Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-29
THE YANKEES AND IBEIR CONSTITUTION
Too clearly there is nc law or Constitution

Too clearly there is nc law or CONSTITUTION
for that unhappy Yankee nssian any more
TT we had DO other resson To- re!use utterly
and for ali time, every SOFT OF ASSOCIATION
with that degraded people, NO certainly could
not think OF sharing with them the sort Of
1;se thav sre now condemned to lead under
Dutch Provost MA,tha!s and the letfres DE-
-.och<t of an absolute master; and such 4
master, They pa5 us, perhaps, very high
compliment: IN pe,sis:ins to desire 80 earnest
" to have US ~ follow cisizcns-we feel bat
tered immensely; but our too attsctonate
friends must rsally excuse us--we have
scr. of Partially here for law, and have
constitute dislike Of pistols and b,yonee
in courts Of justice.
Some of them begin to feel the sInart Of
that tyranny which they msdly erecsoo over
themselves, in order to strengthen tne'r oo''
srnment In crushing and subJugatirg tnose
who never wrcpged them; and one heafe
syen. now and thon, The mournful echoes OF
thoss old maxims of democratic freedom
which once had real force sud meaning-
The ghost of democracy gibters, mopes, and
hoots like an owl, ard makes night hideous
but ita body is il tho grave. There is nc
energy, no game CT pluck left in the dowI-
trodden people, potent enough 10 re'lst
Dutch provost marshal and his guard, Is II
possible these vasssls sIo the san,e men who
.oncs wa,e American rSit.aens when we
once counted almoat species of fsllow-ooun'
:trymen
We csnntt honestly say that We are sbie
10 got up sny sympathy with thenn IN thcll
trouble; on tie contrary, We look on st all
this with a certain grim satisfaction, not IN
mingled with gratitude that cur own beloved
coau.ry is saved from such unfsth"mShle
debassmsnt They deserve this fate Ds'no
Gratis and all Tho whole nation OF them
committed 5sso nstional crime IN rushing
hesd foremost into an unjTt war snd 81 "na-
sions have TO future state" and are required
20 sefvr the penalty Ct crims in this world
they are assurcaly beginning al expia,ion
which will make them warning and .
worlds wonder for generations to Como
Il il always trus Indeed, that Sorrow track
eth Orime; but 4te seldom oTertskes her
prey so quick. This Is the judgment OF
God.
No; we cannot affect sympathy with those
too late awakened Democrats WHO now
shrek cut that they have los. theiI. liberties.
On the contrary, re sympnth'z', IN certain
sense, with Lincoln we pat hun Oil the bach;
we bid him 20 ahead aud nuzzls refractory
porscns. They had nc business to erect him
into Military DICTATOR, and bid him crush
the rebellion, and fling all their own li5srtiss
under his feet upon ths, sole condition, and
then n.urmu, 1t his exercise of the powers
,heY have ycs.-d in him. Stall the Frog
rebel against the King ,storA they prayed for?
Shall the Horse, who has ssddlei sad bIidled
himself, and requested the Man to ride him
in pursui; of his enemy, the Stag, attempt AZ
forwards to throw his ownsr? Will he
kick Will no 7ear' Win DO presume to
take the. bit between lis teeth We sympa-
thizs, for our part, With the horsenan. Sit fsir
and straight, Oh Rider Dig in the spurs!-
Iut dsep with the whip! And wo wish you
a good iaurnsy--to the ISvil 8; :
This is precisely the kind of fosl;ng We have
in witnessing he blind sprawlrg forth o.
helpless bands, and u.nondesing drivel about
Old buried principles, which form the action
of Dom ocrstc meetings in thss God.aban-
donod country to the North Of us. The vio-
len! scenes which arc now enacted there, ard
which sre only commencing, appear to US 80
many examples Of retributivs justice; it fallg
most heavily nor. perhsps, on the Democrats,
and prepa:jy nc - for they have sinnsd against
light, and agsins. t.cir "va principles. But
never fsar--the day of the Aboi!ionists will
como: and they will Ye. call upon the noun
tains TO cover them.
We Oonfedsrstes suffer in this war, it is
true We have admitted it; and Yankee pa
pers delight themselves. and their readers by
dwelling On tbs misery Of our innocent. peo-
PIE. But they are too stupid to see that tho
willing endurance Of all the gri vauces and
pri1ations we have suffered, and ten times as
much if necessary, form only 10 much the
clearer proof of the utter hopelsssnoss OF
thai renewed alliance ard federation which
they do us the honor to urge upon US with
80 earnsst perseverance,. We will endure
anything, everything, ra:her than that.