Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-10
aplecn and rstrioi:sn--Ehe difference.

i C1I:I:D;.:ftalrr -i.tt!.itt ~ -" h'Ci1aj''l
"Wh;s2 alex ~, a- ";'"h SEEMS, IL U"s
We, IL 'cpnrc :. WORT q nvricr: Hot, intee'i,
s@csa. rE The communication itself, but be-
Cause a: lis appearance in a journal wh27c COL
SriHncu 2!"'"Hcc AID patriotism during the
y .s =, -; PFC ,d;nsc e the present
lt"n :NG ncy. ~, s.. ,a- ha1 "crF>I"r
:. ,.@..u,. II 1t 80 v~n'e'Hrj -
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dGH.lc c*nso.es. u.so .ea.,. At n>mD. a'u
r' .~x>,:ias ~: uup.,, ,.a ;.s:.2y :eHe""N
diligence, a'i:a;g our eJciaie$.
We dccn, It our dusy, iHr dies: reasons. 20
So ,r.t the communication in question is at
]soIu.e:r revolving 20 Inc f"e,ins: and the con
~ri:yi2rls oi the people Of ihis whole COniedc.
racv. Indeed, even lie writer himself brands
what Re says in its very ~'.Tettead With ns 'rnr
character. For he tells II. in It's outset that he
is utlerins his ''syleea." It's spleen, and it is
nothing else. The most extreme ceasurce, IN
the most unsubsIsa,iai grounds, aad in 'hr
fare If opposing fac:s ina! to"cr iisc me Ale
g~haDies; TIE meSt eXira7"Saat Complaints,
based c;rcn the ,,GS: exaggerated statements Of
matters Of mcre IT. c0arcaicEcc; the m~as;Sw.;p'
ing CO, d.u.aaiioa rii.cut 4 rcasJI, ii citizens
wi.a,a the viiole country adjudSes worldly 81
its MOST distinguished ioaoss ard ii@ aftec;i"n-
.!e conference.-the IS he ''spieen' 10 which
- &c rested whc2 TIC country wsnis "EaSoq
ana 1ii&crct;eH
Tits is IN '!mnfor ca7p!!s, anc cracking. acd
growing. aud ',spieeD." Ii Saline fI ger
cr"u> cnthusicsn, f3r patriotic eSho7tati"ns. I'm
verbs ni 4rascment. This is IN 'irnr, i
| there i: e-cr Sficr 4 ;i;ie. fuc a.>a'!inr thc ca
paci,5, and the raf;sc Of Oh: :r7d'rs, IHT dis,
| o~srasirg ihe;. ~Scr7:ceS: i: caargi"- Fasin
v;:h aii n...cc cs imagined siiaTi c~a"i'=s I'D
s,.cc;aw= aouscs. Il is : time wh@u .hair
achievements should be appiauded, their zeal
acknowledged and initiated. ;as;7 effort re.
spondcd &c, their talents anl devotion exn''cf
ir. end whcr itc wbols people, a. one man,
should join in inc v~csoiro 70 s.s;a;n the ban
acr wh;ci. has p2s.! entrusted - tier h@"dS,
and which ;it7 icar So gr:nd:y AMI "a GAL
~iaaslyi re ;a.aiI d-s=2a that such IS Inc sriT-
it, and sac!!. the action ii our people! That
such is the noble answer which Games back in
resuoass lo tic 1at.;c: cgii Of our political and
| military chiei,aii Davis IS strong in his poa.
! ple and thcy are strong & him.
But there is ore vho. II the midst OF this
universal aud glowing popular enthusiasm,
sis him DOWN to indulge his 'spleen!" and
succeeded in getting nc papers 10 pTintit. He
hears that our soldiers in camp had acciden.
t,I!Y 4 raj breakfast On 3 certain occasion,
and forthwith he IS taken with a fit of disPep-
sii, end darounces President Davis and SecFe
tary Walker, arG every Que that comes in his
path ca in mis- mind.
Surely men ought 70 remember what the
times demand, and &C. accordingly If a dozen
Or ;wo csoskors had goa" ~itrous!i cur camp ct
Manassas, representing that BsauTegard was
rotten in the head,"a;; I'd ,aathis whole rule was
weak and corrupt, ard tia: we should bcIuined
wi;iiou; a change ,f Generals. It mi.h: hare
lost US the hat:ie hero. With his soldiers dis
cougase3 aud thr, Confidence ia hi,u weakened
his ;.tents sai z,aj vo.;ii aaEs a74.lei nut
little.
When tic i.cathers represented Minerva as
springine, fell iofT.si and c!ai IL perfect ar
NOR. from til mead oi.!3ve, they ciassnd the bold
imagining a.nans tG.c ~a7ir.ci;s. B~sc1Ise our
nvw Corfedcracy has failed 10 cone perfectly
ap 10 this iie:, rae "Tnig's' correspondent
takt, Tic "&pI,",' and relieves himsclfat the
expense Of SIR caosen leaders. And this not
MISLEADING the wonders winch in truth have
been done. We hare aotspace 10 Particular
ize nos; hu. tbc- arc latent u the world.
Even enemies 4, :he justice 10 which ~"splaen'
is inscnsible. Inc Nev York Herald" Of
tae Ssh of September sayS:
Thus ". can account jIc he W4.Ht1 tHI mill
ta'g energy, a~ctisi&g, aud ~csoarcss, brought
into the Jisld6y tie Tsiel S.2tss They have
be=,. called into rcalis;;ion b. Drv;s."
And wonderful. ug ca2a"T;s2a. III leas, they
a7t; FcT the State: 00i;i 81 largely "i!-ninber-
Ell ;iS il population, .a1 which hai seized ihr
E.e s.ige o? go7s:nment aud tue c%nginery Of war.
ana mad the nen;Gt Ct II: trained bands OF tne
late Union, hare had their ar;n;e: checked and
turned back and chased Dy the Southern forces.
Toe people lock On ana their oosoins swell WITH
jos and gratitude, and their 72icss ring with
praises to the sasacicus ct;eiairs and The gal
liant heroes who nave PINNED sud performed
all this. The correspondent, q The Wing"
looks on, too-and his gall is stirred, and his
spleen is excited. and lie crias Out that Davis
is rotten in the head. and ;i!at the Secretary
of Var should De displaced. We hope he feels
and especially that ~ will do better,
now that he has so s;ritinei1 illustrated the
difference between spleen and patriotism.
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