Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-07
AitRuono EMnltn.
MORNING, AUGUST G, 1868
DIR HEIRS FOREVER.
BY TYLER IL ALLEGRO.

II IL
j Ifanv shoyt-sighsed Confederates, Of feeble
knees and pallid livcrs, have been dcludiug
themselves with the idea that in case Of sub
n iucaon by our enemy, the worst that could
IA buupen to US would be merely to so back INTO
the Il MON Us IL was" with the Constitution
II a. i is" &c. it is time for them to awake
J from that dream. For us, in case Of being
l overcome in the field, there is to DC 10 Con-
stirution and no law. The entire possession
B of the whole Southern country, with every
~ house and estate; the absolute fee-slmple OF
mil the land, with its 'woods and waters,
mills and ishings, to have and to hold unto
- Yankees their heirs and assigns" this is the
prize for which our enemy fights, and without
the prospect of which he would not strike
another lick. To fully attain this, it will
J. be necessary for the Yankees to abolish the
y Constitution entirely, so far as regards us
Confederates. Wenust be left without rights,
without legal remedies, an inferior race creeping
N the face Of our own land To make all ready
for thi, sweeping operation (which they think
tbey will be in condition to enforce some time
mex, wnterl the Yankee legislators it seems,
are preparing an ingenious law. The design
OF this law is thus explained by the New
York Times"
1.-THE CoSriscAr1oS AcT.-The question of
an amendment TO the Conhscatlon act, SO that
the property of traitors once confscated shall
pass from them and their heirs forever, is be-
r ing discussed by Congressman, and will be
brought up early in the next session. The
law is now construed that after the death OF
the traitor, the estate revertS 10 his heirs,
which renders the intended working of the
uct practically void
/ 4 serious omission. certainly in the Coniis-
cation Act; and as the time $50 they iondly
\ believe) approaches when the grand scheme
Of plumber is to be practically applied, they
feel that no time is to be lost i'll arranging all
4 the details O! daspoiling us and disinhcriting
our heirs forever. TO be sure the "Constl;u-
ton as it is" forbids expressly all forfeiture
:or treason" except during the life Of the
person attaiutcd But this is nothing; as we
said before, that Constitution is no longer TO |
lie construed as applying to Us. Our StareS
shall be citizens Under the Constitution.
Our domestic traitors who can prove their
"loya" treason will havssthc benefit of the
law and probably retain their property, pro-
yilel they can give very distinct evidence !
that they aided our enemies and did their ut !
termost to bring ruin on their neighbors aud |
on their native States but for US there is to |
be no right. citizenship, franchise or legal !
status; we shall then be pres5e!v in the posi- |
tion which the Supreme judges in the bred !
Scott case assigned to the negro race; and
I thus, in Yankee cant, striking retribution !
our sins and sublime moral effect, will be
kaed with the profitable business of seiz- !
Athe earth and the fulness thereof, !
; he saints and their heirs for |
ar people fully understood and
|! he real nature OF the struggle |
! re engaged, there would be no
! anywhere of any possible ter
at struggle except in victory !
! cs. Any man who should hint |
Z urge our Government to make |
; Ae ut once marked as traitor, |
deserve well of his countrys |
T., n indulgence for himself by
y common cause, and to merit |
| the plunder of his neighbors.
that if Confederates universal
= led this, men would be AFRAID
peace Of compromise, lest |
- eet on the spot the doom Of
- sserve sometimes in the Confede
ers phrases which we regard as !
1t has become common to talk |
sd of the "last ditch" men, and |
thu |oo of blood men, namely: those !
who that rather than yield to Yam
A., kee ey will shed the list drop of their |
Ahlood die in the last ditch. Has this be- |
pe az iculous sentiment, then? 1t is pos |
lbc thst bar-roOm orators, or even the very
S2P gamblers may have been heard to.bluster in |
" this sort of way, without for a moment mean
ing TO shed the first drop of their blood, or |
u die anywhere, save in their beds But
that does not make the idea in itself by any |
means ludicrous. On the contrary, if there
be not now within this Confederacy several
hundred thousand men. each one Of whom is |
last drop man, and q last ditch, man
men, Indeed, II Is i'll with us this day-with
Us ant our heirs forever. II that "Con6sro. |
uoa Act ever comes TO be applied through |
"u' our country, those who shall live to See |
aa " ""y u''i'
Inc phrases may have become cant and
may mean nothing in the mouths or most |
VIII" use them: but the thing itself-,hc firm
sssoIut'on to perish rather than submit unon
any terms whatever is precisely what is
tmaea Sn'ee snd all that is wanted to keep that
t"heus eonhscation Act forever in al,rpnce
anS ~ ,ranan prnamSa' to the Yankee statute book
nssalned honor along with it, to tbose 'se vuf vu
Aorr heirs forever whom Wasbnaton ,.E In.
'F0es 70 be born Taupers and slaves, -"