Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-15

OFT Of waters" wi,e smai! leak seon DC
comes a roaring crcvasec, spreading eeS'f2s-
ton and d;suay.
and it is nc; s'os.e = ''':i'tt Ss'"ee'' IL
t:y:duaIs, which .naadsns a :; tf26rs5Ses.--
Tho same !arS marks the cnA!eithS u nations.
TIE curren, ): aostli,:e: 10Th aeepens and
widrns IS !. a,va, ana its wSters groT more
bitter.
Th;s Y:s Isycseen All is nov s:tan!sA-
i'm :!us;r@:-d IN tic character w:ii:h iie
American struggle las .>>ls"lr.i. Tho ;siac
was .rhea LiucoIa'S cal ~ ssvent--nTs
thousand men secIp,d e1,"'apu-, r., a;'aT-
wards asked Tor four mlni;ai ,h,l:2a: lIorc4
his Congress accorded i.os .f;re hasa II thou,
sand, AMI MS fr;sEls Sag n. l:,....c i: "s:a,'
hundred thousand lie now demands 8 fur
Their addition Of SIX hundrei .nOnsard. III.
time was, also, when Lincoln said il was ~:
oath ne had registered III maven IL support
the Constitution which rrgct hin forward
he now tram2!es or his ,ii:b ano splrns
the Constitution as an obstruction in his path.
The ti.ne was when the North declared that
its cnly purpose was to restore the Union IS
i. was; it now says, in the elegan: di,iect o;
that region. that all such ideas haye "piayc,i
oa,." Ruia, devastation, death and dcstTuc-
ton are now It's war cries. Hang them as
high as Hannah" cries out leading mi7is!fr,
in the city Of " Brothe-ly Lor. - Z: ~. rs
s.ntled mob. GIVE them VIZ -. Ea;:c,
and the knife to the hiN!" ps:!,.: t:..s I;.sse
AID blessed man. Cont:soat. tiler pro?er:v,
fire their dwellings, drive :h2... ,,'Hy from
their honesteads, begsa- IL. .:';!;r.o, Xii,
rob, burn, taa!sh, eIterH.i:.H;' - Ta!cH~
word aad reply among tna lula. 2rnis whose
deeds are this day gladdcn.1s tina h=Sr- i s.
:an with uawo2ted joy. s., ap yes ,n~i-
gies, CONES the apostolic Injunction ::;..,. ,:~~
S.s:oo Clarke. Of Rhods Island; ycn ..:."e
or.y been playing wit. the rebels ta4+ -.
81 want TO Kill them" says Pope, % preci@-!S
name. Time would fail to tell 0: Better the
Peas, whose in:amy is still uraFp1o.ch@d.
because map 2roachable, and OF = hundred
pe:tv tyrants who lord It in as many places.
SUN is the war which Lincoln is nov va
gnG. Commencing by 9<nyine, as he did IL
Lipril, 1851, tha: "thc Federal Government
nay reduce IT, seeding States Dy conquest,
and TIA: 'o1:y ~ imperial OF dcspotic Gov
e-nuent" could - so-be now seeks nos
merely io conquer, but to destroy, and pur-
SUES his OBJECT with the fury Of a Demon, and
With all the means he cen cou@s5G [.
DC our side We behold a people u2::sd,
resolute, and s-ocsed, IS perhaps P pee. le
never we've before. Before the ~ar con-
nencad there were nan! TTao though, ,nsrc
.rould BE- no var Seine r:M..o sst Il the Con-
fsGera,e councils at Montgomery declared
his opinion. 40 man, either North or South.
ioresaw or imagined the proportions which
the war vas SO swiftly 10 assume. II Pres!-
den: Davis hai ;oTeseea j. and recommended
corresponding preparations. the people would
not nave responded to his cal, because they saw
no such necessity. His counsellors and his
Congress would have considered him ii
sionary. The veTycriiics who now charge
him with want Of sagacity il not fcresee!ag
tie iull magnitude Of coming host!i:ies, would
have pronounced mis- Recommendations So
sara, and IS involving the Copfederacy N a vast
, aad useless expense; nay, some Of these very
a-z:rscvs OF ;as preset EeIT, :hen ms:uts;aec
.lat tt,eTs would be no war at ali!
III. the sp;r. o: the Colfederstes has risen
with each development Of danger. Armies
SIS. and powerful have been swiftly gather
Cd. The resolution OF the people has been
bu: the more firmly kni: bv dsastsr and
iris de! tine Confaderecy stands, in the Ian
caage Of Henry Cay. "uuawcd, uuosnt, IN
terrified"
The growing denonifm OF The North has,
however, no. Only aroused the spirit Of the
Ccnfedc7ates, bur it has fred their passions.
ne blood seethes in their veins as they read
IL, iecress ofcorfscstion and tsnisament, and
he 2enrncia:ions Of death, which cone from
tie enemy; and e7ery story o. tie execution
e their io!amcus policy begets thousand
-rould-be avengers. Mulutudes ere now chaf-
;.,s Under restraint, and anSious 10 have al
tts barriers thrown down, thai" those VINO +,
make snockery 0: civilized war raay no
longer receive its protection.
Alra>dv outrage on one sid, and re:alia-
;oc on the other, have given da!ser shadow
20 the strife, in ono quarter OF the fed of
operations, sue We know Lot what day may
s6l.
!. IS eviden: thai: The passions Of tae war
lave reached their last and most critical
stage. The enemy has been steadily driving
US, as President Davis ssys, towards prac-
tee which we a5hor, but may not ssoid. II
raaT be that Lincoln cannot retrsce his steps.
lis dogs Of war, that he has uaieashed
against US, have scented The Blood and rapine
70 which he has invited them, and have howl
ed their delight. 1, may De he csnnot now
cal! them bkck. There is .dange5.-ta at they
won!d turn and rend him. He may no, now
be able TO s'lay tine base passions he has III
voked.
Ga the side of the Confedera.,5 il Is cvi-
dent tia: submission to Lincoln's hscbsrities
is the last # mems thoughts. Our Govern
nent is both rerolrei and 1,2sdoed otherwise.
It does no. think Of retreat. If it were TO
attempt it, it could nc: control the people
Lincoln mus: retrace lis steps or he will be
swiftly gratiicd with that "war to the knife"
of which his reverend orators boast, but in
1hicn they will bear 10 personal part.
The present hour OF uaeertainty--the iull
before me storm, It may be,-is one o: anxious
interest. +, IS time when humanity should
IF up her voice, and when wisdom should