Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-07-26
Who are R~csponsleie

III DelOTe tue WoTl0 dhhS
. people and Government OF the North are re-
III sponSible for The deaths Of all who nave fallen
Ii IN the war which they have so w%sntonly
II created. aud so wicAedly waged. Tho South.
4 ern prcule hav. never asked or desired more
II than that equality Of right and privilege which
/! our fathers pledged each other when, for 1.-THE
q general welfare" we formed a common Govern.
Il ment. 4 grasping disposition is not a charac-
81 t~eris,ic Of the Southern mind. On the contrary,
4; the instincts Of our people are proverbially Of
n the generous sort We are content with What
5 we have, ask for nothing but to be let alone,
q and are even ready to manifest, towards those
Il who treat US fairly, the most generous incl'na-
g tons.
n The contentious in which We were involved
II With the North, arose from the fact thatln What
e. we have above described, they were the oppo-
Il site Of ourselves. They have been in constant
u quest Of special privileges, and undue adVan-
g taces. Bounties for themselves, furnished by
IL taxes upon us, at last ripcned into the still
!, holder demand that the public domain should all
r. be theirs. Free soil for free men, was their
I: motto; which being interpreted, meant "ail
~ territories for the Northern States" Coupled
III with this, and auxiliary to the accomplishment
~ Of their mercenary designs, has been their un-
called for, improper, prohibited, dangerous,
III and highly offensive interference with our do
81 msstic Institutions.
We protested against such conduc: until our
Vi protests were dIsregarded- We warned until
Ks our warnings were 6rst dcridcd, and at last
II responded to by taunts aud charges of pusillan.
Eimity. Finally, We resolved to separate from
81 them f,r that peace which Union could no lon
IS ger aft ord, consistently with liberty and honor.
1--WE had no design to harm them. We left
s1them to pursue their ways IL peace-we pro.
only the same to ourselves. Between
,,IS5 them and US there should have been only q
81 generous rivalry in the race Of prosperity.
e. They haze nos 30 chosen. They have re.
81 solved to conquer for ~vassals those whom they
S wtu,d rot hold as equals. They have inva-
si6el our borders with large armies. TIE Com
e moaw esllh Of Virginia, whose offices and
z counci!s have since the foundation of the late
been exerted only for the general good,
Eiand which in the contentious which preceded
k,,the present disruption, labored hardest, fingered
asslong, and fingered almost last in the anxious
9fc tort Of accommodation. This dear old State
ES:has been ,Ta,npled by the tread Of a hundred
ESand fifty thousand invaders in their hands the
Ewcapons Of death for ourselves, and torches
F@sdor our peaceful dwellings. Threats, dire and
jsSna,isnant as ever coward breathed in safe re.
Illsstrea. or as demon ever uttered, have preceded
and have malksd their progress. Our
'9ipeopie, aud The glorious soldiers OF OUR beloved
!hs,ster States Of the Sunny South, have locked
it3shie!d with Shield, and have stood together
the invader, for their common rights,
a common field. The hills Of Fairfax
.Eand The plains Of Prince William have thus
Sbeeu called 10 witness how heroes fight whea
.Etf citing for their homes and liberties, and how
.kGod doth prosper such. But alas many OF
tihen fell. The waters Of Bull Run have run
bred With their blood, and their manly forms
tshave been gathered PROSTATE from its shores.
p OF tl!ese men Abraham Lincoln is the muir.
,EdeIer! We charge their blood upon him, and
N$upoa the ~conclave Of trusted but malignant
Ncouasellors who steady his trembling resolves.
FILE and ,hey have entered brothers lands in
SEARCH Of brothers blood, and theirs is the
Tbutchery. Nor does the blood of our loved
iSheroes alone cry from the ground TO Heaven
sagainst them. The hecatombs Of sacrifices to
Ffaheir insane madaess, which the Northern
Franks have afforded, will be required at their
5shands. Who sent those poor misguided men
Eshere? Who was it that betrayed, it may be
aaonest, but ignorant men, into such q work by
Stbe dishonest use OF q worthy seniiment?-
&And who was it that sent bands Of reprobate
'~IEascals. the evil and the dread Of Northern
:tci,,z ms, with license to practice their v~illainies
4nron Us; aye, and in bitter mockery, called the
81 I'll in nests his pet Lambs" His "lambs"
8ttaave been slain. Heaps upon heaps, his war
s.r;ors have pressed the plain. Who is reSpon-
fiSible for their blood? Who is their murderer =?
GLOW is it tina. Massachusetts men, who helped
Ras not in the dark days Of the Revolution, now
tgshcd their blood on Southern soil? What do
here? On wkat Grand have they come ?
,;ssTney are seat BY Lincoln; they coneas sssas.
s sins they die the death to which he has sent
lie is their murderer. May the
:sIlvarens, which have rebuked bis madness thus
Ear, still battle his demon designs. and cause
flhe w!ckedoess Of the wicked to come to IN
ssnd.