Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-21
LATE N1KTEEHN NEWS.
We continue our selections from Northern
papers bearing date of the 18th inst:
From the New York " 7 lmWs."

~" sS u" YIN 3luhH.
LET THEN CO."
Take Richmond, and then, If they insist,
let them 60, argues Prince John, next to Mr..
Seymour, the principal speaker at the kaIili-
cation Meeting. And yet these same leaders
affect indignation when their loyalty is qucs-
toned. They seem to take it for granted
that the people have neither the wit to dis
Germ, nor the spirit to resent. In ordinary
times, such presumption would be incredible.
But when Rebels are so mn.strously ~infatua-
ted, II is Ebt strange Ll.at l;ebel sy1npathizers
should also display uncommon folly. No
body can be deceived iu the meaning OF this
speech. IL We are to let the Rebels 60, after
taking Richmond, why not before What
care We for Richmond, but as a vantage
ground against the rebellion: Why spend
blood and treasure in gaining the Rebel Cap
itnl, if, " hen gained, We are 10 give Tho Con-
ftderacy option whether to keep its power or
not? No man in his senses can believe hat
our encamp,uent Shockoc Hill would make
the Rebel leaders love us better than before.
1t would only hulniliate and emiitter. II
option is to be the word, it hsd better be
spoken OH the Potomac. In either case It is
certain tllut the Rebel managers would not
for an instant entertain the idea Of returning
To the Union. They know full well that such
return would be their political annihilatiuli.
Every calculation and every instinct would
impcl them to stick to the Coniederacy.--
Rebel option Means national d;sunion-noth-
ny mure or less. Mr.. Van Dnren's cXhorta-
ton to let them 90 if" is simply an exhor-
talion to lot them go anyhow. The locality
| where the alternative is presented Is nothing.
Whether at Washington, or Richmond, or
Charleston, or New Orleans, the offer would
amount to 4 recognition Of the Confederate
Independence. 1t would give the Rebels all
they ask for. We. say then that it is absurd
for these men to protest adhesion to the war.
Follow their counsel, and there is nothing loft
to fight for. It is just rs absurd for thea to
claim loyalty. This language livets and
| clinches every charee of hisloyaity.
We tell these fuctiuniSts that they arc
known. There ~ treason on their brow, as
| plain n; il a G.. S. brand had burned it there.
M man can talk peace at this juncture. d.
rcctlv or indirectly, and be true to his conn
try. No person can hold ont to the rebels the
| hope of a settlement at this point, or at that
point, or at any point this side of absolute
| submission to the old Constitution, without
completely with the rebels. The great body
of the people perfectly. we'll understand
that there eau he no concession that is moi
s,,rssirn, and that secession is treason.
They are thoroughly pcrvadsd, too, with
| the sense that the treason must either ta
| crushed, "r it must prevail that il must
| either he subjected to authority, or II must
overthrow authority. Thus they have re
sponded with such fervent spirit to the cal
| Of the President for a new army. They arc
now sending forth six hundred thousand OF
| their brothers and sons for the express pur.
pose Of giving the death-str"ke 10 the rebel.
lion not to parley ~'tI il. not to conciliate
! IT, hot even to hurt al,l crinrlH it, but 10
s,nitr it down. and utterly cXlerlni"a:e it,
That is what the people m"an. II is this
public spirit, and Er other, that surcharges
loyal hearts, the wide land thr"urh.
The cravens that would shrink ii tins cri-
! sis, the recreants that would stop To cal,
culate whether further war against rebellion
| will pay. or whether 1t will bc best to gi,.
secession leave to 20. will tinI tllrm
selves, in The day the people mova, bat ciInii
before the whillwind. Their little dc.
| vices Will not avail them. Their puny
proteStatiuns Of log 10y will meet contemp,
only.
They may as we'll sci their house in order
| at once. Our people arc MS ~resolute to carry
| this war faithfully through as any people i'll
| the land, and as profoundly determined Ia
accept no result but the complete restoration
OF the nations unity. 1t is safe to say tina,
40 State has derived such t~ranscendant al.
v~antagcs from the Union rs the Empire State
and That none has such meaSurelcss interests
DnInd UP IN It's maintenance. There is III
| eilart it will not put forth, and no sacrifices
il will mt make, To save our nationality. 1t
rs the last spot III the North where Secession.
ISIS can gam popular fsvor-the last spot
where ,lr cry, Let them u" can be raisct
wish snrctas. November Will ;l,nw this.