Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-01

Pc l'' wv 'A-' tNE'' 'f's, H'ft -. LuAi
Is now required 81 ls Il Gttis moro Of thai
fortituds md patient stlf1 ,pial wsici: .hs.
noble army. aid our lscpIo generally, nd
mono Iaoro fam 10 ltapls II my district
hsye +" sjg"sliY d.,'i.,-'!. Hntope, it .s
true, Mss TO suiu- * ',Gt ii app -iptsd US, and
Dozen rniust u Us. i, withholding from us
mat Recognition III inuu .,;sIu,iIc 10 " hich
undnr tac law vi na.ijns, 10 40 omitted. -
Under tina. lag and u to language Of ore
of the most eminent writers upjn i. We arc
In respect 70 our e1emJ ss one natl IN snoap.d
N a war with ano.hec I.st;on, IS 10 whnm.
"op Earth they have no e,itorIor;r ard ss
suah We are enlilit.i 70 b, Ieo0enizet AMI cd
nitted into the jaiEiy II cations. Te have
no power. however, to compel ernh al nissiot,,
and wo must for white lurgsr 81 oiuit 20 III.
influence Of tha: maxim Which adis;iGgushei
foreign Diplomat snn1rnced = hen be said t,
me, ite pEinciJ :n u. .ha ns.lons j. the in
tsreat OF tho Dstons.' For although. Is ]
think, allog -ther ~rcu. il .hs opinion, rto
English Ministers Suppose Lhac u is TIC =
teresE Of Eng and TO f.r tho act of Justice
10 US Ind coId!y Contemplate little ljrce.
the horrors Of Ills biucdy and nef.rlous
war. And Francs vista upon Ter o;d 81 d
hsushty rival, f,arirg ihst ,hIs same "p.in
c'ple'-intersat- nay ias!nce .rr i .rf. Ut
committed TO combine with the Yankees and
make war upon hrr.
This yisw iray be supposed 10 spring from
the same -ptiuciple," interest, because | am
a Confederate, but it il rot; .oT ! Jate Eng
lish paper low before me holds tho foil owirc
clshr aud Emphatic laggGas. upon tic sob
ject, viz:
"THE ANOMALY OF lgE AGE.
Tbs history cf our sse IS full! Ct stranIe
anomalies, but thu str:r; ri erd greatest rf
them all will srpssr ic &c future historian
to be Tho attitude which tbs rcutrsI bowers
OF the osrth have for two yesrs observed 10
wards tho government Of rhc CouisJciato
States Of AI;e:jcs a government which i.
would heSe aeS, 3eas'.ss' :ta sub:..pr.: coa-
submission al European craftsmanship 70 have
Created III The INTEREST OF Giving .tan, si.d the
wor!G'S peAcs; bgoresnment y h,cb was In
dl5pensabls to readjnht the balance # Dover
lost In lhe Western hemisphere. All reIilus-
ly threatsr ed in the Essen. This govern
mene, when most unt Iprctadiy, and wisnou.
endrt OF EuroPesn stntt smausaip, II presents
issoll in uil.grnwn vigur, stll 1,iusina, after
two years brilliant cxis,once, igacrc,l ard
unrecognizsd. During these two Years ths
government has rlyetcd npon it tho anxaus
eyes of eli civilized Europe. 1t hla was.d
war upon \ scae unprecedented byon in hi.
century Of Napol!onic wars. II hsa at tiis
moment victorious srny Of nearly h.,f
million men in The ts!d; and il has ( Ven los-
sons in naval warfsye to the oldest Of mara
time nations. IL has liz Representatives. ia
OF commerce. 1t e. oys tho obedience Of Il
numerous and deyo cd population in q do.
gree which devotiJ!: 10 Gauge o. country
hiss seldom II aohed ~ modern times l. ~
feared by It's eEelniaF, hGrorrd BY rs f,irat. :;
and wbeLher OF :he h"ld Of bNttlr or III tire
hauuts OF Commerce, 1t commands \ conf
dence which few nations in So shor. spscs
have Won. A. this very u non., WHOM il,
antagonist, doubls IN uLretiosi b:,org.h.
and. APPARENTLY, with ion :old ,caeusce-, IS
ABOUT IN very descoi at1n 20 perfect i;.i hau,-
rup!cy by prohibiting Tho expectation cf Ito
prsclons lnstIa, ihis uncrcngu:E,i govern.
