Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-07

, hn,s. ,h. ,."ls 81, 'i,a i-.,a5rfst H=
,lrsiinri iur ~ ls ,hn p,rhniaty l,spy,s rt llr
North We shall hnrr ,a 4i.ci thctt 'lasd
hu, TINT Is nat >" precious 50 'hrtn ~ iltru
monry. IN ,hc vain attempt H. rrruvrr t'n
runous drptrr.ntioH with which the, ate
about this tiur afflicted they vii lisht lilc
iuri"s, md we shnli have /" give thcn ihrro"p
d grucc and save them from the worse nilir,
lion OF spectacle Of universal bankruptcy.
We must expect them To fight. They nrc
now on the soil cf Virginia The Plymouth
Rock Covenani.rs arc nov dcsrcrallnc the land
Of the chivalruus Cavaliers and, under most
unfortunate concatrnation of circumstances,
Virginia would have to Succu,nh, the Old Do
minion would most indubitubly be compelled
to bow her proud head in the dust were It not
Tor the rescue Of her generous. her noble, hlr
glorious sisters and daughters Of the South.
But she will bo saved. The MEN for the rmer
gency are at their posts
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The Means OF Wnr.
\ gentleman, uron whose accuracy of obser:
vatiou We may place reliance, furnishes graft
tying intelligence of the crops. =
tween this point and the'priS
lie travelled thi;her by the SSt! fc,itc
and returned by the upper road, passing
through Eastern Tennessee. The cotton
has made a good stand, and looks well ;
bu. the wheat, and corn, and oats, in unusual
breadth, for thousand miles, presented All un.
varying hue of healthful vigor. And often,
when the conterted slaves esped the soldiers
going to the defence Of the South they paused
midway in the iurrow and uttered hearty
cheers
In this there is deduction Of great sisnli-
cancc. The working class in the South, who
provide subsistence for The population, is not
the lighting class. The war may bc maintain.
ed for an indefinite period, and there will be no
dininution Of supplies. We shall have abun-
dance Of bread, and Texas and Arkansas, hill!-
erto furnishing aliment for The Northern mar
kct, will supply Us with meat. Oar young
men, now marching to tbs field Of glory,
though brave and ardent, accustomed TO rxer-
else, and familiar with the Use nf arms, have
never, even in time of peace, felt toe necessity
Of manual labor and hence, with no detri.
ment 10 the material interests of the country,
or Inconvenience 10 themselves, they might
keep the field for the next tea years 10 come,
and certainly will keep it until our indepcn
dcnce is established.
But in the North the fighting men are tic
working men. Fiery man in the war is
equivalent TO the abstraction Of SO much bread
from the mouths OF the redundant population.
And ii the dcspot ut Washington were to
maintain Il sufficient army in the field 10 pre-
vent us from rolling back the war into the
country of the abolition aggrcsso:s ard invu.
ders, their women aud children would perish
| from starvation
Such arc lhc iuevitabl. cvenlualLicS Of tho
future; and superaddrd to the pains and pen.
alties OF ordinary defeat, the North ought not
to be blind to The extraordinary pccriarity OF
this war, which makes every Southern man,
when going into action, feel that he has an in.
dignity to redress and an incapable
insult to avcngc upon every Black Repub-
lean antagonist 1t is, indeed, quite differ
ent war from those usually made by Govern
ments, wherein the contendipg soldiers feel no
personal animosity against each other. The
watch word is, God, ard our native land and
in defence OF our hcar;hstones, aud all that is
sacred and dear to US, the battle cry will be
victory or death" We have hero for 4
leader. Let no one doubt the rcsiil!
! The Opinion of Chief Justice Fancy on
the NubeHs Corpus Case.
We publish this morning the opinion de-
livercd bv Chief Justice Tancy in the case OF