Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-09
49,, ~. Southern men bv thousands, had

After the Southern men, by thousands, had
poured out their blood freely, under the guia'
ancc Of Washington, in defending Massachu
| sets, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sew from British invasion, bleeding at every
| pore not only from the weapons OF the enemy
but from the frosts and SHOWS OF that harsh
climate-hoH was all their patient enduring
generous heroism recompensed? Did the
Yankees return their kindly feeling? When
tho coat Of war was transferred to Virginia,
the Carolinas and Georgia. did they meet the
cali of Washington, and march to the rescue !?
No-utterly disregarding even the earnest
anpeals of the nobleheartcd "Green" (theIr
own great and good goneraD they meanly sta'd
at home, and left their generous Southern
brethren to shift for themselves. les-and,
throughout the whole seven years strug,,
gle, thousands of them were actively and
profitablv engaged in supplying the common
enemy with provisions at high prices -,
viii the desccndantsof such men leave all
that they hold dear at. home and deliberately
thrust their heads into trouble in the prosecu-
ton Of such profitlcss and absurd under
taking! .,o
But another motive is suggested ny the
Union" men, as likely to induce an INVASION
of the South, viz thirst for plumber
Messrs Editors, one, Of the very many
s;cnnl ADVANTAGES Of our peculiar system OF Ia
ber is that hair of our acealth consists IN 4
kind Of property Slaves which, whilst IL Is
verv valuable to US, would be utterly ValueleSs
to our invaders. Nay, worse-st wouio DC 10
them an intolerable burden-a curse lar more
disastrous than the Asiatic cholera, the piasue
famine or civil war. 80
The whole plumber Of the other half OF our
wealth would not pay 4 1.-THE OF the expense
If the sinre item of restraining four millions
If negroes within the bounds of order Tor
single gear. y,
the wcoItbiest and most powerful nation on
earth vet. such is the peculiar character OF ITS
wealth that an invasion would not ''pay for the
! candle"
This subject, however, calls for separate
article.
sion which trouble the minds of our people III
the contemplation of the act OF secession oe'
side the one which have so imperlect!y con-
sidered-such as the escape OF negroes ana Dor
der war in consequence-thc revival OF inc
FOREIGN slave trade and the consequent great iall
in the price of negroes-squabblng between
the Northern and Southern Confederacles aoout
the division of public property and Territory
and, especially. about the use Of the MiSsiSsip-
ri, &C., some Of which will result IN blessings
instead Of curses, to the Southern Conlederacy;
and others are purely imaginary: Some OF
them arc very important 10 the interests Of
Southern men, and their consideration womb
be very interesting. But each would require
separate article condensed into readable com
pass-and having so signally failed, in tins IN
Stance, to reduce the expression Of my views
into the limits of that desirable condensation,
I have little hope that even this communication
will endure the ordeal of the "EnquirerS
crowded table-but fear that its fate will be,
s.wcighed in the balance and found too heavy.
lIAMPDEN