Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-07
TO TIE FRONT


b,rbarous enemy, that their failure or detee
lion now. in the very crisis of their country
fortunes, is not to be thought OF. Every drol
Of blood they have hitherto shed-eveFy son
brother or friend they have heretofore lost OIL
our many glorious battle tields-is an addltlona
incentive to pcrSevere now. We must not lose
the fruit of all that brave blood. We cannot at
ford to make present Of it al, and so quietly
now under the yoke that VIC had better have
taken upon our necks at once, and saved the
EXPENSE in life and in treasure. Every rea'
son and motive which made our people fly tc
arms ut first is now intensified and increased
Il hundred fold. We could have made infn:
itclv better terms then than We could make
now; and if We Mt last have to submit to re-
enter the '.Union," we 90 back as beaten men.
All our victories would then count for moth
ing; and the Contederates would be ac-
counted merely as the factors" (like Harry
Percy to accumulate afund of glory which
by that one last disgraceful failure would
pass to the account Of the enemy, and 80 to
swell the fame and power of the Yankee ma
ton
ii We had compromised the matter at first,
we should have had plenty of friends and
rort;zans in the Northern States, who would
not only have received us back in triumph
and with honor what they call honor,) but
would have eagerly offered us their alliance to
ensure another long period Of Democratic
rule. Now those Northern people are all. ALL
without exception. our mortal enemies; not
ONLY because Of the expense we have put them
TO- the havoc we have inflicted upon their COM
mcrc. the vast debt we have accumulated
upon them, which can only be paid out OF our
houses and lands, the torrents OF their p'oou
we have shed on many field, and the haiiii1-
;ations we have made them endure in the eyes
OF their reyered Europe-not only 1of iui
these reasons, but still more--they are our
enemies because Of that bitter scorn which
we have most sincerely and heartily
poured out upon them for many a year
The chief, the leading reason we have
loudly assigned for utterly rcpudiatinS ard
trumplins upon all proposals OF reconstruc-
ton. has been that we are their superiors,
morally and physically; and so far their supe-
riors that we wonder at ourselves for having
So lons submitted to any sort Of political as
socation with 50 mean Il race of beings. And
/, is was no prctence, but deliberate opinion
I'D uncomfortable sentiment, and hence the
.acre CALLING and singing to them. Pride OF
ICE, pride in an ancestry of gentlemen, pride
IN all those habitudes and instincts which
oarated US so UNNECESSARILY from the ped
ing and swindling Yankee nation-all this
p. de- has been openly cherished and avowed,
II all simplicity and good faith, and we have
4 thousand times blessed God that secession,
senaration, war itself, have come In good time
70 save our children from being debased by
contact with an order of beings whom in our
soul we dislained.
Vow, if we should be conquered by those
Y.nkees? If for want Of steady perseverance
q the end our country should become the
sanjugated province, our children the seris,
VI, women and maidens the landmarks OF
AIT despised pack of plebeian pedlars How
-Tould the naughty Southern danes relish
,:.., destiny? With what eyes would they
TX upon any Confederate men between SIX
.esn and sixty who might then be still above
ground, unwourdcd and in health And
these men, where would they go to hide their
shameful faces? What mountains would
they call on 10 cover them? Earth has no
shade deep enough to conceal them, Hell no
furnace hot enough to scorch them: But
we cannot dwell upon this sort OF picture
tierc will be no. such men surviving; none
st least deserving that name.
The President appeals to the women OF the
Contederacy, and with good reason; tor not
eyeu the men have so deep and dread an lnte-
rest in this affair as they have. Men can at
last fight to the last, and die, and have done
with it. Even the towards can at least fy 10
ather countries, change their shameful Names
spend their vile gains, and ''peep about to
ana themselves dshonorable graves" selt
the women can neither fight nor fly. They
must follow the fortunes of the country; and
il it be sublued by that Yankee nation, must
oaly bow their proud heads to their destiny
md take the fate to which the men 'clU haze
left them. Many may be employed as gov
ernesscs to teach small Yankees; many
owing to their experience in ruling negro
houscho lds, may get service as housekeepers
in their own houses, to superintend their OWL
slaves for their new mistress. Some may DC
1anced as concubines, by Yankee dry goods
merchants who have turned brigadIers OF
quartermasters.
We do assure tho women of the Confederate
States chat in these pictures is ne color OF eS
arscrasion. The President, who never ezag
cerates, states plainly what the enemy's sue
cess in this war means "Thcir malignant
rage aims at nothing less thap the cStermina
ton Of yourselves, your wives and children
They seek to destroy what they cannot plum
der. They propose, as the poils of victory,
that YOUR homes shall be partitloned among
the wretehes whose atrocious cruelties have
stamped iufaany upon their government
No alternative is left you but victory--or sub
iugation, au,luttcr ruin" Just so; this
nrocisely the alternative there is no middle
ground to rest upon. Either we go ur ant
our enemies dozen, or vicc rersa. No.wonde
an arpeal is made, then, to the womel
to aid us in this crisis. None have so mo
mentous an interest; and none, as W
firmly believe, WELD so much power. The,
can do more for US this day than the Press
dent with ali his conscript guards, than Gov
ernors with their militia calls, or General LIE