Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-01

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| innocent and iululsss. render them arse ue'
testabls to us and dlsgraceinl 10 numShs!y.
They yere bound ny the Constitution 10
guarantee to us our rights, ard protect us
soanst invasion. Thsy have invaded US them'
ssIres via the avawed object to sut)uga'e
,ra onor,rhelr, ua. to aoaiiScata our property
and bnnish rs froui our DOMAIN.
TIE, waru reou;re1: 20 eve n" preference ny
INV regulation u. comnis:c" or 'IES!:uo w 'n'
no-,e nj cha S;.ia over iilpso CT ahotner.--
Toov havs shu, W 6ll OH pcrih snd prohloit>
.a us from hsying intercourse Win themselves
~ rio nr,;ons of The cRrtn, wlis they have
lsft sll ii thsir ogn p1ris opan 10 tho cuI.'S
NOR. Of tho world. They have refused 10
,or,n;i us ,o obts,n With cur own neans even
ina medicines nccesanry for oar sick and
wcrnded-articlcs never hitherto considered
contrabnod hy Any Civilized nation.
they wert prohibited lrnn, forming or erect
inc . new S,s,s within the jurisdiction OF any
other STATE They have Permitted an Illegal
Legislature. not Acknowledged by lhe Consul"
,ption or laws If this State, or oy majority
of our people, To rso!esa 10 eHiho!lsn new
Stale wi,hia :ae Jurisdiction nl Virginia, &C
knowlcc grg the acts Of the Governor OF That
State, receiving lis representatives ana Seha"
Lar, ,cL5 ,..a Congress vi the Uhttad Sta!;H
,Tithu... iIr celia. o law, justice or right, and
pavina !ot ,iicir pretended srrrrrs Gu; 81 'he
uuhi;c &c. They haze gTan t.ti ~ this pretend
c:i Governor money ~nlch TIE hsre Az 10 -
I,d.ed 10 LIS duo - tia Susie Oi Virginia
rj.sn.i, .ya suii;gr..d ;ha raising of troops
wilh;a this pretended S!cto 10 Wat against our
n.orlc ard dusulae lhr trrs:Ges al their
brctnrep, AID stimulated thea 10 nlGod5hea
ard massacre.
They have al!ewod Vacancies i'll tho Repre-"
scntation at This Safe 20 be filled by wrlis IS
suad by the iais, Executive ii tbs prstehosu
: ate against i;.e express provision that the
Executive authority Of Virginia a!ons stall ~
SUD such writ, ":.a sHn iuil knoEleds;a "u
| their part tuat The rig;.;;ui 6oTe'nor Oh this
State usi boon und utigtly rnd constitutions
allY elected By g InnllrIlY -! Inc ehnra Pora-
l.tloo of lnu State, ue!ore tDa commencement
If inn var. and that no gtlll continues in Gtdcv
un,ler his rcsu,.r appointment, and IN winch
oI,c.;ou N. nep,ls g.. t;,is p-etend:d 9:a;a PAR
| ticin.,ed. Ihcy hnva permitted such rctro'
senfativcs TO bs aiu,;aj = sD:dcra in tie army
and not by tie people IL t&s G!siFiG' against
an axnress prnyisun in che Con..t1tva In
! Virginia, which proah.:s So!dtors III the SER
! yicn of tho Uuieu STA ~ from voting such Gl
elections, thu; recognizing ibe b.'s traitor
AGAINST i,is u.a S.atu AZ n d. associate and col
learue f,r representatives Who sro cnt!:ic-! 10
the STALLION, nld allowing low prcttnderS TO the
nosiiion OF Senators 10 DO Gl.n.liod with th:t
IvreraD.e distinctun.
Thoy wora pr0hib,ted from Inik!ng any inv
rssprc:lng ALI establishments CT religion, rc i'ro-
h.Llt,ne tus ffee txerc.sa thereof. IhrY tsSe
sent lneir myr.,,! iot,a ;nt0 GhGrcbes and
dr,f-ccd our Inili;;ers iron. tho sacred desk for
q ulure ons sion 10 put W petition TO The
Almighty inr their .xscrnred President They
bsve shu! Up our places OK worship ioF the
SAME cause, ana prohibited cur people !Tnu
nssrm t,iins together n ,h@ extI:iso ii religious
duties.
