Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-13
For the Enquirer.
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Union 1y tho s~seessioa eI'ohs or :ncTs Of the
Southern States
TO what a distressial STATE must the veteran
General nave sunk, when 10 could bring him
self to issue his special order ;or the protection
of Mount Vernon. Is there not. apart from its
insoleut and false ~allusion 10 "Mc Rebels"
something suhlimely ridiculous in tile caution
he gives his own "demorali=eG' t1acps, in case
"tfe operations ef qcaT should tate them in
that 0irecticn,'' to respect the "sncrsd pre-.
ciuctx."-from which ten days before they had
Aed like frightened ha7es! The caution was
altogether surperfuous. 1.-The operations Of
war; had taken them quite 100 far in the OF.
nestle direction fve. 10 return. The Grand
Army-all ,hst were Tot put ho1s 81 e57nIGt-
had made a joyful escape. Not all the cajo.
lcry, pc7 MI the threats, q eli their chiefs,
civil anG military, will ever Pcrsuad" then
again to approach The rcgered spot theg dh"ne
have ever iEreverert!y Invaded.
Mar these dongiAy chiefs themselves, ''frst
at the feast and rirst in The flight, whose
I. cue it IVES, not ITO fight" but to cry out,
" Go on, brave by S!-who. far in the rear,
i,urishea ihc:r cDrk-icre~s in place Of
saLres, and charged glasses instead Of bayo.
nSiS-T!it again NSSblI " ' wa ~
safe Il distance, it!a spectacle so magnificently
cot up for their entertainment, of Iht GRIND
.Narch NJ the Gram1 Army 10 Rirhnon?, by
the ray Of Nouat Tcraon.
: Mount Vernon! Why The bare >tnentinn Of
the name will make the blood of the Hessians
ctrdie in their reii,s while life lasts. 1t will
remind them uf Bail Run Of Manassas of
Davis, and Juhrston, and B~eaurcsard Of
Southern hayone,s and Bowie ~l;niyes, and T.
gers: Of their own comrades who now I'LL ne.
,lac;vd bitches in the battlefield. OF the pri.
sons and hospitals Of Il people whose homes
they had invaded, ard whom they had vai'ly
and wickeGly thought 10 sutiugato and DC
stroy. Abandoned b. the ungratefnl outlaw,
in whose foul service they had ptriiied life, and
won (:l,cir jus. s1G only rscu,aPcrsel Il name
vel; nigh a.: Giselacgd rs his own, they have
inura mercy and charity, where tod law ana
man's law would have well justified summary
vengeance. Yes, Just Heaven nPhoAActh the
RIGHTEOUS oau$e /; and The Tomb Of Washing
tcu-as well as the land Of bis birth, which
holds and reveres it's safe. Neither It's self
appointed Protector, nur It's natural nlld law
full guardians, need fear 0 second Eruption OIL
HeS.Ian mercenaries, OF Nee loT& fofad-
tfer$." Shonld the Grand Army ever venture
OH another raid "im Tia! direction" It VIII
be %!th new recruits, WHO have noi learnt the
first lesson Of Yankee tactics, that n To2'@
flight IS tie better port Of wis't9a1;; ana under
the new lraaer=, H:,pse brilliant achievements,
taken en- trust, are 10 eclipss the waning lulnl-
nary, 50 long in the nscraaart, and nov iasL
sinking 10 r:ss no more, Few RAGS OF the
coming glory will eucirclet tfsf3 o: the sr
pernu,ncrary General in-chief.
Possibly the arrogant assumption Of lae
Prntectorcte over Mount Vernon, implying, as
it did, a controlling jurisdiction, "ithin the
borders of Virgins, was designed to cover the
Disgrace 81 The pa';lc, hg presenting the Gene
ra:-!n CiiicI with lie L,arl and prestige OF Z
conqlerur, OF dix; hn Imagine That mis- ~"p0'he".
sis Of Tlrginia's ever true and devoted Patriot,
would screen fram htr i'*t Indignation and
ahho:!encc, -: "'f.rcl!a:ii, sill c"nGeniI!ed
'Rcsreunt'? Or WIS i 10 win favor from the
wrctc:; he ssrrea, tbs. be published q m"iig-
naat End Incredible SANDER on his country.
rnen, h;9 isar coMe!r2mea, aGd&aught 10 81 IS
matte them by That sTi,hc; WHICH his master
(af;cr The maancr q our Eritis5 apprcsSG:s,
n,i Precautionary tories 80 freely bestcwS Oh
::;~se "!n vii ~! r~.s.lT.:y submit i" ii',".
