Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-08
,tE S,NFOpU'S IErHfH

The father Of eleven iy.r. children at all
t;r,"a has q right to lie BEARD. tt'- "!:''r 'i;s
words are words 81 sisin'n ~ ":.!'& .'''n u
read i. doubled. T."
AruuKx. M,r"S CGra'l. Ala,
rrraiih,r I''lh. l"'.:.
Gaj,r WILLIAM N"REG.
Chief Of Signal Corps, E:ciIa!0ni. Va.
Nv Dear Sir: Ern tx me t. visit the Cup
| :,al :his Winter and give my aid in bacKius
~ lie Government" IN this gigantic strncgl,
/ irr the common liberties II I'll civilized ncr
AID The pclitiaa, iudc:"adcncc c,!r ;'.;nc
Yainlv thought they had rstasIisH2G lar 'ac.i
children on this continent st:a.t:inr lratrio
friend has invited ne 20 Hici,!Hr'i:
| | do not understand tia: fer. az: 10 i lie
cessity for such poor COUNSEL 8, :'ISt l.
give and my lcni;a is not equal +" ! 'irnay
| b Richmond. feel, blrcy-?. !tlHt w''ls: pJ
brothers, who survive the ",-uilti'- =. wGr
| and my aGns ara fighting i'll the army. "'l2h
not, from a sense ni mere InUIeS!y. L. With
hold an EXPRESSION Of snch opinions ~ have
Whether this lstter shall find Il pia = IN th'
-Irfa piarna Of our Rome o. not. ,i'eS no
concern me- | believe ! nave s,n'aahas Il
say worth ynuratten!iOn. an! tii:t can claim
| 70 say it sjar 9ruiia Im "mhihoH,
70 begin: | see no prusn":: AZ 'rea'"' II
nine wears to come. ! love peace, aid wCnid
! br:ur It tonight frpm Heaven, if ! could.
pray for peace every day, and night, and hour
and covet. far more, the blessings Of tbs
peace-maker than tho honord Of successful
war. All tho laurels that ever crowned the
heroes Of battle arc not worth good cabbage
head Cane no., my sUGl. into their secret
whose feet are swil5 to shed h!ood But,
hoping ivr peace and praying for peace. Wild
out regard to its condition. have not brough!
peace and arc not likely to bring 1t.
the devil does his work oi ?ate and slaugh
tor perfectly ''Ihis wicked VAR is his
work. 1t is great bla-phcny to TILL, about
il rs "proviicntial war All tho attributes
of God resist it. lilo is bit an imp OF Bcclzc.
hub, IN AngeNos of "thc hottomlcss pit. J." who
would perpetuate this war nlnmcnt longer
than it can be arrested in its work u hln3'!
and moral iesolatian.
But "Gal is with is. bcca"ac We ::rr il, the
righf, aai lie il always with the ri ;tt.' 81
SAYS my oh friend. Ilershell Y. johnson. III
his late speech in Niillcd%"Ylle: ~ gay all our
Doctors Of Divinity, and the people shout
.f,aca' liz not think 81. In the accepted
scll.r, God WAS not with the innocent Abel
when he sank beneath the frntriciau' ban! at
Cain. Our blessed Saviour, in She ng"nics L!
the Cross. cried out Ny God r,y Cad
why has MoW tarsairH mo: G0i does uovr'
violate the laws of His own nature. His sym
la,hio4 arr enlisted for the poor, tn down
trid,ian, the prisoners. the tOrsakGa "t Mi
lands ind languages: hui; !.e drca ia; rescue
them forcbly and contrary 10 iia ike n'!ir:
ii His universal empire. There il Ia t.u:x I.
i3m in His championship .! 'th: riGE. = H.
,l,;es not rescue the B;J'r 'tscii rom the
hands If in3ious, false teachers. H. ;airh;Gl
children languish in rrison-housas ard cSpir,
| in the flames ct persecution. am no be-
Hover in the subtle hrrrsy Of IH''"r C"n&in
| have no faith in Historical np'im SIN" I; is
trl., rs p'Anhigne 81 often and ri"qucntly
cxclaims, "God is IN hi%i1yW:" hus Il IL true.
too, lie ia there. not always the con4':crin.
hero, but often the dcspis"d. the "ur';,;t, t!r
cruci6ed.
