Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-20
For tie ENQUIRER.
General Sco.rs ssv.ews.n

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Union By the secession Of one or more Of tn
Southern States"
A few words nore, anu we may leave inc
great spostate to mature his plot OF muroer
and matrici1e in conclave with inc usu[pc'
and his screen assassins.
The sVieIs," 1--WE have seem concede Mer'9"'
of secession, qualified only-taldmcea, 10 Us.
the authors phrase-by the correlaIise t'S"'
| Of tho Federal Government to re-estaoisn =
force, If necessary, against 4hseFI0T otares, !
| former continuity of territory. coaceo'ng VI
our part the corTelatiss Tight, y can only oe
| co.extcnsivc with the necessity. General Scot'
\ admits this by the express declaration ALREADY
noticed that tho ''Vlews' apply only TO case o.
secession. which makes a gap in the Union,
and that the falling of of Texas, and all tht
Atlantic States from the Potomac, South, put
by way of illustration, does not come within
the scope of his provisional remedies.
The only provisional remedies pointed ou'
in tho "Yiews" are,
|. The occupation Of Southern forts anc
posts claimed by the Federal Government
and
9. The collection Of duties outside the cities,
in forts and shipa Of car. Both these mea
sures he regarded as purely defensive. Speak
ing OF the latter, ne says:
1.-THE great aim and object Of this plan was
to gain time-say eight or ten months-tc
await expected measures Of Cancellation on tht
part of the North, and the subsidence Of angry
feelings in the opposite quarter"
The object, thus announced, was such Us
every man in the country must have approved
except such Wrctchcs as thoge whose execra
BILE schemes he is now promoting. 1t erinced
however, but little forecast. He did not thef
know the knight Of the Scotch cap, even by
sight. Well, the ten months, which were L
manifest the conciliatory epirit at the North
and soothe the angry feelings of tho South, vii
expire in ten days. Not a measure, not
symptom of Cancellation, has come from thu
North. On the contrary, The earnest efor's o
the South to re establish peaceful relations
even the humiliating, abjsct propositions ant
entreaties of Kentucky's once generated Sen
ator, who vainly, criminally attempts to
stand neuter between the friends and the fpes
of his native South nay, he himself the peace
maker, has been repulsed and spurned by thu
heel OF the rump government; and nc, TOO, Il
now passively, if not actively, the alder ant
abetter of the usurper he despises and detests
And where, oh, where is the veteran General,
and the devoted patriot and soldier? Behold
him; his hands reeking with ~lraternsl blood
and his heart thirsting for more!
Again and again let us remember that the
secession of the Confederate States was strictly
within the limits allowed by Scott and Paley,
1t caused no breach of continuity, no gap. al
the Atlantic States, including Texas, have fal
len off. The border States Of Maryland ano
Missouri would also have withdrawn long be
fore this, had they not been kept down b.
brute force. If that be doubted, let Scott anc
Lincoln withdraw their Hessians and leave
them free to choose.
Not only had General Scott unequivocally
announced q defensive policy, but Lincoln
himself and Seward had given intimations OIL
pacific intentions; not altogether free, it must
be owned, from "squirocation that lies Ekt
truth"-but such rs deceived for e time, anc
were intended to deceive, South end North
many an inhexible foe Of Northern injustice
Why, then, have tho Southern States been in
vaded at every assailable point along the Dor
ders of their magnificent domain? Why has
the Grand Army been marched, by the order
of q Tlr9inian, across the Potomac, to pene
trate the heart Of Virginia. Nobody will ask
why, in double quick time, "they marched
back again." With the speed of the electric
wire they bore the tidings Of their W utter
decentralization to the d~emlo,ali-ea c~onclave al
Washington; and long ere this all civilized
Europe rings with joy at their disgraceiul de
feat. Was their 1neditated seizure Of Rich
mond to rc.establish the continuity Of theil
territory2 No gap existed. Was to enable
them to occupy any Southern fort or post OIL
which the Federal filibusters ever claim
ed possession ? That is not pretended
Was it to deiend the city Of Washington
So far from that the march Of the Grand Army
from the city entertainments greatly weakened
if, and their dastardly retreat put it in imui.
nent hazard. But for the fatigue and disorder
incident to the pursuit Of the panic struck
Zouavcs and Hessians, our gallant Southerners
with less than half their numbers, might have
driven them like sheep, far to the North, ano
caught like birds in met, the Yankee usurper,
and his frightened Cabinet and their bewilder
ed Generals. Lincoln's Scotch cap would
hardly have saved him e second time, and the
long military cloak would have been wanted
by its owner. Maryland would have been re.
leased from her handouts, without waiting
for q hu5cas corpus from n down-trodden judi
ciary, and restored to the possession OF her oTn
rightful property, purgcd from 4 corrupt des.
potism and a dcmoralizs0 soldiery.
Perhaps it may DO thought this mighty host
OF Hessians, Yankees, and other mercenaries-
not, as like General Scott says of himself, ma
tive here and to the manor born;" but all, all
alien enemies" il the ~strictest sense Of the
term-were sent-God save the mark Ito
protect the tomb OF Washington from Southern
rebels Ten days after the panic, the General
issued this order:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE Army,
WASHINGTON ,Tnlv 81 1891
1t has been the prayer of every patriot that
the tramp aud din Of civil war might, at least
spare the precincts within which repo;e tie
sacred remains OF the Father Of his Country.
But this pious hope is disappointed; Mount
Vernon, SO recently consecrated anew to the
immortal Washington by the ladies Of Ameri
Ca, has already been over-run BY bands Of re-
bells, who, having trampled under foot the
Constitution Of the United States-the ark o.
our freedom and prosperity-are| prepared tc
trample on the ashes Of him to whom We
are oil mainly indebted for those mighty
blessings.
Should the operations Of war take the United
States troops in that direction, the General
in.Chief does not doubt that each and every
man will approach, with due reverence ant
leave unipjured, not only the tomb, but also
the house, the groves and walks which were SC
loved by the best and greatest OF men,
WINFIELD ScoTT.
A card, said to have been published in tho
National "Intelligencer," from a responsible
source, thus rcpels this SANDER upon the IRE
bells" and carries the war into the Generals
quarters:
"Sincc the occupation of Alexandra by the
Federal troops, not a single soldier from the
Southern army has visited Mount Vernon. II
is but justice to say, the iutrudors who refused
to acceds to the regulations Of the Association,
heretofore willingly followed BY soldiers from
both sides, were a company Of New Fork Fol
unteers, headed by their Colonel and other off
GERS"
This card bears internal evidence Of having
emanated from the Regent" to whom 1.-THE
ladies of America" have conhded the duty oil