Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-15
lili.::llIii'cn0 Enquire.
rurKSn,Y MORNING. AUGUST II. 1852.
II TGLER, WISE u ALLEGRE.


18th We putish=i YESTERDAY: are oi cha
r,,;sr to test whether or n@i the Northern
-.,3ls hsve any spi,it left, or whether their
.;aa!sSion 10 every extremity Of tyranny is
- .in,oniitionsl'' as their "Unionisln. - II
..s s,wa": haca said that the rightened cord
.,;;i break al last; and that there is point
5e%3ui which the most a5iect will Tot yield,
.,i where conflict arises between Govern
:pe2! and governed.
Tie sdicts ol tha Lincoln Government To
rr;st We haze referred inaicste thst such 4
..r,j.t Is nssrly at hand. The effort is made
IL. Government 10 crush out the rising
t1,5.ition ky bold measures. The Northern
1yaris sr= evidently opposed to rhs' draf;
~s:s, hiss bean ordered, To escape it, they
W. leaving the country hy thousands So
IN; ~-re abandoning their homes lo Seek
i i1r-isi i.ris exemption from participation
= ;i,s ~. Lincoln hiss cut Of this resource
ia las ir35red rhs outdoors ii his denim
;as TO he shut Sid guarded; Hn1 every one
i2:acted in trying 10 escape 10 be seized and
;ircsr into the aruy. The fleeing citizen is
s.cs deprived Of the chances Of drawing an
s-smption; and like criminal hogged b: 6
ccns;able, is Inado besides, to pay the fees and
expenses Of his apprehension and punishment.
these rigorous measures will either smother
cat opposition TO drafting, CT uisks ii violeu1
III daring.
Bl. itis the order for the suer'ession ri
T::aTal pra1 tlGes' which most deeply Erinds
IL -5iia iuto the nstks ii the people. In
it7va iespotisn is declared more CALLING
iaa sav that ever existed outside the land Of
.sra,ilian e,iictS Tts terms are sn broad as
-it.fiY II destroy AM privilege OF the citt
:,u ty ssi nr speak. except ill aduistlon OF
.,s5y purpose. every deed, every agency,
.ai svs7, officer, al i.iuc0ln's itayerhhsnt.
Ie41 II
#l7ter-,i, 'raat all United States mar1hals
81: >uorIin;endents or chiefs Of police oi any
tawn, city OF district he, and they are hereby,
authorized ana directed to arrest and imprison
.cv person or persons who may be engaged.
~ ac;, speech or writing. in disc se1uraging vol
,:ntecr en!isr,n"nts. or in any way giving aid
and -or,!or: 10 the enemy, or in any other
dstvai practice against the United States
Citizens are not allowed TO form an opinion
sither Ss 10 the justice, the policy, or the aims
2i the var, CT the mode OF fcarrying il On. On
s;i these points they mnst take the opinions
"l;eh are prescribed to them by Lincoln
the sre not allowed an opinion oftheir own
Is IL the prospects Of the war; they must not
:pssk o. the Generals or other officers, except
n praise they must not admit rererses, but
mist speak Of nothing but victories. lfthey
oGtni in sng OF these respects, they are to be
22li ga,ry ii 'dscouraging volunteer enlist
al:l:s,' or in some way: giving aid and COM
SIT 10 the enemy"
Tbs sweeping Order is intended 10 Put
:"sn sii snch nc0nvenient assetnhlages ss
:ae Indiana nenaocrsti; Convention. The
border Stale m1n'' will have To give up the
s5nbiarce OF free speech" by which some
u them have consoed themselves tor sacri-
i'iuL er-ry snbst antial element Of n,anilness.
t:tt-nl-n viii have to stonp lower yet, ahase
himself ia the very dust, or take cell III Fort
"aTr-n; Garlic is already hunt.d 10y those
ior Hhom he betrayed his State Nallandig-
tau. And Voorhees, will no more dare To warn
lr.!7 countryman of the vast debt which Lin
eaa IS pilng up for postsrity; Richardson
~. b. allowed no longer to protest against
Hsr ot emancipation; Chandler Will be
!3Th, lien to criticise Mcclellan, and to leave
grave charges depending in dubious spplica-
;;oa over the heads of Lincoln and his 'Apos-
:ie ieFaei..' None OF these things can be al
'e~si, Eaaause they discourage volunteer
sns:.,Esnts. or Ei7e aid and comfort tn thu
t2nfaderacr
lhe punishment far these "oifences," is
s':;i. as Soald hscoue Gar. The accused
So to IL snInTarlly arrested and imprisoned,
s"4 tried before a military commission
Behold the snd oi free speechn' and be
a"td Jury trssia and legal processes abolished,
aHd citizens arrested. it may be thousand
lI!ea from camp, aud tried By Az srbtrarY
military commissioni
II Lincoln secures submission bv these de-
'rees, the tranquility will be that Of the grave.
The Northern people can make no longer any
pre:ensicns to be men much less frscrnen.
To show that We have not over
stated the scope of Lincoln's edictS, we conv
from the New York t" Herald fthe 9Th. The
Herald; praises them very much
re do not know how sincerely; ior hsd it
cared to condemn them, it wonld have come
oadeI their operation. " 1t could No; vrumtls
CT complain" ander pain Of arras!. Tbs fol-
lowing ls an extract from an editorial.
We have government. AfSer months Of
HsStatlon and uncertainty the period of de-
"elsirs action has,arrived. The President has
= LAST indicated his authority and e1erted his