Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-11-14

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10 North, re..a.i. to the eonjitit-s. 81 affairs
:f:rrs aud .us rt-,tct.., ;~;aafa.ion CT sas war.
%~l!c':, il ~,:rrGct, arc calculated 10 inspire
+rilcipa,ious OF tie :u.ure. Tbs wrl-
- 's..!:;,, Tie va: sill ho iong hecsu'se Il. ID
: sar..s of prosperity to the North. lie
;aiuufactururs of thu East AID tho farmers OK
the W est are thriving nike, the whole coun-
try is growing ricn. TIL. people mutually
desire 8 continuance ii so iortunst. 9 stale,
and ara therefore,. anxious for tt" prDbecu-
lion Of the war. They are, moreover SAT-
cdins ui SUCCESS, never duuhtiE;:. a"aPlte Tt
pested defeats, that their Superior ru:ahe's
and resaurccs must ultimately prs7ntl, ahd
twenty millions OF psaPle, "=cksi by uni'n-
ltei facilities TOR tho creation ct paper mo
u,y. prcTo equal TO the task Of suhJugatins or
rxtrrIninating siT m,llion3,
If this be a faithful picture Of the condition
Of the United States and OF tho t"ilper u
the l.sopla, va.n inipet a-o our noPrs OF {
speedy peace, found.i upon the prospective
sxnaushou Of GU: enemy g resources, or his
los. Of no ,rt At bis sEns ct suscts". fnr'u-
uately. va hive eo,i reason 10 Tho ac-
cu:acy Of these representations, and It IS ln-
~p,7La.t thu, we 81. !uit not ALLOW OURSELVES to
he Encouraged by essegs7at"d ideae OF eur
enemy'a strength, nor depressed D? l!'e oeilci
that he is free from Ito ta!amltle' OF WEI by
shich we hsve ta.o so suroiy tried. Lst Us
look The danger s4nareiy IN sne FACE ou' III
ns no. dlrn "a t:r spirit Of hope by ~ ove;
;,ase.nyGl 4: Jurd difficulties.
If the correspondent Of the "Enqnirer' he
not u,is;nfpr,n,d rs to the crest prosperity ci
the pcopie of tn: United States. 1t IL c%crtain-
~ "a move! fact FIR the study Of tho political
economist. Never in, the history ri mankind
has war proYon a source OF wealth; us very
essence is distinctions; not only does 1t des-
troy actual wealth, but il draws so many
hsnds and no much energy from useful oc~
cupations and applies them to ~arHie
purposes, that il materially checks pro-
duction aud thus has a two-fold injurious
%ue,iun,' Particular branches Of industry
nay DO benefited, but the aggregate wealth
OF the community must inevitably be
diminished by q ststa of war. u nil lnades
Of investing capital none can, De more
,~anpcoductige than mimic musk-ls, cat'onn,
and guupowder. NJ return liz made Tor The
outlay upon than, nor can IL nation increase
in riches by such rneahs any lnote than ~
individual by riot and prodisallty.
kica provinces, indaei, my DO conquered,
whose piundsr, or the profits OF whose trade,
mny eventually repay the su1ns expended in
their conquest. The process OF the Wa It.
self. however, will mt tho less be imp0ver-
ishing. Thus Great Britain has behn IL all
probability aTaply reimbursed by the reYo>
NUS drawn from India Tor the expense c. Us
arqniaitinn. SO too, could the Norlhurn
States If the late Union succeed III sEhJu5a-
ting the Southern States without Tho HuoYer~
sian Of their industrial System, snd re'es,so
l,sh the former cumtasrcial relations. from
Hhich they drew So grcas profits, their TX
penditure would prove u profitable Investment.
Tie prosperity resulting from the accom-
plshulent of their purposes would br, how
eTer, L remote result, attainnble in tbs iilute.
