Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-19

reins of government and which j. ROW sbom, :.
be inaugurated into power.
Let it not he supposed that refer Il :,
disgraceful event with desire 10 81, ~,
spirit Of hostility and revenge, or u re avsi,
those sentiments OF just Indignation which ;:
fact is so we'll calculated To excite ,rfa. = :.
It as necessary and legitimate resuI, # i
irreprcssible conflict which has been preri,;.-
ed, OF which the President elect gave true :.
position when he said .'rhesc is juism...
; and conscience at the North agans, >i-r.-'
which must find an outlet either throp,r :,
peaccful channel Of the ballot box Or !, =. =;
MULTIPLICATION of John Brown raids" ~, -;
to it as warning to the people Of the Som; -
| States and to you the people of V!rc,,i. -.
what they and you are to expect in tie f,,,,
when that party, whose principles TIN; -.
encouragement, aid and comfort to irly,.:.:
traitors, shall have firmly established il t,-:
MON over you.
These are some of the causes, ce..'.,-.
which have a, last convinced the proIl, O; r..
sissinpi that the hour has arrived when Il, :,
South would maintain her honor she .pp<,,
her own destiny into her own hands; ly,i.,',::
not be supposed that they have not alr,g,t.r.
strong attachment to the union 9! 49,, ,'.''
stitution, provided. that instrumca. :y,,, =,
administered in the spirit in which i;g., r..'
ted That form of Government. on tie Co.,,
~, is dear to their hearts and lis ne,s>,.,r,
them and their posterity has receivei,:s -.
ton Of their Judgments. Loving it no: VII
but too we'll, they have chung to it lca. A..
its obligations. were abandoned by ,h5ss :.
were the chief recipients of its benefits. Uni.
the fond illusion that returning sense wa. |
and restoration of fraternal relations ic:ns;
existing would secure to them Their ri.a,>.
Trey long and vainly hoped that the *:
would again return, when each and every ::
ton of the Confederacr would :etosnie I'll
rights and interests OF all, and that We m.a:
harmony with each other have continued q :.
oice over what had been achieved OF g'6ry &.
prosperity in the past, and to look forward 1;cl
united hope to the bright and glorious py9srs,
which an observance Of the principles d IL
Constitution promised in the future.
Alas, how has that hope been disapgo;nl.it
how has that illusion been dispellet!
Could we think that the crisis which is g:
upon us was but a temporary ebution q TIL
Der in one section Of the country, which VIC.
in brief time subside, VIC might even yet bel:
that all was not lost, and that we Nigh: II
rest securely under the shadow of the Cor.,,
ton. But the stern truth Of history, il We
cept its teachings, forbids us such re::eC;;s:
Ii is not to be denied that the sen;iriei: 9: u
tired 10 our institutions in the Northern sect II
of the Confcderacy is the slow and :..:. II
growth Of many years Of false teaching
lint as We have receded further ard i.:.. IL
FROM the earlier and purer days Of lie !s:;;- rs
lie, and from the memory Of associated tolls :: b
perls in common cause which once 2h!,:3 IL
that sentiment iiof hatred has been isr.: III
from small spark into mighty contias'a:.: q
whose uncxtingushable and devonT'as I'D
are reducing our empire into ashes. e
Ere yet that generation which ACHIEVE: f5
liberty bad passed entirely from the scert IA
action, it manift sted tSel! in the Nli>soG!; 4
trorersv Then were heard the lrt So: 81
of thst fatal strife which has ragged. with ::Ia
sional intermisSions, down to this hour. IA
so ominous was it Of future disaster, eye. Ia
its origin, that 1t filed even the Scda:e ~. III
Mr.. Jeff rson with alarm; he did not ae;;:f "a
to pronounce it, even then, es the tcaias. b.
of the Union, and in mournful and mcmo:.k 81
words to congratulate himself Ina, ne j ri
not survive TO witness the ca!anI:;!G. * III
d;cted. Said he: II
This momentous question, like i:s b
in the night, awakened and filled HE n
terror. considered it at once rs the III. Il
the Union. 1t is hushed, indeed for tie It'd
sent, but that is only q reprlcve, not -E
sentence. A geographical line, coinc'dn; Ia
marked principle, moral and politics, a
concurred in and heldup to the passions Of : "a
will never be oblitcrn,cd, and every rev ID
tation will mark it deeper and deeper, IN. II
will kindle such mutual and mortal ha;'e!E
to render separation preferable TO cterns b
cord. regret that am now to die IN IL h
lief that the useless sacrifice Of tlemsr.'@M
the generation Of ITS, 10 acquire sell co'fa
ment and happiness for their country. IS
thrown away by the unwise and unwoI;hT IA
sions Of their sons, and that my only ~
lation is to he that live not TO weep "E-' "a
But, so far were the Nnrthern pccp.v .tJ
being warned by these sad prophetic wor:s Va
at euch renewal Of the struggle the scn@rsiS
hostility has acquired additional >lrcnstA
tensity. The passions enlisted in it hsS: -
como more bitter, the disregard Of c0a:fa
tionsl obligations more marked, and iht;H
pose to destroy our institutions more hXei ~
definite. FL
An infdel fanatcism, crying out Tor s5:j
law than that Of the Constitution ami 8 i! ~
Bible than that of the Christian, has btvrH
listed in the strife, and in every form n7E
the opinions Of people can be fixed aat Ia
sentiments perverted. In the schoo!.!ot= III
pulpir, on the rostrum, in the lecturcT02
in the halls of legislation, hatred and c:EI Ia
Of us and our institutions, and Of the [ IA
tuition which protects them, have been H. III
ted upon the present generation oil ~"
people Above all, they have been ,ag:.
believe that we are race inferior @ NJ
morality and civilization, and that theyT Ri
gagged in holy crusade for our kene!:
ing the destruction Of that institution
they consider the chief impeachment % o.: 81
vance, but which we, relying on SAGE.
profane history for our belief in its aoa ID
believe lies at the very foundation Of our FL
and political fabric and constitutes their 81
support. IA :;
This, gentlemen, is indeed an irep'"E
conflict which We cannot shrink tToa n
would and though the President Gee: 81
congratulate himself that the crisis at
which he predicted, We if We arc tue
selves, will make it fruitful Of good t?"H i
forever the fatal struggle and placing %: b
tutions beyond the reach Of further b. "a
know not, gentlemen, what may !"
views Of the subject, nor what you Hg'ffs
this crisis but have already tod Go'
the people Of Mississippi have rc>olse!
to that determination, you quay sIE .:
they will adhere through every cS'e
prosperous or adverse fortune. THEY, Ii: E
are the descendants Of Revolutionary 81
which for far less cause raised til: ;
ncr Of resistance against FL Ia
power, ard never lowe, cd il until 'A
tory which the god Of battles gises
men in just Gauge, had cro~Hef III +.
efforts and established their infe!e" ,
and they have, like them, decided taa::-'E
has arrived to trust for the safety Of III
nor and rights only to their owH >.r': III
and stout hearts, rather than submit % Ia 4
those priceless blessings in the h'ei'is
inveterate foes. III
shall enter, gentlemen into - "a
OF the right Of secession, nhc;n.: Il =: ':E5
full and constitutional or vir:rHI 81