Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-06
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son Da7is may, according 70 the h!cnmona
"Whig,n DO bitter rlockorY and misorahle
compensation for the ruin Of free people, but
il is at the same time an assurance OIL Southern
c,ncora yood government and nutring Teso'
luton. What the Richmend "Wh,s' dc
nominees is tho "mealy.mouthed" way in which
the Confederate Government Is carrying on
the war. Tho moment the Secession swoTa 1
was drawn it would lave had the scab5ard
thrown away; the sources OF this South stralned
10 tho utmost TO provide powerful lTon-csscd
fest in Europe; and the Bull Kun defeat iol-
lowed up by saiEninsry pursuit, tho crossing
Of the Potomac, the capture Of President Lin
coin. and ths burning OF Washington
Bscause the Confederate Government has
no, done these things, hut wasted the re-
sourcrs, ard duiled the energies o! the
Southern ueople BY 1esnItoEy and dlscouraglng
ouerations in Missouri, Kentucky and Tonnes
snc the great Richmond secession oracle insists
that the conduct Of tho war should now be
entrusted 10 abicr hands. In It's opinion T. Ii not
vet too lals to reIrieTe tho errors Oh Inc past,
f,r tho vaults Of tho Southern banks arc over
aow;ng with the bullion l0ic ed from clrcnla
ticn by excessive irredeemabio paper issues
AS much Of that bullion AS may be Necessary,
i, is urged. can still be sent to Europe, and
Southern feet bought ard armed strong enough
to cape with tho Federal navy, AID relieve The
South from the operation OF tho SHAN block
ADJ" As much OF j, rs may DC necessary, it
i; further urged, shcul! hc applied to tho relief
OF those who 50 iar nave toTns the 5ruTt Of the
present var, while ii ss5 been before obsoureIy
hi:ted that occasional subsidies w0u!G Go good
in the lobby Of tho halls OF Congress auung
the ogasi friends OF Mr. Lincoln. In short,
The Richu,ord Wing would stick at npihng 10
achieve the independence Of tho South, aud lis
s,crn ingenious voice is The bost Of all answers
70 the iuputatioDs Of TIE North. For, instead
Of Jefferson Davis and his colleagues no
ing the duadlie3t enemies OF tho Union and
the great promoters OF tho present war, there
is behind them s.,ll decpgr haired md nore
ouisuaken Intention 20 prclnng the contest until
all that the South is & citing for has boen Ne
cured Lot, therefore, The often parallel pGo-
tests and the bitter criticisms OF the Richmond
| "Whig" ne: be mistaken. They afford 10
evidence Ct Southern d!srord hui, or the
contrary, go 10 prove that the Confederate
Government has only to aitompt more ard
impose greater sacrifices and burdens on Tho
Southern paoplc to DO still uicre popular t!:a.i
il is They prove, besides, tist whlla Inc
Ncri;ern press is sh.ckod ant care n;,i speak
out more freely than the press OF Francc,;in
tho ,Southsrn Stairs tho press is sill ircu and
good government still enjoyed.
President Davis, in bis ad1l"9a, acgnoTl
edges that for the present the rds Of war 10
agans. the South, but claims inst the time
is not distant whcn tho Nrlth must sink un.
der loud OF dobi, which will Cypress future
generations. The hope ;;uasus AZ yet ill.,
rb,-, e m
estimate of the house committee Of wsYs and
means only places the Fedora! DEBT ri
gao coo, 600, in July, 1853; arc, "r Inc
other hand, tho fac; Is kept IA view that b.
their own confession til" commanders vi Tie
Federal forces ia ina West are operating in a
country the Typography Of which is IN
familiar, il no. positively unkn0wn. Every
Federal advance from paducah 10 ClarEsvillo
has boon preceded By "Reminiscences OF the
most labarious character, ,inTclving sur
vuyg and mappiass 81 'hs districts 10 be
occupied and ths, being tho case, The
familiarity Of 5hu efemy With the ground
TIL RECENTLY held by aim shoud admit
Of being turned 70 good account
We'll known caaHtry rosds would, it
might hsre been supposed, have afforded o.
poYtunties to karass the Federal flank and
rear, while dense patches Of pr!meva forest
might have been filled with sharpshoaicrs 10
check AM! cut off the advance until ~ least
tue adverse tide OF war had bc:n fairly turnrd.
But President Davis, who is admitted by his
personal opponents to be not only shrewd but
pnsscssel OF fair share u! tactical knowledge
and ability, may after :ll, 10 his address,, have
spoken to be heard in The North as we'll AS IN
tho South His admission Of defeat in Ken
tIlcky and Tennessee may be designed 10 on.
courage The North 20 ia GiScInti.ura. Know
ing the imrulsiye and reckless cf.ir.f;cr Of tho
Northern press and mob, and the piasi &c aic-
rial Of the Federal uJgeiI!inont, fci.nnc ri
mission OF reverse may IN Ills opinion d"c3y
General Grant up tho Trauess.o INFO The
Northern part OF AlHEa.n!, !r0In which retreat
would be impossible, and 81 the same tune Sc
ducc General Mcclellan, from his position or,
the Potomac. Should such bs The desier of
President Davis what rs SAYS becomes at once
ineligible. On the face OF it, u debt OF 2hl,
600, 00Ol sixteen months lfter this, borne hg
the nineteen millions inhahiLing tie free States
alone, and carrying with ii oppression to future
generations, is absurd; 70: at the close OF he
long ~ar the people o ihis country, then con
sidcrably fewer in number, had sn amount If
debt on tbeir shoulders approaching to eGD,-
900 0J0L, which neither then nor At any sub
scguent period could b. :aid 10 ia oppressive.
Ore Of tho nest obvious enc1urageincnts
which President Davis could nava gyen t'.a
South, and which he appears to haso Withheld,
is tins difficulty which would surround tie
North nj every stap in tba Cotton States and
tho certainty that when the question OF bound
aries il raised tho South must, so :: lnitter Of
l.,-a -
mention Of lhs may hereafter &c explained,
but ut the moment the apparent emission goes
far To support the presumption that what -
now wanted By the South is general aud pro.
cpitate attack by lie North in order that Ger
tain defeat may !clIHw. To hare even alluded
to the embarrassment Of .oro5sing the Alabama
state line from Ta:iHeSsee, Or the Carolina aiaia
line from Virginia, where the Negro popula.
ton is 80 great would hays compelled the
North to pause and c,,ns:dcr tho first conge
quencos Of sncsess, while 10 remain completely
siloat is 20 encourage ;hc North 10 ADVANCE
and think afterwards ot what is hasL 90 bc done |
So, also, the apparent lgnnring q tha quas~
ton ct tho respective boundaries. Ead that
question boon touched OH by President Davis |
it wonli have stutiticd that portion # his od
dress which locks forward to success from tho
hreaR!DS GOWN OF 'nn foi".tl system 81 ncahcc, |
about which tho North nos seems to frnl assy. !
Thus there may ba mare m-aning'in President
DiviS's address Than the lEern words convey.
II The Confederate forces IRE 10 no driven out
of Kentucky snd Tennessee the tables would
in ali likelihood be turned were they followed |
into Alabama ard It is OF all things TO te
desired by tho South that General McCalan
SHOULD be forced i>Y public opinion in the North |
to assume the offensive on the Potomac before
tho winter il laTiY over, CT, wf,s! is much the
s,.mo ,hing i,oforo the roads aro sufficiently |
hardened tor the transport Gi si''es and aril
lery.
Were tho North even new to consider tho
possible complications o! The negro question in
the cotton States, and the certainty ii :xira