Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-18
1r:v,,A. MORNING. oCioEGa. Is. 1861,
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L.u rad! e .iaTts OF t'r S!aias, "aS hFst 'oi
mall, a,vanrei hy :',s "Eaqn'r"F' III 'ac leSus
o. ,l:a t.n last. Sincs that time. va nav" re-
,a.ys.; many assurar:es 81 its popular i"S1:.
and ,,,,, whatever d: opFo'islon 10 II. We
;,r; .a.; tho ,.I::,is1S III The e-;:sme S"n:c-
era States favor the proposition, end Some
have sigo.Gsd their readiness u free a'e' s'''
or silssa of their Slaves. if they Will enter s:'7
arny. The near approach Of tas time when
It's -nogrssa mco.a again, requires that sx'
p;l;siou 10 given to the sentiments d The
c.u,.s-y uura his iml"rta?:s nras'.te. "o
t,:a..:,,fs sarrea:iy ,uvits its DISCUSSION, aud
open aur eolumnu to opponents as we'll as
friends Of The proposition
Tl:o rs:su cf the la:s Clcc,ions ID still IN
d,ob., end wictt,ac Lincoln on Mcclellan Vii:
r., .!c.:.a. j. il got Impossible 10 do:e7m'E:,
ba;.a:r,. :, 10 ,,!+cS;apt2 Is to ths question
Of ,,a.7yii:.s OK t;.s war. W:!es!.nr Lrco!h or
i; gi.,;a.. B., tho noYt President, the roioe,
All. =. ..nos. ua,,riI:,aus voice, of that people
;,,tre g:,r ,raus persecution oi tho war. the
,;a:v O., yico,.ring 10 meet that ISSUE WAL DC
hArnrs rho apprrscnlr& sesai1u OF the ConieGe
r,., Congress; that body ~iIi haSa before IT,
ca. consideration, :ha ways AIT means, as Weil
al ma, u. OF u.oaey, Tor carrying Oh tho Tar'
on our part.
Tic war cry Of tho susEay, "no parley 'e'M
Rebellion IN the feld-no compromise ''im
.c!ars,v il tie readjnstment," fni;y inforn's one
people that, ia plain vsrnsoulGr, tho whites q
shes, St,:rs ere 80 hc suljngatad t. slavery,
,n: :bc;r slaves reduced to The miserable
condition Of faaIYo free negr"es: Ia's IL tne
WOW OF ,he people. among our snsm'oH, aud
,I,;, will h.. the result. of tho way. whether
endst hy Lincoln OF Mcclellan, if the people.
or .ars, Ss1sss perm: themselves . be con
qaers.;.
fhs CONSUMPTION Of negroes should be &c
c,mas.,iea with freedom and the privilege Of
Tam.:n;ns in the S;ases this is no TART OF
aboiisioEism, it 10 tho exercise by the master
Of the unque-tionahle right CT n;saumissl6n j;
il is remunerating those who defend our cause
with The privilege of freedom. Nor should
this important subject BIO prejudiotd with ques.
;:>.s about putting tho negro on an equality
witt, ocr friends, brothers and fathers. Many
Of t5s soldiers in their childhood wsre fuudled
aai uarrsd by faithful negro nulass, and yet
no question os equality was ever raised
Mary MIN bas manumitted slaves without
ever being subje, - the suspicion Of beioS
al cbo)itioniat.
TIC ;ssuss ;nyo!7ed in this wsS era 100 exalted
in their importslcs and character tor us to
Kermit them 70 be compromised by being de-
p!aa. ] TO question of property. The ]ibsrty
ard freedom OF ourselves and Of our children,
to nationality of our country, the right Of
enjoying any kind Of property, the houses over
orr .,aad.. and the very graves Of our children
e:d friends, are involved ia this struggIs'-
Failure makes slaves os al, wSits and b.aoE'
rohs all Of property, real and pssonal; divides
Our .anaa among Cur ceuquerors, who WI
plough up the very graves OF our dead as Ter
tilted Crnuoi fox making money we have
in our mi.,s: hsi: million Of sshtiug ruatsri-
q! wb;ci, IS propsrty--sha'l we use thas pro-
periy for tho common ce1se? JusGoe anu
SQUAD policy demands that we make frsemsh
o; ;:;oss who G:h. Ear freedom We condaF'rs
the r:s7;er aai va impress bis horses, catEs,
whoa. and overJ o!her property except slaves
The very exception IS IN impu:atl'u thst THE
way = g; ei,lvsry aad nos ior free ona. Bg
canso.ir:!ng taa negroes We show to the world
tho s.saesiness that is in our people, VIC prove to
our enemies that at the moment Of our supposed
exhscs.ior. 10 tho fith year Of the war, we
shs'! .a.as tlaIu With larger arme! than we
have beinrs raised; and VS. explode tue !slse
aca.s:;ion tia. ws gro fighting for a!avory, or
Q s,.7c-h@lle.'s Coa:ederaoy.
rhcrs are those vino dau5t Whistler souud
p,liav woni: trunt negroes with a:ms? We
arc not Ct 1.oSa who epterts'a any fear8 upon
thai snbie,s Drill and discipline makea VAL
unb,e soi,!iers 0: isussiau serfs, and no negroes
10 tacsa States IRE ~ isnoI.nt and brutal as
those serr5. Between service with the Con
fsisraay ard with tbs Yankees, hot'SaeU living
a.noag lie with d.! their strong loc7' All T.
meats, and gong among f,;'.,:fT5, who are
now openly buying and ss.i"g hsm '1 70
crui;:cg officers, our slaves 81, ta, ~ Ola
cu.y ia choosing. And, Tasn 'on'o Il 10
uadsratood that Freedom ari t. a1na N tie
Sout,. are the privileges Offers! BY t;ss Con!ei'
crate authorities, while the cnazT sxsenc Lie
beseorly hospita,itics Of Yarhss nh''anshro-
VI, nov "a.y Kill deHertion frc'a CIR ranks DO
unfrcquent, nut tho drafted na:rosg O. s':e
Yankee armies viii exchange s:.Hinas.
This subjsot aidressos itssll - siin coreide'
ration Of oer people. ct this Particular tiu,a,
With great force. The prospeca II foHr' moEs
years Of war are before cur PETITE, tho epany
will net even "psrley" with .us without uccon
d;i;onal au1 render, the fruits Of which would
he ,ss .ontisoation of oil property, tic dcports-
ton Of whole communities, the dsgrsdation Of
~. neople and tho domination aud tyran-
nv Of Yankee masters. Thare oaD DO no re-
construction wi.is docs not Embrace sur
render Gra., which will not permit oonlisaa'l9n
afterwards, which docs no! insure enslsVng
the .7hito, without frasing tbs blacks. Ii
there ARC any weakened people who imagine
tao7 ct.a asvo their property by reconstrao-
ton, lot lham study the Shiboieth of all
partis; in tao United S.a..s--'ao parley with
rebellion in the field; no compr0mise with
slavery in the adjustment" Unconditional
Surrender i; 6rHt demanded before even par
lsy. We sro to lay down our arms and sub
mil % the kindness of the Butlsre, Grau:s,
shsrr,aas and Shsridans; to the fate Of New
Orleans, tic condition of the Valley, the mise:
~ of Atlanta, aud, aitsr oil that degradation,
to give up all our slaves in the adjustment
If there a-e any reasons against extsnding the