Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-04

Willy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .~eS tllC- .ANCm
England States also, withheld their SUPPLIES
from the General Government, and rave aid
.a,ni comfort to the ehemy' by means Of bile
lights, md Hartford Conventions. /" In 'our
war with Mexico; which resulted in thu &C.
QUESTION: Of .Texas, they joined in',he prayer
of Corwia, THAT our gallant army stuuld
meet Wl'h: n Toe. to welcome them with
bloody hands 10 hospltable graves" And now,
SIR when those brave Southerners, who have
been hrSt IN war and first in peace-who have
honestly aud frankly guarded every provision
OF your ConSttution-who have battled daunt-
ieSsty aud manlully for the integrity Of the
principles upon which tho Union rested, and
whose eloodfreely flowed to protect from for.
eeisn aggression QUIZ adopted citizens-6nd it
impossible to live any longer beneath the Same
polltical roof with The wooden.nutmeg Puritans
.ot New England, You not only buckle on your
sword, but call upon my countrymen to follow
the lead. of yourself and such shining virtues
as brigadier General Sickles-ihe walking
battery, who murdered Barton Key-ia coer.
clng them back into allegiance to this hated
deSpotsm. Ell tu Brute. And this from the
storied Irish patriot, Moagher! Have you yet
to learn, Sir, that a government which rests not
upon the conset Of the governed, is necessarily
an odious and bad government? Nor Can you
have any other name than tyrant; for he who
.usurps the rule Of those who despise him.
But, sir. why do you inveiele the Irish peo-
Pile, OF any portion Of them, into brandishing
their weapons on the side OF Puritauism, in
this unnatural and fratricidal warfare What
is his PuritAn-what his psychological cha.
racteristics-what his relations in history?
Why, sir, he is indoctrinated with the ~conyic-
ton that he is the elect rice-serent of God upon
earth. His life, from the cradle to the grave,
IS pragmatical-perpetuall intermeddling with
the affairs of his neighbor; fastening his plum;
met to the illicit line Of his faith, sounding the
hearts OF men. and anathcInatizing as pagan.
and peStilerous, whatever may be inharmoni,
Gus with his own little cogitations. His long
nasal twang, cantins hypocrisy, and in
tolerablc prying, banished him from England
to. Holland, where he soon became equally
obnoxious, and was constrained, TO emi-
gra1s to the sterile rocks Of Massachu.
sets; from which congenial locality he
has succeeded in keeping the whole con-
%tinent, savage and civilized, in hot water
over since. NurSed in n horror Of two imasi.
nary phantoms-Slavcry and Pepery-he is
al accomplished hater Of lis ieiluw.man be-
Tore be has begun'f to learn how to love Cod
What has. course relative: to the Slave.owncr
mas been, we have partially seen but bis pol
ICY IN regard to your Religion and mine.-the
Religion of our dismanlled and Shivering couu-
Ty-remainS to be examined. will not, sir,
carry your mind back to those famous blue
by the provisions Of which the Roman.
Catholic, like the Son Of Man, was denied a
place wherein 10 rest his head, in all New
England. But soon after the formation Of the
old Confederacy, and the establishment Of the
General Governments, the true American prin-
clples embodied in them were Subrertcd by the
enactment Of the Puritan, Alien and Sedilion
Laws passed during the administration of
the elder AdainS--a blow lnanifestly aimed at
Catholicism. .
/ will pass over similarly remote events, and
ask you Who kindled tue pyersecutionist ires
OF 1871 aud foSteied Native .Americanism p
Who wero The lcyiloclasts of that reign Of ter
-rorY Who put the burning torch into the
hand Of the incendiary? Who laid in ashes
OF ruins the conscn, at CharleStown, Massa-
chnseets? Who attacked the Catholic
Churches Of Philadelphia? Who made a
street bonfire Of DR.. Moriarty's library: WHO
were the disciples Of Fanny Wrich. and the
apostles Of Maria Monk? Who stoned the
BIC biStltp OfSll WI HIS DSu Vi CCulu {. W III
called into lie knoG-Nothingism? Who
sought to disfrsnchise the Catholic and the
adopted citizen? Who sacked, ~pillased and
burned the humble settlements Of the Irish and
the Germans in Cincinnati, and other Western
cities? | answer, your present Puritanical
allies and associates. And they have recently
expelled the students from the Catholic Col.
.lege at Georgetown, and converted it into .
mil ru ha r4o o1-z - I'LL ,l.-
contemplate reducing the convent of the
holy women there also. Your race has
been UNANIMOUSLY slandered b. q name
less prince, your present brother officer
the Contaminated inmate Of u State
pr!son-NedB %untline. The helpless and unpro.
tectcd women Of your blood aud lineage were
rulhlessly inSurtcd by Henry ]. Raymond; you
called him to account for it; you found him a
coward and a p~oltroon; and yet you have ac-
cepted him a. one 0 fyour teachers. Your broth.
or patriot and fellow exile, John Mitchell, was
prescribed in New York for expressing his
opinions; the same Abolition element persecu.
ed him in Eastern Tennessee; he found home.
and a welcome in South Carolina, in defending
the independence OF which his son. recently
distinguished hinlselC And the State you are
Immediately called upon to invade is Virginia
"a IN hto ooiOl NO"A 1AliO
thingisn and secured to you citizenship; per-
haps the FIRST house you may sack will b. the
house Of your gallant and knightly champion,
Henry 4. Wise.
Let me implore you to pause, sir. Do not
irnGrue your hands in the blood Of those who
Welcomed you, shared with you their hospital.
tiles, and robed You iii tho garments Of citizen
ship. At least, do not involve your fellow
coIIntrrfpo, IN ,,n,irt o,rp f.rrrr pul,a,a ,ra
my heart beats with kindness and affection for
ger. You do not understand this Southern
1t is unlike any Revolution OF
II is q Revolution Of opinion-not
the work Of an individual or a day, but the nat.
uraI growth of years, spontaneously sprinsing
from the almost unanimous desires Of the
people Of the seeded States. It is the resist
barrier Of ancient habits and rights. against
the contagious aggressions Of new and hetero-
geneous thoughts and actions, supported by an
una6iuity of feeling unexampled IN the worlds
And these people, sir, can neither be
nor defeated. They will fight for their
Independence with Spartan valor and Attic for:
titude. Yod may wage II war of years against
and beggar both sections of the country,
tell you that so certain as the sun shines
ut midday, the old Union will never be restor-
ed. And, as a final consequence, l again beg.
that you will recede from your false pusition--
that YOU will not BIZ Instrumental in hCnding
down your own name, or the names Of any of
our people, wrtathed with the cypress Of:
aud infrtny, to the pen Of the future his,
| sui, sir, respectfully, ..a.:.:
" 7. ". MAcMAHoS.
p. S.--As your Co,nmander-in-l'hief, Abra-,
Lincoln, will not allow me to mail you
this letter, I aam constrained 10 have recourse.
to the public press. .. -
'~"' ." :Sor he Enquirer, ;,
'|:. ;.l. Thanks
'. We; the Is, Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, desire TO re-