Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH !, 1888.
IRExARLE.


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-, gentlemen DO not advert 10 tho TACT thai
eaoss same North Western States arc not
.sSinr admission into our Coafederacy, but
"a the contrary, wsgibS barba'ous war
spon us to force US into theirs. We believe
that tho ten gentlemen must DC in possession
Of diplomatic news which bss net CONC to
"a. They must have received overturcs frem
some distinguished man, womsr, or child
Something Of great importance must be gong
-; it g not fair to keep ns in il 2orance IN
+;;.s sort of way.
But whilc we do not understand the ten
yentlomen, it appears also that The ten gen
s,.men do not understand us. One OF their
resolutions is this:
9Th. That We mot understand, much !ess
eobroy., tie course Of certain portion OF
sSo Southern press in discussing this qnes-
ton.
II they understood it, prrhsps they would
:pprovo of it; and as ws greatly desire tho
:.,od opinion of all the citizens oil Albemarle,
including this Council OF Ten, we shall eudca-
vor to make our elves more clearly under
sssocd: being morally certain thst wh hen they
say scsrtain portion" CT the press, they
loan US.
For two years theso S uthhrn States, i'll the
Assertion of their absolute sovereignty, and to
urake good tbeir eternsl separation fr"ul the
Northern, Abolitio nizsd, or Yankee cnlnluuni-
s.s, have maintained a dreadful a'.d wasting
defensive war against the whole NdH IN We
gay the phole North, both Eas. and West
which, with q mslisn unayiini!y unparalleled
IN history, threw itself upon us En- ma&Se TO
subjugsse, to STAY and divide The sp"il. In rh";
war many thousands al tho best mtn of the
Auth have died OH the tiat., AMI sla'liy sn'!
proudly led, because they fit bal th:,y wore
purchasing Southern independence with their
n:opd; I'D ,nany hundrshs Of thousands
bays passed months Of s"fo p7ivslon and
Joy, for all was in the sacred Cause CT South
,rn independence. For this sud ior nothing
hort Of this, they devote their energies. To
;his, snd nothing else, they conscc.ate their
hearts blood.
That united North--1"lh East and West
- s:.I cushing in upon US z0and al our
,.,n i"., ther1 is n" abatement, 40 runis-
s,.n. Every morning ,hui. hughes, answer
-"G obc alo;dsr along limo of TWO thou
'.'d miles, xake five kunired thousand
}t.d rrtliSn, IS Al nations to their daily in
..r. TIE East aud The Neg! VIC with ono
'Dst:er. und their rivalry is which shall
nsrry their dc:os,ni tlis deepest into tho
'-csrt of on: laud Bat in ttis ;Salry tn,
'Icrih- west clearly iiaa ,Aa advantages. Its
loops have dvna us moro harm than those Of
::.s Northeast. At fny rate, now, at the
y ~ compelled to strs every nerve, and
70 ard waste oveTy resource, and place
-,cry available man III the tsld, TO resist that
z,';-d -,or'h and p,e:vut i. from reducing
- to slaves AID 5cssars.
Now, just in thia STATE Of things, soms Con-
S,oerate citizens begun to urgs that one OF
,..asu two sections Of Our Northern fass--
.ssnety, :he North wVst- sGould DO gently
srgued with and tcndorly entreated. These
citizens arc dIsgustcd and alarmed if any
'-re speaks harshy OF the Northwestern
.reopls--sgainst Down kas.erS VIC may rail
* We pezss; call them damnable fanatics,
y.te Aho!iticnists fraudulent Yankees, and
Nobody vii! com plain. But if you use nm
>xp,ession which might wound tho sensbiii-
s.s OF tHe Northwest, people cry Hush
iau will rcpel them; you will change them
aom friends into enemies. Assursdly this
you'd be bad change; for, il they slaughter
s.oir friends, they would undoubtedly devour
fheir enemies.
And when wo ask the mraaing Of Ell
s;ss, wc are answered. that lhoie In r0a-
A,n to believe the Narth-wes. is. tired
II the war; 10 diagustei with tho Lin.
colin Administrations. is awake to the fact
that, as the South cannot be conquered, she
lad better be conciiated; is esccting Domo-
ratio Legislatures, snd sending mystei ious
Alissaries to scatter over the South vague
hopes and cheering rumoss which are irnpor
mt If true.
And " hat then Truly 80 are gisd to hear
Ill this; it bodies evil to our enemies, and there
cSee ausurs good tons. Be: ~ at precisely are
w to do in the matter? No ono advises that
Sr armies who ar. in face of those North
ssstorn troops, should lay dnvn t.cir arms,
q should run away. Ga the contrary, il is
agreed on all hands I've suprogc) th,.t cur
->oops must still oppose a Ger tain degree of
assistance to armed INVASION But tha specific
.:bipg We are invited to dc, is to show to that
..oction Of our enemies some marks Of friend
rap, some desire TO cultivate friendly rcla-
cons with them; and above all things. not to
wound their feelings by unkmd observations.
further, it is urged that our Govcrnment
Si0nd so SO far az to enter into nogotistions
vith-not the Governments Of those States,
n. they will negotiate with as only through
the cannon 9 mouth-but with private politi-
'ssrs, Individual stuiup OF ators ar,l other OBJ.
t;nte, unauthorized petsons. In tho meantime,
II accms to DO thought desirable also that un.
aathcrized persons On cur sidc Qiko these
,HN OF Albsmarle) should oftor to admit The
North western Ststes into our Conftderacy--
a,d they, all this while, are not asking to he
:6Lnittsd, and not listening to any terms ex-
capt submission of tho Rebels
A painful thought here obt.udos. The
Tan OF Albemsrle, whom they express their
Willingness to re.uuite with certain Northern
isstss. even non-siaveholding States (though
they modestly hint their preference for
Southern institutions) AMI whom they so
.uxiously protest that it is ou- duty, $50 far