Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10

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IkcM Gnm!rdc,atr+ oi w+1S hcA:si VIII"
wcas5 MS with ,krir lrcHoino Narl;,v est
Seek, Il us either mt 20 uEivrs,a'a, y" oisa
TO geek 10 keep on. of view and confuse these
plsm CONSIDERATIONS rhpy, ElSc. ike Ian
cclu and Valisndisham, speak With cost 81
mysterious awe os,bo NJ sfissip2'. Whntt'e
River has ja;ne:], they say, lie: net 'nsn pat
asunderl What is man, that hn should re-
sist the Father of Yates" We hav" seth
those ten gentlemen III Ainon.arlc, uudsr Tao
influence Of this feeling Of huoan 'mr"''n'"
in presence Of tho Mississippi, protest their
wish TO rennits with rbc Si.toI which h"rdo'
that dread river: and d Writer on tho F"o~
iect, signing hi,nse'f IS. L. though M eS
cellrn, Confederate and Sau:hefner, Tounciy
tsLcs ~ all t, task for having built tcrts Oh
the Mississippi, and thus threatened to restrict
the traffic OF the No,tn. Ga tho commrnre
ment OF thu war-~thst IL, Gu tue pFocI.iha-
lion Of Lincoln calling forth an army 10 CO.
cree ths seeding St.teswe Guppcse 1t was
the duty OF those secedirg ststrs do~n tho
Mississippi Gf they hal seriously aeeeae and
mean. 10 mako rcoi their secession to guard
that RIVER; peaceful! trr file and travel il fer
peace tine, not for war- tt we were not
to guard the Misc!saippi, Why should ~
build forts en- Il.ltcras or on charleston har
bor Ia not tho sea as much hi:hWay o.
commerce for tho Northeast 70 The MIsslssip'
nj for tho Northwest Was there not
coss,ing trads rs we'll ss ariVer tr:de iels
sss ms never 10 have occurred to tins WORTHY
as. L." "E,erY one must sdmi', says -
L .f.a,sever imme.anrabn his stupidity Or
mr. ir,liccg, thst Toe Fec Navigation OF tho
Great Ri.ey il q anncnSs',n ~" n;"ai make To
the Nori Wal nn,nly "vnr Denied it;
AMI 80 y: MD saY Gurihe:. that - rin s',icsa
si,.o n: riI, in, q right To winch tle North:s
ia anti,l.a, A., rsri.h she inay exercise free
IL sfies the asr Duriag the Ma, the Nor h
wfai must c:.!nse ua Ue mus! Md Eitk-.
burg ari os"ver M-urL: and Nov ns!eans.
II :Lc ,.a,"a way, TINS writer night have
re,.a,Arf, Fec Navigation Of tn" sss l. a
coi.,cs.:cn We must make tn Tho Moth
FG$.'---vrt.inly; afi~r sho var tnui t.en
~ must resiiy e1Hu,s ion cru'ssrs IN" FOR.
THY hs1bors.
III sli Ihi., there i, q ronfu'i"t:, we hope,
not i.,.entirnsi between var an' peace.
IL 81 this ilrrc ;ms Ia bo cpifnsiin
III he mind If tho w,iter bctwe:n pesce an'i
war Those righ:a ii flee navigation.
whether If tho common Iivnr "r Of the com
mon s-a, imply pence. But The Yankees
hsvo chosen war. u".il they ahsll stop that
war, wo am decidedly in iayor ef holding
Vick.buIg and Port Hudson. as w.ll IS
Charleston ard Wilmington.
Tho game wri.ee t+llt nv there hsvs heen
on hath aiGes--thst :hn
NGrih-w-e: ha: hcii.rsd 1t tn ia our intcn-
ton 10 shu: up the Miss;saipri against i!s
t-sdn sltcgeths: And we h1vo thnu%hi, il
consequence e tie violent pT 5cs edings Of The
No.i!-w=s. thcraup,H, that The Northwest
really ,ueaEt Us som, harm. Is it ,"slihie
that Southern man can write in tits way:
There has been no mistake at all. We aye
sovereign States. as we suppose being such,
we must defend our county from brutal
and harhsrous Invasion. They denied that
wo we've sovereign States, sni dinghy
proceeded to coerce Us with lie and sword.
Not the least misrepresentation in life. They
b.vo always known that the Nil sissirpi
would not ard could not be closed t. them
after r@sce. And are have always known
that they sie endessotng with all tlcir
might 10 snhdue and 10 rob us. That is all.
Ia i: not strange, mt this crisis If ths
struggle, 10 SEE the Wing newspaper
OF Richmond, commenting ON ihs y'~y srti-
clio Of 5. L." spsakins aH"losst,'slly cl tn.
misconceptions cngendeI ed by Nocthern ard
Southern whence ia tina conception If t5in
struggle"
And again:
1t must hs admitted by all unprs jG,liced,
thouehtiol ,aen that RESTRICTIONS 'n In. trade
of tho North We will not only continue the
war ind. lai,ely, but even if peace be es'aa-
lshed without these proposed Ciaraat'ea
will be necessarily temporary.
RES lict;o:!s," indeed; Tee trade Of tho
North west down that way, il DO. ca'y 70
stricted, but arEihi!ated; and 40 il mus.
remain, willie lie WAT goes On Readers viii
wonder ~h bat all this talk means about "ns
conceptions" and Northern and SopMrn
violraco"
We wish we could Eve IL. II ON. ~ ii:fas-
tori exI !.nsti"i; If u. But ,hsre j! nnthi!y
at all IL it ex:ep' Missi:#'p!i.