Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-27
THURSDAY MoRNrNG. JUNE ~, 1sGl
Sci: Dcreacc---Protectiou TO tho "eoPie
Ihe Dcly OF Governmcn1-qs the Con'eh-
ti.a, cNnI,rxto lhuudan Ihia paulYI


Sci: Dcrencc---protectiou TO Tho S'eopie
L DGty OF Governmental the Con'eh'
! tiou TO Abandon this s'utyt
We aIc cogaged in . war with an enemy
who are more numerous than We. They arc
possessed Of the ships and The armies that
formerly belonged to US all jointly. We PAID
moro ;han our share Of the money FOR building
these ships, and for providing the military ap'
p,;ntmcnts Of the late common Government
They are nearly all taraed against us ROW.
Provided fo- our defence, they aroused for our
destruction. We have nothing save the small
proportion which CHANGED 70 fall into cur
hands.
Compelled to resort to the right Of diSsosVing
our late Federal alliance, such is the condition
nf things in which we find ourselves. When it
became necessary to terminate our iorIsT rsla-
tionS, we were entitled, according 10 the States
Rights theory and to equity, 70 j fair division
OF the common goods. Bat every thing has
Been withheld that it was possible } wrest
> from US. Nay, what could no; DC hel' Or carried
away, has been committed to the AVS Of de.
vousins confasratioas, sooner the leave i: fer
OFT enjoyment.
I've have rot only been robbed OF our share,
bu: robbed FOR purposes Of war. AID not
only for war, bu! for q war Of uncommon
wickecntss; a war Of Invasion aa4 r:pine and
plumber AID s2clialion and suhjGsation. y
war containing every element and wHscd with
every circumstance that can mske our enemies
de,es;able il cur ey es, and Inspire our people
with the most determined resistance, and the
nost uncon9uerable spirit To the last man
We will do before wc would yield.
Our people are not only robbed and fouily
w-opsad as to the public property OF the late
alliance, but they are robbed in ;aeir pGi,
vs:e capacity. What Southern man who has
property at The North, is allowed to enjoy il?
We have no trace Of guarantee and no word Of
promise even, that such rights will ever be TO.
spec,ed. Nay We are told that all our rights
shall depend upon our submission; q condition
which we spurn without q consideration, and
which l. is equivalent therefore 10 5 percmPtoTy
ccntiSeatien.
Nav more Our citizens are invaded III their
dwellings and plurdered i'll their homes. Their
fe;is md theic barns, their stores ard their .ac.
tories are robbed with q high haad. Their fam.
;l:es are turned out Of their dwellings 20 make
room for Zouaves., Their very pant-!cs are eH.
piored BY the keen.scen;ed horde. The stores
Of our men provide attire toC the thieves,
Hhiie the ws:5robes Of our ladies, sacred from
. $1,000 o;,;feoI ,nnn ~ lr.a,t GOV
ages, are rudely pillaged and made TO furnish
costumes for the harlequin dance AID tie
7ibald jest Of the brutal marsuders- To be
i.ithfu!. TO ones State is a crime, the punishment
;3- which is Imprisonment, or the cxactioa Of
O dates,ed promise. Exile from home AID
coois, and a life 0: wandering aud des:i:u.;on,
are sad misi3rtuRes when contcm plated by
themselves; cat they Are joylrlly embraced as
this d.J n Virginia Driven oct By robbers
and ~tyrartS. they hure tho inspiring consola-
tioa OF maintaining their allegiance to. their.
beloved Commonwealth un:ranlnsled, and
their right arms free TO battle in her cause.-
Others there are, alas, vino ere Al once piuader.
cd a-o ncaacled!
No. aTeu here ends the black catalogue of
wrongs and indisuities now inflicted or threat.
ened D. our heartless enemies. The war which
theJ prosecute against US, they proclaim their
purpose to wage as savages wage war. They
iupudently call the sublime uprising Of eleven
sovereign communities, and the pcaccabie re
sumption by them Of tneir separate dignity,
sn ;asarsent combination. They carefully
s.iv,..::ze the people Us 'rcbcls" ana ''irai-
.ors;"- and, with that wonderful capacity for
bii!irssea,e which the long indulgence OF q De-
prs1sd and irresponsible "!ree speech has
nour:ehed into extraordinary Development,
they crosd aud cram their sentences with the
proofs thus furnished, Of q gross taste aud a
low and vulgar soul. They say they will go fur.
ther. They say that the rebels shall be hang.
&c. To obey Virginia rather than Vermont
and sustain her living and glorious alliance with
the Confederate States rather than come ction
with the pestilcntial carcass Of tue late Union, is
q e!i;ae Cor which a Southern soldier is to be
swiftly g;bbeted. Even now, prisoners Of
var, captured on a vessel commissioned BY
our Government, are held in suspense as to
their Ssis, and Lincoln dares, ct least 10 talk
OF hanging them cs pirates!
A government owes duties TO its own ligii-
nity, gnd it owes duties 10 is people. A5nong
these duties is the obligation to demand the
hunani,ies Of civilized war, and the respect
due between nations. The government that
NAV abandon this duty, is an abortion. 1t in
rites the contempt Of the world, it loosens and
DESTROYS the loyalty aud the affection Of its
own people. 1t may not always be possible to
command immediate compliance; bat there
should always be the resolve and the effort,
and, Il necessary, the sharp remedy Of retalia-
ton must be appealed to. When IN the Rev.
dictionary war, British speech bristled as bris.
ties the Yankee dialect nos, with .epithets, aud
Gecrgc Washington was pronounced a rebel,
and wne. rebel captives were threatened With
severity oi treatment, Washington quoted
that purpose with one letter. Hc told tho
British Commander that his o~n people
should share in the policy he might pursue.
and when that pure patriot Hayno, was
hung in Charleston, under mean prctences,
nothing but the speedy close Of the revolt
t:o1ary war prevented the humane General
Greene from executing the purpose which no
Immediately proclaimed Of Furnishing 50 afro.
c;ols . crime with a signal example.
N this war, thus far, Government has not
baen able to accord to all the citizens Of Virginia
that perfect protection which is its purpose and
il wish. There is no complaint, however, bc-
cause the evidences Of vigor no" everywhere
disoiayed in the field, satisfy the people that
everything possible to be done is being done