Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-03
uorpcrys Weekly.

For thirty years the puollshiiS ioo'o VI
Ho-ncr and Brothers, Of New York, has been
making money out OF the Sonth' Within ten
vsars millions upon millions OF copies OF It's
indications have found sale within our midst.
Harpers Monthly Magazine, VIC learn from
competent authority, has had 5 monthly clrcu.
la,;oa Of from fifty to sercnty-fve thousand
co,;ss south Of Mason's and Diyon's line. The
sale Of the pictorial paper published by the
game house, has been almost half that amount
And now, would Southern people like to know
tho temper of the vilc sheet that they have SO
,,,r o,,,onizcd aud fostered ~fostcred, we are
.i,ns q: \ 70 say, while meritor'ons puoi'cs-
an dlel, fo1 the wan: Of 4 tttsFt.sS -.
Accorded - Harper's Weekly.
Y~.~o i,D,4 Il T.. r.::nhsr of The Week.
i, = which appears q ~!srocious aat blood
:h;ssty edito.ial upon ;:io wsr, out-iiercGing
ltecod in It's violence, and fairly vie:ns with
the Tribune in that respect:
"The rebels have appealed to the sword,
and by the sword they must be punished
Baltimore should be instantly seized and oc-
cupied. Two columns-one from New York
ard Philadelphia, the other from Harrisburg
should move on Baltimore and hold it under
MARTA! law. In case Of resistance, the city
should be shelled. Baltimore secured-either
as a city or q ruin-the Government should
operate on Virginia, on q base line from Fort
Monroe 10 Washington city. Both lines of the
Potomac must be secured, and this done, a
column should move on Richmond. 1t should
be in possession Of the Government before the
lst OF June. = Kentucky and
Missouri, VIC notice, evince . tardy sense of
their national obligations. But Kentucky may
as we'll understand at once that she cannot oc.
cupy an attitude OF neutrality in the present
contest. If she is not for US she is against US,
and, really, in the present temper Of the North,
people don't seem to care much which way she
goes. If she is for US we expect her rife
men in our ranks. If she is against US, in q
few months Ohio will probably be arming
$4,000 negroes who have fed from slavery in
Kentucky. r = The war is now be-
gun, ard the trade of the year is as thorough.
chief by prosecuting the war vigorously. By
prosecuting it vigorously we shall secure peace
and a fair trade next year.
If the South expect that our gallant volunteers
are going to hunt the slaves that may run
away as they approach, they labor under a de.
fusion. Wherever the United States Army
goes, local, municipal and State laws will be
superseded by martial law, and the fugitive
slave act is not to be found in the army regu-
~lations. Whatever may be the intentions of the
government, the practical effect of a war in the
Southern States, waged by Northern against
Southern men, must be to liberate the slaves.
(Alluding to negro slavery):-A
crate, scientifically filled with paper, dry kind
ling wood, and good coal, is quite likely to
blaze into a flame, if q match is applied be.
meath, but until the match is applied, it is as
dead as q wet log. Who has asked the South
ern slaves to look out for themselves?
There arc several other editorials in the same
Issue. Of Il Ike character.
ic another ~t"iu!Da, tie publishers announce,
a7 ac e..trs .H1vtcerrent to people 20 subscribe,
that =. yH 1aya iour artists il. thc South du.
'r"@ >s4-Ns" ":a II rreaa, - mgr 'ot.a tic
as"bG:a ,r,". =. t'a-giaiG.
Two :~Tac.jra. Suggestions may be drawn
lyor: these quotations:
First. 1t is manifvstly the duty of every !
newspaper seller, newspaper buyer, and post
master in The Southern country, to stop Har.
lEi .naSSLiic Suu cealV u.lHeul2tely.-
Another COPS Of either Of these vile publica-
t!oas should never he permitted to circulate
Ipcn Southern soil. Book sellers should like.
wise refuse 10 purchase any moro Of IIarper's
publications. The Harpers have made a for.
tame cut Of the South. Let our people resolve
that sr"!l infamous treachely ard ingratitude
shall ro-t ~ unuuniSS.d
SeconLly.-The special correspondent, or
"%.iis!, of llarper's Weekly, now in the South
ern Army in Virginia should be rooted out,
and given ten minutes to leave the State, 9th.
erwisc, his body should be used to adorn one
Of the talleSt trees in the vicinity. In the lat
ter alternative, one Of our Richmond artists
might sketch tie scene, and transmit a copy
to Etrpe-'s Weekly, AS 4 farewell contribution
from. its special in the Southern Army in
Virginia.
1t might then be appropriately said that he
,irea even his last breath in the service Of his
employers.