Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-11
In tho Knoxville and Atlanta daily Re-

In tho knoxville anu 1AuAnIa D2iy ="
gister' of February Goth we find the follow
ing words applied to this paper:
"The Richmond Enquirer demonstrate
the impossibility of effeeting o peace mr. H.
tho agency of the two Governments "' i|'"
mond and Washington" ~.
We are not aware that any su'h a4ea vi"
ever advanced by this paper much LEGS "o'-
monstrsted" in its columns. On the contra
~, we hold the very opposite opinion. We
regard the agencies ct Richmond and Wasii~
ingson as the only powers that ever can effect
a neace, and this suggestion of State inferno
sition as the crafty design of enemies IN dis
guiss. The Register" quotes IN extract from
the Congressional Address as sustaining TINS
idea of State interposition. 1t we hao sup
posed that the address of the Congress- WITT
ten by Mr.. Curry, co%autenancod any such dis
organizing and reasonable purpose we would
have denounced it. and excluded it from our
columns.
We must say that the "oreei Of the Re
g~ister'" and tho creed Of the Raleigh Stand
ardu are as much alike as twin cherries.
The subterfuge of State sovereignty as
Composed both to UnioniSm and Confederate
ism" of Southern sectional nationality"
being "a necessity during tho war, but not .
dssideratum in peaoe;" of the restoration OF
those inter. State relations subsisting prior to
the Revolution of l776," (what were these
inter State yelction,s-wet thought hat "prior"
,o1--6 the relations" were Inter COLONIES
means resons.ruction-m means submission
The Register endeavors to cover up Its pur-
pc,ss under 1.-The Resolutions of the Virginia
Conyention of l79s!99." What Convention
of 10000? There was no Convention n
Virginia in l79S'99. The Frg'nia Asg'sta-
..,e, of that year, adopted certain very la
nous resolutions" of which, it appears the
Register" has heard something, but OF which
il seems to understand very little.
All this reference to familiar words
clo.ks and covers up an opposition, if not on
misy, to the confederation of States now light
in,, not for independence, but for q place
among the nations Of the earth under tue
name Of Confederate States of Anler!ca.
The "indepsndence" Of each Of the States COM
posiny the Confederate States is Is complete
and full a. tina. Of each Of the States compos-
I'M, the United States but their right to q
place among the nations OF the earth is coli
tested bv tho United States, and they are fight
ius for this right with the firm purpose to
conquer it. They are not fighting for the In
dependence of the Several Statos," but for
Southern sectional nationality" and the PEG
ple and the armies regard it Us both "a neces'
sity during the war" and as Ga dosiderasum
in peace"
The "Resister' is entitled to its "crecd,'
and to its Views" and purposes" AMI
ideas :" but we protest against being drag
eed into them. We hold nothing in common
with tho "creed of the Register" We art
for southern sectional nationality" under
tho name of THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF
AMERICA" The "principlo of State sovereign
ty" we regard as the Fundamental consltu'
ent of that confederation but we ore utterly
opposed to its being made an "agency in Tho
future adj ustment of pending difficulties" be-
ca,se thu. would be 10 dieoolvo tho oAnfsaor"
ton into it's constituent elements, the creation
Of anarchy, and leading straight back to the
old Union. State sovereignty has an agency
in the authorities of the Confederate States,
and, as long as the institution Of tho Con-
fsdersts States Of America exists, 1t Is trea-
sonable tn seek any other agency for either
peace or war.
When tho Confederate Government sha!
"fail in it's mission" then will be the time t.
look out for some other agency; but, rs 1t Eas
not failed, We look upon this new tangled
agency of State interposition as out Of place
and inimical to the Confederacy.