Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-21
For tho Enquirer.
xyhu. Good Will Secession Do.

FoT ITO EH1htFe-
What Good Will Secession Do:
Some people say, granting that the North
ma,-treats us, how will secession mend mat
trrsp" We answer.
! L will save 10 Virginia S3,000,o oo per
cnnum, now paid in tariffs to the government
Of our enemies, to help in furnishing them with
r,s means for our destruction; which sum,
If transferred By secession to the Southern Con
Gaderacy. would make total difference Of
81 600 COO per aanUm in favor Of our natural
friends, and would be enough to defend VIr-
ginia without dollars tax more.
. It will arrest the frce-Soil tendencies and
uracticcs OF 1000 federal othce-holders in Vir-
rinia. who now have. in their federal salaries, a
motive to be unfaithful 10 their own State, aud
of twice or thrice as mauy asprants for Office.
9. 1t will exempt us from the government Of
our enemies Some object: ''you sccede be-
cause threatened with exclusion from the Ter
ritories: whereas secession fixes that exclusion
forever" We rcpiy-this is not our only
right Stripped OF this by oppression, We cast
of the oppresSor's yoke, even at the cost Of
leaving li, his right behind forever, in order to
escape the loss Of all the rest We entered
the horse of pretended trends. and are robbed
there Of our purse. We break down the door
thai is barred to dctsin US, AID come out with
out our purse; in order To save uot purse,
butt clothing Jewels, watch, life, honor. For
they who took one, will surely grasp all.
i. It will stop the under. ground railroad"
Some say Secession brings Canada down to
the Ohio river" We say Canada is practical
| " there now. Who can re-take a fugitive from
a huS NJ
protect for medrllesomeness, and the liberty for
entering our State unquestioned, in his claim
of common citizenship. Secession ,oHt take
both anay.
8. 1t will ensure us against the horrors of
civil war. Now, the wolf pauses hesitatng
between his thirst for blood, and fear Of his
victims strength. Let Virginia throw nil her
might and glory on the side of the South; and
| tho wolf will decide by his cowardicc, and
stink finally away.
6. Otherwise; war will surely come. So
threaten the Northern papers, pulplts, Send
! tors and President. 1t is the hallucinaton oil
.uerc cowardcc to hope aught else. Then
Virginia must elect, either to stand idly while
| while her natural allies are crushed, that her
turn may come last; or to "6ghtin the Union >
IF she chooses the last; then,
her enemies to cut her throat aud then tax
herself with second war tax 70 enable her 10
protect her own throat.
Second She must fight under the charge Of
treason against the Federal Government whose
existence she acknowledges, ind yet rcslsts ;
and with a halter awaiting every patriot who
is captured.
Third. She CurfeiIs the gallant support Of
her natural friends of the South, Nho, ii she
threw in her lot with them, would mid to dc.
iend her, and Tighten her burdens III men and
money. Thus
| :. Should war come, secession would rally
10 the defence of our border thousands OF tho
chivalrous sons of the South, whose veins are
| full Of Virginia blood, and the venerable mo
| Their of States and statesmen" would be fenced
| in bv her stalwart and generous offspring.
9. Secession will prevent the emigration Of
tens Of thousands Of Shareholders Virginia S
most enlightened and energetic sons, ana Of
hundreds of thousands Of slaves, sensitive
property, which will utterly refuse to abide the
| trcacheries Of Black Republican rule. The
| labor Of State is the wealth Of the State.
10. Secession will thus avoid the throwing
OF the burden Of our State debt of $50, 0OO, OOo,
upon the non.slaveholdeTs aud the Western
counties; weight which would grind the
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people into poverty, and the State into re!Dudt'
| alton.
II. Secession will make Tirginia the Elm.
| pre State" of the South and tx the New
| York OF the new empire on Chesapeake Wa
! tiers. -.
II. Secession places US in our naturaI aft''
urlce, along side Of those who have common
interest and common blood, instead Of leav-
ing us in abhorrent, UNNATURAL diShonoraoie
and criminal conspiracy, with our natural as
sailan,s and revilers, against the kindred pco.
pie ard rights Of the South. The heart OF
Virginia cries out 70 90 with those who arc
flesh Of her flesh and bone Of her bone.
WHO Of US has rot son or daughter or nephe"
OF grandson or brother or sister or cousin i'll
the South:
10. Secession offers the best hope for restor-
ing just and equal union; by giving to dis,
union (now nevitable,) 8 strength which Will
compel the North to respect it, and will create
necessity powerful enough to persuade them
to restore Union on more liberal terms.
Here are "baker'S dozen" Of good reasons
why Virginia should secede at once. Let tile
peoo!r read, ponder and urge their legislators
| 20 tn. act.
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