Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-23

tt1n nRl6 Dy the aDOutlonlsIs III dis htia h''
by his authority. It is hos n mag to itl
against hic, in lis election. Ihn oil .rrn
ment in tho assembly Of A,hens is reproduce d
Tho city Of Mitiioa5 having eapltalattd t
the Athenians, the men were doomed to death
and tho women and children to perpe.ua
s.ryitulc. Tho advocates Of this dtIceo nsd
Tho Empire Of Athens could not 30 main
tained without ca unhGiwJea asta1hIntn
aud ut.,iteraLle adhesion 10 ;;c tHteres
aud horne Of the Republic" The "maF'
tors 0f Qreeos" invited hy en- i'll jndsct
lenity the imitation and coneinuhnco a1
suoh crimes I'D must inevitably terminate III
public disgrace aud irrcparab!o ruin. What
else could be oxpectod from pardonins tho az
grayatsi guilt of Miti!ens? Er-aGed by hid
weakness, must not ths ueighGorin& States
and islands Ohio, Iiiiaoi. and Indiana
whose r.soureeu form, the Principal vigor .!
the Republic, grosdil5 ssis, the first lppar'u-
nifty Of shaking Off the yoav de Uaion which
they have long reluctantly borne, aid follow
the cxa:nrlc Of q revolt, Which, wittcu. pre-
senting them with tho fenr Of danger. promised
them the hope Of delivarauOa.
The crater, Gloon, kaSiDg asserted :aet "sao
destruction of Mitilene WIS neoeGs ,ry ~ asie
other cities from, rsbel!ion;" it %aH replied
that, ''thesc civil monalles will be .t.en I'd
with irrererable i,jGrJ 10 your Interest Ii
,r.l r&,,,;rp nf al 4
England and France provoke the rc'e"'-
meut Of Greece, The Democrasia party. *
cite the indignation of maG,iI'd, r.l, n-trsd
of preventing rebellion, leod'r it :i'oT' Ire
q1ent and more sanguine. Whom oil hopes
of success shall have vanished. your rcoelliou:
eutj tjscts will then be persuaded to return IL
their duty. They will seek doath in the 6sld
rather than swai. it at tn, laaA Of the exc
cutiouer. Though reduced to tLo las: tx
trenity, lat Atlanta, they will spurn fubmis,
sion, aud, gathering courage from despair
either repel your assaults or fall useless
proy, weak und exhausted Incapable Of in
Identifying you for the OK rcrsv Of the war. cl
Of raising those tubsidis5 o. ccn!ributiuus which
rendered thcir suliogatiop desirable object
either of intercs! or orambition."
The considerations Of "hiIsrest" prevailed
hut the punishment Of Mi.iene, peril %, r..
cono;led vengeance with interest. 0ae thou-
sand Of its otiz ,ns wsrs inliscrininstely con
demned to death the walls .: tie CITY d.
molishei; ths shipping taken to A:hans. and
the territory divided int three t43naa"4 p"s-
tions, Of which three hunired were ,onsccfa L ed
to the g;ds, Yankee hypocrsy,l aai the
rest distributed By lots among the people oi
Athens.
The people of the n ortll. like tAs A!hcnians,
and il to their interest to repeal tho bloody
decree, and Lincoln is htli to account b; ila
oupidity of his countrym4n. He has iefsud
orders to counteruot this injury. Seward
says tho order Of emsncipaticV falls with the
war. Torney and Raymond say peace VII! tS
granted on oihat terms than consupu;a ed
abolition. Shelrhan is instructed to talk like
"a S,uttron." and u profess feelings Of hu-
UlLlllsy hplCh Eo ''i A'9 i'IH's.
Tie reply Of General Hood to the infamous
aspsssions Of Sherman, "a t1 the causes and
conduct Of the war. ara toU Conclusive to need
repetition. The ground that thsr equals uu
der the Federal Constitution nn.c rebels against
their lawful authority his allowed tho Fedo
rals to imprison rur pedp'a, men aHi 50
men, in loathsome dungeons. "4he iutcrest
of the United Statcs" has driven Zen comj bat
ants from New Orleans and othcr cities. II
has burned houses, destroyed property, u,nl
sent homeless thousands to diminish ths sub.
sistenoe of those whom the armed force Of the
enemy could not reach. No crime ir tho cata-
logue Of iniquity has not been perpetTa.cd in
the nal:s of the United States. 1t asanls ita
interest to order 6rr, r)bhory, ,"urdar, rspo.
famine, confscstion aud cSiln. 'rheso c,ine'
"it is the interest Of the United States " 10
commit. They are committed, not because
thoy are right, wise Or justified by National law,
hut because they promote the interest 81
the Unitel Ssntes We havo never seen 10
open an avowal of 40 hlgrsnt an iniqnity.
General Hood il right in referring these
acts to the ages Of barbarism. Tho war poll,
cy of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was that Of Lin
coin: il was to murder, starVe, sutjugate or
drive out every peoplo who w;,hstood their
myriads for the sake Of homo or liuari7. Re-
sistanas to power, devotion t. .f:.h adj a3nn-
try, was no moro virtue ia H.. ,Yca ii the
Mede or Parsian than in thoao .! TIE YarEeo.
Darius. Cyrus ard Na,xea frAsaotHi their
"intersat" by armies ga,hscoi with tho pro-
mise of plundsr, and trod cut OF existence q
free and resisting psopln with uO mora emo
ton than the rough .olad negro traa1a oct q
nest of ants. Lincoln carries tha banner of
"interest" in the same ppirit. General Hood
is right. There is M instance IN ancient. his :
tory where war has been waged With greater
disregard of human hight or feeling than the
present The cry Of the despo: hss been the
sams in all ages. "Extsr,ninate them and their
ideas, ind raplant their cou,t,y with otcdient
Subjects" This is tbe purpose Ct Lincoln
and his party. The extraordinary resistance
of the South, the unanimous determination to
die rather than 81 bnit, The universai adherence
with which the advance Of the Federal llag las
been met. cren tie crea. fact tLat the people Of
AAomta riN nns take he cath # allsqiunce
but prefer homeless Aid tresdless exile, seen,
to have awakened tho jcspot. who jes's ct all
save his own Interests" to bis insane policy.
This hypocrisy comes too late; ha cannot DO
ceivs bis own ieilow-oit;zsrs, while The South
knows too we'll that "inth,esL" makes hi,6
promise, and that "intereel" will mako him
violate his promise.
THE COMMISShRIAT,
Ii is matter Ct universal ue,eeinaht that