Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-12-04

vain General Stuar, arrests ain, is u dis!oya
perscn-Ac d!sloyel let them prove it
fStraght and steady, without wink;rg ali eye
he walks upon lis coar5e. One erows giddy
looking ct him; and cannot hut wish he wonlt
fsil to The one side, or 20 the other. II oEends
il not the moral sense, Ut least III, laws
gravitat;on, to see him taianeing there any
longer.
This purycTor Of publ;c amusement wrote
] . letter lately to the Richmond Examiner
That journal, having probably no taste fol
saNimban9ues at this time: declined taspr'n;
il. Thercupon, he Se"t;t &c Yankee ncwspa
pers; and we feel tempted 10 give few SEN
tsnces of it. 10 exhibit the Talent Of the roI.c
dancer. Speaking Of the ladiarA Mrjos, he
says that Maj y has put these mpromisirg
words ;nto his mouth:
), .'ThatI aHas a Unian. man; without any is
4 or burs. Now, Whatever ny opI;:oas ard
position on this subject m ~ b., it is M: trua
that have had any su;n interview. l have
seen no such Mrj r."
Without IFS and butts he could net walk
there 81. ul. they are his weights and balanc-
ing poles. and BIondin himself could no. ac
f'rd to throw them away. Far from talking
with Majors in that unreserved WY, here is
the amer in which he makes an cqupose
in his discourse:
"Whar nave ,ai,l to Gen. Monde and what
| haze said 10 all, that my cArnes. prayer il.
thar this rev0u ion may re.ula III whatever
mny cnntr.' ute n,usr to the permanent pea c,
happiness. prosperity AID fye'inm af the pco-
| picuf Virginia These arc th" blessings uf =
.,.,ud Government. 1his il whu, urr"Sc is
desired and aim"G 1T h2 Ill, unIr-s the S'i;i>h
politicians and the corrupt Si'ocul"tnrs in and
! uut of the army may constitute an exception.
| rhrv care not under what srit 81! GuverrinPnr
they live, provided they fill the high places
and i,av' their pockets we'll lind. We may
differ, possibly. AID. perhaps h"ncs'ly. ~ :"
the hest means Of attaining thrsa desirnblc
ends if il is hy the success Of the revolution,
'hen I pray God tho revolution may succeed !:
| hut ifhy = restoration of The Union, then ]
| hope the Union may be restored
Here arc the u>cGul ifs and bits. A: pre-
| sant, while he is balancing, he cannot say
whether he belongs 10 Virginia Or to ;ho
"Union." After the war, if be passes safely
orcr his perilous bridge he will be able to tell
you:
"Althnugh it il not true hat General Meade
took his dinner at MY table. | hereby make it
known to all WI m it ,aay concern that in.
ri'ra hin, to ,io so, anil deeply regretted that
his c"n.tant engagements pTcTentcd his ac-
crptance OF the invitation"
But, en- The other hand, tEn skiliru! creature
balances that by dinner invitations to offc RS
Of the Confederate army also, when they are
within his rcach-alw"ys excepting General
u,rt; so there iR equilibrium again.
We admire tins last fl u'i-h. Of the artist
which iaa truly dazzling display Of activity
and grace:
Il cannot bo induced to swerve l,nir's.
breadth from the line of cOnduct that my OWL
Judgment and conscience may dic'ae-which
is TO take no lot, part or share in the resi- onsi
bitity that rests upun tlr,'ss WIN hnvr b".m4'v
This whirlpool Gf .drs"laiinn and ruin upo" my
unfortunate country. Nor shall depar'
| from the position hnvo t"hon, Of doing moth
| iag that can Justly subject m" to outrage, an
madversion nr rehuke. But if t. adhere firm
ly and consistently to the opinions and princi
| piles that have maintained for thirty years
and if t, prefer living ~ dil hafpre the var
to living as have done since the war, makes
me n traitor then Il 'raitnr's life let me live or
traitors death let me- lie
II am respectfully y urs.
.JouS NJ BoUs."
| There are great many persons in the Con
| federacy, rs we'll as Mr.. B tits, who would pre-
fer the style Of living they hal hcrhre the w'r
to their pre- .en. style; ift l. he treas n. make
the 'mosrof it. B.ta puzzled spectator may
Ok the meaning "f that care III repudia'ion
o. "the responsibility that rests on those who
+! have brought the whirlp,nl &C.. on Mr. B'tre
unfortunate country" WIN are t'ey.? And
| which j. Mr. B ''ts' nuntr, /? The Confpdp>
racy or the Unitrd Sa'e>? Ah this is the
secret; vm are not goi'g t'' ger that ont o'
Bolts, no moe than The Indiana major could
When this crual war i over, then he
will tell you who were the criminals, and
which was the real country of his aGfc'
,ious all the while. He cmphatically ron
demns "the war;" which Seems almost to
be sort Of real expression ofopinion; but
now, if ron think yon hare him, y'u are much
mistaken; FIR it happ"s thai the war has
two silcs-a war Of invasion or one side o.,
| defence on the other. Which does he cor
demn-thc invasion or thr def nee? Why,
/ when the war is all orer he will tell ytu
which he dsapprnved the whole timc- In the
| meantime, he selects q peaceful retreat for
agricultural operations. which is sometimes
| in the lines Of the one army sometimes of the
| other
"When I purchased my present home. it
was to seek retiremens and ob>curity. tn get
out of The way of the word and To f'llnw for
the balm of my life the peaceful pursuits OF
| agriculture"
And there. from this peaceful retreat,
| he gives notice to all whom it may c'n-
Germ, that although he abhor5 the war.
and shuns all responsibility, and will not
fight for his country, nor against It, nor e1.
press appreciation of those who do fight for
it, or against it; yet there, in his peaceful re
treat, he would light for himself, or his own
hugs or fepces:
Thank Gnd, when there is necessity for
! it, can do my own fighting"
Why any badger can do that.
But after all, it is to him question not Of
fighting, but of tight.rope dancing. Anr
probably many q good Confederate who read
| this. and finds that man, born and resid, N,
On Virginia soil, is exhibiting these feats "
| agility at such moment. may wish the rp
| were put to better use; may say, a. L r
| Tomnnddy said, when be was going to zee Il
certain public show Of another kind:
Rope-i neers ,ccre,
..rve sem h. fore
But TO = = a ~ p3
~ the end IF a kirn
with bis neck 10 roose y u be Gai:e asH tiag.