Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-02
Signs OF Reaction.

the &NUlllSih lhb II pSNNe f
only established 4 nucleus, but recent events
hare filled the mouths Of its adheTcntS Win
rruments The Northern people have oeeh
grossly deceived by those who compaSSeu Nv
ru;D Of the late Federal Union. Their isnali-
cism was appealed to. Their prcjudlces were
iuaamed by gross abuse and dlsparagemen' Oh
those TO whom thcv had made the bonds OF
Union intolera5l.. Rebels and traitors"
were the terms which interlarded the speech Of
every popinjay politician and fanatical lsnc-
ramus among them, thick as the oaths OF the
hsh.woncn Of Billingsgate. Tho people were
told that the Southern people were weak and
cowardly, and divided; that they were unpro-
yided, and shiftless, and half starving; that q
campaign would be but q march, and that a
march would DO a conquest They were thus
seduced by the tempting solicitations Of a fame
fer heroiSm and patriotism that was to cost
thom nothing, and urged BY the p%rivatlon OF
poverty and the pressure Of actual want TO
enlist in the grand army.
They have now. learned much! And
although the overwhelming defeat oil their
army is attempted to be concealed or explain
Cd away, and the truth to some degree sup
pressed, vet The Northern mind has caught the
leading ideas, above the power Of Greeley to
remove them. The Southern people are strong,
and brave, and cannot be conquered-this fact
is now written on the arches Of the sky. Tens
OF thousands of those who have felt their Prov
ess and fled their presence, are living witnesses
10 their own people. 1t may be we'll that we
took no more prisoners. 1t may be that every
escaped fugitive from the field OF Bull Kun,
will 90 to his home the advocate OF peace. He
vii! there prove, at least a check upon the war
spirit. q encouragement to volunteering. Men
vii! be SLOW to 50 out IS he went, for fear Of
coming back as he came. They will begin to
think that there is some better way Of making
IAN honest living" than by ~enlisting as an
assassin in Lincolu's employ. Shrewd house
keepers sometimes clear their premises Of rats
By catching one, giving him a good sings'ng,
and turning him loose. 1t is better than killing
MIN or holding him captive; for he spreads
The terror, aud stampedes his whole Tribe. 1t
is to be hoped that each returning brave Of
the North will serve a similar warning on his
people.
The presence, too, Of the tax. gatherers, who
are 20 visit the houses Of the Northern people
for their "diyect" aid and the shadow ofthc vast
public debt which is growing like a portent
before their eycs-this will also help the
Northern people to their conclusions.
Il is safe, therefore, we think, to conclude
that c peace party has already its permanent
foundations at the North, and that its suprc-
macy is a question merely Of time. 1t may
grow rapidly. !; may need the stimulus of
further disasters to the Lincoln policy, and
new suirtrings to his misrulcd people. Alrea-
dy, however, i: is taking strong hold. A pro-
mincnt citizen Of Philadelphia writes to Balti-
more:
81 tell You, that the opposition to this war
is on the increase, and has arrayed on its side
thousands and tens Of thousands Of the in6u-
entail citizens Of the mislcd portion Of our
unhappy country. There are numerous Mary
landerS in this city, and Northern Breckenridge
Democrats, who are proud and tenacious OF
their opinions, which it is almost counted trea-
son to utter, and who Sytnpathize deeply with
the South in their efforts to repcl the invaders
of their sacred soil.
Since the late victory, this repugnance to
the war and 10 its Republican advocates has
manifested itself in more ways than one. The
day will come, if the war continues, when
such men will leave their homes and enlist on
toe only side upon which their inclinations
or impressions Of what is right will permi:
them"
a citizen Of Carlisle, Pa, writes 10 the Bal
timore Exchange" as follows:
CARLISLE, Pa, July 90, 1861.
At last this community has awakened to q
proper appreciation of the cEormi.ies Of the
conduct OF the present Administration. From
the time President Lincoln issued his first pro.
clamat!on for troops, up to within a few days,
it was almost worth 4 mans life to express dis
sent 20 his policy. Men who for years have
been battling against the pernicious doctrines
Of the Republican party, and in defence Of con.
stitutioral rights, have been marked by the
eager adherents Of the Administration, and
watched, in hopes that they would indulge in
some expression which would be an excuse for
bounding on the Government mercenaries.
Now, however, things have assumed a new
phase. The already enormous expenditures
oy the Government, and the still more
enormous ones which are threatened, have
opened the eyes OF the people and placed
before them the conScqueL. 5 which must in
evitably ensure from q continuation Of this
struggle. The threatened direct tax bill has
gone directly to their hearts before it has
reached their pockets; and men who were most
clamorouS for this war are now DESTROYS Of q
speedy termination of the difficulty. 1t is no
longer Il crime to ~criticise the action Of the
Government and condemn a policy which, if
carried out, will saddle on the people an enor.
nous national debt. The agricultural portion
OF the community, convinced that in the end
it will have the burdens to bear, is loudest in
its disapprobation; and many of those who ten
days ago were finding fault with the Govern
ment for not prosecuting the war with more
vigor, are now earnest in their demands for an
honorable peace.
1t is not alone the financial view Of this
question which has caused this change. The
recent battle at Bull Run has convinced the
people that the conquest of the South is not
to be a holiday past-time, but a death strus-
gle. The people here have been wofully dc.
ceived in relation to the condition of affairs in
the South. The politicians have labored to
impress the people with the. belief that there
was no unanimity in the South, and that as
soon as the Federal troops entered Virginia an
immense Union sentiment would welcome
them. Instead of which they have been met
by bayonets and disastrously routed.
ssThe. Black Horse Cavalry,
Was the terror Of the Yankees in their
fight from the field Of Manassa. One OF their
Surgeons, on his arrival at Washington, gave
asA.h;a md thrillinn descrintinn Of Lie QUIZ