Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-20
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 80, 1862
LIBERTY.

ID.
il tay name! Ia shy usnla vhsS blncosube
t.,ksi! sursly il would 20 well to settle in
syns measure thu uaaalas .! ta:s .a:sn Lib
CITY. Some Of tho csim.s, soma Of RI, bun
copbs might ihsseoy 30 re;renehsd.
Evidently there sro two sensss in which
tse word msy Ss properly Used, snd IL
~h:ch a4sion ras7 De caliad-a Eco Sattor.
:rhe frat .;cnSs il national ia3spsnasnc:-!hss
i,to say, tas freedom OF 8 people f Ca !rr
eig1 douina.!an Il. this prims:y sod hisi'-
ees asase, Fr.n,- p s'sa COUNTRY; bscauss
ST. ths Ii sd OF Fac, ncs N ado s7'a a'.i.'n-
i,tered by e s.loh n:s .Ed lc- F::G:hnsr;
out Pulscd i; no. tye c,un,ry, bencusG
YER laws ara n1do AID a.imir;s!o!pd Sy Rns-
sisna, ond in tho intsrcs! 81 Russ;s, :.ot OF
P1,aci, Eeglsnd S.? I"clard nsu nearly
(.aonsa ne. qa!:s) aaler tbs eapo we
,:sca has gna Chss.a, ha5eGs ceipa. sith
,he rest of ihs 'falldaia; '.ri Z ,S.snl is o
fts o~,nsry, Ireland IN si,stsved ma. Eog-
1:,3'a lava S's cf ii4Eu ln::.a:s .'u'.-:'c-
.s:vi'r. imported by :e.. i..n ia;rusINT, .|r'!o
.:,3 l.;;',."srg,;oa .: ta,.i,:ts 'n'ks ~ Tie
If g:at". Woe I. TIC :afd q: 20"
iG's 49,: eats Granger .!'., y: i''%- i;9.e
:, ct:,pgss Ts.cheo," This is suhi g.l n,
:naesa, imp .s,cishiDg r.i eG.t::;ans b.dy
AL ,nu:. Not al the M:g"s Cna'ea4 and
Uxb..9 -pases N tao wI,:,: csa ~ =; ~
sire l.hsely t. agc'l isad. T.a ns:i".;
winch ~ ~ It. via also rob =: ~le:. Il. ;''r7s
s-s cc,3e, .hsre sill its treasure he; is v.ry
rD.n.on3 ard f rms Of speech XII te di"'-i-''
y :ae doasaant G,ou'e, ~! al !. he:r
sory sic v..t:.
4 Free N,:!or, ton, i; iims q NJ. :'a,!cn
losss,s,.g aah exs:ciziGs autonomy; al oas
l..a 49, II do ~ hoIa"; wi.ase q, z,na have
p ..;.au>i Up. OF ci.a,ac!sr .ra t7,r.a';
.,rin ;.pG ,.e;o!o2 thsi' iasiiinli,a: tor !:zal-
~ Yes, aai, protected hy n..ioI.al u.s Gid
,.;.jec tie shsicw # e nsliocal hag, ;.ro 70
Cali IhHlr souls .aeis cHn. II ,ii. t., l.e. -
~7ail ~ ii auo1ha; snd cc q: !.a"y 2c7s", Viz
c!nis Is free nll9n.
t.. ,icr ssaoo N wa;:!l n.rc;. ,t..y he
e::;a-a FEES Is the equality Of oil rs c;t'=:"s
t:f~s :ks lGso.. II :n!s ss.s,, too, Fr.ncs il 8
& cOan%rg because .he.a il ~ piivi!eg:d
class { ban ;uie 3 sd i'g,::i:o:s; ard h
AZ. OF the pa.isn having irTrased !.s cac5:n
chief With ;anus-ct;cAl powers Is n9t Suiy no
dsS2gati2n :, lila .:b.s.y al EQUALITY, ut
i'parhsps 10: the: ca"2t'yJ l.. tts: secu'i-
=. And EJg.sD is not fec ct.letry, be-
csuss rhe la: i pri7i:sssd ci.ss OF law.
makers, NJ. elected, but 5cg9;:su; bacluse
::..Te is no quality b.!oTe :ho law, ard .Se
1nejorisy OF malls inhabitants have no flaa-
chiss. But il this secondary ssnso, a'st,
Virginia ia + free nation.
