Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-08
roaTHFps WAR MEETlNG.


meeting. There was speaking nj various
stands, and there were much cheering ana
much ostentatious Subscribing of money. But
We do rot read If :. cali being made tor re-
cr.its At but single stand. The following
details the success ia that instance:
"The net gentleman introduced IL tnh
meeting was Washington L. Baden, ESQ. hr
| spoke MS Follows; tc
Ct;7ans-I did not CONF here. iEi" alter
noon 10 talk; came here for the PurPoEe "'
asking YOU 10 recruit. | have come here a.
onr Who has enrolled himself in the armies oi
1he Tinted States. Those Of Jon WHO Know
me know that an rot in the habit Of talking
! - -,,bI:c meetings. | come TO you To ask
ION ~ io;n me this afternoon, 10 90 to hlch-
mord or anywhere else. have started the
roll If compsnv, and when the company
has hacn formed il Tiii receTe i've hundred
| dollars extra from the citizens "f fhDad:!-
phis. / want every young man, from seven,
teen = fortv-fi"e vcS;s OF age, to JON lie snu
Dive me mis- name. lio% many 81 vG'i VIII
1--WE YOUR names? Is there 10 answer IN ali
This crord-none that viii raise his hand SO
HIN (Sct token Of assent was giTcn)
see in this asscmblaga persons OF ell ases,
! from seventeen 20 thiTty-ii"e, aye, forty and
fir. know; rcu ere modest, and DO not
IKE 10 speak out On Monday morning next,
however, you viii hare an opportunity
This meeting ia ono Of the series of efforts
rhien the gar leaders have been making
Throughout the North, II stimulate the flag
cling zeal OF Tie ponulace, and 10 induce the
poor and the impusivc, nader the temptation
Of large brides, and the cShilaration g! eS-
citapept, to volunteer Go7 graves in Southern
swaEls. ani death b. the Southern rinc.-
We have looked oTsT the 'Inquirer's' re-
bort witt, some interest, i'll o:der 10 discover
tL. composition and temper Oh trc meet
inI. A prominent feature is The number o:
ministers, who spoke on the occasion: Re-.
J. Wheaton Smith, Re-. j. WaiEer Jackson,
and Re-. Mr.. Give. famed the fu7y OF the
mob By some Of the Most infempergte remarks
delivered ~ the occasion,
The resolutions Of the Meeting sc have
heretofore published. We Iu"l2 extracts
{! from the speeches:
ifrcu. Er 3ove,Ec1 Pell":ta Sr"eet.l
/ tell you, my friends, il is no time lo~ iu1
complaints. slows, ami hss:y blows; var to
the knife and the knife 20 the hilt l sav
there is no compromise in his war. There
| is hu7 r,e term, one compromise, and that is
! n,,coru,rninising Submission 10 lawful Guthnri-
[ ". (ApplaGsc.> hope that, this sfarrnoun,
every man here Is prepared, With Inc, 10 say
our motto now, and until this rebellion IS
crushed is "Nn SURRENDER Of either principle
or territory" we fight 10 conquer; wc
| i:un, 10 maintain ,h. Ui.ion ara the CcDSt;tu
ton, and e7erjJ7 means inst God and nature
have given us We ought to employ. lAppausc.}
We make no war on institutions, pacnlIar ~
otherwise, but when this nation, armed to tte
| teeth, is rushing to bloody battle; when, with
| those he'll hounds around her, she Is Stru,,-
| Cling Tor her lie, then whatever may eros,
her path, he they Institutions or not, let then:
he nverthrowi,. (-ipplsuse.j Institutions are
nothing: my country is everything.
! stand here 6 friend OF the Constitute ii,
/ but have no sympathy with those miserable
| dcmagogues, those miserable scrihElers, who
speak OF the Constitution when the co;;ntGy'S
| life is in peril! Away with y0nT Constitution
when the Union IL dying.
(fiulu Ius ihTsA spceche, q EsT. dT. jac'E At q.
many .an.'l
Some mrn are in favor OF saving the Mon,
| but they visit TO save it in Il tnrihT way
ocu,t " Hear one man Say: IL am IN favor
Of the Union, but in Z constitutional! way. -
daughter aud arrlansl.l }';faw IN that
doctrine.
/ am in i.rcr OF the Union AMI the CoHsri-
tuition, bit the Union mus: be saved, ioT the
Constitution was uleda fo- the Union, anu not
the Union for the Constitution. We must
save the Union aid have another Constitution,
if The present one does not SUI II would
appear that this meeting Is all oiu IL senti-
nent, and il re were moi, then the pi!t7 vi
hemp will certainly gn up,
They seem dctei mined to destroy tire Co.;
e7nInent, or, like 1,admen az they are, to de-
stroy themselves, and harirg scornfully re-
;ected every conciliatory compromise the
North has offered, they must now reap the
results Of their fnil:-- " have carried their
Glals, returned their fuglii"c "laves l'nueh!
territory fer them, wsgcd waV aGainss ,is&ico
for them, and conceded everything they de-
nanici; yet, Notwithstanding al this aha m1cn
i,orc: they hare plunged Us into tio"dy
civil war and tried to sssassinate cur noble
President, w no has ever proved only toU COR
ciliatorT, ard 1in% they must ts"e tbs cen
sequences. We will drive them ~ the Gu!i,
and into the Gulf Il they DO aot ease their
unholy warfare
Carr7 the var 70 tie knife, TO the hit, and
TO the death 81 every Rebel. There is nut L
place in my heart, :: mite GG Judgment in nay
brain, that is not opposed TO American SIa-
very. The last eighteen months have done
il; nothing more. IhcJ' are responsible 10.
II. (Chcers.)
IIc ought TO DC I little more severe or tfH
| traitors. Ike our friend Butlcr down il New
Orleans. lie knows veil how to give coun-
eel 10 tic british ministers, and learn cccth-
rrn ladies' good ,a1nTcT5. Immense applause
and three chcors for ButieT.J MJ Mart IS il
this cause and it is not cZactl: the tinc 10
speak. Huug them, haD5 them as high 81
Haraan. That is my motto and what "3Ild
d1, Tor the manufacture Of hemp
From ~ b. Eai!e:'s spesss
The scales hare at length fallen from the
eJcs Of the nation, and our people ara begin
ming to resiize tie I'll important fact that
American citizens ard soldiers have higher
duties 10 perform than guarding k-bel prop
erty and returning Rebel cnattels. Are the
J negroes more Taluable than my cultivated
white neighbors Are Dir muscles stronger
or constitutions mort robust than the hardy
and willing blacks, Too 1uany white 1ue1,
have been sacrificed in the trenches AMI
sranps OF the Chckahontinv whilst idle
| contraha1ls thanked The s;llE prejudice
which perrni,ted,k2m 10 eat the bread Of
dlcness- l:u the people are al length
| aroased to just sense OF their rights and a
proper realization OF their duty and dignity,
and the war Is nnt only to- be carried into
! Africa. i,;;1 IAilica is ~ be carried into The
var.
We are l.rgu;shius Tor Tnan, whilst four
millions who are now forced to aid the Rshei:;
would icytully shake of fheir shacklrS, and
| hail their GSiivcrance. Still We U.lst rely