Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-29
new and graader duties of the situation.

heN obu SfSlSeT 0ullfS VI lhe SlluRtlOn. IL
theso be any Of our old party mon W 40 insis;
On emainiug precisely az they were, poddug
or in the old hsrress and the old wheel
tracks Of faction, wo trust they arc in mi
nori.y. Most sensibls men will refuse to
shout unmeaning WAY. cries, bestride dead
horses, and fgh, over again, in their dreams,
battles long since ended.
1t IS surely not too much to anticipate that
the new spirit and lsrgsr views Of duty, afis-
ing from the infpiriug struggle i'll which the
nation fights for life and honor, may have
cured al, save the most ipveterate old party
hacks, grown old in the corrupt Washington
air. Of thia salVanic mcckery Of party gal.
1t is not just to infa:, ss como 90, that this O..
the other Confederate, bacsuas he held such,
or such position in politics. previcus to the
| secession Of these States, must therefore iHov-
itobiy act il the future, ois the Same polis:ce]
principles which he profeGsed in ths past
Tho Titan thross, in which nsH nation WAS
born, have disturbed our old platforms;~ tho
red-aot rlaugh. share of reynlu.ion>nf BATH.
stirring up the very hesrts-cora Ct socisty,
has Do: passed through tho land 10 vain and
it Is ials 10 give ta i"r,oer party antagonists
credit for tho nolls impulses and g.spter
views, Of which we are, Cor ought to be con-
soious in ourselves Bscsiee a 1aan wss
once disciple Of Madison and Hamilton, in
tho political contests of the decesscd
United States, il does not follow that
be must be for the consolidation cf these
Confederate State governments in cenire
power OF RInbmOnd-now th.t the existence
Of 3 government at Richmond i,t all ia for
NAL denial fall his Fedsrsiism. II mau
WIS uocc q " Uhlon saver" We are MT to ~
fer that hs would try noW to Save the Union
after i: is dead and gone to its place. There
are gentlemen 10 til. i.lsDd, oil Olsy Wings"
if yoa will, who parted, sita 3ors reluctance
aud It the last nomcnt, from tl.s old Union
two short years ago; but two sucn years
have mure lie and thought and passion and
instr uctisn in shem, than an ago OF wiierull-
ing and ssunping. The same men have new,
perhaps, had their homes desolsted and oil
that was precious to them in life ruined by
al armed enemy they have dono their coGn-
try stannch sezvics In the field sgsnst =
brigsnd host wasting it with Steel tnd hse-
Torrents cf blood have howed b:tween them
and their former woIk and lie. Da.d iaces
Of beloved ones slsia in glcIioua battle are
appealing to them by dsy and by night,
making thought of return to the old ideas
q sscriiegs AID si. im2oasibihty.
We hnuw very we'll that accession was not al
tigsther nsw birth-that every mans previ-
GUS r. cord, up to that date did not suddenly be-
come sheet of blank paper. We know too,
that all the great events aud rsdics! chargeS
sbove mentioned, with all their stormy ex
periencss and high-wroaght passions, could
not absolutely change born rogue into an
honest Han, nor . blockhsad into genius; yet
80 far as tho mere political orrors and prsju:
dicss Of The past are chncesHed, one msy iair-,
Iy psss tbs sponge over them, sud consider
them as if they had never been. 1t Is indeed
with the most earnest sincerity wo desire to
blot out those United States records, every
one of ttam-wke:e there is reason to be.
liavo that the actor, however mistaken, how
ever opposed to us, was an honorable and
h-ni: ded gentleman. The common zaal
nov for honor and country, :he common dos
tiny that srai es on us, IN. common doom
that threatens us, are all iGo absorbing,
too exciting and exaltiug, We trust. to sllow
the sm.ll pre- occupations Of faction to como
between us. We need to trusS one another
and to forgive one another; it is the best
.tonemens for the p ast; the best hope for
the future and if VIC err in this matter, we
Practically, then, what's the duty, first, of
party-lssd ITS with thor several cliquei and
organized bsn.s cf friends; aud ssc9nj, of
tue Confederate people in reference to them
all As to the people, they ought to vots
for and sustain the men whom they believe 20
be the most devoted Confederstep, the most
rssoluto chsmpioos Of that glorious indepan-
dence which we have swrTn to wiz or die
As to the politicians, candidates and party
leaders they ought to rise out OF patty sssccie
tlous, to h,Dg those behind them, to know no
enemy but the Yankee INVADER, to point out
the road to independence, and lead tie way !;
discom.ensr ciug wholly tho ancient ties Of ps:
ty organization, snd clearly intiu,sting t. their
bsbi.ual supporters and conad;ng f,isnds, that
the old idols are broken and their virtues de-
parted from them.