Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-10
Tho Future orrI,e North.

in the present condition Of affairs at the North
the ele.usnts OF terrible revolution. Bcncxtl
the tnin crust Of Black Republican hostility tc
the South, there rage the awful fires of civil
anarchy and social chaos. The disruption ot
the Union, and ;lie consequent Withdrawal
;rom Northern society Of Southern wealth and
labor, which have sustained it, have brough!
millions OF the laborrg classes Of the North
face to face with utter want aod staryatien-
Northern capital trembies for its safety; North,
crn conservatism shakes with terror in the pre-
sence of the unclaimed dernous Of anarchy and
starvation
To pu, oil the evil dag; to arrest,.i ihs inpcnd
ing dootn which hangs over it, Northern cap.
ital is striving by every srt to direct these
hordes Of hungry and reckless men, this fear
tul mob-n which want is the only rule Of sc
ton and might the mesnS Of accomplishing
its dcsir,s-agqinst the Sou:h. Already e. S.
SIS are quoted d. II in Wal! street. and g. 1:
so. Every nerve ii being strained lo kuep
up the delusion that the South can be
cusily overrun in sixty days. The merchant
princes Vi New York, the bankers and
holders o! rea! estate, kaow that the
alost fatal blow which could te struck at them,
would be reaction at tho North, cooling
down OF the war fever, which would leave tbs
hungry Sins og!0t;es at leisure TO turn their
.ttentoa 10 the sccGmulatcd riches nf the com
merclal centres Of the North. Hence this
| sweeping away Of al traces Of constitutional
right and regard for the South. It is the NC:
Of drowning man, who, seeking in his terror
md despair to save himself, clutches at his
friend and enGeavors to drag him down 70 q
COMMON ruin.
AS soon rs tho first reverse to Northern
arn.s takes place, revolution will break ont
It the North, more horrible in it, atrocities
than the reign Of terror in Paris, when murder
and chaos held high carnival ia its palaces and
streets To avoid this, the revolutionary COM
| nittcos Of New York, who coa,rol Lincoln, will
seek to precipits,e upon the South oil this
dangerous element Of !rae socety-but le! Us
whir them once, and then these eoastcd reg!.
nea,s Of New York VII! return 10 their place
Ito plague the iaverlcr.''
But if we permit them to gain & ioothold in
Virginia, Glazed D: their succass, they will c,n-
:nue to pour in their desperate band!tti, lursd
,n3 stimulated by the base robbers cry Of
Beauty and Booty"
Nee. them Il, the ,hresh ID Bat t!,r:n ba, X
1t once, and their unemployed thousands, will
lind it more agreeable 10 sack New York, than
% face Southern bayonc,s and bullets Let
Ill the South, especially let Virginia meet
with uufaltering courage this crisis il our has
tory, ard in few months this fauatical des.
| potsm, overwhelmed with dcnt, without re
| cuocratiye resources, viii: huge multitude O.
'i's ausi urI:o,; ::.;"'r.r"
| and one universal anarchy and chaos will
| rega over tic free States of the late Union.
These are not mere pccr!atioHs-,GcJ arc
| ounded in laws Of human nat!re IS un!us.
:akable as the physical Jaws OF III. universe.
So soon as they Gud they cannot feed upon
| tho South, SO soon will the sa"age and brutal
Instincts Of humanity, be developed in all their
C=rocity, and the free society OF the North. lkH
Saturn, will de4our its own offspring.
Men CT the South, stand firm, and the day
If your dcliverance is at hand, Already your
| .ne,ries are accommodating troors i"r. home pro
| lection, under the name Of "ilome Guards. -
| These Home Guards are in the pay Of North
| s-n capital, and are intended for its protection
.cains, the mud silks Of tho North, and moi
! against a Southern army. The var expendi
| lures Of the North average nall million Il
lay. The aggregate debt Of the North, State
.rd corporation, already exceeds six hundred
millions. The Sor;h, cut CT from it's most
profitable customers. canoot much logger stand
| his drain. Six hundred thousand r::llIons
will not conquer the iiberty'loTing and waT!ikt
South. But We must be prepared TO meet the
| iesperate onset OF men without hope at home
md reckless of everything except the prospect
81 booty in the South
To arms to arms men Of Virginia, enc
strike for your homes, your lives, your ii6er
| tics.