Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-26

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because such q system was ,houcbt 70 ha -,
the whole, the best for tho country's GOOD -
There can be no general PLAN that will no
operate unelualIy in individual rasca. Tim,
, /: does 81, Is therefore no conclusive arrumcn
against it. II any shall DO made to feel dis
comfort and hardship, let me tell them thai
IN war like this, discomfort and hardshir
mast be, to greater or less degree the lot O
, oil. lie who expe.t' now to rcposo in ca;e
anu comfort, Is as unreasonable aa the snilo,
w'io, "hiie the Storm is raging around, and
hls good ship struggling with the dashine
blllhws asks TO be allowed to 90 down uni
take comfortable and quiet bpooz. in hi.
bcrth below.
TO complain OF having to give up 4 part O.
a man's property, If necessary for the good o
the cause, is, Of all things, the most un.eason.
able. rs given up to save t'e remainder
II we achieve cur independence. wc must have
men and money. Without both, We are un.
done; and what. then, will We save?
We will not save our soldiers from tho dan.
gers and privatioIs of the battle field for, il
triumphant-over W., In the insoence Of their
pride, tho Government Rt Washington vii
speedily seek to a7cngc some fancici wrong
IGgalnst E.ng!and or France, or both and rs
we'll 20 rid themselves Of population they
fear, al to carry ont purposes Of revenge, they
will put our brave boys in the front Of their
battle. And then these. on the plains of Mex.
leo or Canada, will suffer. in the service of a
hated master, greater privations and hard
ships than they now feel fighting At their own
doors in de!tnce Of their homes, their families
and tI.eir tiresides.
VIII We save our property? BY imperial
edict 1t has already been declared that our
laborers arc no longer our property, and acts
of confscation stand on the Statute book
ready, whenever the pt wer is given, to clutch
cur lands and other property. Doubt it who
will. subjusntion brings deslitution.
The doctrine is that Erhnls have no rjqaiS
an3 when did fankee cupidty ever consent to
reiinquish what YuuEse power could hold -
The unIrinciPlai mereea@ries Of their army
have an appetite iar plumber that the wolf ci
the desert might behold with envy.
What have they done With tho aoa:'try they
! have "vorrua? Think ,f or irs5lated fields;
oar smouhtcrrg houses, The wives and chii-
dren of worthy citizens roaming house ess
and homeless tlirrugh the land, seeking shel-
ter and begging Subsistence. Think, toa, rf
our noble boys, whose bones ere bleaching on
L thousand battle fields, or who are row sIf-
ferng living death in Northern ungeons.-.
Think of all these things, and then think "t
| your money
Ir view of ;ils-g dread realities, lrs all SC Ii
| tious cnmplainings DO forever hushei ia the
land. N5'r 10. aay man ho doluded with the
! idca that by unmanly Submission peace may
be obtained and these evils avoided. lie who
has watched with any care the progress Of
this war will have observed that in proportion
n the chances f r;r.r:,l against the South,
! Ivy whatever means, have Increased. in that
same proportion the strength anil violence Of
the abolition and tlna;is.l pa7ty have aisD in
creased. Let them get control over us to-
morrow, and that party will have acquired q
lease of power that will last Cor q generation.
| In such an event. there might be = faw .,hO
would wish to sec Us restored to our former
status and the old Union re-cs:abGshad, but
their voices would be lost in the wild whir-
wind and tempest of fhaaticnl triumph end
| fury. Men want peace-do VIC no. ALI want
| peace? Peace how gladly womil we hail
its advent How anziously do VIC watch fer
! its coming .::
Aye, I'VE wait for it Us one who waitcth f,r
| the morning Our fancy strains to catch the
| ru7tliDg sound oiits white wings as il dcscends
! and hovers over Us, like messenger from Oh
high. We lift ourselves up to meet the 'Nt
and sweet accents Of its salutatiGn-as soft aid
! swect rs tito whisp:rinos Of ~ angels voice.
We listen with eager ears for the faintest echo
| Of its feathcry footballs upou our doo--waya as
| it seeks to re enter i.' accustomed hau1ts.
While the imagination lnbo-s and ayonia rs
| with tho thought, L bright scene opens up
around ns. Ths roar Of tie cannon isha-hci:
| tho clangor of arms is heard no more; bonfres
blaze On every hilltop, and tho notes Of con
graduation and rejoicing vihrate on every
4 nA -
the brother to his fond sestcr, and the bride
| groom to his -long-los. bride. The family cir
| Gle is reunited and beams from lore-ligbted
eyes shed hallowcd Brightness through eve
| ry household. The scene charms and mcits
| the heart. Bat q bloody hand is suddenly
| stretched forth to mar its oeauty-it yanishcs
| away, and leaves III it's stead the dread reali-
| ties Gf war. Honorable peace VIC all desire,
bus our ereny will not allow Us this
There is another sort nf pegcr that subn,!s-iJ u
| would give Us. 1t is the peace that wai;s on
| the footsteps Of the coIqucrpr; tho pear> that
| was proclaimed in that famous a3G2unc;nlen',
"Ieuce r;ynS in H,rSum!'' IL is a peace
whose m;ldLst attribute is chetres5 cudless,
| hopeless slavery. Better anything than this
| Ave, there is yet another sort OF lraace, which
| ia greatly to 10 preferred to 1.-THE peace G.
| tho charnel house the silence Of the gravo.-
| Pity is sometimes expressed. for those who
| are marked out, in case Of the success of our
| enemies to be tried and executed for treason
In that event, their fate, in my opinion, III no:
the most to be deplorcd. Far better the gal.
lows, the stale, anything rather than slarcry
| to nation, whose chief aud representative
men arc Butler Sickles Sulupcr ard tho
| like. What bravo and manly heart is there
| that would not. from the height Vi the gibhGt,
look down with pity and contempt urcn thosc
| mean and Affect wTetchcs, who haye turned
from tho cause Of their own injured Sjnth,
bccnuss it appeared weak. and, by mean C M
pliance and sycophGntic serTili,y, have soug''t
to commend themselves to the tyraEt who
wishes to enslave ia. Washington in Chains
woald have looked with contempt upon Ar
mold in purple Think Of Stouewalr Jackson
in his bloody shroud, and then think of An-
drew johnson in his pride Of power
But why speak Of suh;ugation nnw7 What
is there, in onr present condition, TO maka
such an event in the least degree probable? !?
We have resisted the utmost power Of the enc
mt now for three years, and arc as unsuhdued
as ever! Contrast our present condition %ith
what it was two yenrs ago, when this Con
gross opened, and what is thcro to disc jrra:.e
( us?
The sal reverse at S rr;ng Hill. or Fishing
Creek, was then freeh iu our minds; the El--
noke disaster had just occurred; Forts Henry
and ponelson had just fallen tho coming c"-
lamities at Nashville and New Orleans we're
already sending f,rward the fatal olncn t!at
her1lini their approach, a"a tho arny Il
Northern Virginia. - short time bsfJrs buoy
ant with hope and rc-piendent with success,
now weak and waited, were actually preparing
to fall back upon Richmond
WAC does not reIne,nuer that dark and dis
NAL 22i Of February on which the President
was mans its thick clouds over
head, its rain dripping carclcssly down. and
the earnest and anxious couutenances cl tho
assem- bed multitude. Gloom rested on every
thing. but more espe,ially on the minds Of
the people.
Since then we hsvs lost much territory. and