Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-24
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Liberty is 4 r"arl O.! great piicn. |: Involves
TINT grnni roiisunmg'iru which .ar Bible de.
s"libcS 81 ne hi:'m. ','it,rr u": o:?n vine ana
tig tree with none 10 r;G"4t "r make rs afrai!.
All licspoismS hrr caprciuus. whether OF one man
OF many. Security can Gu;y !'c c"mp!Gc and
listing where III bower Of MI IN country is the
guarantee to cacl. that hr shall hr unr!isturbrd
i'll his person md property and this is liberty.
It. il this oi whirii wc were deprived hy orr IAN
knc task ma.t"y4. uul.r the Union u, tho United
States. IL is this which 10 people can possess
under their busy, rcmors"!css and tina'ical dom.
inatinn. II j. this, in connection "i;h them,
which renders any fate preferable TO their i:leo'Is
aui bloody raic. Thus far. by the h!."rinG "i
God we have successfully .batii"d hghinat "Ht.
dafsaic,i their pc" CT. We have had revcrscS. and
we have them rnw. but what are they To be com.
parcel with those which Holland and Switzerland
endured to vlIiicaic their independence What
are they to the sullrringS Of Prussia in tina sv en-
years war against Eurupcl What are tn y to b :
compared will, those which the brave CircaSsians
have cudurv,! for the las. twenty yaars. against
the gigantic pO.ser If Russia! What are they
to those our ancestors lin l7!6) endured under
III. Sc, Gil years vi. with Great Britain, during
which we were j. ieated in every pitched battle,
and had all the old thirteen States and all our
leading cities, (CharleSton iuciured) oyerrun,
and conquered for tie time! Instead Of the
splendid victories IS! ich have wnn for rs in our
oi,r present struggle the admiration Of the
world We were beaten from New IoIi; ~
G"nrgig. The country swarirrI OVER with
tnri-s-nn1 IT aye tim. having The mere shallow
of an army in :au field. Ii Generals Lee and
bragg and Johnston were ;u-norruw beaten i'll
the. field So: wuud not ne IN ~ desperate n coll
dtiun rs p,lr fathers were when General .Wash>
ug!on, valgr.hel at Luug i.Iaud, tiermau-
to- II and White Pians. with a handful OF men
uulc. his command. attacked Princc:Uwn i'll the
i, nd Of winter lie. although never successful!
in any great fight, never despaircJ. The peo-
pie amidst The r:ust dsI-eartcn!ng rc'rra:'s.
never dcspair:,l South Carolina overrun, with
hot . single organized army u defend her. with
only her gallant pariZais. Marion and Sumter,
and irw more in The Upper Cuunrry-,Iow. hid
ing in swalrps how dazzling ut the enemy IN
i,n.ut"d poSi,;nrs-sti!l fnnght On: until ut last
il;eir enemy wa worn out nnd forced To yield
before that in,nmitrb!c i'll which r"verscs only
strcnmI lcncJ, ani the nearer approach To success!
b. orr enemies only made more unconquclabIc.
In view uiuli the great Struggles Tor liberty.
and or ow u cfJrrs ~ people t. win it--what
ca'lse Is there ion d.sp"iIdumcy' Arc Sc d"gcn
crn,e from oar ancestors Can wa ror endErr 4"
keep ~ hat they endured 10 win Tor Is Or
rat her SHALL wc not initiate their noble example.
aud IL. in ~; i with difficulties rs they arcI!-
Misunderstanding forth n"rc devoted cnr:yy I"
NEE; rr::tcr disasters. Gn'i force upon oar ne.
m,es lie glorious conviction TINT they can never
s,., l,,r us to i:r:. DOMINATION Submission in
suci, righteous clusc Submission AFTER snch
,ru.! pr,-,is of CIR heroic vaor in this gntrnus
rlISe, Submission To {. p"cpe whom we i!ar''
a.,trn in .v-ry rl.,ai :i,nt Submission I" Tho
base cruel hnrcir.i AMI fuel Iaukaes: Never.
b. the God Of nil rncrcy-neY"c.