Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-04-26

Ta.., he Confederate States cannot be SUBJ
;uso:e43 : now {. fact, established and agreed
~ .sra3 8: w.li as st hcmo. Our OWL peo-
r.. h.7c reccr doubted it; they feel it now
with Il tir45 cf o settled cGa7ictioa. Eu-
.apa las .ong thought otherwise, thanks to
t,s uacor'kcd infacnce Of the Northern
r-o:s aaS; R.it;a!. journals; but of la:e there,
a,sl dj5hs in the success Of tho North has
hesr f,l,"~l by confidence in cur final tri-
uuph. They read history moro carefully
.han w 5c. Md thus judge irm the past
wha. ,ao. be cur future. They think, no
d.ab:. 0, NayoieNn, with his iron will, his
lamoa: ira-sllals, his invincible armies,
hol!'rs III Spain in his iron grasp,
Win The eap;tal in bis hands, and all
iar s.c2ar c,csyesses, and q powerful frac-
ten Of Sps0isa graniees on his side. And
.ge., vi-t n t!csa odds in his favor, when the
!,sugi@l.. = .rcte cut, he could not hold
spsin, trt like 40 Unsuitable ulcer it wasted
away his etrapgtil, and became ; remote but
p0ge.:u caase OF his final ruin. Lincoln Is
10 Napolsnp, iis nen are not of the pattern
Ct tie Oti Guard, his .rmiss have neither
Richmond Tor Charleston, nor any vital part
Of !!,s Sortll; but granting the worst,
granting tbs Confederate States to be
oyo!run, devastated. pillaged and tram
p!el down, cou!. they bs held prostrate any.
more ;tan Spairs We ought to think, our
selves Of our fas3bra, who fought seven years
for ,he:r inaepe a1enco; arc we, who have
v1p nearly ever battle, moro likely to give
10, :hsn they. " h0, Up to Saratoga aud York;
town i.:.i idSt every battle Even our enc
mics, h!iai2G by the gods that are about to. :.
rain !hac, bcei'a to open their eyes to she
truth, a,;: p:o .lam Il aloud on the floor of
U2nsres: with :. courage which can only be
issgisel by :. sincere conviction and large
ar n,w.rial faction, ready to endorse and
sar7or, tht,i, thnt suhiugation is ont of
qgss;aa, sad separation the best policy for
taa Sgr:!s Sale, therefore, against all but
tsn,,rsry rsStrses sure Of final triumph, our
aru7--aa IL not that our people?-go forth
70 tie :rHaad;ag conflict with confidence
sni rar'1rc of energy. which are in them.
s.l.eo sarc guarantees Of success. For this Is
what ...,apoleon and all great leaders va lued
ESP highly than the. most brilliant victories,
:he largest couquests-tbe morale of anarmy.
Sensitive beyond al other feelings, it has to
be cherished as scrupulousiy as honor in man
sn1 chastity in woman. When vitiated and
depsssSti, here i, no disaster to which it may
10: lad, tu- when wisely elevated. and per-
iec:ci II ,:.n:Tcs mutual confidence, binds all
n aagr11nioGs union, and becomes the lever
Ct grG.: ;:cais In tho hands of Washing
TN, nr a L-9 OF Johnston, it makes armies
avincitlp.
Thus we have all the great clements Of
success in our miist but one and that is the
a'st important Of I'll, the very ,.errus reruns.
WheG The eccentric old chieftainroplied to the
question, "hat was most necessary for war:
FMS, money; secondly, money; and thirdly,
noae9 he uttered truth, which, like few
aaess, in our enthusiasm and great self-re-
EaHcs, has been overlooked by US, and set
a:l9e !4r other idela. We have made cotton
sEs, and recognition king. and just now Gen.
Nor.hrop 10 king. So, for the moment, we
es moncJ food; and, from the commander to
tho private, We lock to the food question as
T. the only dark cloud that overshadoTs the
t-iSht horizon. But if we had money we
could bug ships and import provisions from
aSroA3, VIC could build engines and cars and
t'sasTor: them from the teeming regions of
the South to the exhausted districts Of the
North, we could proours steelclads aud rams
end break the blockade. Thus the money
4ussi2r is, after all, the question of the day,
S:tavas which we may have victories but
oa: freedom, success and yet 10 independ-
srGe.
And it j, !,iie question which we expect the
s'T Congress-, that is to meet so soon, to an
s''e' M! i7@ zeal of true patriots and the
S':-usa :! experience. They 6gh. not, they
sF'' at IND wea-e moi; but it is their duty to
.olSE, Sh.!e al others are toiling and striking.
iAey have done, probably, the best they could
U'a ;ae last currency and Tax bill, and the
Seah'r5, though staggering under the enor-
mus burden, and weighed down by much
uncertainty IS TO ita full measure, has been
s:''lHs enough 70 accord to them due credit
w 'Ael' el1r;s. Even the short time elapsed
,I'9 ''eiT acsion bas, however, brought to
-'5n '"O very serious inconveniences, which
=, ~" 'sqm'e instant and thorough attention.
.~'S' ire al apparent unfairness in the sys-
va 81 taxation. and great looscness of e1-
p's's''H' :. which gives equal room to fraud on
~, W. P's' o me taxpayer and to interpreta-
s s'4'' @'Fe Jealous, perhaps, than wise on the
'a't CT tbs authorities.
lie history Of the Tax bill explains inpsrt,