Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-20
From Texas.
HARRISON County, TEXAS.
Scptenbcr 9th, 1851.

HARRISON County, TEXAS.
September 9th, 1861.
IL the Editors Of the Enquirer:
Gentlemen-I write to request you to
sond NV naper by the Vicksburg route,
instead If the Galveston, as the latter IS
terribly out Of gear, and does not WORK
we'll and to express = few thoughts,
which YOU may publish. ifyou think they are
worthy Of the space they will occupy III your
valuable paper, to which We look Tor c1Frec'
war news, in which many OF us are deeply ~.
terestcd. as we have sons in the Army. W.
have no politics in Texas, we are a unit IN re,
gard to this unhoiy WAT, improperly iorcsu
upon us, and wsged on the part OF the MORN,
with more cruelty and despotism, than mas
ever been known to exist in civilized countries
before, unless, as much Of those desp'saolc
traits IN the character OF man developed theui'
selves, in she darkest hours OF france
We perhaps, unw;sely suffer this war. 10
absorb every question; but such IS Inc
ardor and deep sense OF injured honor WIN
Texans, that when the blood OF q friend mas
been spilled, each ono is ready to espouSo Ms
cause, and sustain it with his hearts warm
blood, unit! retribution is obtained.
The spirit OF retaliation an vengeance IS 50
complctely infused into us, that our children
have become 50 thoroughly reused, that boys oil
fifteen talk as if each one, solitary and alone,
would, with pleasure and without a oianched
cheek. meet three Yankees and vanqulsh them.
Some of these fifteen year old boys have run
AWAY and gone to try the sad realities oil war.
whom huInbly trust, the God Of battles Will
shield mad protect from every danger ana
finally restore to kind friends and fond pa
rents.
Oar daurhters are Us ardent and sanguinc
a. the BOYS, aud often wish they could repair
TO the tented field, not to revel in the ruins OF
4 sacked and conquered city, as the tame ana
s~piritless women Of the North intended, and
were prepared to do in the City Of Rlchuiond,
had not B.auregard and Johnson been 50 want
iur in gull .ntry and Difference for the bellies
Of the North as to deprive them ofthclr beaux
who were TO lead them through tie Inazss OF
of the dance in the Capital Of the OId pOtnln'
lou, my native Stale.
thank my God, that Beeurcgard and John
Sun were at Manassas with willing an aole i"!-
lowers, TO teach those bellies and their escorts
that the South is not without gallant sohs
who prefer their uwn sisters and beloved sweet.
hearts to Northern cruelty, Ignorance, ana Ia
n~aticiSui; for what woman, save one nal IS de-
void of all these r%elinements, which render
her nlniable, could bs the follower oil an
army, wait with patience until that army sacked
and conquered 4 city, and thea, with the lndli.
ference OF 4 maniac, mingle in the dance when
perhaps thousands Of her own sex were, vita
all the pa,hoS of the human heart, asking to
be spared and mercilully treated. The female
thai could thus act deserves the excavations OF
her sex.
Our ladies' do not even think of the DUNG:
nor anything else but vengeance for the South
ern blood that has been so freely shed in their
defence aud to save their beloved country from
the degradation that Lincoln and his blind FOL
lowers Wish to intiict upon it and them
though each one is busy in plying the nipple
u.en,s OF female industry in preparing ci'lnins
and other comforts fo- those brave inca Who hive
gUno to drive LincoIn's myrmidonS lroln I'll!
soil Of Virginia, too sacred for such unhaiio~cu
feet As were wiling to lance while RichInord
burned.
There is some little excitement here in rela-
ton to the invasion Of Texas through Mexico,
but sc feel cJutidrnt that We can send our
Young and athletic men TO other States anu
whip the knasts and towards tina! coine
through Mexico Gas none others vii! cone tllat
way) wittl uur cid mcu and fllLceI year OLD
boys, unless those boys lun away anu 20 u
iighL in other States before the raScals polsnts
the soil Of Texas. They can never penetrate
tar into this State, unless they pass over the
dead body Of every man aud boy that can use
4 gun or thrust u Bowie. Then, and not till
then, eau the invaders hope Tor SUCCESS or
safety. No unc here thinks Of surrrnderIng,
save Il few craven spirits, who will have an en-
smy before and behind them if that course Is
accessory 10 make them tight.
NJ motto is, nothing must be left to chance
every man, wu,nan Ind child must do his whole
duty. We tear not al the ruen Lincoln can
send against us through M.Sico, and | cannot
believe any will culuc that way, iur certainly
Mexico cannot be-, by fair means, induced 10
declare war against uI. Ii she Is not counting
ACKNOWLEDGMENT or annihilations nc will commit
no such rash act in the present state Of
American affairs, but leave the North TO get
out OF i difficulty OF its own producing the beat
way it can. Respectfully, yours,
Texas.