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

iG RECslSoS uithictJ OI 1yllCulQ, lTGSl
delt OF the United States, has been about 'th.
propcrtyn&f the United States The forts in
! the South are "thc property Of the United
States Therefore, in his inaugural, he speaks
Of his determination 'to hold and possess" tho
property of the United States. In his late
Proclamation. calling ou, seventy thousand
men, be says: 81 deem it proper to say, tha,
the first service assigned to the force hereby
called forth, will probably be to re>possess the
forts, places and property which have been
seized from,the Union, and, in every event,
the utmost care will be Observed consistently
with the objects. aforesaid, to avoid any dc.
/ vastatioD, any destruction Of or interference
with, properly: The miserable hypocrisy of
his being intGnt.to preserve 'the property OF
the United Stites, is seen in the late .icvssta-
tion" and obstruction" of the property ut
Harper's FerrySand the Gosport Navy Yard.
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worth Of property. This is his 'utmost care
10 avoid amy devastation or destruction OF
property"
The truth is, all his prctcnsions C zeal for
the preservation and protection Of "the proper.
ty" Of the United States in our forts and arse
nails, was the meaneSt sort Of hypocrisy. The
value ard importance Of these military ins.ru.
mentaiities consists hot in their existence rs
vr1psrty. As such, he has not thought "f
thcln Their value consists in their being ir-
slrumentaliics TO cDerce and subtue the peo-
pie of the South; and when he proposes as
"the .Frs, service" TO be assigned to his seven
ty Thousand nIiltialucll, that they shall "re
possess the FORTS places and property which
have been seized from the Union, kc desires
10 use them Is instruments OF force to conquer
and slay the people Of the South. But It
seems To be impossible for the unpr!ncipled
fanatics who now ruie at Washington to 10
anything in q fair, manly way. Everything is
accomplished by !ndTeclion. They believe in
the crnnipo.cncc Of lying. They tell the
truth in nothing Processing to reverence the
Constitution, they put it aside in declaring
war, and calling out troops TO carry it on
Seven States (so0n 10 be liiteen) are out Of the
Union, and they profess to believe that they
are Il combination III State" which the Act
OF % authorizes them to suppress. They &c.
clare that they desire peace-whilst they have
originated ami are pushing on the most ie-
.cci0us and uascrupulous war. Every Com
mission which has gone to Washington from
the South, to obtain penccable settlement oi
our relations with them, has been cheated and
deceived The fai,hlesSncss the people Of the
North uniformly exhibited in all their dealings
with US, whilst in Il union with them, has been
eycnpiiiied in every ac; of their representa-.
t!ves at Washington, since we dissolved our
connection with them. The development of
their bloody intents is but the natural sequence
Of j half century Of hypocrisy, fraud and oP-
preston. And now, when they shout for the
Union and for the stars ard stripes, they 90
not care straw for US, or value union with
Us L single groat They hate US. They mean
simply to live On us-plundcr uS-lnaster US.
Their commerce must be preserved, their
manufactures be supported, by making the
people Of the South their coercrd tributaries
Tins is the naked cause OF all their patriotic
f.rvor; ard they have TO ;::ore principle Or ca.-
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