Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-09
,wIpAy MORNING, AUGUST ., 1851.
People from whom we have Sepa-
rated.

IotCos
.3s We were OF those whe deeply lamented that
Iahe North should pursue q course towards the
4 ,ou,h which constrained our separation. That
..aas to say wo did not regard disunion as in itself
Measurable. But reslly, the wonderful absence
1857 moral integrity which the Northern people
ire manifesting, removes our regrets. men
sS7, read the proofs Of their extraordinary anu
Utmost universal meadacity, as furnished oy Tue
IS tleraaces which reach US from that quarter
;Gt is a positive pleasure to feel that they are no
iHoncer our Kin. Indeed they indulge their
81 propensity for The false, to the great discredit
.;Fsf their intelligence. In their account OF the
" lattls at Maaassa, for example, they make
S.he most contradictory boastings. They say
IISsiiihe;r men endured the most destructive fires
innumerablc masked batteries, and fought
Ike heroes; yet they also say that, although they
.sied before our armies, their loss in the field
End flight combined, was far less than ours, and
IL sas indeed, very small. To prove them he
81 5oes they confess to a heavy loss. In denying
s. heir heavy loss they prove them cowards.-
s&S>,h;~s ~I4sueu by lhis dilemma, lney take
goth horns.
ssS.. Lock, too, at their dealings towards u.s.
& look at the pillage and wanton destruction OF
,roper,y which have marked their steps where
y yer they mare touched our soil. Look at
ss Hampton, q plundered and destroyed town!
Look at Alexandria, and look at Fairfax.
.sgee, toe, the Con6scation Bill, which has,
;aSrc believe, passed their Congress, and
"a Thieh is but the solemn license and command
If government for msrauding and pillagiug
END robbins. Look at their base interference
arith orr social system, and their attempt to
L %ssnse.tle the relation between the races. See
,,ifow they steal our slaves!
ssf Who does not rejoice that the South is no
.fitopge: in political wedlock with a people thus
US enorslized; a people addicted to that lowest
vices, mendacity, and that meanest of vices,
/ .stesling!
ss# See, toe, how they treat our prisoners, so
gar as they dare the captives of the Savannah,
s,r example. Hear the insulting epithets which
! gwen their highest men apply to even our best
SSEaen! Free speech they call tits such free
sNsioeech as men hear at pot-houses where as.
aEsmblo those who love 10 wrangle, but are too
! asowardly to 6ght
- While rejoicing that we are separate from
Mem, let US not, in the prosecution Of the pend.
: FIG wa7, he injured or betrayed by their ex-
sHSmpie. Let us live in a higher sphere and a
z ssurer cir. While it will be necessary to correct
; .aeir atrocities By an adequate retaliation, let
Wis 20 TO further, and let US shun their spirit
Ell, much as we despise it. President Davis
Iasans laid down the true rule and in the true
s8sseirit, in his letter to Lincoln, to which the
AsSsttcr has not yet had the manliness to reply.
fEsays the President:
III II is the desire Of this government so to
,nduct the var DOW existing as 10 mitigate
& IS horrors rs far as may be possible: and, with
ssEs}is intent, its treatment Of the prisoners cap,
4 sared By its forces has been marked by the
1 sreatest humanity and leniency consistent with
SSnblic obligation.
"a Just regard to humanity and to the honor
~: this government now requires me to state
sSsplic;tly, that, painful as will be the necessity,
s&als government will deal out to the prisoners
Sfeld by 1t the same treatment and the same
a,sS,.te as shall be experienced by those captured
ghh the Savannah; and if driven to the terrible
assgcessi!y Of retaliation by your execution Of
sissay Of tho officers or crew OF the Savannah,
sStss retaliation will De extended so far as shall
requisite 70 secure the abandonment Of a
t:sractice unknown to the warfare of civilized
ssssrap, and so barbarous as to disgrace the ma.
fSsoD which shall be guilty of inaugurating it,