Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-04-26
ELOQUENT T!unUTE 70 VIRGINIA.


! The following article trJm the Now lm k
"Mctrap,limn Rerord," is clipped lrG:n tic
Rich!nond Sentinel" The circulation Dl :!,is
| able and indepeniont Journal il vii. be -.
| collected by ru: readers, bY recently sup
| pressed, by order rf Gen. R,.secrGnS, in tho
Department Of Missouri. The Record" -
bold and defiant in it's denuncation of til
military despotism Of 4 Oraham Lincoln, and
representing ~ it does, tho Catholic senti-
ment of New York, must Weld powerful
influence over the Irish members Of th:.t
church.
The address of the Legislature of Virginia
ia published at length, and the following clo-
|quent tribute is paid 10 the proud old State:
THE ADDRESS OF rus LEcIsLArURE Or VIRGINIA.
We recommend to tEs serious confederation
Of those who still suppose that the South can
be conquered, the eloquent and thrilling ad-
dress OF the General Assembly Of Virginia,
that grand and gallant old Commonwealth,
the motAex Of States stie II. Statesmen, the
Birthplace Of Washington, Of Leo and of
jackson. The defsr tono in Wbieht ii treats
of tho efforts to ehslaTo the people Of the
South, and the eloquent lnosdage Of deuun-
ciation in which it Iciers to the t,rbar0us
system Of warfare pursued by the m.nioi's Of
the Washington dcsput, will meet With an
echo i'll the heart uf u,ery man who loves .ins-
ticc and hates oppression. We trust in God
we shall never see the day OH which tho glu>
rious old Commonwealth will lc subdued md
given over to the spoler aid tho plsrdarrr;
to the Buffers and the Schencla; to the IL
censed burglar and incendiary, i.Icitrl ard
encouraged by the "hesr Government on the
face CI the earth"
How long in this work Of death apd dc.
structi IN to continue? How long are our
cara TO be shocked and our hearts 70 be sad
dened by the tales OF voc, Of wrong and .,
outrage with which the columns Of thu press
IRE filled from day to day? How long is lie
rule Of the LSrant to he tolerated.? Arc We
to be parties TO these mons:rGua crimes against
God and man that arc pcrpetrated in the
name Of law and authority, Of order and free.
doInY Surely the men who govern at Wash
ington have become MAD hu9o been naiztd
with the insanity that precedes destruction
ur Nc, the former frremcn uf III" north. l,,,e
became illbcciIc, drive!lirg idiots, singing
the Old refrain, I'VE must sustain the Guvein-
ment."
Where is tue Governmfht2 Is it in Wesl.-
ington? Are we to find its Authority in Il
violated Constitution? Are We to seek i.,r
tho exhibition Of its legitimate authority aid
power in conscri ption acts, cuntiscatOn :lota,
emancipation acts, and al the long list Of ty-
ranical measures that have been justified By
supporters Of the party in power, the AhOll-
tionists end tho War Democracy?
As to the freedom and Independence OF tho
South, we have no apprehension. Her Isopic
can nerer be conquered, and, if that oefe pos
sible, abraham Lincoln Is noi lie man 10 ac..
complisA Mui sn6jugation.
Tho address OF the Virginia Assembly in
proof that the resolution which animated Viz
ginia all through thin war is us unbrokon as
ever, aud that there is no taltering, no waycr-
ing In the eloquent words o! this great
document, Virginia takes no step backward"
Glorious ole Commonwealth, in which
Know Ncthingien received lis death hlow-
whose namc should sound as nlusic in the ears
Of l7ishmcn, and Ill adopted citizens, for the
noble manner in which you put down intoler-
ancc and bigctry; FOR the indignant nanncr
in which you rnbukeG Naw k5aland Puritan
ISM Grand old State. may We never scc tic
day%hen you shall Have 10 i,ow beneath tho
yoke Of the oppresaor. Ii tina: day shou:i
ever come, then will The irienla Of freedom,
the lovers ol truo her5ism and manhood,
mourn ever. tho sad late cl = gctat people, who
fell Fighting for liberty and independence
fell On tho same soil that gave birth to Wash
ingtDn, to one whose name shOilld have been
sufficient to save the great Commonwealth
from the tread Of the heartless invader