Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-28

brave men to the South 76rmies, and thou
sands Of skillful mechanics to her armories
and manufactures; but why? Bind your
child hand and foot with ir0a chains, place
your heel upon him, and. then ask him why
Inc does not plaN2 WaEjh his writhing and
hear his feeble voice: listen. 1 say, and
'out of the mouths Of babes and sucklings
ihpu shalt learn wisdom"
We venture tc, say that Maryland has done.
in proportion to. her size, as much ro}untariiy
Turing this war Us any State now actually in
the Conedsyacy would have done, placed in
like circumstances: and that her sons have
done as much service in the Confederate ar
mics as any others would have done, re-
moved from the immediate fear of home desc
lation and loss of property, with the liberty
of choice given to their decision. eve speak
that we do know, and testify t. those things
which we have seen; and we can safely as
scrt that with the men who have endeavored
60 dodge the CONSUMPTION, the mighty multi
riicati0n of shoe-makcrs-so great that from
u country where you could hardly get pair
IF shoes made it has become perfect
Lynn'-the vast number who have put III
subs" and those who have been IL
legally exempted, that Maryland has rather
he best of it; for with the exception of about
NO hundred men, all the Maryandcrs in the
Southern ConfeIrracy are either in the service
now, or have served from twelve to eighteen
months. with nothing ut stake but their South
rrn principles, and bright hopes Of ultimate
success: and shall q man to whom his friend
presents a cloak, revile him and his family for
generations, because he gave him not his
shoes and hat also? Or shall A. to
vhoal B. gives lIur dred dollars - curse
3. because he didn't give him five humid
Fred or an amount equal to that which he
forces from q large debfor. Where is the jus
ice of this proceeding? If the aforesaid revilers
their sight than the individual who saw through
u milestone. For our part, we must confess
resemblance to Samuel Weller" and own
that '.if we 'ad a pair O patent double million
-1agnify;ng microscopes O. h,extra power wr
nought be liable to see through deal door
lnd pair o'stairs, but 'arin h'only h'eyes,
.ur vision is limited"
But to cast out entirely those whu have left
The army, and speak only of those who are at
present in the Service" (which number, &C.
cording to q recent estimate. amounts to near
| " fifteen thousand, scattered in all branches
IF the service, and in nearly every regiment
the Confederacy, from the Potomac to the
| Rio Grande.) to- speak onsy Of those, say,
Who gre in service now. To these, the article
question Indicates the basest 'ingrat;tude:
;,r what. we ask is the Southern!C onfederacy
% U.S. without Maryland what its success il
Maryland is not freed ? Nothing, hut the
| ratification of our sympathies, and the plea
cure of feeling that the men by whose sides
! we have fought, and the cause for which we
| nave bled, have at length succeeded. The said
article states that the Potomac is the natural
Boundary Of the Southern Confederacy. IF
shat is the case, are are traitors and deserve
hanging, for oar country is North of the Pc
tomac. and we are plunging the steel into the
i,osom of our "potre." Why should we fight
FOR you if you fight not for us Why should
we be compelled to hear our brothers contemn-
ID, and see the scurrilous tracks Of heartless
writer's pressed upon the face and bosom of
our PROSTATE mother? We desire to speak
DOLLY, calmly and dispassionatoly, but it is
enough to make the blood boil within us, to
..ehold such outrages, inflicted without cause
md without mercy.
There are undou btedly bad characters here
rom Baltimore: but there are many from
Elsewhere; and, indeed, the majority of the
tascals in Richmond, who purport to como
RON Baltimore, are base deserters from the
49, aRap and vagabonds, of all sorts,
49, aSsSns, compose the balance;
~ - e5o: bear it all, and suE
49,, "a we'll MS her own
3w rolling down the hill, ev-
IN kick.
ttion of Maryland's estrange-
I'D las we have no doubtit isl from
arance and character of the Western
the State, it is entirely erroneous; for
art like Western Virginia, is Yankee