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

tho earth. He knew they would have civil
war, and what was far worse, serrile war and
be would make prophecy that by the time this
matter was settled the peculiar institution of
the South would be swept away. Let us finish
things while we are about it, and leave nothing
behind US.
Mr. Dickinson has been regarded by nine
teen twentieths Of the people Of the South as
FAN Israelite indeed, in whom there was no
guile" How they all regard him now, and
cvery other Northern man with Southern
feelings we need not say.
Tho Contrast Fortress Monroe and Gene
raj Scott.
In sketching brief story Of tho Revolu.
tionmy era, for one Of the magazines, Yirgi.
mia author and gentleman recently drew the
following brilliant and indignant contrast DO.
tween the past and the prcseutth tho purposes
| for which Fortress M-"'ec'"aa nIi'is, and the
! n.,rr-~oe7 ror winch it is now uscd-in which
is introduced touching alluSion to General
Scott. Thinking it not, perhaps, in good taste
to make 50 direct reference to living INN,
in purely literary article, the passage was
omitted from the "Broken Sword" (the title
Of the story.) as rejected matter. The eyes Of
friend happening to fall upon It, it wus res.
cued, and has been shown By him 70 ls. We
think it peculiarly appropriate TO the present
time The author, we may we'll say, has done
more than any other writer to illustrate the
early aud heroic annals and social life Of his
native State, which he evidently loves with the
earnest pety and reverence Of true li!al devo.
tion. In plouf Of that devotion, is the homo.
rable fact that he was one Of the frst mem.
isrs of Capt. Randolphs Howitzers, and is
now in active service, ready to shed his blood
to protect the soil Of Virginia. as no has been
10 give bis genius to celebrate her glory
! When such men RS Mr. John Esten Cooke, OF
quiet life and elegant studies, drop the pen for
the fuse and fall into the ranks rs coui:non sol
diers, in the common cause, tho tyrants at
| Washington may know something Of the fire
of honest patriotism, and noble spirit OF inLe-
pendence which universally inspires the Virgi-
MIA people Let the following eloquent lines
kind!c even nobler ardo- Of devotion than
| that which now burns in every boSou:
"Dunmorc, the vulgar tyran, Of the South
had fed from the Virginia capital, and the col
nies were in open resistance against the CrNwn.
Virginia was on fire, and the county Of York
had especial reason to take interest in the
crisis Dunlnore had Fed to bis ships, aod
supplied them with the means of absconding
when nc found himself in danger lie
duly did-bade brave defiance to the Tirgi-
mans whom he had covered before and di
rected his subordiuates to lag waste the sur
rounding coasts of the Bay
That was in TO Ard now, to-day, Virginia
is again terrorised She threw the gauntlet
down 20 England for the liberties of all the
States. She guvc her Jefferson to pen the
august declaration, setting forth the rights Of
man. and making common cause with ALL
Her Henry set the mighty oaii III motloh;
and her Washington led tho great host Of
brethren, Sighting for their frcedom-led tle'n
through storm and fire, through sno" and
blood from the heights of Boston 10 the re-
doubts Of Yorktown, where tho curtain was /"
fall upon the great DRAMA vi "Amerlca De-
hsered."
That was the record Of the pas: AUG now
to- day.
To dey, within morn:ng's r!dv Of tha!
sacred soil Of Yorktown, where the patriots Of
the North and the South, thrilled with CON-
mon triumph and conluon glory-to'day,
the fro9niDg guns Of Fortress Aonroe--placed
there to sweep the sea horizon outpoGrd, and
protect Virginia-are level!ed inuard, 10 in
timldate the sons and g.andsons Of the men
vino poured their hearts blood out for the free
dom Of the sovereign Stntes
Virginia is u,enaced from the soil she ccded
to drive back foreign foe---and the hand
that turned those cannon OF t}.e fortress III.
Eard-the hand which we arc tod is now
raised against the South-aganst Virginia
But another hand The hand Of him who
ton brought ugainst that great and august
name. Nothing bu. proor-proof as strong as
holy writ-proof sirruuk from, and accepted
with hot tears-shall prompts simple word OF
scorn for tho hero OF n hundred lgh!s.
If it bo that age has dimmcd the viSion Of
the soldisr-sophistry has clouded the iHpc
rial brain-the thing We look Oh, is a mighty
tcuple gone to ruin--an awful and pathetic
spectscls Of fallen grandeur.
Let US pause before that word Of sco'n is
u.tered-let us cling to our disbelief as mar
tyrs cling to their faith: and then, If the issue
be the woeful issue which his foes predict, let
US turn, with avcrled faces, from the tomb
Ubere lies inferred 10 much oi greatness and
Of glory.
Alas the hissirg words Of scorn mus; now
be uttered, and resounded through all the COM
inc agcs-,hc tomb OF infamy must now be
oncned, and the name ard fame of Winfield
| crott be buried thtre forever! The hHnored
and favored child has turned loo to the land
and liberties of his fRthers-the unnatural
traitor brandistes aloft his sordid sword above
The venerable head Of his mofheT, ard threat
ans "a bathc it i'll tho blood Of her bosom! " as
ever such migrate ,reachery and lnlamy before!
The thirty pieces Of silver Tor tho blood OF hi'
rnothcrl the ranking mcmery Of iancied
slight, ten years agol the Inspiration OF ha'
,rsd that unfolds itself in organized fleets and
armies to invade her soil and desolaie her lire
sides
csn this be SO! Let us rather trust that
10 co has dimmed the vision;" that "sophistry
b,e c,opaed the BRAIN Of the dotard Chief and
let us, his friends, indulge the painful nope
,bs, Death, in kindness, will soon come TO his
rescue, and relieve him from the "e,ancho'
;;.,;nyuished infamy, which Will cure