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

We mus: protect our oTD people Eather
! than !-E The South he made d hoiSotli, @e
have II riEhr To mako the North wlIdel-
n.s-.
Wnle orr peaceful clixsns, By thousands
langni,h in Northern dungeons, che Pres-
dent should have authority To stlze an equal
number ut Northern men to answer limb TOR
| limb and lfu for lie. From this necessary
measure nr righteous rrhrc-s no inaudn
sentiment Of pity, ~ siIpcrstiilHus rencraton
for custom, 10 cnwaidly fear Of cehslire
should deer Us. 10 that extent We must
brcome tLs avengers Of Tie wrongs our people
suI1rr, or We shah hecna.c accL. = ices i'll The
crimes Of their savage asSalonts.
And Iur, e ant risiitiuliy IL + their
! cities unin lie. CONSENT 10 rrpt,, '.:~ Of
/. e:;is'ul. ). II" ..a,,.i .: ol
civilll Z warts. 80 = Nihv -, Ihs ,ties
urs pro7..,. thry 80, r." c.e---l-. iE:s'4...
ton Of the North. Not one ot ,hru is equal
in ralu,. 10 the property which tile North
has ;1oien from, u,i Ia leliu,":e af the laws rt
war, or which We hayg burned to prevent the
robbery. Instead "i otEerins restitution of all
the millions they have stolen, or protesting
amendment for the future. they have j;ist
proclaimed, in solemn act Of their Congress,
that devastation and rapne arc permanent
principles of the war, and by proclamation
ni their President that servie msIrrection is
to be evoked for the massacro Of our fan
| lies.
ijeforc this Grand Council of young and
incnrrupt Ooniederacy vi sovereign States, |
arralSn that Northern nation As culpr1t
among nations. | demand Judgment against
the criminal. Under Heaven there is 10
other tribunal to pronounce the sentence. The
offender stands before you Seli-convictcd by q
brazen confession upon Eis own statutc-boUk.
Bronzet with the infamy Of thousand
Crimes he glorieS in his guilt; and, in Inocke-
r. Of all laws human and divine, he has en-
acted a lAT to perprlnate rapne and murder.
demand sentence that siiall indicate JUS
tice. and arrest this aIidac!ouS career OF de-
vasLution.s demand il in the nuIne of s"Te-
rsigntics threatened with extinction, and Of
people threatened with infinite outrage. |
demand Justice and security. ask no more.
Sir, in lvcnging tic wrongs done to our
country, would not have the President imi-
tatr the srong-doer hy letting loose rabbi.
of soldiery to rob ard burn, and ravish and
murder. God forbid! But with tho severe
sulemnity Of a Jutirial sentence, would have
him select city and execute her doom; and
afterwards, if need be, another and another,
until tho enemy shall acknowledge the reign
orhunano laws. \; least one example should
be made SC terrific as to appal the North and
amaze the world. So shall the crimes which
have provoked and Justified such retributio,,
be consignel to clcrnnl memory. Tins the
c!ties buried nEdcr The Dead Sts,, have be-
queathed the awful story of their pollution
| Al, IL.
| kind forever.
Until We shall have proved our power and
our purpose TO punish the atrocities OF the
enemy, thcy wll.not cease. Until then our
citizens will he kidnapped, imprisoned aud
murdered; our slaves cotton, provisions and
other property will bc stolen; our villages
will be burned. our lan'l will be ravagrd and
dtpopulatr,l, and cur estates will be offered az
bounties TO jsr.rrcnary cut-throats for our
dcsrI uction. Such is the en- acted policy OF
the Northern Congress. The enemy may disa-
vow that barbarouS pollry and promise
amendment when pressed by danger. lie
will promise 'n the very sincerity Of fear and
a cold heart. But npt until the Northern
| Light, which is q transient and treacherruS
glow Of darkness, shall he turued to genc:ons
and enduring sunlight "ar ;ss hope that the
fair promises made by tho North in hours ol
Distress, will br loyally kept IN Guys OF tri-
umph. Fear. fear. perpetual lear Of our ven-
gcancc, ii the only sure guaranty OF our safety.
So long as Northern affairs are controlled by
the kind OfropuiatiDn which now bears sway
YOU will find them MS brutal as mob and az
cowardly as a rabhle. They will not be re-
strained from cruelty by ply for the suffer
inss or respect for the virtues oftheir victims,
though our woes sh0nId make the angels
weep, md our virtues plead like angels, trum-
pet-tongucd. But the most reckless culprit
lncditating an awful crime, may be checked
by the reflection that
-'In these cases
", sill. have Judgment here that We do t-arh
Hoo IS Instructions which, being taught return
To plague III nTeator: Lhu- even handed Justice
| Commands III Ing edrns ofo poisoned chaice
To our own lips
Y ou must commend the poisoned chalice. not
to the Yankee armies only, but to those who
employ and send forth those armies to the
work uf subduing our States ahd eXt.rinna-
ting our people Strike home Boldly strike
It is our only safety.
If there be any who fca: that, by adequate
measures Of retaliation. we shall provoke a
dire revenge and bring upon our people St'll
greater suffering, that is a
"Crqveu scrn'-,
or thinking too precisely on III event
Thought which, quar- cred, hath but one part Wisdom
And ever three part coward
Our foes cannot be made more macvolcnt
than they are Hitherto our forbearance has
not saved us It's TiIest fruits are the Con
tiscation Act" and the late Proclamation. Our
retaliation has uniformly compelled the enc
my to disscmhle and sometimes to reforih.--
| ExaeIicnce has already viHdicated the policy
which advocate. 4 innwledsc of our for
uer associates in the Union should have
tanybs us that, towards the dominant class
there our policy ought always 10 be to distrus'
them in peace and, in var. to smlte theuI
and defy them. When those people Shall
feel such horrors as they have lnt!c-
ted on US, they will gnu>h their teeth
with rage and with leai Tk"r are incapa-
BILE Of that unparalleled fort.G lie WHICH our
countrymrn have opposed to n"iaraileled Gala
mites. Superior strength will quail before
superor fortitude in such il conflict. The
way to secure peace IS to mal; the war In
tolerahle to your, enemies. nllc We make
mild-mannered war on armies only AMI they
make savage war on defnncrlrss citizens there
is danger that our people, h.. 'ic as they are,
NAV find the contest intolergi,le Sooner than
the Northern population that remains VI
home. But make lle war equal IN lts terms,
and, in spite Of all physical 'Icquallt'es our
gallant countrymen will Wing an equal peace
from their insolcnt fOee.
1t may be urged that this measure VIII
draw upon us the censurr ri the word. IL
will, until the world shall know the tacts OF
our history during the war. This is one OF the
hard necessities Of our situation. We are smut
out from the fellowship Of nations. We can
not. ut present. vindi+ate nnr conduct before
that august tribunal which will SIT Ill Jldg-
u.ent upon us. Our enemies alone viii DC
heard. But time reveals all. Ii must be our
care to do only what IS right. Then snail
uur final pindicatn, before the world De