Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-11

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Mirch l0th. 1852.
MISCELLANEOUS.
To the Eastors of the Enquirer:
GlsrLsMEs 1t is frankly acknowledged
that we have copiously inhaled "Bsotian at,
nosphere," and as public opinion has declared
that persons referable to that category should
be ssen 1t not heard, we have. carefully forbornt
speaking onI, when it was deemed q bounder
duty, leaving it properly to more enlightened
aud expansive judgments to mark the course
and shape the destiny CT the vital interest Of
OUT. country. But that Difference to public
sentiment by no. means derogates tom, or
abrogates the right Of even the humolest clti'
zen to express his views on the prominent
fairs, it becomes the mportunato duty Of every
one to speak promptly, yet sdVisedly and dis
passiunsiely upon one, at least, Of tho iInper-
tant issues which hasrecently been ushered to
the consideration Of the people; the pernicious
against the well beiug Of our infant Republic,
unless they are sedplously g~nsrded aud checked
in their oery incipiency. HIS not the ''press,"
Mr. Editor, from the Rio Grande to the Pvtc-
mac, declared, IN stentorian tones, that the day
of crimina;ion and determination, Of urging
and charging undue prediction had long
since gone, and that every Southern man
should bury the Ratchet of dispute and smoke
the calumet Of pracey Has it not counselled
moderation, circamspecuon and fo:besrance
on the part Of him who wears the insignia Of
authority, whether in the cabinet or Geld. as
we'll as the civilian in the humber walk, Of life;
and endeavored, by every Incentive that c,uld
sctuate an honorable, Homogeneous people
battling for one and the same glorious cause,
By appealing to their love of liberty, by ap
pealiug in the name of their honor and very
ex steuce. to unite the South in the bonds
Of a common fraternity 7" Has it not
and pathetic language to give the government
heir material and moral support cordially apd
promptly, assuring them that if they wished
success to perch upon their banners, and ulti-
mately to reach the thule Of their hopes, they
must p resent 10 their enemies and to the world
one vast phalanI, undivided in sentiment or
action. These, Messra. Editors, are some Of
the EN- pha,ic emanations from the press to the
people. en- masse. Let rs DOW notice ~sursorily
the sense OF the people heretofore expressed
relative to conspicuous character in the
melancholy tragedy in which we, SIS q party,
are sctors-a no less parsonage than JEFF. Da-
vic. When the difficulty eliminated and re-
sul;ed in the contest in which We are engaged,
oil eyes turned involautarily to the warrior
statesman of Mississippi as the one in whom
were so felicitously blent those prerequisites
so essential to the craftsmanship in our cause;
and when it was known that hs had assumed
the sceptre Of the Provisional Government. ore
universal and spontaneous reclamation OF joy
and appreciation WAS sent up by the cisizans
OF the Confederate Ststes-the functions s1d
designs Of that government having been fully
oonsumnated, the people eviroed their i'm
pliclt confidence in his ability, patriotism aud
integrity by reinvestirg him unanimously
with the parsphernalis Of power. Truly, at
this lncture we are led to e1claim,
10, what . woEii I. .hI when Whist Is
Coz ell savsaons LIN sho bean it."
After the assumption Of he reins of the per-
nanent government but a few days had
elapsed ere a distressing series Of ~reverses had
beiallen cur srrns-sipce then, shaft after shaft
Of urjust aspersioD, treuchant inVective aud
calumny, from every quarter of the Coofede-
racy, has been let ay ut the Executive; men
who sneered at the Yankees for plunging 80
summarily their officers in oblivion's depths,
when they suffered q reverse of forsune-now
hold up our President to his constituents and
to the world as one, 'who pockets bills, " who
has lost the confidence Of tho peoples" and
this, ~forsootb, is the empyrean stroke Of policy
of 1.-The veritable custodlsps" Of the peoples
rights and interest to consolidate and frsternize
them; it enbodies, indeed, The moderation,
circumspection and forbearance, 80 zesleusly
cou' sailed; the Christian charity and self-ab.
negation, so relig'ously heraldedl How in
consis' eat sad ~tortuous such q course! Still, its
incongruity and tortoosity are in themselves
minor points ; nor; do We especially inveigh
against tbs chtges, because they are preferred
against the President since all public SER
wants are jassly subject to the criticism of the
''press ;" and, too, that his. opposers have can
dioly admitted thatthey have no reason to
question his capacity, sterling honesty and
patriotism; that the idea Of foreign interposi-
ton proved a fatal opiate to the, South. cast
ing over her a letbargy which hssl rendered
her children crlminaliy insert, conceding Mr..
D wis the righ. to plead homo gun -hu
mani nahH a msalisnum pato;" thus invalida.
ting their allegations and leaving him in one
of tue most enviable positions, in uudisturbed
tran guilty, enyeloped. in a cloak OF unsul-
lid integrity. Bot we do inveigh against
them because they are fraught with danger to
our cause. Nor will any dare to deny TIM,
the captious and fault-hnding, who send forth
TO tho world those fulminations against TIC
President, are more to be dreaded than 80 ma
ny Sinons, Cldmusee, or even Vatican thun.
ders, were papacy as formerly in tho zenith
Of power, since they indirectly abet the enemy
by thus Weakening the confidence of the peo-
pie in their cause, by giving to the enemy a
basis upon which forest their superlatlvcly
mendscious declaration that there is a loyal
majority brow-beaten and ~drago1ned by the
secess!onists; and thus, an increased impetus
to their Efforts for onr ~suhjngstion; and lastly, |
though not least, they'weaken the moral lnhu.
ence Of our cause among other nations by
causing them to think that VIC are, as the Yam
ksAs represent Us, a mere dominant party
il flonced only by aispirit of innovation and
revolution, and led on. by q psrtizan demas
gogue. Surely; then, the genius ofour cause,
a desire to expedite its interest, and to obviate
these evils, should prompt all "Wiseacrss and
disappointed ofice seekers" to mitigate their
TRADE against the President and other incum-
bents Of Office, knowing that they are but fal.
hbls mortals; and should those lovely. cha.
rscters not be constrained by these impulsions
and their ioeas Of patriotism, (for their pos
session Of ingenious patriotism is questiona-
ble) the people in their maj =stic power should
rise up and frown them down. In this our
severe ordeal, "Heaven's bolts rcd with unoom
mon wrath" should blast the man who would
disseminate the seeds of discord amongst Us
it's chosen curse should rest upon him who
would even countenancs the cot. Yes, para
lyzsd be the tongue of the miscrsant who
would propose the severance ; doubly cursed
the parricldal hand put forth to sever the
tie Of love and .unsninity thst binds
US The argus.eyed tutelar of our cause is
watching the unsorupulous tomente-s, and I
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