The Immediate effect Of war would be none
tho less eIhRuatlon and dssAsH,
Reasoning u PRIOR, &c..;' erfSrd by the light OF
history, aud Inc immutahl. lass of nature,
", would then cams To thn conclusion thnt
tho Uniiei States, like tn. Southern GDnfed-
eracy, suffers from the injurious effects OF
war. Facts aro not wanting to corrUborate our
deductions. lat is tho meaning Of the stop.
page Of 80 many Of The Nos England miI,s!
Of H.. dapresgicn in the value Of real rs+ate !
Of the low price Of Th"at,oi which we hnYeiats-
ly seen such bitter cuuiplsints from the West!
AL those are facts readily t. be gieaRe from
Northsrn newspapers, aud readily ~ be b.
lieved. coinciding aS tllev do With the tsIcii-
ings Of experience. Ycur correspondent
tanks, this. The Nvrthwes: Ii growing SICK,
hecaus, bring deprived III water car.
rage the augmented cost OF transportation in
creaaea the price Of whest. Il has !llst eiiEt;
but the benefit Of tbs iucreaSs IS lnst III
transportation or decuted By railroad com
psntes and spectators, to tie Getrilne ! Of
both producer nud o%nsuIncr. Its but O few
days since that g ST. Louis newspaper uicn-
toned this very increased cost uf transpor-
tstinn az rlIinnus to the farmer, since 1t he
ae:sjtakd a diminished price to him hy which
he could b~.rnl3 pay eSpsas-:s.
Again: II is asid the products Ct The North
wet ind a profitable market in Europe. But
IL this market better on account OF the loHs
of the South IL one ncm better than
The great market nf the Northwest
.haa algaya lsrn tie %Ylthwnst. Cuba and
America tuuE p good dsal Of -four
Europe imported largely only III years o.,
scarcity. III ordinary years. uny deficiency
in Western Europe WIS supplied from the
DlaSoS SN. VIZ =. afSo 1't-t~- SLS SisAs NtRs~s -
Of Southern Russia. The UNRESTRICTED inter
course het9aen The different portions OF Ihe
Union. and the facility Of transportation st.
lordad by the Aliasssirpi, caused the states
upon the Lower MlS,lssipp, 10 hotho be-t GUY
farmers Of the West. Cut off from this mar
k-t and deprived OF this outlet, no new COM
binaElcna nuving arisen co supply tasi. place,
it is difficult to ace how the West cln fill to
suifsr.
lii tn commercial and manufacturing Eaat
tho dcnands Of war have, in ao;ne measure.
supplied Tho vacuum created III the pursuits
Of Industry. We have ABUNDANT evilenre,
however, that this is but . partial comyensa-
ton. Where are tn. numerous brsncbes ri
Commerce and manufacture fed by SnuIasrn
demands Dopreciated currency, increase III
the price Of necrssariea of life, and stlik es tor
hisb'r wages, ehnw CLEARLY that thi. part Of
tue North has not discovered the mr,htd OF
war into Il profitable lpa;pess.
More than two hundred tboussud men arc
in the grave, ."curding to Northern Ruthori-
~. SIX hundred thousand 81 more are in
tho i,"ld or the hospitals. CAT such n num-
her 10 withdrawn from the labor ID which
they were engaged, without su5trarias troIh
the wealth Of tie country! Every she'll that
e~ypluics represents Il drstrurtsoi Of property.
Every man that is killed is a producer the
less; and yet we orc tuid the country il
growing rich. Individuals may am7ss FIR
tunes ut the North as they do ct the South,
but such instsnceg ere iR;her TO DO Te-
garded az the sxc1esences Of di.hass, than
the sympathy .! healthful action. Golden
felicitnusly illustrated tie Effects nj war
upon national wealth by proposing, some
years since, during or Of the niaputrs
England and the unitad States, that
each party, INSTEAD ne re=orrng to sruis,
should sat fire to enc Of thsir prinrips! cities
and ssnd a certain number Of ships laden
With valuable cargoes to he sunken in mid
ocean. A flerit had been zdjudged thHt both
sides had sustained sufficient damage, pence
;nirht be nasntint-d. R'nnd Enuld thld ha