Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-09

grateful TO their countrymcn Du'I ""Jo ""s
indignant yet lhoughtlcss Patriot, 'ainK Oh
the Humiliation and dishonor OF abandoning
Sumter to the frhcls!' We 40 tuihh VI IL,
md weep ;cnrs Of blood over the hlliiir,uto"
thus brought upon the country ny inc l'a'lo,
President who has Just retired 10
TO glnal over his treason. Anu
We arc assured, too, and do not doubt tne trutn
Of the ASSURANCE, that when Abraham hi''eo'h
was compelled TO yield his reluctant consent
to this most llu,niliating concession u SUCCESS
| full treason, nc did not attempt to suppress Tue
sorrow und tears which 1t called lor!n' nut
no had no alternative. "Secesstt3 h"u"' 20
la1o;" and to save the lives OF inc gallant nie"
who have so long held Fort sumter asaliist "i
overwhelming force Of h%eariiess tla''ols any
wicked and unprinc;pled rebels, whose uca Nol
has been stepped in fraud ana lne'' ,u,sa.iy
known nc "Sou,hcru ci,ivalry," the President
Of the United States, in the d'scharSeo uuty
to humanity, has signed inc o'oe' " lit
evacuation Of Sumter.
Had war, not Peace. been his ohject-hadhe
desired to raise throughout the mighty North
feeling OF Indignation, which in ninety days
would have cmancipatcd every slave on inc
continent and driven their masters into Inc sea
if needs bc-he had only TO have said Lei
the garrison OF Fort Sumter do their duty ana
ncriSh beneath its walls; and Oh the heads oil
the Traitors and Rebels Of the Slavery pTopa-
pandists be the consequences. Such a decl.
sion would nave carried Joy to the boso'ns oil
Phillips and Garrison and their ianatcal as
%socia,cs, who so Justly consider aboiItlonism
and dist,ujon SYNONYMOUS; but It would nave
BROUGHT upon the country sucn scenes OF horror
as the mind shrinkS from contemplating
Verify, the blood OF the martyrs, would have
been the seed OF Negro emancipation. Fer
every patriot soldier thus sacrificed to the
revival Of the African Slave trade and tue
establishment Of q hideouS Sla0eocracv At the
South, ten thousand negro slaves would nave
been crnancipatcd and as many oil their
masters been driven into the ocean to cNpiatr
their crimes on earth.
Bnt Mr.. Lincoln desired 10 rouse Ito such
feeling Of revenge among the people OF Tie
Free States. lie knew-no man knew better
that he had but to hold on to Fort SGmfsr,
agrceably 10 the plainly expressed will OF the
people, and !carc its gallant garrison to the
fate prepared for them W rebels and traitors,
to insure an uprising which would at once
have wiped out Slavery from the face OF the
country and with it, all engaged in this afro.
cious rebellion against the government But
his purpose is Peace, not War. His object is
TO restore, to rebuild and to preserve the Gov
c%rnrnent, and the Constitution which enacted
it; and his great am is, while maintaining the
Constitution and enforcing the laws, 10 bring
back good men to their allegiance, and leave
the thieves and rogucs, ard braggartS, who
compose the great mass Of the Rebels under
the c6gncc,ea Of Southern Chiralry,' TO the
uninterrupted erj0y:nent OF their own precious
society ard The reflections which time must
awake even in them. Hc is mindful OF his oath
registered in Heaven" TO preserve the Con-
s~titutioa and enforce the laws and he feels
thai his mission is to reclaim and not extiH-
guish; or most asSG-cdly he could have left
Fort Sumter 70 its fate; and that fate would
have been speedy, certain and absolute ami.
hilation 10 Inc traitors nov in rebellion against
the Government, and 10 the very existence Of
tie institution Of Slavery on the American
Continent But he has been faithful to his
oath OF Office and to the Constitution; and by
yielding to the necessity Of he case, and lis.
tening to the Cry Of humanity, Slavery has
had accorded to il It's last victory over freedom
and the Constitution OF tac United States.
The deed has been accomplished the sacrri
Zee has hccn made; Tra!tors and Rebels are
again triumphant; and the Stars ard Stripes
are agein to De disaoncrcd in the sight Of The
Nation and astcnishel Europe. The flag CT the
Union is TO be prl!ed down, and the bloody
banner Of Pirates, Freeboo,ers, Rebels and
Traitors, is to be run up TO wave triumphantly
over Sumter and be salutcd from hundreds Of
guns in the Rebel camp, amid the cheers Of
thousands whose S~cnsclcsS sasconadc AID braga.
docio vauntings, have long since disguised
brave men and homes: citizens. And yet, Tc
approre The act. \ traitor President rendered
it Il necessity; and humanity demanded that
Abraham Liaco!a should sacrifice all personal
feelings, and gracefully yield to that necessity
and the deliberately planned treason upon
which it is BASED. His cruntrymcn will Sls-
tain him in this discharge Of IN humiiiating
but an Imperative duty bu: with him they
feel. that the account Is nov closed with Trea.
son. There is nothing now to yield to Trai.
t0rs-nothing more to sacrifice in order to give
TO Slavery and the Slave trade the odor Of Ma.
~tionality. In future the President Of the
United States has only Lars to enforce and a
Constitution 10 sustain and woe be to them
who thwart him IN the performance o! his Gu
", and to himself, il h@ dtres to shrink from
the performance Of his whole duty.
The IiIl for tho Con1scuIion or Southern
Property.
Tne following IS The bill providing for the
conisca.ion Of Southern property, which has
passed both Houses Of Congress:
AN ACT TO cOSFlscATr PROPERTY rsEu FOR IN
srRRECTIOTART PURPOSES.
Be il cractcd by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES, Of the United States Of Amer
lea, in Congress assembled, That II, during the
present or any future instruction against the
Govcrnmcn. Of the United States after tic
President Of tie United States shall have
declared, By proclamation, that the laws Of tac
United States are opposed, and the execution
thereof INSTRUCTED, b. combinations too pow
full to be suppressed by the ordinary course Of
judicial proceedings, or by the power vested
in the ,narshals by las, any person or persons,
his heir, or their agent, attorney or employee,
shall purchase or acquire, sell or give any, pro-
perty Of WHATSOEVER kind Or description, with
intent to use or employ the same, or suffer the
same to be used or employed, in aiding, abctting
or promoting such instruction or resistance to
the laws, or any person o: persons engaged there.
in; or if any person or persons, being the own
er or owners Of any such property, shall know
ingly use or employ, or consent 10 the use or
employment Of the same as aforesaid, all such
property is hereby declared to be lawful sub.
ject of prize and capture wherever found; and
it shall be the duty Of the President Of the
United States to cause the same to be seized,
contiscated and condemned.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, Thai such
prizes and capture shall &c condemned in the
District or Circuit Court OF the United States
having jurisdiction Of the amount, or in admi-
ralty In any district in which the same may be
seized, or into which they may be taken and
proceedings first instituted.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
Attorney Genera, Or any district attorney Of
the United States in which said property may
at the time be, may institute the proceedings
of condemnation, and in such case they shall
be wholly Tor the benefit Of the United States,
or any person may file al information with such