We cell !. a SECONDARY s.usa. because. IL IS
got Co essential TO national . oil being - tho
first kind e llbe:ty, namely: national iroe-
p.ndsf &C. Virginia could 1.-Two sad thrive,
and bs proud and strong and meriy, wi:hou!
universal suffrage; but not WITHOUT nor State
Sovereignty. If subjuga:ed, f3r example, by
zoe Yankees, or ruled (say) By Tennesafeaus,.
for the interest aud glory Of Tendessse, Viz
.giais psrishss, and her place koo~s her no
.uc.s. That she usy gu,rd AID enjoy tie
sscead kind o. liberty, Sic il aeliod ap? IN
above all, to G,si1..ia tho FIST, to iasiuisln it
ss,inst Ell the world, End !or that purpose to
sGy fstself for CCInnon 6sf.nce, wish
ether f:e, nations in the eti w. eut Il 81 nIcE
Blessings.
II tbs Sovereignty o; Virgins, Il, ccnuon
vita that Of her nliisa and Cos!s34rs:es, 10
assailed By f2rsign Pcxsr, wiki !, vi~w to
ratu2e thsrl Gcdes The Sway. .aad c,mpsl
.haIn to minister 70 tho poser ana prof: Of
f4eiga .ccun:-y--which ~ paec:ss'y tie
pcese2. csse--it is very cel!a;i dist he u.s.
sailed aiies s6d Cozsasrstss, il CIDER to
put iosta SCI uss TO the hes. advantage their
whole military strength sg,iost tho common
enemy, must confer large prwc:s on some
central military authority; they must
"a. In tins fs;d, not trn independent armies
Ri. one consolidated srtpy, srd make i
rsr aotiy .asnsgsab,e ia the hsatls f the
to;ainsnder- n-chief and I'd. G:.stA.s up
pointed by hin. Further. E=y must iays.ta
III, sake central autnosi.y win scnc tempo.
rary powers, carefully limited to tho umce-
g!uiy, log ms:ntainipg tao di.cipiiee, perfect
i?s the oIgan:zstion SD providing tk. subsis
.encs ofls1Go forces; also fsr asAliGg with
traitors, "tories," "buEaloss," ara ctt.- per
sons distoysl 10 thu colamoo "au.., who
deem nc national hoaos or rr.iops' !adspen-
deoco worth any sacrifice wtatsoeTc7. In
hspply there arc creatures ct this sort in
every ccnnunity; and il times Of trouble
nd disorder these are tins kind o; zen " ho
are sare to m,Ss tho greatest cutlery about
sasr pe7sorsl "Hberty" to hstrsy thsic cur
t:y if they please; thay srs vast c:'.uirOEs of
tbs Raoeas Corpus: aud 6emcnd 10 be free
- register themselves il open conrt--sa a
traitor in North Ca- olna did the ether day
enemies of the Confederate Government.
IAny there are, also, who regard tasae ti,neR
otperil and struggle simply IS e eractsaa and
ftactifJipg season, for speca!stipg on The put-
lio nsosss.iss aud growing rich suddenly
Taess are sure to be dresdEully sgi!stea st
tho idss Of private property. being invaded By
the hand o: power, and would rather sec tic
whole srmy rtarving snd disSsrded than Les D
bsfre! o. lcu= taken for their use a. one fras-
ton !sss than the "marke! price" which
market price those spoculators havo them
6slvrs nade.
The vast majority, however, Of the Con.
fsderate people will just as csrtainly &C.
knowledge the necessity-if We scu..i really
and in very deed save the Independence CT
the country from foreign rule-to invest