.guc: .nd t;rahny
In >il 'i:Gs,, iiSnch 1ule NJ: ";,r"a ~ t!siy
say, hos r~o;cnah: m:i,i 10 his diSappoinr
Iucnt ani :nnriiticA:i.n. al his efforts 10 liss
from the slnuap Of disgrace. Only sink him
deeper in IL; I,;ie. EEa defeated General
sl.;lds before Inc wnrii q dc;ccteI li1Giicr -
He lofty raEk rn1t ~ that II rn: sEpr>iDc
commander Of re almr aid na7I, il nos
shared with d ncw aid !ssS IstrG5te3 ~fuvcritc,
his Junior; while he Is but t3isrcied III the
hum bic station Of aun co!nbaJini adviser
military chamber counsel IL thr n"n coi!ha!-
ant Cornmaat;er-!n Chief, end his seven other
assistant pia,f"is Of piilac1 ana !Gassi1rci nj
;,ca ii wi.o.r. dare 'oni; t3c,r eueG:v in It's
face. Truly "Glhaili'. occu2atoa's gone
Dc.es.e,l at hnnc, distrrs;c;i abroad, 'isc G!sa;
Discarded i; reali2rnS, in il Tli! meos.ire liia'
.7oabie damnnafioM 10 which, by lis 81 mouth,
s'rott the patriot, un%':ln2ty c0aSlghtH :;G1tf
the '.RecfeaEi,'
Hsarken TO lha sentence a!i"h eieh' yrai%
ago, nut dreaming, II nay hi, .! his present
GENERALIZATION standing in tha TrssHice "'
The General Assembly of ViTein;a-hc pro
bounced upon bis, perhaps, nnnsai'atca deiIn.
2uency
ind myself in Lie midst c: ~ aounTy-
1nIn-my aeQr 9::.:IgM;M--Eeti:sS 0! the
STATE rhici raa Gic cradls gfHig.T:$: h"p's,
my first Gmbit:nr. " ! dGgt trsrjtu
the responsibility inherited b7 my 3irM. j
haze always said, icact seW VIRGINIA ~ty n
me? AMI TheH in the "nnrSe oi NJ public
life, ] hhr@ elvals remembered tina; ! nose q
portion nr her hear upon nay shoulders,
have said that, II 1 PROVED RECErA:T, ! WOULD
Ee poUDLr DANHEp in her estimation and that
81 M country.
General Sca,t did 1T, m:isrcno::ec Ill. esli-
Elal;an III which his i:'i"n Stale Would regard
Il crime 20 foil-s 50 dc1h'4 .1ul n q sou on
whom she mad shoGere,i hpaor7 G23rc"iy !1i.'
Fior 10 those heslowciup01 Arr HA"h:rgio1.
With mingled soIIts aId Indignation soe has
witnessed his uleyAmI;icd i pos: scr ,iI:dEGTr&-
cognizes the justice 0; t'e Judgment lie himself
has PRONOUNCED uroTlt Sierra as that Judgment
is, nevar vSs aIa,dr1 Il rUoTe nielitci rc:':bu'
tim. lie s;nnod ;.fsli.:"uah ignorance, bu:
against Inc ii.'.t Gs8:!.; svowel convicliup.--
With his eyes fully oPet;cd, yapns before, 10
the rno1miiy 81 TIC crime. :t has deliberately
fai,iG.d his a;,ielC Professions CF tiiiai love and
gra:i!nd,; pui in 4-iilHs !.!ncpir'i ''n'any
InEcuel" batbar!anS, foreign ""A n~ati"e, 10
davca:aie l,.r fields, burn :irr dwellings, cut
rage her daughters, All tl:&:aasn h"- SGas--
,hr friends al his ,i;!.E. TN" companions q!
h:s nar h"tii. nay rs .rn &i!:dred; ';ott
locality 81 hi;,n merely, but Iy ilsa!iiy oi
h!a.d-hnra IS t:2 bet" Sni flesh rf lis Iesh.
Dcrp-dgrd as are biz tan;ls already in the
blood Ct Bis ;nrTdr'ad co;n;ryusen--mur'ler-
I'd foy defending in% liberty, he very exist
el,cc 81 MS native Sia;e-aliii nnsa!isfiea, he
sits day and night plotting with their remoTsc.
less foe--"a murderer ard & yiliaiR"-ticir
subsection to his hateful yokt; nr, knowing
thu. 70 los impossible, 'hc:r utter ezterfnina-
ton. Gun the Imagination c"ncciTe q crime
OF mure rcvGlting dep:arity.
Often by the continuance, f.ih;iess, cf diTine
justice, has the prrpetratar 81 4 wilJul crime
himself furnished the G''n:s u his " expo.
sure. Over carries; professions, Or needless
d~isavowal,. fr,qreas and ~u"cs'ici i1r illusions
TO lhc dr.udlu, decd: something uiarl;ed and
unusual III sentiment Of conduct, ruusa sui.
picioG. None ca;, cay that General St:1tt, in