is the silly dis,rrlst among the nriirIrl-
ligent here, in the integrity Of that party on the
question Of Union, that verify believe the
ten commandments themselves, with the SER
mon OH the Mount for j preamble, would hard.
IL lind countcnance under the rhlnorer0s skin
Of prejudice whiclI cncaScs 50 large Il part of
the Southern people. Union witt. them has
grown TO be Il habit, aud IS nnly Il habit, and
Eabil itself is defined aptly, as present action
for r,st reasons" And 50 they remember on
II the ancient blessed Union, when, us equals,
we were content TO suffer both loss anu gain"
as might he our !ot, and seem l"atlr to open
their eyes 10 the prcs"rl and pressing reality
Of slow but certain degradation which awaits a
longer delay. Augusta.
2. S.-Thcrr is now il preparation u new
edition of the Augusta resolutions, with copi.
GUS notes, from which, L; in the first, every
Thing that by possibility may he distorted into
.. ~ il,,n LIS heen carefully cyrlnI.i.