Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-01
VIII the Eyes or Virginia be Opencdl

VIII the Eyes or Virginia be Opencdl
The presence Of standing army at Wash.
ington city, the menace o! Strengthening For
tress Monroe, the insult of ''mounting large
guns on the ra,nparts, pointing inland, may
all be insufficient to open the eyes of the Peo.
pie Of Virginia to the object designed and pre-
pared Tor BY the cuercioniSls Of the Admins
tration; but the express declaration ot the Re-
publican Central Committee, we think, will
leave no room for misrepresentation MS to the
course Mr.. Lincoln will pursue when Mr.. Ra.
chan hands over to his control the forces ilnw
concentrated upon Virginia soil.
We find series Of resolutions in the New
York Evening Post aud would invite atten'
tion to them:
REPUBLICAN CENTRAL coMNlTrEE-DEcLAkATIoS
or PRINCIPLES.
The Republican Central Committee !ur lejl
organized last evening by The election Of Mr..
Z. Delafield Smith us President. Edgar hetcli.
um presented the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
!. That the people of the United States nj
ter the fullest discussion Of principles, nave. III
constitutional manner, cnndcd tie admins
tration Of the government tn the cand!dnle u!
the Republican party.
9. That the great trust thus Imposed cannot
be rejected by those who have been cho:ea TO
execute it, without the condemnation OF the
world, and cannot be fulfilled without faith
full adherence to those principles and purposes
proclaimed by them and accepted and adopted
BY the country.
8 That the deliberate Abandonment OF those
principles by the administration thus crealeti,
would be either confession that they were
wrong, or else would he an unpardonab!c
breach OF faith toward confdins country.
l. That the authority Of the government OF
the United Suites canrot he resisted by any
norton Of The inhabitants without the guilt q
treason, the crime always held by Americans
in the utmost ahhorrence.
These resolutions not only declare principles
ininical to the rights and honor Of Virginia,
but they announce that 1.-The deliberate aban-
dounent of these principles by the Adminis-
tration." would lie an "unpardonable bnacn OF
faith;" and they finally, resolve,
That the heart Of the nation now cries out,
nor FOR COMPROMISES, but for the man
to exert the powers that be- and with uncoI-
onerab)e will defend the country against NE'
HELLIoN and COMPROMISE. Him will the
neople delight 10 honor, and future generations
pra:r. and him do we behold in that earnest
snan who here among US said, Let us have
faith that right makes might, and in that faith
let US 10 the end dare to do our duty us we un
ders,and it." Speed the day whcl' that man
Shall take the Chuir of Washington
Such are the declarations Of the Republican
Central Committee, deliberately made not only
with the full knowldge and approval oi Ar
Lincoln, but in the words Of Mr.. Lincoln MIN
self Will the people Of Virginia rciy uPof
the hopes of Mcssrs. Crttcnden, Douglas, o"'e
ler, Milson and Harris for compronls'' "''e'
repeated rebuffs and failures, and against 'n''
positive and authoritative announcement CT 'h
Republican Central Committee {" the a7'Ta'
! MIR. Lincoln himself?