Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-02
), forc.o and tho.k;ll with which its generals

of the campaign b. General Beauregarj, and
since then the van # the Federal army, under
the Commander in Chief, has been obliged 10
rest inactiye Oh the oaks OF The Potomac. On
the eastern frontier he commsud Of the sea
enabled the Federal toops with ease to cf-c,
Judgments, and on thtEe3t the superior prov
css Of their arms has bccn ielt III The border
States. The vitals, hcFeveI, as they may b.
termed, of the Soather;S,a,es remain still un.
aSsailed; and, conseq'.nuy, regar ding the
struggle from purely aili;acy point Of view,
the President Of the Sou lcrn Cnnfade.acT was
justified in not gpcskins: { j: in L d:shcar;oHed
tore.
Regarded, howcvsr, lro@:auy other p,inl G!
view, the Government Of IL: Southern States
hare grounds Tor nnalioy el;el: cobgra;ula.ion.
In Their santu1, Ill rnGu!at'i .xpenh'nrr, md
their rapidly increasing naon:.l debt, Presi.
dent DAVIS detects the cark&IHofm winch mus;
presently nip the aln0j!iuL designs Of thu
North, and before winch lIel vss, armies Gust
melt sway long before they relruu, much lass
subjIgste, The seven hundred thousand mle-
Of territory over which hc ras. IL IN. Sau.h
il is tue sha, vaSL su:rs nave ecu expended
grea. sacrifices made. and br6enS created,
which, rs in the North, musl i,l,Orne in p,rt
BIZ succeeding generations; biis htv have been
unaFriti&be. Whether or not EngElsn For
eign Secretary was RICH. Thea i sposo O; the
present conf c. IN !'u:rica IL struggle fl.
empire ca the pe:i - The NJr! ,.;anl 4 T in
dependence OF The par. Of the smith. j, ia IN.
necessary 10 determine is, tweyer clear
that, rightly OF wrongly, ;hs Sorhrrn States
1 ~,
rorcr,c! 81 what P.csiicn. D,is .,rms ~
$. c.ionai .nsj2rit:," aiii that ;k.r INTEREST;
wc;,a sacrificed 10 lie argran,!isel an. N. 9th
az. They have siiI;i - have n s,c;al Gov
crr,nc.,i 81 thar nSr. and l., effect h,, o,,;ac,
they are content 10 MAKE crea: sacrirs IIsrce
in. cu,u.lacency vilh which The Ci1 n N,
Son.hcrn E:ccl::vc locks or the ,scun,arr
dili.u,,les II rs STATE, AMI cca.o!r hi f.. :
!ow-citiz.n.. IL; ITO burdens ,hey wi be q, J
cd upnn 10 !,ar wi.a -, r,rl.c5n ;hn,
"nothin. could be 80 h.i! ~ ,..i!urc. ,od a1y
sacrifice whnltl l.. cheap az ,bc nricra .,u.,,,,s
n: ;,.;r:, y c,rtest ;" O. rin p,r.;i!as !: T.
Ala, . sl,irce Of sa;i3fsc!inn !h:., IL. ,a7 mis-
hsen c,,r:rd - !,y lie ura :I.G cyc.tio ~ H.,
;nh abit.ots al H.: SnrtEern states Hm;,.,.
usrb. ans euua!H lac said that in tf. N,tb"rr
States the " sr Yas maintained =, ,fc So. o..
r.r.c of Inn ci.ixaDa ih.r, vi,,;or, =, -.
III inrr;rp loans. And hi. ~ uo,i.;,;L ar;
l;,i.. tf.nrich for ,.,T.rent reason H. :.
