Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-13
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Ho,s, i'm, N,,youS. CsIasuo Currente.
Attitude Of Virginia and the Sonth-Ss'0-
ard. Pre2heey-Dssecratto's Of TIE Stars
and Stripes.
The cslaraitias caduIei b. the 3orsh 10 her
second struggle foF Independence, bo7eTsr sven
than thcss which mark I'd the first esano. and
need not be disguised Ali that the long
snoulderirr hatred Of haf foes, their superior
strenrsh unt a1,lled craft, envy end oupidlty,
could accomplish, were tc bare beon expected:
yot it was in vaw Of oil this, AMID the blast OF
LincoIn's war dauouncins i'unpet, that VIZ
s,nia met with scorn and defiance the threats
of the insulting outlaw. His bar barian legiohs,
thrice outnunbsriGg her sons and-ther brave
pssoc;s as, at last behold the spires OF Rich.
mono eager for their promised booty. GRAMS
or DsATa, THAR haughty terms; psATE or LIB
ERTr. her great resolve. Erect, uu,erriGed,
stand the Spartan band Of the infant eonfeds.
racy 10 sdrfauco$of thoir Eresides, theirTishss,
and their 6oanss. Never purer OF aooler
impulse moved tho hesrt or IerVcd the arm o.
freemsn and patriots. ~.
jThe jesuit OF Auburn, On the eve Of The iasi
Presidential election, assured ".he selld men
OF Boston that the triumph OF bis biockist
riyal Would NAuGURATE THEIR GREAT POLICY
Chat uf Back Rnpublicanism) INTO TIE GOT
EsNnENr OF TIE UNITED STATEs," and that NEeF
TEE FIRST TINE" TEE BANNER o. FREEDoa I Apo
ltionisu) WOULD BE uhFURlED ~ sAFETf II
MANY OF TIE SLAVE SrATEs." Guiding with
dcxteIous hand tbs halt.wi!ted but conceitsc
Tnaururstor, AID Sl,rnugh bis fundamentally
yielding Inc powsfs sad resources of Ml a.
kee1oln, Tie two co workers, man end master,
have brought abQu. tine fut6lment Of tins; infer
nal prophecy, End yetLi to wtuoss it-s-shRkine
with the terroEs Of en- accusing conscience, ano
dread of the iyranl's doom. Surely, surely
TINT ccrn is 10 be theirs. OF the millions
whose dearest rights and feelings have beer
mad, the eport of their LATLess o1PREssoRs
can they f,tleT Themselves there Is ONE who
would no: REPLICA st it as God-send, should
it CONS tu.uorrow. q dominant faction
Sacked by Fls7ish Congress, and ePretor;au
bands, may, fer q tims, save It's minions fron'
tho axe Of the headsmsn, OF the vengeance o.
tho oppressed /; bat iu5tl2e, though she may
sleep, MEIER DIES. How long, how lo2g ere
she shall awake snd execute her stern dccret
against wrc ches, compared With whcu Charlie:
the First and Julius Casar wtTo pstserEs o.
honor sud virtue and Asrst hllnssii less
"hezct:ess, fsithless aud bloody.
Yes, Ssward'R prediction is fulflled-to tf,i
letter. Never again let him be called f1isr
prophet, provided he can command as now,
TIE tcol,
That kzsTss do T,,k With, called fool
Gas SO admirably fitted 10 ACCOMPLISH his oTl
dirty or dannsble prophosios. L,' tho ban
ner surreptiGously desucrated to the service O
the Back Fsction-,nst aag, erst loved snc
reverenced b. the South as tho en- olem OF itee
dom end ifstecnwl concord, sGd Thicb ErE
valor mainly plaatad on the pinnacle OF glory
is noT uufurled throughout The length a1d
breadth Of her coast and bo,dor-upan tbs
Potomac, the Powhs:sn and the mississippi
over New Orleans and Norfolk end Nashville
in sight of the proud capital CT the land CT
Washington, the adopted metropolis Of the
Southern Confectionery, displaying its stripes
and starr, red with the blood o. Gor sous, the
perverted symbol OF unnatural cnd desdly
hate, tic constrained sbettor Of en- accursed
cause-she unwilling pionear OF thieSery,
piracy and murder. From the Cipi,olne Hill
Of Richmond Washington's august statue Seem
irely turns with sve.ted eye, IS though shock
ca at the base perddy and spostscy of those
whose fathers no aud bis own brave S3uthrons
redeemed from rsssElaso nut So revolving as
that these degenerate ing..tes would Impose
on their beneiscto7s. o. tls: the disgusting
spectacle might rousc within tie noble image
the lifn and spirit which animated liz majestic
model How Snuii the H,ssiaDs snd loyal
Uoionists OF the unstic ruler and his Josuitlcsl
Secretary quail and fee before tho tramp Of
his war horse, and the wrath OF that eye and
that blade, which carried terror TO the hearts
Of the Hessisns ard loysl;1ts OF the Mad Ruler
end Tory Minister OF Britain.