Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-11
. MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLE.

al Union Men,
We can add nothing 70 the comments OF the
Herald" and the World" They must be
read by Confedera,es as the premon'tory
symptoms Of an improving condition an tie
| situation, as indications given out by the en-
emv that we are not regarded as deiunct
helligercnt, but that, on the contrary, they
arc in great trepida.iou lest L C SHOULD again
take the war path through Pennsylvania a.
the. best road to peace.
The war barometer, Wall Street, has fallen;
stocks are tumbling," and gold Is rising
In an article on the recent stock panic, the
| Herald" remarks:
The market has been very feyerish lately,
and shrewd observers predicted that the
! slightest cause would create panic. PreSl-
dent Lncoln's letter, Announcing that the
| w,,r would be nterminable, and rumors that
| Leo Wa. collecting an army Oh one huhofeo
and i!iy thousand men u take Washing
ton. came Just In time " assist III upsettlng
lie market.
The Herald" says affairs at Charleston
20 On SLOWLY" and History limps little IN
Tennessee" and asks What must we cx-
pect?" 1t replies to its own question, that
Lee with one hundred and fifty thousand
men" drawn from Tennessee and Charleston
will soon advance for the capture " Of
Washington and Baltimore" That the
gallant army Of the Potomac" is ali they have
40 put in the way Of this third rebel advance
thai and farce Of Pennsylvania milita."
The tone Of the Yankee papers brough! by
the last lag Of truce, 20 date OF Saturday 9TH,
IS anything but encouraging 10 their "!oyal'
readers. Time lost. opportunities wasted, ar
mics reduced, finances sinking, the public dis
Outraged, the press desrondent-,hcse make
M the pleasant reading Of the Herald,
World, +" Tribune" and Inquirer" laid On
our table by Commissioner Quid. Upon I'll.
conspiracy Of tie H:2tsr" European 'F"'rffS
| agatast this Rcp"J!ir.' the Herald says:
| An the actions Of France and England be-
trav al the present moment the decpTooted
enmi,y and i'll will Of these governments to-
wards Us. Napoleon, encouraged by Palmer
s,on. is acting in Nexi,o in such manner
as 10 prove that he ignores the existence oi
the American Republic, OF else that. be is de-
,irous oc openly breaking with it. He has
seized upon MaiamoraS because he turesees
that O lqrye cotton trq]e pW t4ke place there
| l. any one 50 insane As 10 suppose tha' this
administration will allow any such trade u
be prosecuted? The appointment Of NJ. dc
Mrntholon, Consul General at New York. a.
| Minister 70 Mexico, is regarded rs ian act in
tended to annoy the United States" as max
| inr the United States accustomed to the
idea Of his conquest and occupation Of Mczi'
CO."
The embroglio is not to be confined to
| France; long correspondence between Sew
| ard and the British Foreign Office is published
on " al!eJea interterences wiM British Tade;'
England having been touched on tie rG@,
complains Of the legislation of the last United
States Congress imposing certain restrictions
upon the trade between tina. country and the
Bahamas as violation Of the treaty Of lel5,
| and us intended to destroy the trade of Great
| Britain with her West Indian Colonies BY
| way Of the United States" Certain bonds re-
nuircd by the United States custou-hcuse au
thorities Of shippers 10 the West Indies that
their carroes shall not be disposed Of in Q
manner Objectionable 10 the Fedora! authori
ties or, in other words, shall not be sold t.
the rebels, are complained Of, and, it Is al
Legged. withheld by the United States au,hori
;es after the production Of certificates iron
| United States Consuls that the cargoes have
been unexceptionably disposed of. Mr.. Sew
ard replies that the right t. deprive, by
| internal law-, It's enemy Of all aid and
comfort is unaueationct, and that no treaty
agreements can inyaidate. such rights
! that this law has not been invidiou.ly al
ninistered against Great -Britain. The
Herald" commenting upon the correspond
cnce says:
In perusing this correspondence one is
struck with astOni.hmcnt that a government
which has committed such fragrant violations
Inf international law and of its own foreign
Enlistment act, in order to subservc its cher
i-hcd purpose Of breaking up our institutions
should have the cilrontcry 10 bubble with VI
| IN points like those set forth in its remOn
strances. Tine prethnce that we have com
United q violation of its treaty rights ia worse
than ridiculous-it is impudent; for it is b,
abusing the privileges granted to the most ia
vored nation, AID converting them into instru
mcuts for our destruction, that it now finds it
self under the necessity of making these re
CARNATIONS"
| Away of in Minnesota, where Pope ant
the Sioux Indians have several little affairs a
vet unsettled, the Republican and Democratic
parties are at loggerheads as to what shall b.
done with the rebels when they are subjuga
ted. The conventions of these parties hav
discussed this question without settling tina
first preliminary for cooking the hare" Th
Republican party thus lays down its purpos
in the principle of their platform :
"These rebel States have forfeited all CLAIM
upon the people, and their rights TO rule them
The people thereof owe no allegiance to an,
Except the government of the United States
Their political situation is precisely that of tn
people of the unorganized territories. We are
therefore, under no legal or constitutional oh
legation to recognize the existence of the rebel
lious States, nor extend to them any politca
rights whatever. In fact they have committe,
political suicide"
The Democrats, on the per coatrd--
"Rcsolvel, l. That in the prosecution G
the present war to put down the rebellion tn
administration of our government are boun
| by the solemn pledge of Congress made at til
commencement of the war: That this war
not waged on their part in any spirit Of oE
preston, or for any purpose of conquest o
subiugation, or purpose Of oyerthro*ing or in
tertering with the rights and established inst
buttons of these States, but to defend and main
tain the supremacy of the Constitution an,