Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-07-09
LiDcoln,r M~e+-n.e-Hls Call for Troops

IL VI WI. HsliNOit'S "tS 80
opportunity Of perusing il save at second hand
We find now that his representation OF inc
attitude Of England and France, was not SO
specific or emphatic in its terms as we hao
been led to suppose. lie merely claims u
general xymputhy for the country throughout
the world" and says 'the sovereignty ana
r;ent or the United States are now every
where practically respected by foreign pow,
ers." The sympathy" embraces the South at
least equally with the North; and England and
| France have taken special pains TO declare
their neutrality between US as 10 the war, and
| 20 accord to each, and equally, all the rights OF
be,licerents. So that we, too, may say, for all
the purposes Of this war. that the sovereign
ty and rights OF the tConiederatel States are
now everywhere practically respected by for
eign powers" Thus NC stand even in this
respect
Tine call OF Mr.. Lincoln for "at least 400, 0cO
men and s400, 900, eo0," was perhaps designed
to startle the people Of the North into an ap'
probation Of the ~vastnesS Of the work which
they have undertaken, and it may be TO show
them the impcssibility Of their accomplishing
it, and prepare them for its abandonment.
However necessary for the object proposed, it
is impossible to comply with a draft so enor'
nous. But whether it be so designed or not,
such will lie the effect, at least, tc q great de
gree. The people of the North will now be-
gin to understand that the ''mere handful" Of
malcontents who were to DC crushed right ont
and walked right over in q day or a week by
disdain full "patrio;s,' are, on the contrary, g
powerful! people, a mighty Cou:ederacy, te
battle with whom requires an army such as
Europe has not seen since Napoleor:'S march
on Moscow and a sum Of money which vii.
throw bankrupt Wall Street into All agony g
amazcment.
By the world at large this rcquisi;ion Of Mr.
Lincoln will be read IS u confession of the
| vast strength and great resources o. the South
! orn Confedrracy, and Of tic utter inability q
| the Northern Government - conquer It. Mer
will remember what muititudes swcllcd the
invading army Of Xerxes, and how few re
turned from unframed Greece. They will Ie
collect how the vast hosts Of Napoleon mcltet
away in Russia, and how scarce q fugitive
handful escaped back home again; and they
will say that q people who require to subdue
them such n force as Lincoln asks Tor, are 8
PEG le rot TO be subdued! The Lincoln jnra
d e.s would in ike manner perish, and oul
Corfederacy would in like manner survive.
So far as Lincoln may have displayed his
large figures as buster or fGr our intimidation,
no will in about equal degree excite our ridi-
cuie, and inspire our resolve. AS a Northern
orator said in better days, and when Northern
orators had a good Cause, though our enemies
shou,d cover The ground like ~locusts," ne will
not y;eld TO them. We will caH out, il need
De, our last man. Every house shall be a fort,
every bank shall be a breast.work, every tree
shall hide 4 waiting marksman, till the las;
enemy falls OF fees our limits.
On the whole, Lincoln's call is really to be
Interpreted Us q cry Of terror and distress! lie
tells the North, and he confessps to the world,
that the South is so very strong, and has ban
died hin so roughly, and batlled him so com
ple:eiy, tina. every expectation and promise o.
rapid and easy conquest have been extinsuish'
ed, and that he can now only hope for success
bJ means that are practically impossible of at
tainment.
To the people and the ARMIES Of the Southern
CoDfederacy, then, We Say, Courage, ye patriots
aad brave men! In a very little while you
have done n great deHl! The Northern az
gressor that but yesterday came forth with
vaunts and insults, now fears and trc,ubles
before you: lie feels your strength He
smarts under your proves! His ~unInanly
gyoans and his impoteat rage confess It to the
world! He breads to lEcet you On anything
like equal terms. He is eyincing a purpose to
abandon the tisid entirely, unless lie can meet
you with vast advantages on his side, and be
is making his acquisitions So large ti!at il
would seem as If he mainly desired 10 create
an excuse to fec. Press home upon him -
Teach him one more lesson, and your work is
done! Teach him that not only are vast NUN.
bers and impossible sums Of money, needed,
but that if he had them they would not suf
fee! If he had his money and if he had his
mGrcenaries, the South would be unconquered
and u~ncoaquerable still Oar land is filled
with brave men, aye, and with brave women
too, and brave boys and girls and the senti.
ment which swells every soul is that which
came last from the lips Of the dying Col. Dreux,
"Nerer surrender"
TO other portions Of Lincoln's message We
shall refer in other notices.
Lincoln on the Obser-auce or his Oath
When he must Keep II aud when he
must Break H..
In his inaugural message, Mr.. Lincoln spoke
in almost q pious strain Of the obligations o.
that oath which Re had jus. taken, at the
hands Of Chief Justice fancy, and which he
said was registered in Heaven. He vas, he