Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-12-04
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FRIDAY MORNING, UECEMBEh 4, 1905 |
EXPERIMENTATION
Those of our Yankee brethren who are most
friendly to us begin to perceive the sad neces,
sity Of destroying us Gonfederates to the last
man. They regret il, but it seems our obsti-
macy, our poryerse, resolution ID keep out oil
the Union, leaves them no alternative though
it will wiring their hearts except to wipe Us
out from the face of the earth. They are sor-
~, bst we will have it so. Because "the
Union mast ,bc preserved '--thatis not emily
an axiom in politics, butts a. law of nature 9
and the ordinance Of God@ What then, can t
even The peacefulest of ttPeacc Democrats !
do, but cnt all our throats z Gladly they would
have taken US back thor bosons they ycarn:
ed over usssss errsng children. would hare, &
gathered even as a han Sathereth hef BIZ
under her wings, but We would not 500
Suchis now the position of some: u
who were but lately Peace Dea ,sof thoio
will appear from the affeodne locrsts, = as
Boston pilot ,hereunto article Of the
there arc still, we annexed. Others
singular political 81 understand, Of this
to this day, thu .ct, who believe, even
!or independ wa are not fighting
ton, butfo- spce snd eternal. separa-
the next n Democratic administration IN
New Yankee Presidential torn. as the
81 Work .News" says. they have been
ssn;,p their finger on tho Southern pulse
all this -7hile; dley know every oeas ot .3 ane
Southern heart and they know that II pan,'
onl, for-say Fernando Wood as Presldent,
-,;,h his crowd Of Democratic, instead OF Re-
publican, ofFiceholders and thieves. when
we talk of Independence and separation the!
wink heir eye hint that this Is very R'v"
sort Of talk to be used against the hepuoi''
oo,s annroye even Of our fighting q few pat
,1.. o,d mourning out the richest blood that
.n,s IN Southern veins, in such sacfeo
c,nsc-as the securing of next tour years
,,nrds- four years! eight, twelve, one nun
,und ,cors-for Republicanism would Their
bs crushed out; and Democrats would KEEP
both hands in the public pocket IN sscufo
,rcy1o,7,m. These Peace Democrats feel tha'
.,oro nd We understand one another. Abso-
|rt.,v this last SORT Of farkces IS more oifen-
s;ve 70 US than the other sort; they seem u
ps mora intensely Yankee than the Abolilon
$50 ,;,.msolves. Aholtionists and "Wa'
Democrats" would kill the body aud plumber
thea,ocds; but these creatures do worse the!
;nsu,t us their very existence is an offence f'
-. and VIC shall he the. better pleased the
sooner they all merge into War Democrats
and acknowledge the painful necessity Of
s,a,6bternc US te,t the last man, as the Boston
"p;ot, does in the following touching pars>
graphs: SIS
III i, plain thst.he principle q the last ditch is
:affS ,b;mera in The Southern deteruiaaAsion-
ISs nbys;csl strength Of the rebellionisiiH two
knt i. spirit il moro alr site to-day than it eve,
.s Tnd,eI that spirit has never. besn one o.
fcal Tie Confederate armies have been often
1s fsa,ed but The Confederate heart has never
lotrnurape II isidie to say that there is strong
TT. ;en sse,;ns. III any part Of the South South
W., h.rred towards the North is ineradicabc-
ard therefore, it Is sd to tue Union. This is
nafSnral THE blood that has been shed, and the
territorial dcvastations that nave peep maze
account for il. No other result from such causes
az os.;his The "uence men" are undoubtedly
80 @Svban tbey saw that from fighting Union
s.a navor come. And yet the republic must
he preserved. If we give up the republic, We
are gore War is destructive OF Union; ano
syIr1
the, IF the North. What prospect is there
&c noaco in such facts? None. But We
mnss NOT su-re,der--for then we would be con-
nnared and conquered we refuse to be The
Gus. before us is the sublugation OF the south
This may be an inhuman opposMou ou ia se w
to let the republic be severed that 10, destroy
ado Never. The Lincoln Administration
has done much which will never be pardoned;
bus we are not to suffer the unwlse acts OF
fn;,r years, mower to oblige US to let the nation
he r,srpe,ually suhverted. We are sorry to
:. irge subiugation, "needs must" The rebels
have left us no alternative but this untortu-
nate one They vii, not return 70 law. Ihey
dsspise US; they will never be united with Of
! in heart. Accused Abolitionsm and accursed
secess;on. have made these things undying
certainties. But we must preserve the integ.
ritv of the naton 1t may be wicked philoso-
.nby to nersist for the integrity of the nation
an tbe teeth of such antagonisms. NO matter;
the North is animated by that philosophy.
The Union CO mot be suffered to perish The
South wills not to lay down treason the
North, therefore, must crush the treason
out: Hero is cruel sanguluary language
we cannot holp that. We have no ex-
n,,ot;on IN what we say We have regret; we
have 6rmness. The Southern spirit must yield
We mnst break it. The last ditch must be filled
=, up with the corpse of treason IL can Dc gore
Three hundred thousan6 more" will be obtain
=, Cd The resources Of the North are inexhausti.
hia n we fail il will he through the failure OF
The laws Of nature-and tbey do.nos fail. Charles
TOM the original post>hole Of secession. is doomed
z 20 destruction by exploding fro What part of the
sou.hs free from the danger Of early utter n ruin ,h
None alas; for the brave proud spu PIT OF the
Sontb. Deeply may it maledict Abolition and
Sersasion. Alas, also, for the Union' Our good
and grand old Union is gone forever. Answ
Union is before us-the Union of the conaueror
and II0I the subiugated. (which is bitter Union
But the tionaIiutegrty against the world Tor
,"; s to our rulers, for It is sadly needed.