Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-25

soul with wilifnl perjury, before he could be-
come our prcscn, enemy. Having entered
upon worl; which Seward Justly says is
fitted only to an imperial or drspotic govern
mcnt, nc pruscculcS it as only n malignant
F.! desrot could. In&conrnrrcncc with his Con-
gross lie Srrkssto add the penalties OF
pretended treason to the suferings
which he prepares for us by his great
armies. He wages at once giaut war
and demoniaca war. Nothing restrains his
malice bat his fears. NeSsrfsdi,l coward and
fcroci"uS tiger quit his prey more reluctantly
than dill Lincoln, when We forced him to re-
linquiSl his base purpose OF hanging our
brave priyaircrS. He ami his Congress have
within few days past, poured new fury into
the war. The direction has gone out to their
armies TO plumber and raya:r. a conGscation
hill has become a law, for Stizing the property
Of every man guilty Of the crime Of being Il
| frns man
One is inclined to smile aL,hesc exhibitions
Of inpatient rage. 1t was the sting OF McClcl-
lan's defeat that .la,rficlE ths. Washington
sages into such rriminaLf9lly. They seem
t" be insane. AT the very; time when their
success is least, their threats are loudest and
most malignant. 1t is the gnaShlng and The
rage cf the wild beast as he secs the escape Of
his inlcnled victim
In these things, however, our people he
hnl'! The hearts "f their cnrullcs. and their
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not enough before To arous, every energy
hat may liiSpirr u free and i brave man, 10
resist 10 th,. death and forever Tho attempted
dominion 0I The Nnril2 Na. not their drs-
potiSm sufficiently luatllsnr,c, anl their nll-
friendly purposes towards rs sufficiently
| manifest, to nilam2 our zeal 10 the utmost
in the work Of resi- stance: We lad thought
so. hut Lincoln it scrms thinks otherwise -
Tic has added Il new stimulus 10 our activi-
". lie takes the pains to tell US, and his
ob>cquious Congress j6ns him, that when kc
has conquered us, he intends TO strip Us of
all the earnings of our honest toll lie in
tends IN take our lands, and our homes; and
the, will hr hcstnMrd the greedy crew
Ii in" down :" III mlm, rs The rewards oi
tl.eir murders ;.,,,t rnplncs IN our midst
tiliZrn& al Ihr. CnulrirTaf" States, II Air.
Lincoln ur-cd designed this To lnlialnc your
| zeal. ,ou will not disappoin, HIM! The most
agrI or the ln6St lniiTm Will battle for his
home and lor the roof that shelters his wife
and little ones. 10 the ahle-hodled man 1t
will mow be u double disgrace to shun The light.
Our people is one man and IL the last nIan,
must resist so nlrucIouS viiiainy and so ter
| rihlc fate. Eat it, :,S We suppose, Linz
cain anI h,5 Snrportcr%, IraiEnrd 1" ad-
dress your ftu,H. Will N0u n..t show them
hon llttlr they know y"u fstghiem YOU into
submission hy- lhrr,ts whtrh l,c cannot exc
cute except upon tlic Impossible suppoSiion
| that yoi proA, craTeRs and towards: AVenge
| the Insult and AT tile same time vildicale your
country and its cause, by redoublinG your
zeal and your efforts, and hy holding your
selves ready 10 endure the most extreme. dis
comfort, and TO make any sacrifice, even of life
itself sooner than yied t. lne 80 DISGUSTING
and 80 malignant