Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-10-01
Ai1Bmou0 enquirer.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. rs, 1861.
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BY TYLER, WISE 4 ALLEGRO.

SaTuRDay MORNING, SEPT. rs, 1851
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
II Lincoln and his supporters really suppose
that the Southern people viii ever pass under
the woke oil his dcspctisln, they arc criminaliy
blind, not only to the dictates Of reason aud
the teachings Of history, but TO current events
and facts, as obvious as the sun in the heavens.
But We believe they now expect no such thing.
The purpose and temper Of the Southern people,
their spirit, their strength and ttIe!r prhwe:S,
have been evidenced on tie battle field, ar'. dis.
| played before the world, until Europe has
learned tho lesson 10 which Lincola labots 10
be blind, tut which he scoastrainrd IL under
stand.
The Southern people, have indeed, ever
tolerated the bare idea Of being Conquered and
bound rs the prey OF Northern u7arice aid
tyranny. Men, women and children have
vowed tho irrevocable VOW, and would die be-
fore they would yield.
When kossuth sought refuge in the Turk
ish dominions from the blood.hounds ol tylals.
nical power, the Turks proposed to him pro
lection On condition that he would embrace
the Mahommedan religion. The noble Mag.
var rising to the full dignity Of his proportions
at once answered II decline; between death
and dishonor the choice is neither dubious nor
difficult" So answcr nuw the United Southern
people to the ~proffcrs and t;le llIta;s Of tho
boosted eighteen millions CT J"hn Hickman.
Lincola and Seward cnn:": now TAIL to see
that u re union is impuSsioic. This idea Oil
which they commenced this war is ii:essr dis
sipated. They press Oh in their mad work be
cause they do not know how 10 stop. We do
not believe that they have NJ" l very definite
understanding of their own movements. They
are drifting Or driving, they k"cw not whittier.
They huve missed the port 10: which they set
sail, and are now on the unknown ocean. BY
what policy will the steer: Their drsDotic
courses c0ncluSiVcly show that oar old Gov
eminent was Incompatible with their nolious
OF power. Constitutions and laws, judges and
lawmakers, are inmked and set al nought by
their men Of war.
In une thing only are they consistent. Tuey
set out to suhjugate a free people, and deprive
them Of their liberties. They ARE likely to
succeed, with one qualification. The. yoke
vas prepared for the nccks Of one people--it
is falling On the nucks Of another. The South
escapes; but the people who lent themselves
as the agents Of the scheme, and became parties
to the effort, to enslave us, are themselves the
victims. The pit which they digged for US, they
themselves have fallen into. Haman is hanged
OH his own gallows. The South has not been
subiugated. and will not DC. But the North
has been. They have passed there under the
yoke OF u ltsIGtisln, such as LIeu have never
btfura ssoaned nndsi III, Americas siIure-.-
They dNrr mol DO ~ the laws allow theta.
There is no law-c.cr, tlnns is hat i..n:0lfi
wills. Mcn ."arr rot >Erak a' ttary please.
They dare no: i;,.nh II day please. They
dare no; have Il cui:$ctehcc 81 thci: IVA. l!lry
dare nut he silent. They ;nl,t a!li:,n what,
perhaps, they do not tcl!cyi; mus; swear
to that against which their snn!s revolt;
must applaud the tyranny Which their
souls eyccratc; must join in the clamur for
innocent blood. All this they must do, Or
accept as their portion, prisons and dun
gcons in distant States or On gloomy isles,
where friends may not Ato them, where
wives may not hear trom tf,et., where trials
are not to bc had, and where they dwell i'll
such cells AS Lincoln may be pleased 10 assign,
and until he shall be pleased to discharge
them Thus hiss ended the free gorciuinc.,t
the FREQ speech, the free press, and the free
conscience If the NLrth Enlpl ~ utter, I'D
ice. subjugation! Tie pail ii political night
has settled over llmir land, a!:I the siichce is
unbrokcn save b. the inscnsatc laugh Of such
as love TO rattle their chains.
But the South, tharL ~iica@eA, rs still free
UnsuLjugated, udawvi, unben., uutcr,itiej !.
A people have been sntjusAtcd, tut, l thou,
sand times thank Heaven, it Was not by us, MOI
is il Wei