Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-09

/ FOREIGNERS AMI THE WAR.-The present Is
c%minenty a war in which. il We with
to hacceed, all should put their shoulders
to the wheel. The people Of The South
have sElwn, by their acts and Their hcr Ole en-
durapee of the most barbarous currngea. that
they are determined to do 20 until the last
armed Yankee bandit is th,ust neck and heels
from a soil which the civilized world canfcsses
is cu,sed by mia pcstiferas presence. To d.
this successfully ~ prcmisal in the cffat. we
NUT Il; phil together. NJ other cou:-e Ct
conduct viii insure the successful attainment
Of the object ~ dear t, every Southern heart.
E;ery na!uralized citizen Of the United States
resident IF the Coifeduracy, who elected ~
stay after the separation Of the two ]se..iuus,
is ms much O citizen of the Confederacy us if
native and to the manor born" Nothiny can
roll him Of his heritage Of citizenship but t,cn-
son, whereof he must be frat found guilty. It
is q notorious fact that during this war some Of
our most skilled md determined soldiers
those mhu have cfteu put their life in peril
and pino Of whom have willingly surrendered
it-hnve been men who first saw the light of
day in another land. Many IF these, il is true,
were raturalizad, and felt the same dosirc we
do to burl back the host tf Vandals that fl.
naticirm and hatred had enrolled against us.
OtherH-nnd they were net 4 fcw--wcre not
even inpellcd by the claims rr citizenship
they were and IRE foreigners but t|:cy came,
attracted by the spectacle Of an oppressed, but
bravo and determined people, manfully but.
tling for lbartJ aud right, against a host uf hire
ling cu.-tbroat5. They were actuatcd by the
same feelings that irnrellcd Lafayette, Koscius.
G0. and Steuhon, to leave their homes; ard their
actions lugc l'crn ~ chivalrUus as that Of the
followers e Richard Of she lion-hoart, when
he ToutfOrth to buItin with tho InhLcl for rho
posse ssian Of the Tomb Of our Saviour. Be-
taugc y man was born in 4 sable j. does not
follow that he IS q h0rse any more than is irl-
lows that MI who happened ~ be born in the
Sjuth understand what true g~cntility and no.
b'enfs5 IF spul is. This war has shown that
many 4 Yankee was born in the Soutl, ard
= Sn"c Southern man came to light in "a
regian far leSs genial than 0Ers. III this war
the man who battles with ua for freedom il
our brother, and earns his citiz 'nsh;p, whctlI-
er Catholic. Protestnnt, jew. Gentle "r. Turk.
We want no better Or Drawer soldiers. "r more
cfici1nt aids thant tho Irish. French, Germans.
Prussians, Poles, jews, Austri,ns and Eng
lish, who have fought for tic Southern cross
The times re not favorable to bringing to
light by the slightest illusions the ~partizin
chickering's and petty cabals into which men
were divided in yrnrI gone by. The man who
undertakes it may cal .Iiate ut hcing despiscd,
and will find that lie is calling spirits from
the vas'y deep Of 4 buried past, who will not
obey his summons, save in mock;pg AMI de
risien ~o,'ncs. These ltsultory remarks are
submitted. firstly, bseause Of their corrsc,nc =;
and. secondly. because "this cruel war; seems
tn have turned ,h" heads, as well rs tho hearts, |
'f Il number Of citizens, and made them Just
az obli,iaus "f right and dccercy ia void If
conscience. Il is lar more common than pro-
Ger u stiglnatizc Orlv the Jews and foreigners
~ speculators AID cxtortioners. These two
classes, by the III ,st assidious cndauvors, could
!ar!ly .nrpass, il equal, many of those born
IL the South, who, during this contest ut l,a,t,
have displayed capacities in the way Of tx,
%tort;on. gripping, regulation and boarding that
would 10 M discrci:t to the NEST l~leart!eas
Yankee or the kcencs. Isr.eli.c.