Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-30

obtained by dscaraioa Al! thoughts :
, conciliation.' aud crushing the rebellion
until il ia dead, dead, dead. Be nut deceived
nv fellow>citizens. The cry Of Cancellation,
springs from that unholy sympathy with the
South which has so yearly destroyed the conn
try. 1t is the result of that sentiment which
having failed 10 thwart the Government by III
cold neutrality, now hopes by humble %cntreaty
to secure for the rebels what they have beer
unable to effect by force Of arms. Inc con
~clusion is inevitable. | repeat II, we have nj II
alternative but to fight it out TO the bitter emu
We cannot afford to pause or TO 'concii'a'e.
We must fill up eur armies. enccG!a-c oel
! soldiers, and push onward against this NC
cursed rebellion, hand 10 hand ana eye u ef'
with bayonet and sword. musket and cannon
until the vile monster is crushee ana inc ia
tional authority restored Throughout the lehSth
and breadth OF the land
Illustrates the case by the First Rebel
lion"-
"When Jefferson Davis, senior, commonly
called Satan, raised the first sedi;lous revoitin
Heaven, the Almighty did not 'conciliHtc'
| him. That mighty rebel, sustained by his
.rait9rous band of angels, was able to wage a
war so Formidable that For a lon. time IN
even scale the battle hung Sill. nelinert t"
sayoid the uncertainties OF the future, nor
tn bring the exhausting wax to il speedy
close nor to encourage the loyal sentiment
of Heaven did the legitimate Ruler propose
a policy of cancellation. His only policy was
; n vigorous prosecution Of the war.
The blessed Prince Of Peaee, when on
! earth, never .conc!liated' the Prince ot Dark
ness. The magistrate has no right 10 cen
ciliate' rlls criminal, nor the lawful Sovereign!
| his traitorous subject with. arms in his haaus.
If a robber should demand your money or :-"Cr
life, and after he discharged his last pistol,
which barely missed You, and you found him
covering before your loaded weapon and
watching another chance at you, would You
'eonciliate' him? If you awoke At the dead
of night and found a burglar at your bedside,
with uplifted knife toscut your throat. and by
your vigor you were able, after Il deadly con-
test. to master him, would you 'conciilaie'
him Jefferson Davis has taken up the
sword now let him perish by the sword
The Hardshell winds up in q tempest Of pa
triotic eloeuence
eff my country had tcen lost while I re-
NAMED a neutral and Indifferent spectator,
the guilt Of being a party to her destruction
would ever have rcs,cs on my conscience. In
the future as in the past, it may reasonably
he anticipated that the sincere War Demo-
erat. of this State will be pursued by that
most venomeus Of all things. the n:aliSnitJ "f
the Copperheads. In the future as in Tie
,ast, their motives will bc arSailtd, their
characters traduceI, ard in tines of riot,
pcndins or threatened, their property. thcir
persons, and their lives oven, threatened. |
accept nav full share Of these ebulIit!"aS with
out u murmur. | adopt the sentiment OF IL"
French Rcvolutinnist: Perish my repu.a-
ton, at let France be free / will not rP-
taliste in kind, hut | will meet them with
tina. calm defiance which lows from the cen
seriousness that | am pureuing'the path OF du-
ty, and with that untiincliinG resolution
which leads me to march onward in The path
| have commenced until this bloody war is at
an end, and | SEQ the rebellion lying before
me a bloaied, loathsome, heas.iy corpse, ready
for its funeral obseqnies. Howl on, : Tray,
Blanche and Sweetheart Uucnrk the vial:
of your wrath, ye Corpcrhcads. Blew wind;
and crack your checks, aye, rage, blew" II
my country perishes l desiEe not to survive
her downfall"