Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-01

! AGAR ,}o lr,. IT the mon AID &c Ga:itt q
ro,,ns..u,s;cn. Che '',iari, days. q l5t.2
came with the fal! Of Fort ronc!s0Gand Roam,
oso Island; they came upon U.s. with our ar
mics e,,ra.. l:slanicd, with our people dis
hca, tened. nui not dependent. because, for
.uoa:eig Tor nu? cause. Mr. Lincoln had rem
d-rod iesponhaHcy impossible by making
Submission verse shan deash.@
The emancipation proclamation, regarded as
q nstnrsl sequence Of the preceding policy, wa
neither dreaded nor nnoxpect"d ana without
in tho icis: weakening on: resources, or
strengthening his own, ii served q nest useful
end in our affairs. The inaincerity and folly
Of liberat;ng the slaves within our lines, over
which he had No power, and rotaining in GER
r;.ude those within the l:nes Of his army,
robbed tie Abolition manifesto OF all ITS W.
tue. and exposed its author to the contempt
Of the ignorant lat sincere Abol;lionists OF Eu-
rorc. It's indiscriunatc application to the
slures of all the people Of the Confederate
S,ates LEFT no hone for tho weak and wavering,
snd taugt. both upioniss ana seceSslonlst
That a common ,un awaited thom, which
their united efforts oonl.t alone pro emf. IL
sounded the death KEEL Of The Union IN the
}bearts of the whole people. Il closed tho
door forever: isonnQuncsd common doom
md common dcstrucricn 70 all; IL recosciicd
Sissenticas it hushcd dissatisfaction. bat
these were not half lis v;rtues-it ioreverucd
tho hands of Mr. Lincoln. lie can now never
concilate-hc can never coiopIornite. II nc
attempts to 90 back, ara offers protection to
the institution of slagerg, he loses the ahoh-
ton power that supports him at home. Ana
without compromise, Ill hopc Of ro-constrrc-
, ton is forever gone. The war must GH on
we cannot afford to yiti,!, and we thank .'iT
l Lincoln. for it. We rrjoice TO know t5a: the
: neople OF the Confederate States have h"t the
e alternative Of victory or death. We rejoice
' that Mr.. Lincoln has ciFectualy deprived any
1 cvil,dispoScd person oG all POKER to SOW
: among us the seeds Of disafection, or revive
1 the hone Of reccns,ruction. We re- rice that
: Mr.. Lincoln has made oar peoplc 10 plainly
= understand that defeat can entail 70 greater
It evils than submission y7o1!; bring. We can
g row boldly take the ch~Eces o. hattle, Tor
= while victory brings pcacs, ard honor, and III
- 6enendcncc and sacst7, defeat is attended
j. with 10 greater evil :han is already assured
II n lis. MIR. Iipco!n had 80 narrowed the Issue
that hi. late Message and Proclamation has
: already passed away from the recollection 81
|, our people IIav;ng previously assured them
j thst to yield VISA RUIN and death, his 'a'e man
J. irssto might hava been omitted for these dou-
= HE assurances cf destruction cease even to
q nroyole. Mr.. Lincoln is not without his use
u f,in,ss TO our cal+e-indeed, without him, We
= sometimes feel that possibly we might noi
= have so successfully wi;hstood the enemy. ne
l. do not mean re ins;nuatc that he is friend 10
l. our cause, but merely to call attention 10 the
n manner in which Providence oyerTultS the
!, FOLLY and wickedncss Of man, making taenl
e instruments Of their own destruction.
The last Proclamation is mere tub 10 the
Il whale"-is was not expected to influence any
n Of our people. twas only designed !" s"cn7"
r Mr.. Lincoln's recollection. It's machinery Of
: one-tenth of tho people may p 'ssibly procure
j. some shadow Of government fer the State,
: and secure the electoral vote Of Tie seeded
! S,etos 10. aip. Linao!n The last prac!ar'"~
ton, therefore, is directed not at U.s. hut al The
n crpcsition in the United States. Through it
d Mr.. Lincoln intends to secure the forms #
Il law, and with those forms he will maintain
= himself IN the Presidency. tits the machinery
: that is TO effect the arowcd purposes Of the
Auburn sreeci: of Mr. Seward; and, 10 make
: Mr.. Lincoln president de ,fdc'", IS he c!aims
c 70 be de iurc, Of the seeded States; to return
i. to him his stolen Statoa: TO continue, nEcer
4 the .16,1s Of Is'r, the poke: and patronage OF
t tho executive, without an election; or, If en-
election becomes necessary, to secure the
c electoral vote of tho sce2ded States through
! the voice OF pocke.at tenth Of the people,
: whose existence is ~ much myth az their
, constitutional rights. The sequel will show
t that oppression hes overleaped itself, and has
: oceu msdc to serve cur cause.
: The civil policy Of Mr. Liuc9in' vas in.
tended, designed, and constructed to compel .
= dissolution ard prevent Il rcconstEncticn o.
{ the Union with the rights Of the slave Stats
. unimpaiyel lie deliberately provoked ~
8 assault upon Fort Sumter, in tho hope
. that it would rouse the people Of the North
/. into frensicd exci!"mcnt-and ne famed
4 tho fame he had so successfully iSnitcd by
e mob in New York, whose ringleadcrs lie
r and hi, partizang had rad with government
funds. \ letter from New X"rk, Of date
: Aprii 10, 1861, thus sketches nc state of az
, fairs in that city:
z "So ooen friend 81 secession is safe here
now. The press is gagged: fee speech, ex-
cest only in behsn Of thu Union 10 net al
lowed, and svmpathizer with the South
hardly dare call his soul his own. And this
{ is FREQ country Even tue Napoleon Of the
c press, tho great 'necplti,' which has defended
sho causo Of tine Souii unG"ch.nSly, has
covered before mob, and changed from Tcur
friend to vour enemy. Other journals have,
8 in ike manner, been threatened with p!lisSc,
+ or to he blown sky high with gunpowder, IN
). less they canc out boldly and uncquivo"al!y
for the Union one printing establishment hns
been entirely sacked, and the MOB 'ctgns s1i.
: p-cReW
: In further confirmation OF this fact, it will
bersmemb ered that the New York Tribune"
8 had expressed opinions favorable to reaceab'H
separation, quoting tho words and approving
! the sentiment Of the Declaration Of lnde2en-
dence. Of the right Of the people to alter or
: abolish and instituted new government, when
: to thcna it shall seem proper; but the mc' Of
Mr.. Lincoln changed all this; male tho "Tri-
. \ ~ JpI
: dence, and turn DEAF scr TO the voice of iua-