msn' suPptIeH ltn nece3.~ti1a vim Europ.su
lssns. Recognized ON 'ts ,'eck o.chnnse,
recognized 10 common par!4EcU and b. pub
Ito opinion the world over, tf.6 gGve,n,ur1t
ia anknoSn aud u"rrc"em z~d, 1aIy ty ::.e
diplomatic ceremonial"
You. my fiisnds. ta." i:u;fcTS.! much, and
peculiarly in this var. Bsei5cs beicg rAvaecd
by the fee aud having lila largo army quar-
tered upon you, for r. .GHE .iu:o, q worry largo
army OF our OWE las u!su Eag,' d ever and
been quartersd upon = l.IG. PORTION Of tho
Dlatric:, which has li5J boon las ;hsatro Ct
many OF Tho blocdie9t ~ vel os IL ont eior-
Gus battles Of tho ws:. Battles which have
nade your fields sscrsd md bsmdsi Gown to
poste:lty With immortal fame. tho names a
Johnston, Lse. Jackson, Magruder, Long
at1eot, Hood, Elzsy, ard ;As gallant officers
snd men who fought under them, leaving you
rich In honor which the world may onvy,
though your houses have been rsz:d and your
fields msde desolate, for many Of you, and
your soDs calamity shared the CANCERS Of
those battles and contributed Ia :ho lnamo?a.
BILE and glorious .ictcric5 With which they
Here crowned.
For Sore OF these iosSfs you can receive no
compensation, because they are thn sad fate
Of war. For some OF them I have hcen in
Htrunehtal Ill ootAinins c@1. pensHslGa; while
Tor others, after the most diliecnt aGd st,eau
ous etfJrtS, lave necrl nnIb!a tc ain any
compensation. bot en- happy to DC able
to say to these last Claimants for commissa.
rios supplies and land s5d wood used Tor
batteriss) that they wi! Ultimately be paid,
and will In short .iu.e aiviso them of The
mode of obtaining redress. In tho meantime,
my coontrymen be OF good cheer. Thank
Ged. cur excellent fsithful aid patriotic Pre-
sident, and our bravo army, that wo ara free
from the dominion Of the worst peopln whom
I'D .ua ,sH III.
spsct neither the laws Of God OF man; who
defy all the Laws OF cyljzpt society, and NO
late the laws Of civilized warfare; who ar.
rest, plumber and ;mprisoa peaceful citizens
who ara mean and base enough to seiza,
!mpfison, insult snd outrage ianocen.
ladies, pnd E:eal thsir dressss aud their
jawelry and beatow thea on their wtves
who have UNANIMOUSLY endsavored, in shame
less diregsrd Of every dictate of courage
and humanity, "a we'll .as Of the opinions
Of the civilized world, 20 involve q whole
people, men, women and Children, with whom
they profeBs desire 10 be re united, in ono
common ID4ssanre by Rerylle insurrcctIcn-
4 crime unparalleled in history, and Of which
nome but the dstes.sd B)rGias Of former
days and theirsaccssS,rs Of tho present day;
Seward, the bloody; Scott, tho thug; (~ho haa
tbs merit of having, unsolicited, suggested
tho plan of stsrving tho people OF his "naiive
lsud' to des,h) Everett, (the piousJ Lin
coin, (the josterD Orittendsn, (the South low
ing) Dickinson, Hale, Stanton, Estea, Blair,
and their tools Of tn. present Day,
Butler, (tho brute) B.nks, Wilson, MilroY.
Pope, Hunter, Roses.sIz snd otaers, could be
capable. Battor, .ar he;ter. to lose ali wc
have, md our lives with IL, ihaa be snbjuga
tee BY sucL demons
From such late = god Cad and cur
gallant ARMY will protec. w. IF thoy dc
not, thun We must Inout il. Wo have no al
Tentative; for il VIC could for mo,nen. eotsr
tain the dishJhntiuS thought nf reunion with
thorn we SHOULD fad ;rua'on subjus ,ton and
be stripped Of al uvv propas:y, IS we'll As
liberty, snd dcgrsdsd below nnr slases.
would like to FAY ,no,e to you, cut I haze
expanded this address rlresay TOO far.
conclude, therefore, by saying that valuinl