Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-10
The seanes,raticn Act-Part OF Il Neees"
.nrr AID General PnliCy.

III lNlh
,;cstjou Of ,!.v .Act ui SeQursi:a'ion, recently
n,ssea by car Congress md approved by the
President. On the 81 OF August. Ii is . very
:nd s very just las, md one TIA;
hope will avail to indemnify all those OF
our citizens who may be lie victims oil Gov
er1mcnta! robbery at the hands of the Lincoln
dynasty.
This il cce Of tae MEASURES :eEda'sd hects-
sary by the course pursued b. ihe authorizes
who write themselves the Government .: Ire
United STATES. The strange dsspo,ls'a WINCH
has conc Over the North, sudden as s alna'her
c;oud - respectable Ill nothing -- showing
neither digaily. teceucy, wisdom nor strength
is destined, indeed, 10 but . brief hour, SC lar Us
its present organization IS concerned. nat
form i: my take, and who may hereafter weld
It's powers, il the question Of the Northern peo-
pl., rot cuys. Russc!! says the earth SHAKES
under the tread OF the coming l1an; but MS
form has no. sc, been seen, and hia nau'e ~
u~npronouuced.
We are conrcrned only g!tn LincGin and bis
advisers aud followers. II IS with hinI that
we are to settle the relations OF the !"a govern
ments. Fer the present ut least hs Sis upon
the Northern throne, while his psop!s bow the
knee and do ubcisancu, With each fresh lhTa'
sion o; ,hei: ancient liberties, tatS We wlts
each other who shall drsI applaud the asoFps'
tiou. and they commend themselves 10 tia ia
ror by charging lsggaTds with disl'5ait; eoo
treason. Having consented to become sub
iects as 20 him, they become !nlo'mcEs as 70
each other, lie Ehs would rely tor protection
or that safeguard Of persona! liberty, frat ez-
tor:sd from an English tyrant By Ens!is's Da'
rons, a..L 50 carefully established dy oar '"!l'
ers. is pro1up,!v told .ha; his staff IS broken; and
though Judges, venerable from age and reverend
for wisdom aad virtue. and speaking Rom Tie
highest scut of Judicial power and the lore
most seat Of honor, raise their voices a"a
courageously demand thu: justice shail nave
its course, it is only 70 be def:d and fou.ed hI
such as strut the despos Of & camp or pstt?
Se-S- 49,
citadel. The victim sill pines in captivity,
pnchalleneed, unconlroctsd, and unt-ied, for
the law is deih:oned ard the judge speaks 10
vain. So Lincoln o!Gers, and the people, the
people! say, Amen!
What small or imagined offences such sWinl
= is employed 10 crush, we stop net
tuliv 10 particularize. Suffice it to say that
The offence is defined at will, and the punish
ment is applied n will. Il has become 4 craze
for any man 20 sugges. Ihas there Is such a
thing as peace, aud that it has any harms
Tho yellow flag which aos:ed over our hospital
ut Msnassas ia more attracted the Gre OF Lin.
coins sr,a!erY, than does The white ttre, which,
&c the sy.nbo! OF peace and The token Of pure
intentions, is s:.ns,i4.es l,E:d.y raised io%ardS
the Heavens, draw G2sn the wrath q Tue
Government AMI lie fury cf Inc ob.eQu.cuS
moi. Tie icuraai!.t rao deres invite his
people TO pause and tAiI.;;, is bounded % de
nn,y marshaIs, wits ne lab Die throw his
t7;,es Oh. Of his windows, The u,iais:ef who
rerrains from calling upon God ro send con-
sum:pg FIRES upon The beads OF our Wronseo
and injured pcop.g, CT daTes 10 intricate lhs'
there is for US any ,aegcy even in the 'sTeet
Heavens is hustled and driven Gil. lie mo
askes Tor ,seacs, pr9nonaces The word thai
sends him 10 The B.s.ile. Bu. why should we
part:cuiarise, when Inc Immortal. card has long
ago portrayed him Of whom We write, rs lrnly
as if he had been gifted wi;h prophetic ken?
"M6n, proud man
pre.t In 8 little bri { authority,
Most ignorant OF shat tc's most assured,
Il, CLASSY essence. ike III angry s9-,
Playa such fantay /: tricks hstJ.r hieh HesIen,
Aa maize ne angels weep.
He ia thus to those wi!o owa his sway but
not to them alone. His fantastic tricks ex'
tend TO us, and against them we must protect
ourselves. When he sends his armies. We
mus, beat them back. Whea he lares treat
our citizens amiss, whdm accident or fortune
may place in his power, We must provide in
dennity for them, and punishment for hlui.
The evils be inticts on o:r paoP!e stasi lei! on
MS: and il, indeed, he be careless Of their
suNerings, as he seems, tlie retaliation must
yet be continued, until they, at least, shall be
Stirred in .hoss synpathies which ally even
| kindred brutes. and shall compel MIN to hu-
maae observances. Let him kEow, and lei
them know, That the groana which he causes
in his Bas,iles ard prison ships, he will cause
to be answered b. his eTn people, in dungeons
elsewhere and &c trust such scenes rs make
humanity blush and "angcl5 weep @iii then
cease to marx our dispute.
The world has been informed after "ha,
manner Lincoln has p?cndered Southern citi
zens Of their private property. Tic seizure o
vessels in which they own even = minute in
tercst: the seizure Of their balances in North
ern banks; the carrying of Of thei: negroes by
seduction and by force; the plrnder;ng by the
armies which have invaded rs; the Confscatios
Act passed By their Congress, admitting e!s
construction as plant as the Will OF the ad
ministrstor, and uador which Fremont la:
already despoiled q State so far as the pTocla
nation Of q General sanctioned bg Presidential
endorsement can do SO: These ccts and pur
poses Of spoliation demsnd counserVailins mea
sures on the part of our government. Hence
| the sequestration law 10 which we have already
made reference in these remarks. 1t provide:
simply for setting aside the property found II
our reach, of Northern citizens, fer the purpose
of ~ipdcnnHying our citizens against TIT
spoliations and rohberics Of the Northern au
thorities. The dc,ails ara numerous, but they
are simply framed to give efficiency to The
above object. The Law sill commend itself as
wise and just, ard as, iadsod, imferat!7sly dc
manded Of ou: government
The Right Ran tn The Right Place.
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