Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-01


to the Christian world. it has fertilized Will
derneSs. and converted the rude force of ma
ture into tho beneiicent action Of civilized
agriculture. 1t has enriched the world com
merce with the untold wealth of new and
growing trade 1t has spread over the vast
territories Of this new land the laws, tn" Ian
guage the literature OF the Anglo Saxon
race II has developed q population with
whom liberty is identical with law, and, in
training thirty-three States to manhood, has
fitted them for the responsibility Of indepen-
dent national life. 1t has given to history
sublime names, which the world will not
willingly let die-heroic actions which will
ligh, the eyes of a forthcoming enthusiasm.
1t has achieved its destiny. Let us achieve
ours"
1t NAV be matter Of wonder with some that
those American thinkers who long ago saw, and
said, that the Union was near its latter end,
should all have boon Soatherners. No North
arn man appears to have even once dreamed
Of it no, not even now can they admit the
fact-now, when the rotten husk has fallen
from around them, aud they find themselves
naked Their astcnishment seems not to
grow one whit less it is new every morning.
They thought Tie husk Was the armament Of
Heaven.
The reason Of this difference is chiefly that
Northern statesmen were uniformly more il
n0rant than Southern; were men not bred to
calm study of great principles, nor used to
deal with great events. But besides this,
there were other causes at work which sealed
a,eir eyes to The inevitable future fer with the
progress Of the two discordant nationalties,
which were ripening together under the old
Union, the Northern section began necessari-
ly to outstriu ours in population, owing to its
being the most tempting field for the immi-
grafton OF labor, and therefore, by degrees, TO
outstrtp ours in political power. Then also the
vast multitu,lcs of Europeans who kept pour
ing over to escape the mean tyranny of their
own governments, always regarded the Ame-
rican Union rs indeed un unit and symbol
lied in its Tag the grand popular powers which
was one day to avengc them upon their op-
pre$sors, and make Democracy cover the
whole earth, us the waters cover the sea. To
fatter this crude Imagination of the foreign
ers, it became needful for the demagogues to
dwell upon that eternal grandeur and immu.
liability of the vast power whereof those for
eigncrs now found themselves part, and to in
cucate as au article of faith that empires
and thrones may perish and may fade, but
the Cnion cndurc,h forever At last they all
came to believe this nonsense and blasphemy
together; and hence their immeasurable
amazement and rage. 1t could not be so-it
was not to have been so-and as ID lireth it
shall not be so! So they raved and drivcllcd,
while the old house was falling about their
ears; and so they still drivel and rave while
the ruins Of il arc being swept away.
That the old Union has achieved its desti-
nv, aud that it remains for US now to achieve
ours, is q truth which all the parties concern
ed had better lay to heart, and act according
y in the living present. letting tho dead bury
their dead. Now is the day Of trial when it
will. appear what manhood, knowledge, endu-
rance and practical energy s, indeed, amongst
us. We have burst the shell. and are begin
ming to perceive that it was made to be burst;
thrrmost sagacious of us ARE ccasing to regret
it. and 10 reflect that omelcttes are not made
without the breaking Of eggs. So we shall
the sooner and the better grid ourselves up to.
the work Of the future, and get sight of our
destiny and duty rs q new Power in the
earth.
That the Yankee nation has not yet per-
ceired the final and utter destruction Of its
old form o. existence, and hates to recognize
the necessity of starting upon new career,
is circumstance which we regard rs fortu.
rate for US While our enemies are striving
TO patch up the old walls Of their she'll, and
putting piece 10 piece, and screaming over it
in fur7 and aismay, this Confederacy has
shaken OF the dust Of the ruins from her
feet, and started in fresh career like strong
man to run a rnce.