God il With tnc right" AMI with rs in al
the clemartr nF il'I H""oi power. l:r, wc
have no ri.:,t T., nxr.'t lis !ich:nin., - d.
the work Of nm: ra'n,'T!, H"r Ills wi:idS 1,
wnste the nay;cs =! ,nr e;.",aigs. We have II
.isht to trust ia Him in Yicipry OF defeat. liv-
ing or ,lYiug-to pran fnr lis rr3tenii"n and
preservation, npoa thc r""|Hi"9 oC "Hr nhr-
dicu:e 10 His laws bat we mV3i "rysri "a tight
our Grm bntties.
What | write, write in tie Interests Of
p,acs-nor for the ear Cf ~ oIDud paoule,"
bu. e. the heart Of an humble people. Pride
has never been favnrite virtue With God. lie
lasts it down beneath ths i'ct II the vi.p,. of
the earth. He "desrises proud look" and
my heart is daily painrd ~ ;i:c newspaper
appeals to "the pride Of or people, ap-
neal t. their reason, their commau snas' n;d
their conscience.
We shall have wlr--w2-t'nG'. weGrYinc.
| "wicked WARRIOR a: least nan" Tstr. fl ~"M<
L'oco!n must ba;n another tnrp: "A viii Ii to
su,inyatc md dcapol ia, nni thcu our DEM
cratic friends must Try their irnternnl plan OF
'c1I:;;aiion and conquest" for four yAars
longer It is in the Interests al r":lc" iur We
70 be really for peace. nine y''G;s h@n"- Ia toe
meantime we must fight Oh "rd '''3.g o!'--
weep and stalve, ana watch, aud TnrS. and
prav, and wait for differentiation q H"i.'
This, you see, requires us 10 nut ourselves
Mt once, upon Il permanent rr- i'oti"9-and
THE TO do, is 10 the Interests Ct pace. Bat
we have anTc hnn hi~ t. d". The nrti"T
I'M abous 10 Indicate embraces as veil tho np
p'iances of u s7sep'3yS dntomGyp ~ ~" "Tr-
rations Ct vigorous wmriare. ]: ia
amazing b pc, that SIC hare hai ryar'ly, no
dip1omacy al Ill., W. have iliadv ana
proudiy thrown away ai :he advantages Of
q straightforward AMI )rru!en: ,r;,r.'eata
ton Of our casp 10 i';r"isn pow ars. The cole
MES. during their struggle, were NOT 90
proud" They represented 10 EIrnFc ihlt
they required sy,nnathy and aid. They could
fight on, they said, against al odds. bat did
not disguise tho inequality Of the c0ntljct AID
the uncertainty Of the ISSUE. Under oar vain
and hoasiiml representation at nur "c.1u"r.s
and resolution, England or France would he
very foolish Tn render any MD wht'cHrr. 1t
is trnr We are ,l.ing The work tia. Lord Pal
mcrs.rn and the Emperor mic;it '"al' ox;lnn1t
half the resources of England an! Fran" h
accomplish. We are lighting, ~ mIic!, in their
interest rs our Own; we arc t"arln" d0;:n the
only rival power on this continent they fear;
but then, we tell them plainly that we can
and will do ;J without any hslp irHn hem
and lnngh at the idea Of any d"uht Of our
succcss. WIZ. then. should E1g'and con ;crn
herself about us? Why should the Emperor
gn aside from his path in Mexico: England
will ba ready to grasp the prize of oar CONS
MERGE The Emperor will duly san:, us, M
hir friends and allies on the other side If the
Rio Crnn,lo, when it shall eos. him nntlIin:
to do So
My theory is to fght in order to be able Ia
argeiiatr, and to n..iofinte in ordnr TO reap Mc
fruits yt peacc, from tho hloedy burrows IF
the battle fsld-'o employ MI our physical
resources in combination with Mi the moral
and economic influences wo can contrnl-'n
IA 5 7c:.A t"ranlres under atri. AMI ell
Tor Hercules beside. takcaH IL rim ~.
ia order to ,,s sure Of the prize.
But is there anything u he accomplished
Ivy diplomacy? Think q very c-c.;t ,!eal.-
Diminishing Omr 4" Pride --ourrcidn q! roAE's-
tencT and orr pride or character. t'sinj?
yips!)-let rs look NJ thing. rs ny Lord
Bacon s.svi--"in 4 dry light III IA n"nre-
ciata human nature Mt its par rnlH". Is the
came uniform and iepraTed thing i: las Len
.ir.ce Adam, and not nv
70 dsnv.,iy- i. ri-r-I s~rrh :.nt: sira