Daily national Republican., 1863-03-11
NoriH VnItsa.

The Richmond EtnQUtTer pays handsome
tribute 10 the united feeling Of the North, in
the article copied below. The rebels evidently
have but little faith in tlie copporhead Scntl-
ment which their symrathlzcrs have strivn to
cultivate in the great. Northwest. On the con
trary, they seem to rcSIizc that the prophecy Of
Jero Clemens, in the debate upon tue Crittcn.
den resolutions, Is being fulalled. On that oc-
casion he warned the south that If they should
go to war, ''tho Tcutons Of the Northwest would
como down In hordes upon their soil, trample
down every blado Of wheat, and dcyour every
living thingi''
From the Richmond Enquirer, March T.
ALBENARIE.
Ten gentlemen in Albemarle county declare
themselves willing 10 admit certain Northwest
orn States into the Confederacy, even without
slavery; but at the same time do not deny that
they "should profcr'' to have all our Confcdor-
ate States characterized by similar instltu-
tiOns." The ten gentlemen do not advert TO
the fact that those same Northwestern States
are not asking admission into our cOnfedoracy,'
but on the contrary are waging a barbarous
war upon us TO force US into theirs. We believe
that the ten gentlemen must be In possession
Of diplomatic news which has not come TO us.
They must have received ovortures from some
man, WOuhns OI GnllQ. some
thing Of great Importance must be going on.
1t Is not fair 10 keep us In ignorance in this
sort Of way.
That united North-both East and Vests
still rushing in upon us round all our frontier
there is no abatement, no remission. Every
morning their bugles, answering one anothtr
along line of two thousand miles, wake five
hundred thousand hired ruflans Of all nations
to their daily industry Of ravage, and burning,
and slaughter. The East and the West vic with
one another, aud their rivalry is which shall
carry their dctested flag deepest into the heart
Of our land. But In this rivalry the Northwest
clearly has the advantage. Its troops have
done us more harm than those Of the North
east. At any rate, now, al the hour VIC write,
the whole Of our confeaeracy is compelled to
strain every nerve, andnse and waste every re-
| source, and place every available man in the
field 10 resist that united-North and prevent Il
from reducing us 10 slaves and beggars.
Now, just In this state of things, some Con-
fedcrate citizens begin TO urge that one Of those
two sections OF our Northern foes-namely, the
Northwest-should be gently argued with and
tenderly entreated. These citizens arc dis
gusted and alarmed II any one speaks harshly
Of the Northwestern peOple-asai ainst Down
casters We may rail as VIC please; call them
damnable fan9lics, vile abolitionists, fraudu-
lent Yankees, and nobody will complain. But
| II you use an expression which might wound
the sensibillties Of the Northwest, people cry
hush you will repel them; you will change
them from friends into enemies. Assuredly
this would be q lad change; for, II they
slaughter their friends, they would undoubtedly
deyour their enemies.
And when we aEk tho meaning Of all this, We
are answered that there is reason 10 believe the
Northwest is tired Of the war; is disgusted with
the Lincoln administration is awake 10 the
fact that, as the South cannot be conquered
she had better be conciliated; Ia electing demo-
cratic legislAturos, and sending mysterious
emissarlos 10 scatter over the South vague hopes
and cheering rumorS which are important II
true.
And what thenl Truly we are glad TO hear
all this; 1t bodies evil TO our enemies, and, there
fore, augurs good to US. But what precisely
are we TO do In the matterl No one advises
that our armies, who are in face Of those North
western troops, should lay down their Grms or
should run away. On tho contrary, 1t ls agreed
on all hands, we suppose, that our troops must
Sill oppose a certain degree of resistance 10
armed invasion.
But the specific thing we are invited TO do,
Is TO show TO that section of our enemies some
marks OF friendship, some desire to cultivate
friendly relations with them; and above all
things, not TO wound their feelings by unkind
observations. Further, II Is urged that our
Government should 20 SO far as 10 enter into
negotiations with-not the governments OF
those States, for they will negotiate with us
only through the cannon's mOuth-but with
private politicians, individual stump orators,
aud other obscure, Unauthorized persons. In
the meantime, II seems to be thought desirable
also that unauthorized persons on our side
(llke these ten OF Albemarle) should offer To
admit the Northwestern States into our Con-
federacy-and they, all this while are not ask
ing to be admitted, and not listening 10 any
terms except submission Of the rebels.