Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-10
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| if.oE tic 20 't.Va hs-.sslr ,ie:
| Ihe Ir dies and lEe Clergy OF the South.
|cry lew mare chcJuf1s.ug ScmtoL,s haze
| manifested themselves in the progress Of INC
great struggle III @kcE the South is 81 gagged
| Imam The zeal Sid jccoioa OF the aides, and
Of the reverend CIcrgJ of the various denoni-
natlans. History furnshc: 10 parallel to The
| unauiuity ard enthusiasm which E-Te nsen
exhibited by these classes T1r he!nis;n ana
eriu7aE:s 6f the : Jartsn matrJns tavo neen
So far cc'ipsei By the self sacrificing spin: al
Sou thlrn l.si es, that in future llins they
will scarcely octdrJ p!srs na tie psg. d!
history
laugh; ID ap?r,c ale r,nI the uts,:"Ge nc
N ,mcntucus interests 1t stake in the.'JGic,t--
hot the lnetcrial rr comm r: ai-but the great
political rights achieved By The bl"a'i Of snnt>
ed revolutionary sncrs;rs-our nobc mothers
Ti7ca, ss!eri hhd daugbters-at oEce cane
ftrsarj, prepared to sacrifice ease, !axrry,
wealth, everything. FIR the causu Their
hear! tinssurIes were freely gwen Up,
anJ sue who but III. other day could mol he
visited too roughly hy The Winds "t Heaven
-aod who had only been accustomed 10 re-
cline 10 !uxurluus ease, now proves herself
very Joan Of Arc, capable OF undergoing aDT
fAtgue, practising any and every suif d. ial,
ard bla7lng every danger. Witness their
furttude IN ifgi6in. III HE he,linlhess nl.h
which they ressu themselves la Re verses, il
thniI devotion 10 the ..riei c.uSo Owen
ont from halls ~ iii lenGe, wheel. rasr slt
.uxurs rr'gned suprr'"r, INSTEAD ~ giVlng
themselves up IT, hopeless aud utIavalllng SrieI
over the Sudden rercrseS which ha,t urcrl:ken
tnem, ttP: h.inds are more than ever absort-
cd in providing for Inc co:nf..rt O their broth
els bIi sons III tho ranks, or ,aInis:criig 10
the philosophical shi lenp0Tal-uf lbs
wcCndcd CID dying in tho lonely H,spitsl-
Al. vi Tnnens r-surc. eS sept lie purity, Cell.
csCT ard sympathc, is swallowed up ia the
reroic H,u!aso al, tortiruie they axh;ait. -
" 10 is nvi tilled with admlraliua re cons
templates The sublime hc' oinIn display Cd by
the l. .di,S OF Nashville a1d New Oh.anu, in
the midst OF q brutal and vulgar sJliiury
= hose bland ,sh Is Cannot soducs hEd n hose
threats cannot inttloidate Ihems Who is not
proud 70 call hiEsaei tn. son Ct Southern
ma:ror, AMI who Dies nat thank G III that no
blood OF his h jws in thu veins OF the "strohg.
m;ndsT advocates Of free love and woman's
rights, who. 10 unreStrslne1 lice1tlousr IS.
ta7e nnsfrei themselves
Not less conspicuous than the ladies'. have
The rcTercnd Clergy been. All denumnaionsl
Distinctions aud controversies have b..n for.
gottou by tLS {. Followers of bin whose mis-
sion was peace ard love, and ~hu coualan.isd
tue nations to forget war-io .'he.i Their
swords !nto plough shsres aid their spsar= into
pruning hooks "-thuy have not ioryo.s5n Tho
fact that Jehovah himself, in just l.nd right.
eous cause, commanded Noses Josku. AMI
David IL unfurl the standard Of .hei ruua
tr5's righss, ard lead their corquering host,
sgainst thcIr cuuntry's i,ea. Ia such ca-va, 30
direct LGs been tue interpretation 81 divine
ffoSidehre, that miracles have been wrought,
ami tle very laws Ut mature ans yendsd, thsl
victory IN gnt crown the arlna q! the eli slnainns
OF truth ana jlsic,
10 to cur e1ca IL 9uisrls and behold he her.
aids ol The cro:s, with tho L Die in one hand
and the ltnp'ements OF war in the other to
daI in the lhickest Ct the d !ht, cheering their
brave cilnrades by precept aid exampls--to
night bending over the couch Of the wouajri
aad thu dying, pouring into their wounds HE
balm Of heavenly consolation, soolhlDg the
brow OF anguish, aud pointing the spirit 10
that hav. ct rest where "ths siLiiu Of lba
Lord i: tbs feast OF tie soul" Behold lbrG
in tho aacrtd desk, in citits occupied ~ tho
enemy, nothing calnted hJ the prvsocce CT
the brutal edict; which are funinstci, they
continue to invoke the DIVINE blcs. Ing upon
the heads Of our rulers, and eur armes. =
With equal tearlessneSs, the angelic daughters
of N=w Orleans laugh to scorn the impo:eEs
malice which dictated the bsllish proclamation
we published yesterday. Would it not be an
act retrihutive. nay, of poetic justice, if one OF
those unsullied dau ghtcrs should svenso the
indignity offered to her sex in the blood OF ls
hoary. headed slanderer
With such cause, aod suai. examples OF
patience, fortludc aud patriotism, sEsy With
all doubt and dependency. Reversez may
continue to teisll VI, but even as the sun dis
perses the clouds which obscure his face fox
time, and shines forth With increased etl"