Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-07


In nrscsnts and example taught and prac-
.;..a ~ 1p,,r fathsra and theirs, when they
,.;.hd,sv their allegiance from ih' notaer
Wv " - ~ and asserted their right to establish
W. So.tynment of their own? The Declafa-
I'm of Independence, which you haiioT and
celebrate every fonrth day of July, asscrss' as
sslf-eyident, tho light OF tbs Sonth6rn peop:e
to .ot up a govern meut of their own.
But we would ask, suppose you snouio' ~
the end Of enttltr three years and hail.
euoceed in snbdu;ng tho South and restoring
the UGion hy force OF arms, might you. nVs
then find out, when il was too late, that .heso
pillars upon which rests your fern o. govern.
ment had boon violently torn down, ana thaS
YOUR own liberties had boon buried IN tho
ruins? IF you will run the parallel between
the South now aud tina colon;ea IN lnu, ana
compare the course pursued BY the North no"
and tho mother country then, We shlhR y",
will discover some striking resemblance hno
among them, thut with you nos, as with the
crown then, rests the privilege OF giving peace
TO the American ooDtutns. Why not thep'
without further delay, rscegnlz, the onsy
which attaches TO your high lriHiieger We
appeal to you in the name Of religion, huna l.
iry Justice and civilization, and believe that
We shall not appeal in vain.
Peace be unto you IS
ccNNSNTs OF THE FRxECu PRESS
The principal editor of LA France" NJ c.
hen, has written, on this address, ore Of the
best articles hitherto published relative to tho
American question. The following ara some
of it's leading passage:
Can it be that light haa not y7t daTned on
this great nation Of Amcrica-w nation whose
sound Judgment and pra c.ioal intelligence have
been TO US q source Of admiration Can 1t be
that the last four years of contentious. OF dis
asterp, Of powrrloss efforts, Of miserics and OF
tears, hare fliled to conuince her Of the inpoS-
sibInv of there establishment Of Union GeiTeeR
the North and South IL it not evident that
the Sscessionists are resolved rather to bu-
" themselves beneath their ruins than to sub.
nit, aud that to the criginui aud fundamental
causes Of separation wick far 81 long toiore>
hand ANNOUNCED I'LL inevitable rupture, to the
diyerger ce in manners end institutions. Il @
anta son;sm CT interests, even to tho nppoeition
Of the races, are now aiiai feelings o! hair ID
which the war has created between this h"s-
tia brotherhood?
l. is not Therefore, fully TO inngine that.
ev.u aupposins the armies Of Lee ard BeaHf"-
gard were varqnishcd, impineahle feelings cf
resentment, such as these. could Likewise be sub
dued. and what blind infst"aton could induo;
the Northern States to create aud maintain by
foroe, SUI iect to their rnle, IN hmerican Po-
land, whose inevitable ort:Ftaks would per-
petnate The horrors Of civil "Gsf
No! the illusion is no Longer possible; the
idea of reducing and gcrsrai"9 the South must
be at once abandoned In this war Of exserm:-
nation. thu Northern armies waste aid perish,
and tho Government Of Washington is c'n!-
pslled 10 acknowledge that their heroic opp
nents are not rebels. In. people q n":ion"ii-
ty, boldly defendingi's independence nnd PFC
pared, at any est, to protect its threatened
autonomy.
M. Cohon then expresses his attonishmal t
that the principle Of modern right, which
admits tho freedom Of every nation to choose
tho form OF Government best alartod to itseH
should lie tsamplcd under foot by society,
whose duty, Oh the c1nirar.g, ia 10 upheld and
respect suah principle. Tho los' suffered by
the United States in this war il not that o.
territory, neither is It simrly the lees Of mil
lions Of money nor Of thousands of cisizona; it
is for more than this--it is the principle IF
tnair moral and politica, greatness. lie thus
continues:
They have lost tho notion CT !h,ec s7::a: iibs
eral truths ~ which their republio has tcan
elevated 10 70 high degree Of noTrr; they
have compromised forever tho liberties Of
which they were 80 Justly 1rcu,'. Oac, th.y
were free demccra:y, now they ere blood
thirsty dictatorship; once they wore ma
ton, they are now an army; tn?c they were
q hive Of reInarlaSie industry, now they &C {:
Camp.
Hoo Iona is this stutb1rn sci, will 70 co.,
tinus2 How long will they persist in cio4iHg
their eyes against the evidence ct a':ral
facts?
Tho editor Of "Ia Ffance" spsaka sppro7-
inely of tho address proposed by tho English
people, and in Of opinion that if this eloquent
NANTES a.ion of publ, opinion were sup
ported by tie tT,r,. of enc tf tho great Euro.
pean Powers, 1r.inpteG 10 is as:isiarco ty
FEELINGS OF isut lie hu:c..E:ty, We mi ghH The n
horo to Fac those ieeli:ss OF hatred which Cow
Eli the American hreas; s'ulnvri, Gpd sue
ceeded by others II On altogether opposite
and friendly chn,tc,er.
The "remrs" thinks otherwise; it notices
certain rumors according to which the Empo
ror is about again to cm,.,ny his iLiluanca il
the promotion Of peace III America, end tl's-
T. a. If a rrt position OF tho kind vera made,
it would have little chance ni being ncctpied
The "Pfeeso" has devoted q lGrg ID inter
estipg article, from The able Pen OF III. Chat-
ard, to an account Of The battle OF Petersburg.
This article contains The most complete recital
of Grants last de!ca. which has yet appeared
in the Partisan r1tss. b. ChRtard Describes
this ser culinary battle With that strict in par
TALLY which is always observed by him; and
although he Expresses himself SOMEWHAT Sc
vers!v against Grant, u HON Ee represents az
marching for four D,Gnlhs from disaster T.
disaster, still I doubt if tho mos. devaied par
tzsn of the North ctu'd Grd aTy ct tIaent
in this al Gle to which o. faction tculI lie
mnde.
The e1ca,len. writer OF att l,s CT American
politics In the 'Con,tlu ionn1l," VI. u. Marie
Martin, has publisht The programme aiof ted ty
N Clelan's prrlisans ut Nav York. NJ M'r ia
is not deceived az 10 tie value @: tbi5 demons RS
ton. ard is careful to state that those who took
part in it were bit airseti"n OF ihe Democratic
Dry, who To desrieus Of peace, and vic vii!
make known their Programme 10 the Ch;c,go
Convert on.
The "Patrie" publishes an article Hp>anstoIy
of the me- chanism Of Residential elections, and
monoc raph on the city Of Mobile.
The "Progres de P.ris" draws SID ti:!ure Of
the moral condition Of The United SAFES, AID
shows how great has been th,ir downfall CIV re
to their anbi ion, hch has caused iht m 10 f. r.
get thcs, Democratic phi, cipl's II Which they
owed their extraordinary prosperity.
ANOTHER PR,vATEER on THE COAST.
Cart. Rrowp, Ct the :hooner Sarah Gage, of
New London, reports tn OF the 18th in ant, of
Cape Sable, she saw "clo,s to- a smsrs-lonkins
ENGLISH tu t screw t2amer, showing no col r.,
stsamipg rapidly t. tho we: twsrd, rear Cane Sa-
bic.
Ire vessel WAS evidently private r. She
was barkeL tire risged, pain:ei Ill :ck, with gilt
fssii,u boards Oh her quNtr; hr smok' stack
st,ndiug between Tho main and raizz N mas 5,
and beats painted white. About tx mil 3 ss,eIn