Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-31
TWO NATIONS


ton among the people Of tho U.ei States
An excellent example CT it IS to he s4sn now
In tho essentially Ysnkee Ssato CT Unnnecii.
cut. No State in ell the enemy, ::0llntry
went more fariouslS into he crusAds f"r ons
subjugatiou and ruin, than that community
Of clockuake,s, pcddlers aud .thoolmarms
Now an election. il geeme, il 10 coma Of
amongst those folks Gu the frat of Ap,li. or
whose issuo perhaps will depend other cleo
tons in other States, and 10 which according
ly the anxious eyes % all Northern crushers
OF the rebellion are difectal. A Demo.
cratic ConvcA:soc III Connecticut has Roini-
mated for Governor 4. Mr.. Seymour; AMI in
one OF its reEolunu,,s declares, "thst the tine
has norc H,lirnd wtcn al true l'vera of the
Constitu' ion are raaJy to abandon the mnn-
strous tAlIscy that the Cnion can be restored
blythe armed hand lc;.." So much the shave
found out; nut thcY lhlEk they know ar
other way to restore Tbs Union, as appears
from NJ. Seymour's own spesch during the
Canvass, recorded BY tbs New York "rimes.'
Says Sir. Seymour vs. have gems far
enough in ri Improbable ard crnel struggle.
1t is tins to sHeshe he swur.i apd spare
mankind Il 10 net by irrre OF s!ria we are
to hsve another union, Ia, !.y iJ.c- # rea-
SON." Mes: people. nsv:ng ary .nnd cause
to vind;cst-, cry I-a ii's' -r1 Lagos sfto.
wards; but Connecticut. thirs.E,, i,r iar
ton be srongar, .ayst went t" wa', and D"1
hates wha; don't paj, wishes +" isvs :s
course 70. rsssou Tint sine has Hr1 ar
riyed,' says .Ecir res";u ion. 81 sbaaion
the monstrons isl!ary. X j. hn:s - spa'o
mankind"
But sh-y have .sken este. ut ito ssme
time, 70 make it cssr lis: ,hsy aIe ndI 70:
peacc--only for srml.'ics. 10 tfy tLs cffsc'
o. "reason"--thai is intrigue and corruption.
Then, If 1sa>9n laii, Why tbs "r,:ea Land is
to be- tied ss.iH; !ia;.Eiut is 10 ts s;rsd 20
more; war .lust be ,as.;s to pas
Reader eIcusa us W. cRincs IepIcss q
natural Iaoycmant a.! S@r:a ~ speaking Of
those creatures. Nay, we avv:r ;hs opinion,
tina. 1t is good {" uieTia..! s:i cultivate II tie
wholesome disdsia, III cu:;!.mp sAng the
mean dpsppoin 'men. II those s;,ecu's ions in
w.r, when they Gnl iii'y bave invested in
n,n-pay,ng business snd :hst,t is time" to
wind up the bal c:Gcc.n On what ioity
grnund ws--rsagea isui-i.s.:=s st :"i now,
high over tbs shabby tutvlcil q tat vuIgsr
aad.g r-iy Yarhee nation, folu which We
severed IN unnatural alliance because we
could no longer br"ob the crutSc:; aid whose
every set and every saying STAGE that day
more AMI no;e dec,si"siy j1st;ii69' - in
quitting their hateful Uniau ,virl;,.> ,ha dust
from of our f,",! !; t.. s,,u.A,v 10 ".y, IL
dwell upon ami ,na.,: m,."ii III cnu,'a:t.-
The Confederate people, s-e.ni. ,n';r h"r,sa
invaded by . g:eeLy and t.u:enl i.c. with
four times heir nutue'i3a! strength and tan
tunes t&e,, material resources, shut up and
heplned III from al! The gu;ar world, counted
NO: the cost a rea!s,.Ecr, rocked not of the
p,oh', threw ali inGamh.ances CT business
aside, and stripped for te.:is-'!esperate and
psrasvering bstllo --as'e7 II end. ncvor to Gag
until independence lie fu!:y won 81 the land
become smoking field of blood sta.ned Gin
deIs; because honor and country are dearer
than life ard land, and because bondage un-
der foo Us jespi-s Is worse than death
and ruin
But they rush msdy into EAR Of inva.
sion, to suhjaSate psrp!s wLo neYs-
wronged them, tudur the lhlr f:s!sSt Of pS-
triotism and phi!sEthtcpy- anli with tn, real
aim Of mastering our traS- aGd making ell
our resources sI.d 81 our industry tributary
10 themselves. While there @ecrar,s Z chaDce
OF succeeding in this foul dec 90. ~ plli,dsr,
slaughter, Starvation and incleInsnt ct negro
Instruction, there vas no Whisper OF pescs
10 hint Of copcilatior. nc thought Of for
besrance; the whole North gl:etod "var the
sufferiDgs which we should bsve to impose
on ourselves in the struggle they forced upon
Us; and rested in delighted satisfaction en-
tho calculation that Southern patriotism could
only hesr certain amount OF pGivs
tion snd of effort, but that point once reached,
We must rurcnrlh; any further Investment in
that operation would not pay. III this calcu
istion they unaftsctedly followed tina. they
had eYhau sted ali the elements ard motives
OF human action. Tbs ware unable 10 con.
csive reasonable beings, in this nineteenth
century, practically influenced by Any higher
or other consideration tban this nHs---will
toe ,hiag pay Aud the kind Of psy they
thought OF al the while wss Fay III money;
money. pu:e and simple, CO such value, in
power, trade, ctiice. a MAS capsule Of heipg
exchanged for money. bought for mn:cy and
turned into monty, They could rot think
so i'll of their fellow creatures, :atinnal
beipga--snd in this so enlightened osr, ss TO
accuse us Of estia.a,irg ho''"r, independence
and self-respect, more high, ,hsh the one
omnipotent and in1nntshle dollar Honor!
what is honor? A word. Oath non"r clorhe
msn in brood cloth or b,iug biu cash for
his c son nc cIfea for his bTcaafss:. MOI
then. We'll noue oft.
Neither would it become us to camplain that
they give MS credit for the ss,ne class * mo.
tives which actus.e themselves, and for none
other In this, they paid IL, but too high q
complimeu.-as they understand compliment.
1t would Do no pleasure 10 US to per
csiyo that they understood us; and this utter
failure of theirs TO appreciate g: comprehend
the people they undertook to conquer IS ra
additional snd worry pleasing combination Of
our positiep-lhat vs. and they sse a;rn rad
foreign 70 zach otter. It is agreo.h!e to
dwell upon the gulf shat separates rs, sud to
deepen i. and widen IT, aud sasuts IS ,urth-