Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-20
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" h-tj' So1eSS'
Promising ihat all though cf c,ihs'ing il
| tu- 3,nf:!sracy :hs d scorda3s e':rusnte L;
si.s. ah'iIns a;fi .siavah2Ld!ng States
sA.:n!I b 1:sn'sssi "a. plainly ia:dn;sSihie,
we u"s 10 necessity FIX goi;: t.,lkc: thau
va a,"a aireaiy g2as, BY whicl. ws j:.:&
opt:1 fIr.sIy c,os'd.ras on and aC:aprsGce 81
the E,:,.s!ay.tclhing States oi !ht Ep2er
Valley {: ;an Mt.sissr:i, pea:b sn:i f7isrdy
| :n.o.c3ur:. with tbs s:sseb"'d'pz Sta'es OF
the i.ua7"r WITTY. eYu,Iued w:.h ths fee
navigation Of .h,i gel iigc~ay.
This h~A s!~aJs osaa :i.e Position # tHe
Coui-'iora:c tio,ot',Iu:!:. nd IBIS a"s t.ea
cueuiy sid tN.is!ly =, oc,zimc1 - d. lsa po-
slciHn. Any :..,;hA. more rt,uains with tie
Ss:t. 5 + .'s Upper FAt:sy. lhcJ hiVe not
| .o:t pg"a aGy OF .Ne 'mf&fd Propositions -
Ir?y : ii InsGe urrsisG,'nI rar upon US
wv in"-; ); s>:d !; ss ~! Only iGJfa dig. ias
ruC tGasres!i 20 be is,:s Tng these propc5.-
;inDs 4: :. qaaat ugplic.to:y tn,tlsr, but also
| ea(cpla 81 - do harm. by giving TO the poo
PC Vi !hoss c:ates falae iiupr -=io',s Of tae'r
oHn grea: impurr.acs sod e "a, growing
Hea;m-:S.
This is sdmrah.e. Il tbs -, urpai" had
stepped h=ro, we aheuII haze made lin ru.
compliments; hut .:e neat paragraph tskes
Us abacS:
Bus #. = cou,ee of apparent supDGcaticH IS
wrcns IL policy, Que oi gra,utoas repuis!on
| il equally so. Ths:e are nea in the Nprth-
| west vho oppose '.iEeoinism and who oppose
tho wsr 1u..fe upon US. There Is fseii:f
| cenaot 40 Il: har,a. Why not giro these me n
Fapd ~; "a: yci.;,ont diaccnr-
aging hem ana putting weapons IN tbs hands
| be the result. II rtu remarkably Hel-wriitsr
hu. euiusntiy injudrieus, articles upon this
suhj:ct which hsvs recsnriy sppssred Ill the
| Eioansra Enquirer"
And if ;he "Juu-aal' had stopped here
though we ehauid have regretted that it deems
| us injuiicicus, wn should d. least have knowr
IL gaune mpasSrr, what it means. BIT. read
nsor. n tie very same paper, on the Sane
asv, CJousnai' Of l3:h), we come upon this
TIE telegraph SCALA sevi1es The story OF
f2rs!ga !ct:rv*n2ln. EBpoison csa brook
the Siccsads no loplsr thoh the end Of saarch
| So the Kew York lines" affects tc BELT &C.
| Betwesn me pcoapscta OF foseigu sid, aud the
| Signs OF psace IN toe North-rest, our pc opis
L5ete is reason to fear, viii DO '.ul!ea TO slsep
| We c0sjuTe Gus resdcrs TO turn from
this silly twsdeis and s;vea ia: 10 tho Truth
a, it is tHus forcisly given by tho Rlcbucnd
''Enqairs.:'
"Ths moral Of sil this, the Lesson we have
to learn from The zpnors, both Of French
mediation SID Of Northwestern revolution:
is-thst now, nGw uore thar evor, our array
should b. ksrt toll IND st:ou5, euG rssdy.--
Believe il, soitiers, gu ars your only friends.
1t IS Oh your style Of diplomacy we rely
| That Was s:slesnanlke stroke of policy
you msds e. fredericksburg; you wrote an
sbls state paper as Mrsfrcssboro'; and We de-
f5 tho world to produce nsbier official
msmors1dum than you edited On tho hills Of
| Vicksbug. II Europe makes ovsrtures of
friendsbip-ii ths great Northwest Gomez to
our foet-i: is because sou stand there, Con-
f-dsss:e soldiers! under your glorious battle
A,g. and defy all the ends Of tho earth to haul
| IL down"
New We only put it to o discerning public
to discern Whist the Wilmington "Journsl"
Assns.