Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-10

c0mp5c Trey imposed duties on their agents; and 10
enlb those sgents 10 perform the duties" assigned
them, tbeJ-Ihs Sates-conferred "pOiOers" adequate
to those "dEt'- rights" being reserved 70 the States
themselves And why Because they we're sensible
men, and honest men, knowing full well that "ri0kts
were inherent and that poprs we're derivave ana that
such the relations about To be established between
themselves, (the ates and the co-parLnershp they
were forming. But if any man who ever sat at any
meeting ever assembled, at any time in America had
ever dreamed Of the powers conferred being used 10
Subjugate TO destroy TO anlibiate the parties from
whom al power emanated, that man was sngularly
resoute in the mysterious silence 80 perseVeringy ad-
hered to. For more than fifty years the Government
had been controlled by the South and the Constitution
remained a. it came from The bands Of It's trainers
From the beginning, the productions Of the South
made tributary 10 the North, and the South sub
Rltsd because If permit 4 she You'd have preserved
the Union but the population Of the North increased
in proportion 10 the advantages che eIjoyed and not
sat shed with "plunder," she became bent upon de!
strucGon. The South protested and the foreign ele-
ment vas appealed TO, TO put down the South aud TO
oblerAte the Constitution. The violence of fanatics
was invoked; the hatred Of thesAboitionists became
bitter aud furious; their most prominent advocate pro-
claimed an "iuepressible conflict" between the two
parts Of the ion; the language Of condemnation aud
of insult became the common balance Of The day aud
when the next Pres dental eltc ion approaching
Northern selected, not because anybody Wss
weak enough 10 thin him m tor the Office but because
he lated the South-because his views were entirely
sectioHa-and because his sposton was as cruel and
unreerting the occasion required and this brought
matters to u point We proposed psseed6iy to retire
from compact in which equality, justice and mercy
were all denied. We thought and we still thiuk, and
in the presence of Almighty God that our right
leave the UGion IS perfect right to jun
il or to reject i'll We did enter il Internationally
but the contrary for especial and specified cons
stions-every one Of which has been violated, disre.
gRrded and rdculedevea 10 the open declaration that
siCu be kept 10 the Union by force, not breth-
rem equals but such terms as the most impacabe
enemy should consent to dictate.
Is 1t marvel them that those men of the South who
had rsverenty aud stoadfIstly adhered to the Union
despite tre accumulated wrongs" heaped upon them,
should at last pause calculate the value Of a UDon
at With the Constitution Or that they should
embrace secession and revolution with all their bloody
couseQueucesg Indeed there seemed no alternative
left u.s. aud the ordinance which carried South Carolina
the Federal Union in 1854 was rel iled in 1860
Other States followed, ard measure as much ia con-
iormity with the history Of the Constitution any
principle" it contains has been branded as rebellion
and is TO be punished as treason Leading journals
and prominent at the North have exhausted their
mag nations in delineating ndigny, degradation and
torture, both moral and ply scal to be Inflicted upon
US. M,ny, like Mr.. Dickinson, OF New YORK, Who once
favored the South because her support was looked for
vitas aud wbilO their deeds failing their fancy
CLEANS every field where NEW nsees" are to be gath red
Ur novel Lunshments" areSto be discovered. "Dun-
geons and halters," cries Mr.. Dickinson; "Serve
labour, under our own servants answer the pack,
who, having tasted blood are more esger n the
pursuit. In this attitude, stand before the world,
there hope but ia the justice Of our cause add In
that "mercy which endureth foreVsr-and there Is no
escape but in the temper OF arms and in our viii
linEness to use them. "Honor" however, is never
without remedy and IL We cannot leave 10 our chill
drtn what their birhr ght and their property We can
least transmit to them another legacy-their fathers
refusal to submit to yranuy when death the alter
native and when called on TO decide they remembered
Patrick Henry and answered as he did Let find
cry thing cheering in such ref ctons let US cease
talk Of foreign interpostiOn or mediation aid let
us regard reconstruction obsolete it not an OBJ
scene expire sOn and deem the thought OF ever return
ing TO those who have pTostuted every constitutional
obligation as unnatural desire to embrace purified
ma s. in its most disgusting form. On The contrary let
us turn with confidence that holy re stance which
under the providence OF God will carry through "tbe
wilderness" aud prepare US to demand atOnemen for
the desOatOn of homes and Tor the murder of
chi dren. When savage enemy flashes iHBeHtiOn aud
puts science to It's utmost TO eOntriVe horrors and
other dgonies TO be inactedwhen he presumes to talk
of "Wicked beliOn and impiously claims 90 invoke
The vengeance Of Heaven" let US leave him to his
falsehood and nfamy and console ourselves with the
Knowledge that his profanity does change the char
acter of the Divine attribute or his hypocrisy turn vr
tue into vice. vice into virtue Aud when fahless
agent and for his day. successful usurper has acted his
part as other yrans have done before him. the wonder
will be that such bareiaced rebellion against the Const
tuition of the United States should SO long have been
tolerated unmark ed by the and contempt of any
portion of the people when he ruled, and
Unpublished by the legitimate consequences of
moral and political treason fear, my dear
sir, that | have not only exhausted your pa
tience but have forfeited your pardon. Nay not the
oyerpoWering nature of the subject be my apology
Aud may not feelings which would have absorbed in
my best day be Gvorably considered now at the very
end Of my pilgrimage
AS your feIow-ciiizsn and fellow-suferer beg you
to go on with the good work. Continue TO be heard
with trumpet-voice, every mountain and in every
valley aud let the noble old Commonwealth take the
front rank 10 her natural position, and let
her send forth the sentiments of patriotism and of oour
age in the language of devotedness and defiance The
world knows that Virginia is the that she wdS
"When the land nurtured Washington" the same that
she uas when Henry spake, and oppression hung its
head--the same she cds when Marshall opened the
hidden treasures ofhe law, aud the highest tribunals
the GLIDE quoted the authority of an American jur st.
Let the South continue to be the South and let God
declare the Teult 1t may be her destiny TO suffer but
il is net her policy to despair. Her trials viii be great
but her resources bOundless The assassin her
throat out heT eOu5 arc lhl-ulu tHeT uohneI
take no step backwards. Can the enemy change our
climate, or eau he carry away our sog Can envy,
hatred and nal strike out the productions Of the EARTH
or satisfy the wants Cf the rest of mankndg Can they
say 10 our owgrounds give up your fertility, or the
high places be the abode of health and strength
But Massachusetts, has to be appeased because South
Carolina declined to entertain Me- Hoar when he came
here, for purposes at variance with her laws; be-
cause Of an siray between Mr.. Brooks and Mr.. Sum-
ner and oh damning SIM because the State gave birth
to Mr. Calhoun, and because Mr.. Calhoun gave the
labor Of his life to the country from what the
country is now enduring. Wel when the vndic-
tive anticipations of Mr.. Lincoln aud his subjects
are fulfilled have the rest of the human family changed
their character and adopted hisS Suppose he burns
Chareston-hsr ashes will fad urn in every Southern
mans heart P0sterity will aEsuredIy build another city
aud they will as assuredy call that city "0harles,on
Suppose be over-runs the country, has he conquered
the country Suppose he desOstes the South has he
subdued the SOUTH Suppose be violates our churches
and desecrates grave yards; has be extnguished
the Spirit which never dies? But Mr. Lincoln,
,,;,h al hia feroeitV do these thnpRf The answer