Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-12-30
,p,y MORNING, DECEMBER 80, 1862.

%.srs surely must hc something in official
,.saeet AS natural life is supposed to be;
I ,n.. ih,rg peculiarly horrible to the states
: he bare possibility Of political death.
- rhy this pie easing hope, this fond desire,
: ansing after longevity, or why this
- y; dissolution that makes the soul
hack upon iiSslf' But in one mate
& sr,ic,ta: The two kinds Of life and death
Il, a!jcIv. The officials death bed is not
I'd b. any hopes Of Immortality. The
4 Ia hich he now looks forwa ard ia an
4 bn: not a better world. he knows
: ,a,c that from the pleasing state of being
he has been so long used and so
4 Gins he must instantly, on the great
f. taking place, he plunged into the
& ry aish: Of placeless existence; be cast
q. with ether maurnfIl ehc&:S. an. ,iae
4 he9ten co.stS6f Oppositio1t, there to
! lar uncertain of ever again heing sum-
! ID from that inhnspitahle shore or visiting
icrrmI siilnpses Of official day. Hence
!. .tat while men OF ordinary powers
.,i,y seen to meet death in the breach
;snor or patriotism, hardly any can be
even among the foremost CT any are,
- nerves are firm enough to look in the
ne termination Of official existence !;
/ ,one iut one hercCt of his senses ever
J., nmself voluntary sacrifice for his
PES or his conntry."
,.,b selling; &c these doubtless influenced
I'll. 70 vtsin his office under. the sting
!; f~,racc Of slap in his official lace, 8
:, .gan !lia Sscretaryship ny the Abolition
/ .,.ms. Under the momentary impulse Of
:,r,i Insult, his manhood got the better
| ,.e official cravings This heart, and he re-
Il his place. BUT one glance at tho
}.y shores OF placeless existence, one Mo-
1. gu he tempest beaten coast, tho inhos-
lie shores Of Oapasition, was too much
he III. long pIacehunter.
: rr;arnS 10 his portfolio with the full
slsi;c that he cannot restore unity in
,cincil. nor energy in the field, but with
.lanumcnt end p"wcr Of place. he satisfies
:asni:si honor, and with the pleasing
r. the fcnd desire, CLOSES over the con-
g.; :ha. follows the craven. Seward, thus
4s;sa and spit upon by the Senate he,
=, Confederate power Of no small i'm
:spce III 70" very council chamber of our
mi4s. All the influence and energy that
.,n bring into he cabinet or on the field,
Z he psralized by the oppositioa. Nothing
a 4 cabinet OF which he is the Premier
IL, will sppease the malignant opposi-
q. painting with The desire for his over
nT.
i@c Wholesale deception practiSed in otli-
ciccl"s Ia Inc Chi,cd States. whether Just
ta.l.rabi: t., sew ard ur not, j. one -of ihr
|sHpll csuSes Of that great public c0nster
~ thu, follows Ieyerscs throughout he
ri states. 4 people educated, by sys-
~, oliicial disregard Of truth, to believe
r arms victorious in every contest, are
.aratS cGatrundcd y hen the truth, burst
/, i ia! bonds, reveals such terrible !c-
.,ti a tia: of fredericksburg. AS thc
r ,ur&ueS the swinder, the people turn
= :':rir ,lcceivers; snd Seward, whether
; Ca cn'prit or not, is the head Of the rob-
= ,ht C,s;a llouSaaln Of the lulty thieves
!; ior the last eighteen months have rob
i plundered and nu, dered the people Of
:: jri;y! Sis;es, As well as of the Confede-
:: States
ya;tiag short Of absolute expulsion will
no'r Seward. This is only question Of
y In few months the Outs will he SO
'n"s hut the ms must give way. ard then
Fsri H!l 90
u the people Of the Confederate States the
,rrr. ;uEui>hrs immense satisfaction. They
ID AL =" accounts Of the imbroglio with
. gEralcs, y.easure. Even the return Of
TaId continued 10 this enjoyment. The
:;ata':on Of lifelong enemy, the insult 81
= Sto has been rhe cause Of all their sur-
i0ss, nusi a.wayS to errirg man be source
''ra=uTe and joy. Whether degradedly
sci from oilice, or whiningly sku!k'ns
8 20 bis disk, he is equally the same alb
. fretch, whose humiliation is delightful 10
y Confederate