Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-18
REFLECTIONS on TIE rlnn'

REFLECTIONS on TIE TINE
To As B1ito~ Of az Wig:
In times. such - The present, every man r.,,
70 ths oommoa sock Of the material used Ia h,S%
the new Govsrnnsnt and add bis own miu ,.%s
forts pads 70 p,sos u upon the sure foand.so,,
It h 70 ress In he future.
Yea hsvs dsss but the part Of . patriot, and s,, !.
we'll and nobly performed aduiy you owed d. 80
q one Of the leading Journalists Of the South |.
the p,opls Of The dangerous tsndsrcis Of eo,.,t.'
in The nsv, - you had long done against the s,,s,r
operations Of the old, Government
Not having besn Of The class Of Southern ne, l..
mated q one tine sxtrsnists, vs are nsvsrA...
q We have been, ready and anxious to dsvos >,
energies 70 the establishment Of permanent O..
,ionai Government eootoasd By proper ~.
checks and balances Government lini.x :,
strained In it, powers, with specific duties o., !,
form, and with no latitude 10 enlarge tbem-,sF
msnt which viii give more importance to the ss.S
staining altogether from al attempts to en-
doubtful povsrs-s Government whore s,rs,s
consis. not In the power Of consolidated R,s,
whose ability 70 promote the happiness Of d,
should be exsrtsd BY Il only - the remote .rx y.
several States In reference 10 certain 'pecissd d.
The ooruptions Of the old Government bad a..
70 be watched with some degree Of alarm b, a,,,.
did no. agree with you originally, before |. I'll ~,
cause buried, - Il wers, among its own RUM. r..
rupsions and the pssetioes growing out Of Ad,s.
construction of the Constitution, even mon d..
than that which led to the enactment Of d. AZ.
sedition LAYS, had long ago opened the sysy ;,
of those who had been the followers Of wun,,,
Marshall In their Interpretation Of that inss.r,,
many outrageous abuses. They had loos s.s A.
gers tendencies to the concentration Of al nr.
hands Of one man or the hands Of bis Sas,p r,A.
,iss; and they had long indeed made var tpc y.
tenn while they could not conscientiousy s.rc 4.
own opinion Of the mere theory Of the Gov.rau
reuounce their construction Of lie C0nslnli,r. n,
jori.y held opposite opinions, yet their practice,
er. did not conform to the theory mainiain.. n 4,
selves In argument.
MANY of the Conservative men OF the Sssa .,
iust as well prpired to co-opsra'e with VOC It xs
the great struggle Of reform, a. II they bad be-, IN,
followers Of the doctrines OF that peculiar ,.oS y,
taught secession as remedy for all the evil. nsI.
the old Government, for period Of eighty yu,. q
least, from 1898 70 1851. They did not DEFY L, al
euce Of the evil; they only declared that DO M.
BY secession, had been provided. Your i:Aad II
clared that while the evil existed the remedy usl
with Il, also. Now, IL would rather ssep p.ass
observer, that, IL prescription 10 to be the Ort,i
day, in first application should be to those va
Ing the power, yet failed to exercise 1t year alta
and even, at last, we're compelled to call upU s
friends and neigbbon to perform the opssz Il
don't Of course, apply tho remark 10 you ipt,1
but to that majority having control Of the Ga'rx
and protesting TO hold the doctrines Of STATE i,s,
ton, now, however, no longer subject Of ds~t
except as It Is attempted 70 ae mads SO By la.
would apply s,rt of act, not Of limitation ssi
elusioa, TO all Who have been outside, at al Ia
the one true political church, IS IL Is es.esma dA
Supremacy.
A,uy Of the most ardent friends Of the Ssga y
attached to the Uoion, at one time, beo,gS
bountiss whi,h IL had conferred, when directed III
minis.rsion Of its stfiirs alone 10 the great &ns
which Il was formed. We mean the Union u Aws
signed, not q h came to DO.
No wonder then II Mr.. viee-President ssy,aJ d
thousands Of others had some hope Of recorrnsz,
upon proper basia, even Almost TO the lAT. ,s 10.
ever, and for m,ny months sps<s, peistsrs ~ ID
would have he'd Il rs:ored upon any term: sts'u 4
they never would have desired il, at any tin, s
terms of the fullest Justice TO the South. Al .
time, Of every party protested willingness, . rEz
It upon the principles Of perfect equality, I'D ~w
Legislature, svsn since the commandment u III prs
year, laid dosn lie basis Of q rseoH'y-e.iSs ksS
~ unanimous vote.
As for ourselves, We may say, that ct 90 srF ar
Indicated our desire that, in any attempt si sfz
tion, all proper safeguards should be proTdst M
property, as well as projection against Gri1s sf1
10 the imposition Of duties on imports and, p''z
also for the greater independence Of an erEeicsri
properly appointed judiciary. Shall it be md 80
sucb must DO prescribed because theJ were 'asi
mediate secession If 90, 1t will be fouad phip1
~ WHICH otucr tSotu Cen Pisy - "eH ~
Of this new test-for these actors are an l1Ias >
jodsy of the people Of Virginia, If not Of a' va
Shall three svorites Of the people be put usds az
BY one favorits Shall new party hnts.pe tnnF
minority, TO the total exclusion Of u'j'rg =
only twenty-five out Of every hundred aynsH'
Ave, I've are boiler than ye-stsnd back, aS11
cised'" Shall It be siid, the majority hHS
simply because no one Of that majority hi ~
the "ro,aa" Of the original plant which d az
the genial warmth, impaired to Il BY some ~ -
has begun to grow aud to expand II TIM sA
all but Originals" are TO be counted outt'aul
Of good fellowship, then indeed have some ~"
ings Of the old Government been applied pnsp
Let rs take care that the old lesven be nosnn
mixed, and that soon too, - 70 cause ieno'@
the whole lump.
We 10 the country, cir, are pleased to ~ HA''
not subscribe to the doctrine that ito the 'e1 ~
the spoils." President Davis and yoar'sr "
Others about Richmond, look around you NA'.
Is that compose our "Grand Amy" AID ~
say, "Let all past differences be forgotf' ;" ..
Wiling TO render To every man his dae-sst
b the philosophy Of our moral and reigee"
Il not be said, for Heavens sake, that We h'"',
from the materials out Of which Il yet 10 Me-
Code of the Confederate States Of America 4.
The idea sought to be enforced 10 certain y
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