Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-24
FIRST LESSONS IN REVOLUTION.

raj arts. Amongst these, the art and science
OF street revolutions is pre-eminent; aud rs
New York is decidedly ambitious, and pos
Sessel wlti. i noble emulation, she must per-
ccIvc that 1t Is quite desirable and necessary
to Improve upon these hrst elementary and
parliamentary lessons hciure can pretend TO
produce noble work OF art, Il highly de-
rciupei and iuil blown eH.eutc. Rome was
not built III Al day; nor i'll day did Paris
learn the grand mystery Of Barricadcs. She
has been TWO hundred years pertectiDg that
branch vi civ iiZaLlun-cyer since the days Ol
the League. However, on this promising
yuuig cunllurnt ali the arts and sciences grow
nurll iustrf. bud ami blossom with tho bright
cunsusu.I,..c ilpw Ell, like liot-huuse plants; 81
that one may hope 10 sev New York and other
Naukrc cities run through 'ilcir Whole currt-
cuium ut Il ya4i'p, ai.d Ill lew weeks VI
mo.ths Jake their degree with credit in this
must Ornamental vi the riIle art>-a city cam
paIsn.
iuc citizens have every encouragement, and
every prurvculiUI, Tor their next outbreak
Every encouragement Tor, uuorganized and
uuuI nIeL Us they were, they succeeded in in
t.luluu,.ps the government Of the Union, OF
the STATE and ui the City, in forcing Lincoln
10 slnlr,tt.:cr that the Graft for the army was
Abandoned, anu compelling the corporation to
appropriate money to purchase the exemption
Of the whole population. And every provo
cation, for 10 suUner is the excitement allayed
and The city crowded with trccps and artillery
than TIE foul and faitaieSs government Of
Washington issues an order to proceed with
the draft anu enforce it by violence. Herein,
not only the people are cheated of their vcto-
~, but Seymour. the Governor of their State,
who Was authorized to announce tho suspen-
sion OF the draft, finds that he has been made
q tool and fool Of lie has been used to give
Il false assurance and make treacherous ell
sagelucnt. OF course, the next time, no
promises. no oaths, Of So perGdious govern
meut. whether through Governor Seymour or
ANYBODY else, will ne listened to for Il mo-
meny. Besides. there is blood now to ayerge,
torrent Of it.
The temporary success of this first move
mcnt must stimulate 10 further efforts; and
tic experience thus gained will be most useful.
Money can be eytorted, and that in any guam
tity. from the frightened capitalists and prop
rrty-holGerS. contractors and railroad direc-
tors, most Of thcm,) and there need he no
conjunction. and no limit to the Demands
Chase ha> plenty If m"ney: Or, can make it.
What more has he to do than print some reams
AMI tons Of it, ON green paper, and satisfy
everybody? The poorer people must see by
this time that this war is a profitable thing to
those who have known how 10 work it; and
they will naturally think it full time that they
also should find some way of securing their
share of the spoils. Hitherto they have got
only glory, land very little Of that and have
expended much Of their blood in the purchase.
They get no ship contracts, nor Shoddy con-
tracts, nor mule contracts all that is for their
bet,crs. The rich get al the gold-thc poor
take all the lsad-But now they find that they,
can frighten those fortunate contractors, and
luS very AS 'ACiASSiNSS Ahto
letting them also have share Of Mr.. Chase's
money; and if they cannot extort the money,
they can at least burn and plumber. Such are
some of the considerations, the dim, vague,
and desperate thoughts, which must now be
working in a salutary manner far down in the
depths Of that ignorant and fcrocious COM
munity, wriihinc under a sense Of wrong, and
feeling themselves defrauded and despiscd by
all the world
Bu, they must really organize better for
the next campaign. There must be in New
York very many accomplished professors in
tae celebrated Partisan university of revolu-
ton. Ii they take counsel, as they ought
with these masters, they VIII be told how to
apply the first principles of the art. and or
Sanize by sections. They will have to rise
simultaneously. on some dark night-having
previously made arrangements for securing
these two great points: first, to cut all the
railroads at once, some few miles from the
city, in order to prevent tro"ps from pouring
in; second, to cut at the same moment. all
the main gas pipes. leaving the scene of OPP
era,ions in outer darkness. Then for the bur-
ricadcs. These must not be placed by any
means at random. but with due regard to the
strategical Importance Of the several points:
and the essential thing is, to cut of and iso-
late, 10y means of these barbados one bar
rack or police station from the other barracks
and police stations, SO that in one part of the
city the conscrvators of"order" may not know
what is going On in the other sections. Need
less to remark that all gunsmithS' shops and
all armories and arsenals should be the first
places to lie seized: for, though quantities of
arms and ammunition must have been quietly
provided beforehand, still there will be thou
sands Of wiling and patriotic citizens to be
furnished with weapons on the spot. The
burning of public buildings, and of Abolition
newspaper Offices, may then proceed convc-
niently and at leisure.
As for the plan and construction and ma
terials of street barricedes. almost everything
is good for barrcade. II street is to be
cut of at one end, tho corner houses arc some
times pulled down: the pavement is ripped
up, and the Gags Of the sidewalk used as n
base. Wagons and omnibusses are piled on
trees are felled, and ranged in front in man.
her of an a6eHis; and ingenious citizens have
sometimes added to the formidable character
of the works by fixing iron ratings, torn from,
house-fronts, ut the base of tho barricade
making suitable chcraur de;tiises. very hard
for infantry to storm, if the top Of the barri,
rade DO lined with good marksmen. Indeed
nothing is easier than to make barricades very
quickly, quite impregnabe TO infantry or cav