Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-14

bring into the field, TO ovhrrun, lay waste anu
destroy our country, and to rene" Lie hleA.
ening scenes Of death, carnage anu misery
presented in the deadly Conflicts between
brethren Of the late battle liclda yet; that lheY
cannot subdue the South; HAT The Union AZ
il was can never lie restored mat the NJ,
knowledred and alleged unwilling surrender OIL
Mr.. Lincoln Of the Government 81 Inc Onileu
States. into the hands ofthe !Abolrtionlsts, sup
presses the Inst lingering hope Of Il restoration
nr the Union, even on the part oil those VINO
sustained his Administration nnder the honest
belief that he was endearoIing in good faith
to accomplish that end.
4 majority of the North, certainly r ma
iority ofits officers and soldiers, are convinced
tha, even if they were able to stliue the
South (and without which they have no idea
th,t the mower of the Federal Government
can ever be established over any consider
,bIe norton of tho Coufcdsracy) the accom-
rlishinent ot,this result would be accompanied
with the ptfrr destruction oftha cotton, sugar
and iohacco CROPS and Of the market nl the
South. TINT source and those elements OF IN
calc,labl, wealth to the North in the pact
Trulv IN barren scupire in their grippe; = the
fruit "turned to ashes upon their lips."-
These facts, which | verify believe do exist,
satisfy nv mind that rho tendency of things is
10 n termination Of the var. That a convection
ia becoming general in the North that the re-
starvation of tho union-thut is to say, the re-
establishment Of the Union as it existed under
ia, Constitution Of the United Statcs-is I'LL
possible and utterly hopeless; that i'll point
of fact, the Constitution cf the United States
itself no Longer exists. Indeed, have heard 1t
remarked yer, recently that 1t is rarely nam
cd nr referred to that it is the government,
and not the Constitution, that is now W sub
iect of reference. and the upholding and sup
porting it in whatsoever it may think fit to do
is made the test Of political fidelity and orthc~
dovy.
The next consideration supporting the con-
clusion | have stated is the condition OF tlnall-
cial affairs in the North.
Thut the North il in a great monetary
crisis, and that a financial crash is impending
and likely speedily TO occur, seems TO he Il
settled conviction both here and in Europe.
NY Information is anu | think reliable, that
Wall Stree. contrary to its former status, il
nnw tor peace.
Capitalists advocate, il is said, IL termina-
tion Of the war. 1t il certain they have hithor-
to upheld tn. government financially; and
that wilhout their aid the war could not have
been prosecuted. They have heretofore in
sisted upon q prosecution OF the war, believing
il would be productive Of 4 restoration of the
Union. a result " hich. ii accomplished spetdi-
~, might assure to them the Nd7ancss thcY
had made and were making 10 the govern
ment. They SEQ that this cherished result
eau never he accomplished, and that the con-
tinnation Of the war bit increases the public
leht. thereby imp4iring the security for their
advances. and hence they advocate peace
Tie foreign journalism view OF the daily fever
ish and iluctuatiug state Of tho money market,
the constant and permanent increas in the
value Of gold, and consequent decrease IL the
value III paper rnoney; the issuing by the gov
eminent Of millions upon millions uf paper
money, until It threatens IN amount To equal
nearly tho whole indebtedness Of the gov
erninrnt; the increased and constantly in
crens,ng amount ot ,mt"rti, with no en-
ports Ia pay for ihn1n, bud the unexampled
rat. Of foreign exchange, confidently pre-
dict the crash to which | have alluded,
ard assert that it's Occurrence viii deprive The
Federal Government uf the CAPACITY longer
IL wage the pending war. 4 dnInestir debt
imaY be dealt with without gold, bnt Il foreign
debt must be pad IN That mcdiuIu- all adj
vantage the Confederate Government in tins
Instance passasseS over her ADVERSARY. "!cmcft
are he uses Of aduersitY."
These considerations, thas briefly stated Of
themselves, tend very strongly to HlrI"rl
the cOtTnctuesa OF the opinion | have gwen
you. But there is another which lead; Inc
more strongly To believe that the war cat
not be long continued. | might have addict
IA what have already suggested, the fact
,I,.f tl.ra ia o, rltl,,. .,.EI-. - a..
part Of many OF the Northern soldiers, that
there will be no more fighting between the
armies of Lee and Mcclellan, aud y correspon-
dent desire that there shall be no more. a
young Confederate Captain, just arrived from
tienrrnl Lees headquarters, intorIns me that
the whole of tIcClcllan's army, with the en-
rrption Of some few 'roons stationed ut and
about l~larper's Ferry, yet nccnpi the posi-
ton III Maryland, assumed shortly after the
battle Of SharpshIlg, nn.l no purpose is man.
ltested to advance into Virginia. lie says that
conversations frequently occur between the
lrOops on opposite sides of the river, and that
tho Fcde1al troops constantly announce to
the Contuderate5 that they have M expec-
TALON OF any more fighting brtwsen The two
armies.
But the consideration to which ] have
\ AuDhC l'AE III iS Olilc VI IpIllItdt lcCliJS
that is known IL exist in the North between
the so-called radical or abolition party and
the conservative or old Democratic party,
with its allies. 1t is known that 1t war is
now in progress betwecn these parties, which
for bitterness aud rancnr is uneXninpted III the
history Of party conflicts, in this country {;
it is wagcd on either side avowcdly for polit-
ical determination. IF tn. conservatives
succeed in this struggle, and get the control
Of the Government, the purpose IL already All
nnunced to crush 9ut tie radicals; "or, in the
polite phraseology of the day, not to lsacs d
grease spot Of Mem-and no doubt similar kind
and amiable sentiments are entertained (f not
expressed On their part towards The conscrv-
atlres.
Every effort was inside prior 70 the nomi-
naliun of candidates, to accommodate the
difficulties between them, and produce con
Cert OF action in thu prosecution of the war,
but without success. The conservatives in
sist upon conducting the war only in the ex-
ercise Of powers authorized by the CJnstitu-
ton Of the United !Stat,s 8. The radicals in
sist upon conducting il in the exercise OF any
powers that will accomplish the end in view
the suppression OF the revolution; that the
Constitution shall bn UNDECIDED and iucpera-
tive until that result is accomplished. When
the nominations IN Nuw York We're first made
tho 'ticrald" announced that Seymour, the
candidate Of the conservatives for Governor,
would be elected by an overwhelming ma
lprlty over Wadswnrth, the candidate Of
The radicals. In tho issue Of that paper
OF the 4Lh, it Is suggested that Sey-
monr may 10 defeated by the uso Of the
supsTlnr financial means Of the radicals,
and the exercise OF the powers which the late
surrender of the government, iuto their hands
by President Lincoln, and the late order from
tho War Department, providing for the sp-
pninineIIt Of Provost Marahals in the 40