Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-06

can prass-neyar the first to recognize
the grsver side Of responsibilities
generally to applaud in New York we sec
the moneyed men receive it with caution, il
not alarm. II is not for US to hazard any
opinion as to the probabilities Of its reception
in Congress, or Of its ultimate enactment; bu.
one effect and thai Of g roally happy charac1
ter we Gu not believe it may hnve.-it may
bring the heretofore reckless subjugation par
| ty OF tho North, ea a matter Of business, IL
the real pinch otthe question. II the Federalisls
can only be induced to look al tho simplest
consequences sntsiled upon themselves by n
perseverance in the present courses, they may
perhaps see the necessity, MS well as the wis.
dom and humanity, Of taking counsel on the
best means to terminate the war. They
would Lot merely prevent the slaughter, con-
t1agration, plage, and acorse. which are The
horrors Of all pTotracted cor6icts-would not
simply save their country from new and fear.
ful scstlerines OF money, runous suspension
Of trade, and G load Of debt beyond ali prede.
dent in the rspidity Of its accumulation and
it's terrible di:proportion to accumulated means;
but they might spare that most hideous fate OF
a!l--the breaking up Of a great republic by
suicidal hatreds End d5spairing corruptioaa.
| 7HE .YER!CRjAA TEMPER AHD F0okISg AIMS
OF TIE EORTE.
tgrcu the Lo-don Moruss H=scld, March 10
The spirits Of tho American people 60 up
, +, and down as suddenly and as unaccoun.ably es
ths mercury IN our English barometer. Now
they are down to zero, then again C. fever
heat Some lime ago re we're told by cor
respondent in New York. himself an apt type
Of the American character, that the spirit Of
tho people was broken. The reverses which
one after another mad befallen the arms OF tho
North, the rout at Manassas, the defeat ut
| Springfield, the repulses along The whole line,
tho incapacity OF the generals, tho cowardico
Of ths soldiers, the inmensi:y Of the war ex-
penditure. and tho snallneSs OF tie result
produced by i, combined to depress to such a
point the temper Of this susceptible nation
that the appearance Of tic population Of EoY
fo,k nigh. naya been compared to that Of he
Romans after tho disgrace Of the Clauliaa
Forks. Il sarles Of despairing efforts hsva nj
last producod rtsat Pushed hard 5y over
wbelGiing numbers, and attacked by q strong
force on the water, in country which, to
their misfortune, is intessec.ed by naY:gabla
rivers, the SoutheTners in tho West seem in
The Border STATES.
| With tho nova Of past and the prospect Of
iuilro Successes tina people OF New York are
now rav!ng in delirium Of joy. Thai real
fort has been tsken, With real guns, ard some
thousands Of live prisoners. is such joyful ~
telIigence for thcso long disappointed citizens
that they cannot contain themselves foT CLEO,
OF give adequate expression to their intoXica
tiGg sensation OF triumph. When they hoard
that Fort Donnelson was tsken, all caps and
wide awakes went up into the air together, the
guns fired salvocs and church bells rang merry
peals, Union flags wero sported from every
window, "IIan Columbia" shouted frcm a
myriad throa:s, mado most discordant melody,
ovcTy body- dahcad with delight, shook e7ery>
body's hand, and asked everybody TO liquor.
Surely i: is hardly digDiHcd in great nation,
or ore thst pretends 10 be great, to put.tsel
out 10 this way about e matter that, after rll
is Of secondary Importance. Does these .tmeri
| cans need 20 be minded of the good advice
once given by en old poet to his countrymaD,
20 maintain an equal mind in adversely, and
10 time Of prosperity 10 eschew an insolcnt
joy,' OF Of the ve:nacular proverb which
rominds us, III moro homey language, that il
| is time to congratulate Ourselves whea re are
out Of our difficulties?
In fact, are they out Of thair difficulties
Are they really whit nearer to the end
The capture Of fort on the northern frontier
of one OF tho Border States does not, Of course,
give them tho command of the South, which is
Just as far from being conquered as ever
We do not deny that the campaign is being
pushed forward with most commendabie vigor
| 10 the West But suppose the very mos! is
made Of this first triumph-that Tennessee is
ogcrru1, Mississippi invaded, Memphis car-
ried By storm, and the victorious army pushed
| on through The swsmps to New Orleans sup
posing that the army oil Beauregsrd, coming
to the rescue, is defeated, that city after city
opens its gates to the conquerors, and the
naughty Gulf States are left at the mercy oil
TIE North-#hat thens This is the question;
what next? Are the Soutberners likely to
regard the Northerners with moro goodwill
for having achieved their humiliation What
kind ofan army will it require to keep up an
armed occupation throughout country Of
such irmense extent! REJECTING as prsposter
Gus tho notion that tho South can be forcibly
re-annexed 10 the Union after the manner of q
conquered country, We may ask in What fash
! ioa is its return to be effected Even in CON
alteration of its most extra7agant demands
being granted, in return for concessions which
would he equivalent to the fruits OF victory
the South is not likely 10 retracs its steps vol
unfairly, after the bitter seed Of hatred thai
has been infused betwixt it and the North. Its
congea! to reconstruction can oli; be wTune
from it in extreme exhaustion and des2air.-
OF What value is pledge that is given under
compulson, and what kind of citizens are the5
] likely to prove who enter into sbo pact With {
thirs. for future revenge? No one could sup
pose that such al union would last for a day
be7ond the timo necessary for the recruita o
its worn out energies by u country which hss
acouiescsd so uEwilling!y in a fellowship forcsc
on it by others,
A federal union OF sovereign States, par
oi which has been forced into the compac
by another part, is so transparent an absurd
ity, such q contradiction in terms even, tha
! it can only havo suggested Itself to a pcopl
! that b.s become blinded by its passions, :hs
! is bewilGcred in tho uazes OF 4 NEST ex!rsordi
nary ignc7ancc Yet this IS the doctrine il
the aniorce1en: of which VIC are told that tt
| GoyeTr;u ent of North America bas alTead,
exccDded four hundred millions sterling
rive trust cur cvn pecplo will have disnit
and philosophy enough 10 obSerTe this max
| im-Eso
d SEESELES5 CONTEST.
prom tie Manchester Guardisn oo;to" sPinners Organ
To ourselves, as Eoglishmen, the dishosri
ching feature or such budgets of news
mFsderel successes')-is the extremely httl
hope tho7 eford OF on early termination of
seuselsss contest, By which ne are heavy sui
forers. All the hoastsd successes" Of tn