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

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a. t,rsso5tsd' sly ssjasss hIeS%s6s- ~ sa"+
ther, to become 50. 'ETsh::."@ lis "'sr~
.cr,nssler is rrt r3m fully rt!r ; ;. ~ s"'S
reouisition. Here tre & no''!e HiiIH'rs""''y
aud AT earnest appeal to cur citizens to siiow
their love Of their c%ountry aad the s'i''f'' sHa
their appreciation Of tho glorious s'ons"a'
and his indomitahles, by helping out III th;'
exisency. Il is EN- enriable privilege t" put
shoes en- such men. Waheiicve it would adj
nothing to the real merits Of such All appeal
to represent tho citizen, who, upon ths merits
If a long public life, WAS by his fellow citizens
anonymously adjudged worthy to fill their
| arst Office. AZ u monster Of "colt-5toodcd in
humanity"
The Wing" takes US to task for saying
that soldiers are frequently improvideni;th"t' III
| n long snd wearis,mc march, they sometimes
relieve themselves by casting aside articles
that t;ey wall a~fterw"Tdi need. The
I. Whig'' ought to have aided that We
lid not make tho remsrk unkindlyi aud
there is not S soldier who will net tell it thai
the statemen; is entirely erus. We made 1t
in connection With t~lslsta long marches and
the uns7oida5le lGss Of lrarlacA; in sh' bat
tl,s which have been go freG'Ant oi late, % sf'
count for the prasent sreA' dr'nand ior nuP'
| niles. a similar d.mar;d, we stalled, had, lar a
| time, overwhelmed the rnomy. We hoprthI
sWhie" is not bidding COR the prcjudiceS CT The
soldiers, by affecting indignation at a state
uent which every soldier knows to be true.
| At any rate, we have shown ourselves too
consistently and too truly the friend OF the
soldier to be harmed By any such attempt.
The Wing" thinks that its late sstonish-
iagly bitter Article will do. good at the North,
Instead Of harm ; and it quotes from the enc
INV . waTmeulogiiniln, upon tlhsepHrasesh'wn
by SOME OF our bsrefooted troops, md the
proof it afforded that we could not be
conquered. If this he the idea, the "hig,"
to be consistent, should have them all bare
foot, that the enemy may he still more lear-
f,llv imprcssed. Suth is the conclusion TO
which i is driven, in order to show that its
course is harmless aid jG1icioua. 1t should
remember, however, that the pricaticns which
the Northern %v--itac referred to, were not
charged hy nila upon the 'cold-hlnoded inhu-
m,nity' Of the government, but Us duo TO
our ~l,scessit ,us condition. His idea would
hsvo heon altogether different ;fha had sup
#a -"
posed that it wa Au7 Ia the brutality Of tho
~eoyernu,ent; aid the jntucing al our soldiers
TO believe that it vas. as the Wings" article
tends to do, he would doubtless have consid-
cred the very sure-t ind speediest WY to I'M
dsrmine their f,rtitula, and dive them from
tho fali. And 60 thinking &c would have
thought right,
That the .Thig:. way know, and that the
country may know, Whist IL .ho real ELECT of
such articles, we cupv the following from an
editorial of the N. Y. Times The testi'
mony accords with reason:
Every one knows with rhat Keen iater:r'
any indication of hostility TO the Com der
ste administration, whether coming from a
rebel Congressman, or from a rebel ne~spa
ner. is received in the Nortb. 1t is generally
accounted p token Of dissatisfaction with the
war itself. and is used here as SO ihd1cedient
for perseverance,"
With what delight the enemy will gloat over
an article accusing our government of cold
bloudsi inhumsnity" to the soldiers, OF
idiocy, corruption, a., We can well imagine.
How many weeks it may add to their "per-
severance ve cal only guess. But re trust
that while il will undoubtedly strengthen the
euemy, our own soldiers will escape the infec-
ton CT discomfort, and suffer no dininution
in zeal or fortitude.