Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-09

integrity and tho existence Of oaF Sfpora!
Union, and the perp.suiry OF popriSr government
and to redress wrongs already lcnS enough an
drred."
Wba. these wrongs, 70 long endured, were, the
Scribe and Pharisee, (whose hand ard pan ncne
can mistake has not thought Fl: 10 specify. i:
;s clear. however, that there was Al Old GHrDGs to
he settled with the South-no. not with :t:e Souih.
! with the seven prescribed States. The other eight
| southern States must have been, (though w.;aon:
knowing it, fellow sufferers, As thsy we're ca! ed
upon to MD in obtaining redress ftss,hs
these untold grievances, let US glance az Tue
scarcely less indefinite specification 81 the pre-
ta,ces assigned for immediate hos'i!i:Hs. To
maintain the honor. the integrity and he C~i$'enct
Of the ~nctienat onion. and the perpG'ul'y q P.Hp"'
lar government. High sounding phrases! When
ard how did the seven States assaI. the honor ~
the Enion7 VIII the Palace Jester. or The
Chief .Jueeler of Tankeedon sxpound their bsGE
| ideal Iof Yankee honori Isl not the synonym
of Pinic. Fai,h-the honor which violates SOL
enn pledges and sacred caths-which srauess
| and arms the naturally kind hearted slave COR IN.
discriminate assassination-which- for thu! ser
vice. promises them liberty. aud cheats OF forces
them, like the elephants OF old. 10 the front OF ihe
battle Is il the honor which. with oTerwheim-
ing nunbers piseously bespes.s the sympathy
of foreign nations, eniists HassiaDs. lTishmen AMI
negroes, and solicits tbs aid OF io!eIgh captains
70 teach them the art OF war; Or is it The honor
which resorts 70 stone blockades, and po'scn-7
missiles The honor which heciors over the
weak. ard truckies 10 the s:rong' Witness TINS
valiant proclamation OF war from the Ru!er o.
nineteen millions against four witness the sub
lime and astonishing Mason and siIdei! somer'
sault. performed under the lash OF the Bri'is!I'
ministry. Are not these, one end all tai: exam
pies q Yankee honor.
But uur ,nould maintain the Union. Not
the Union as II was; that was lrreparabiy
dismenbered. Not the ocean of blood ri
ready shed has suficed TO re-cement one d!sio-
Gated Joint. The last drop Of tho last seces-
sioaist will be spent, if necessary, TO reIesi
that Union. Whether the Southern people
succeed Or perish, reunion is equally imI'ss!'
bic. The Northern people may bribe The Ter
eign pauper and felon into q Union; they may
coax the lamb 10 trust to the wolf: but the
will never, never, persuade or force the Son;t.
ern people again 10 unite with them. AM
Just as absurd is it TO represent tins hostile
movement a. an effort 70 maintain the pcrfc'
tuity Of popular government. The H1Tcrt!-
menss Of the. Southern States, which they seek
to put down, State AID Confederate, are en-
phatically popular gorcrnments-m"re une
quirocaily emanating from the peculiar VIII
and recognizing the sovereignty Of the peop!",
than that Of the 50 called United States i or
ever was. The very ''efNrt' itself utterly
destroyed all p-ctension in that government
to he title of popular government. Il leii
scarcely a vestirc Of the. right, expressly re-
served to the people by the Federal Con>gitu-
ton. That Constitution was superseded by
the uiU Of tie Cbmmander IN Chief, and that
will is the popular government which The
North is likely to find as perpetual rs tle
laws Of the Meades and Persians.
Let US hear nothing more, then, 0: redress
ing wrongs, "crushing rebe li1n." maintain
lug the honor Or integrity Of the Union or
perpe.ua;ing popular government, founded in
force. by reducing indcpendan! States 10
provinces, and robbing their people Of their
property and their lives. All this is too ri
diculous 10 impose any longer even upon a
British Minister. Louis Napoleon vas once
in America: he saw through Stewards deccp'
ton from the beginning. Even Earl Russell
seems to have found out that war is-rar:
and that States sendinc to the fed two Or
three hundred thousand armed men. were, Il
not dc .j.Ire, de fritz belligcrcnts. Light il
breaking through the mist coniurcd up by
Seward, and tie Whole world b"gins 20 under
stand that the invaded States Of the South are
precisely equal in political rank and right
With their invaders. and can. therefore, "
| them no obedience or allegiance. Allegiance
from States which. fer thirty seven year., have,
| equally with their present enemies and late
associates, exercised, partly through delegated
Federal functionaries, Joint and separate, and
partly through their " exclusive and domes-
tic departments, legislative, executive and ju-
dicial, all che powers and attributes Of perfect
; Observation-Disclosures from such States to
. their repudiated and faithless allies Ale
glance from the Old Dominion to Ma<sachu-
sets and Rhode, Island! to Ohio and Indiana
and Illinois; all carved out of her imperial
Observation-Disclosures by hcrhand. Obedience
from the countrymen Of Washington to the
ridiculous Ape caught in the backwoods Of IL
linois, who, dressed in a little brief authori-
ty, plays his fantastic tricks before high
Heaven. For very shame let his loyal sub
jects' cease their s~enseless and lying clarngr
against tire South Of "AllcgiNnce" and ODE
lience," mi Rebellion" a TIrG!SiAY.