Nor,herr SAFES world gladly avail th.n.tl
Of Tie ,~s;aranc2 Of jorcj-s: ray.i .lis;s.
rn,rckiI:, C.r than th.;. h,ve nr. hn., l. !,
=, insrir, confidence a.road Tho & Il
mcnt creditors me- exclusively American II.
z.;,s cam. of .iir,n va;unr.ry--,tar !, ;a,c
these mno have io;rcd IL ths o.ns-c nrr
ii.vnlualarv, namely, those :vso are, ar as
the 9ar Progresses, Will BIZ, comrc!ej TAG
cnr; Government GaPer. III the Scni on
tnr contrary, the inhabitants inay be re.
ssrGcd rs voluntary creditors. They aren.
g1,.d in ,Ofntlbl cause. ,y.in.e 'nOtbin can
be 80 Bad as failure, a.,i any sacrifice " be-
Cheap rs The price Of success. :"
Wien Pras,6ent Davis acc.;srs the Torn
merit ri Il. United States eft IN. G. ,p,nissn NJ
crery species OF political offence, it mn be
rAcol!sc,ci that be is speaking OF n Go7ernent
witt. eh,ch 10 ie At war. l.; like Inanri TO
tbs iairs Of sclf-lanlat0u in VIII ch be s,ks
% the Inert. i,h which. poli:ic. !nrions
have Eccn exercised il the Southern ,,tes
Jimir- the "nrrGu.l s;T;;r,le" corsiGabI.
latitude must be allnxci!. |; needs no eyser.
binary conyeresuca with IN. social hahit, In,
>or,hurn.rs 20 understand tbs, there IS M
ncccssit: fer Government interference ,ure-
zen, if,o expression Of opinions ho,,iI, the
cau=c cf th, Sccr?soris;a. The pecSos lb-
crty, 'lhe freedom o! speech. Of thaught III Of
the pres" we're no doubt LEFT fatal, niEi.
paired hy any act CT the Govrrnrnan. yerr
probably becauss tie ;:usiartees afi0rG. that
lhcy would TOT be sbused 10 The nr.jscc Of
the infant Stale we're considered .n-sulient
Sill. ho.crer, it Ern:t ,e recorded in prse 81
tac Provisional Government, which hanow
been succeeded BIZ Permanent onc. IT, do
r.nE It's te1Er1 Of pawcT rcno al those olont
measures serc hal recourse to .nich fire.
qnertly proceed iron: Governments Win arc
tne riT:griHg OF revolution.
THO prospec! which the nn@ y.cIec!ai resi-.
den; has irawn OF tie future il; risTful
enough Ii ve HCro inclined 10 aitac env
weight to abstract argumenta indcate Of
what mast be the policy OF q newly. org izsd
SIZE wc shoni! regard th. Southern Cfed-
nvacy Us most fortunately cnnsti,n.e with
resrac, 1t. is foreign ard domestic rai;ons.
On tho one hgia, lis strength sl prnct il
from aggression from without, and H.. bid Of
voluntary association, nv which alone lt,en;.
,s,e STATES ar. held together will pr;ct il
from The danger, Of civil war, chs pri,iule
Of voluntary association il vas nccesssT that
IN" Southern Coafcderacy should avog nee,
in accordance g,h il, secession from the niGn
could ohm. be iIs.;,j,d. The caurirci,I
interest. ri tn. new S;ala will on the tb.r
hard, afford 10 the world tie slrorgcs. Isr-
antees That ;s policy will be Dcmccful. hen
FOREIGN nations recognise n. irdcncrla,e &C
The S,p,i and when :.,a North i;econs, ,nsi.
hl,. e n. I,!ly of onr lo7r,r n-,fro.,Gr. r,c
var ,bcn h,t not ri; han small we h.n
n,si,;rn y, 11co of ,ho trr,t If ,bc ndic
:,,,. mn,r ., of;,1on.lv n..nr..i h. D,u;.nt
D,,.;.
fP.o=, to- Le.d,a Tl,ns. March ,o,h.l
Washington, MD ,Ae still great nation ,icb
ac-.nts washington AZ i;s canilal ~. ocr,ied
w;,h i'm fnI caIrbrnt;on If rhe yr.a, F.eral
yi IT., 4 ijomes,:c az c;;on If ,hs 1s;
lar. prevents ..,ba c;iv If maonia cer,iis-
t,rr,.s - shi,ro frrih r,erlandpn, in c,uni
,ho bi.,;,d..nr ihr swat t,tar,,or :. Earn
n NJ ,s.fer hr .r,, r. hu,nI;sy lL,o rr I'D r,dr
,Ijn,nin,,.ons rnI a:iji ,},.-, i rreat VA,