Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-10
4il(bm0n0 enquirer.
rGlraY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1867.
slTEJECFe.
RY TYLER, WISE 4 allegro.

he latc address vi the ankce Governors
. Prcs.i,u. Lincoln, appears in this ISSUE
!applauis Lincoln'S emancipation procla-
m1;ic; to the very echo, aud anticipates great
,jv.n;a:cs from it. Under the inspiration
Of tins dausion, the Governors pledge them
selves never to hag in their exertions until
:rc:ess shall crown their attempts at our
suhusatlon.
II wtil be observed that this address falls
into A.. expression which correctly describes
he gos!,iru Of The Northern people, and the
condition 10 which they would reduce U.S.
l!.PssSS of tie people as the "satjscts" Of
lie government. In political writings sub
4s;> are those who acknowledge sovereign
CT !r>pus SIS their ruler. Thus the people Of
Russia and China are subjects" On the
6; er hand. the people Of; a free country
,-c ci;zens-such as the citizens of the Con-
f.irrate States.
The use Of this term subject" by the
hoserno,s Of many States. in formal ad-
4r*Ss, was not mistake. 1t was mental
y.S4.,,s;us, f.= !. Gxaatly Expresses the idss
they entertained. It's use may have been in
:au;ons--the csndur may have been acci-
dental hut it was the demand Of the mihd
:vf liberty to express itself in appropriate
;.ru.,.
|; icay, however, be that the Governors
;.c!ared their people subjects" deliberately,
ss r!ih careful design. Men SO accustomed
= politics are not to be expected to make er-
:o, ur or..sights. A document which was
20 i,s slsne.! by 90 many Of them, and which
Ia, engaged their anxious attention, and was
:s.i: oi 80 -rave nature, was not likely to
:l,> without close scrutiny. Did none OF
:a.n. s-e thu; u word WAS used unknown be-
:or~ to American politics, and of strange
Sgmni TO American ears Of the twelve who
sl;!.~l Il, iii not even one see the term that
+e>crbts state Of popular subsection! or
sd al! Of them see it and approve:
Words are things. The man who calls
.Tassii & subject is a subject And things
rias= words. The citizens who suffer them
Saves 10 DC reduced TO the condition Of sub
!!rct>, 4.s subjects; and the word will hunt
isris. cut aud cgical necessity will uncon-
r,gu,ly apply it to them, if they fail to recog-
a!ze IL through hoice.
tr,s. Curtin and Gov. Andrew and our own
c..ec;ahe Pierpont, I'VE will catch him some
ca: may write themselves and their people,
ihe subjects Of Abraham the First if they will.
Perhaps he s good enough for them. Perhaps
'i@g are good enough for him. We commend
lin, 10 bis sceptre, and them to their knees.
6l;ltsy ought to know by this time, and II
'asY 4" not, they will yet know, that the peo-
=: ii tue Confederate States are cttt=enS and
;a;end 10 remain so. Great efforts have been
Ea iorin to sutjusate them. For TWO cam-
la'sns the at,elnpt has been made to reduce
;''e'a 10 subjec,on. But through the favor OF
iea"s:r, thus far, xe are still free. Thus far
h: pvopl. are sovcreigns and not subjects
Thu, far their rulers are servants and not
s9Sersigns &.
lhe North is like desperate who throws
a'aSe!finto an abyss 80 that be may draw his
si"erssrs dvan: but it will find itself mis-
ia.-il. 1t has los, its liberties-we will pre-
'-rT~ ours. Its people are subjects-oursshall
:9n;nur citizens and freemen.