Th.y were denied authority 10 abT;dge tho
!reei I'll. OF speech Of Of Tho press. They hafo
recklsssly imprisoned private citizens, holding
no GHcs or position, c,Vli Or MILITARY, i0r eS-
pressing mere difference .! opinion with
themselves, and Tor :c:..lesSly ut,erns ths!r
sentiment aid cvnn ;Scarce!htsd our hCaor~
abls women for similar causo, permitting their
.cmed ;a;lurs TO wa:ch ard insult them IN The
priysc, .: their cells. They tavo placed tbs
i nr, 81 oI the ceun.rY, wherever tnnr pow"' tx :
ieEd: ualtr censorship, and in pumercuh
cases prohibited trs circulation oi papers,
broken up their i3:Ias cad scattered 1haif y pes
to tho winds.
They yer. RESTRAINED from Infringing to-
RIGHT @; tie ycoD:a 10 keep aud tcsT arms
They havs d,sarIncd ln7ge portions 81 me pao-
pie of ono Of the Sthtui sill Ia their unlolr and
hunted and bated lhose in others who have
presumed u keep iheir own gums against their
mandate
They -.ia lPrcR=ly prohibited from guar
ter.ng soldiers in NnJ ncuse, without the con-
scot 0f the o~ner, ant not even in time Of war,
hat in a manner r. be prescribed by a~-
Inc. have nc OILY thus ousrter=L :hon, but
tsey have illstigatad their ffidIa's "nen ho
ounrtsred, 10 oIunor them oil evary valuable,
anu naGiuu!y to dcairoy wts; .nr'e cupd'ly
could not carry away. They Lave Lot only
s,ot duw,. HELPLESS own,r, who ou5ht To have
b,en reye.epceL ior their ago and sex, bat hayd
consumed tho owners and their dwellings IN
oas undis.ioguisbed coz haGarston. And when
: they haze protested TO pay Tor i'g9ptr;y 'ie-
esjly drained, Lhay have paid lac owners in
preionded morey which they hsro pre7oualy
criniasiy counLcrfci;ed emil dcbised.
1t wsH expressly provided ,ha, no person
held to service CT labor in one State under The
, laws thereof, escaping nto another, should in
consequence OF any ls~ or regulation therein,
be discharged from such service or labor, but
should be ueliverat up on claim OF the party
| to whcm such service OF labor might BIO que.
And yet thoy have openly ins:igated onr slsyes
| TO escape hold them by this PoFer c; the NIL!
tary arln establish conmlssarIst for fbalf
Subsistence and give authority to thel' hypn'
criticSl prests and canting tcIla!es to pibr't,
, Tor thclt educ alton and l!,oir temporal AMI
spiritual welfare, peTpetrating Wholesale rob-
| berry and depr;v%g owpeTs OF properly guar
anteed to them IN order To iIculcaLe tnslr
, fallibe and uninspired doctrines inLo tie minos
of their lniseIabl, ar d oeiuded victims. They
have taken IRON their owners such property
without o pretencc Of compensation; aod In
the District OF Cu.:n!,ia liberated oil the
slaves, pretending 10 allow mere plttance Iii
their ysius, and fer that pittaEce bhve gwen
promise TO pay, ptogdsd lhs owncrs oil tho
erd of the war should prove loyal to theI
odlous government.
With this catalogue uf violations of solemn
E constitutional obligations, we'll may We say
, they keep 20 faith, and psTvo:t truth, justice
and right.
When, iii II, history of civilized nati2ls,
has il been known ihsi nu2-coLnbataF!e, PLAIN
citizens, engaged .'nly n farming furs"its
wers IMPRISONED too h&vnG SHOWN allegiance
70 their own S:s!s isws Nhan nhH !! been
knowa thai viyas ard pure E'r! Sii.:iri'i 'ilf'id
COS have been violated % soldiers "ishou: hi
cil,rt on the part G: ShsIr officers 10 pursue
the perpetrators With III. vengeance OF toe
law? Vast cviz,d nation would not blush
, to conceal lis own hAg, tho e1bleIn OF liz ns-
tional,ty and slonor, ;.nd lolst OF the battle
field the q aC of its enoGay in order TO oecoy
, that enamv into a :nurde-cus fire, aDd then
r glory in tha ucsnncas ef .ne deception anc
, lue ,xurG!ca ri the actr
Wnat ancient or Iaolcr1 Eatio'; eTa: rSe1 =
f1,g cf truce 10 dGc5y e.lca.g K. tattis
olhoS than the Unitsa States oil america ?
Let history record tho disgrace sed brand tbs
iniamy upon their brow for al. :irne to come.
What ancient or modern naticn wouid open
ly fire upon public hospital, in which ths
..,L ,I, ,,,,,,nd;.t nrd ina q wing are being