Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-29

hngulshlng ourselves On ~ many iat,l :;
telds, We were completing our nationality u
developing our resources, living upUn ant
within ourselves. and after peuce our creates
er'al Will be to maintain ourselves in shat cx
! allied position among the natl0n5 Of the wnrlt
which our many virtues had secured for ,is.
! lie had often been asked il &c did not thini
republican governments werp lainre =
| Would not the English G overnment, simitct
monarchy, he better tor the Southern Cnfed
eracy! TO ell sueE in'e.roc cations he though
he could safely say-Nc. 'Twcrc easier II
| transfer the Ergllsh people to America thar
| the Englsh Government TO tho Southern Con-
iederacy. The English Government WIS
structure whose building had occupied cenlu
| rics. Il was rooted and grounded in the very
soil of the nation. Her Nobility, h"r Lords
her Primogeniture and many other English
customs were peculiarly English, AM const
! tutcd England FedcraliYe league of inds-
| pendent Estates. while ours was simply Con
federation Of independent S,afes. Nc Nubil>
ity, no Lords, no Primogcniture- State
free and Independent OF itself, holding re-
served rights, Tut delesatirg certain power:
to the Confederacy. A warm. hearted, truly
noble, generous and patriotic people, such o.
, OouiA W E,'tI--bSI IAhy
/ Republican form &c government.
Col. L. asserted that our outside condition
was Favorable and it was only expected of us
now to keep tho peace Of the land among our
selves, which many persons seeined determin-
ed not to keep. He regretted thar the Gov
ernor Of the noble State Of Georgia bad re-
Gently contributed moro than one mans stuiiF1
, towards thwarting the Ultimate aim OF our
Confederaey and the powers that he. TIE
! Governor had reflected grie7ou2ly upon the
rccsnt Congress, and had asserted that thcr
suspension Of the writ Of habcaS corpus was
unconstitutional, as it was IL power cnly i'm
piled st best Col l.. denied the entire
ground, and asserted this WIS a pnwer cE-
pressed in the Constitution as belonging tn
Congress, but only expressed in neg tive
terms, as were many or most of the EXPIRE ssly
delegated powers Of the Constitution. So ais
were most uf the tru'hs of Scripture. such rs
"ex:ept man be born again, he shall not cn.
ter into the kingdom of Heaven" Tc. He
argued from G vernon Brown's message that,
if tho suspension Of the hGbcQs corpus Was
unconstitutional, the Governor h.ms-.f re-
,mmends the passage by the Legislature cf
III unconstitutional measure when he recun1-
merds tho delegation by tho Legislature of
power to the Governor, and couaty or Sjate
officers, under the authority If the Governor.
TO impress provisions for soldiers families -
For the very clause that holds sacred - man 4
person by nieaEs Of the writ Of habeas corpus,
also says bis fleets, his property, ,aud n :re-
f',re, hls provisions, shall not be seiz,d, cx-
cept by due process Of law. The passage ot
en- improvement Act is O violation OF this
clause, and, therefore, an unconstitutional
mea-ure. If Congress has power pass such
IN Act and make it effective and constitutional
1t has the Same power oTer the writ nt habeas
corpus, because they are bo:h expressly dele
gated alike in the Constitution.
Colonel i. was particularly aevere upon
many dema gogical lauls-fsdsra, VIM wc;e
continually throwing stumbling blorlts IN th:
way Of cur GJyornmcnt. who were no sts.es-
mea, and who, though proeesseily Sia,ce
Rights men, kuew nothing of the funiamen.
tai principles Of S a,es Rights lie had
States Rights AMI if The great frln. AID lead
er Of that schocl, j 'hn @. Calhoun, lir"m
whose work be read somc passages I" -uhstrn'
tiste his p ,sition,) cauld bo raised firm the
dead. no would stand aehast ut thu many mis-
who attempted to instruct others in the great
lesson of States Rights. Ie belicvcd Prcsi-
dent Davis to lie Il man Of tho puresG 5: tea
Rights principles. Ho knew MIN we'll, ard
pronounced him incapable Of entertaining
those ultra aspirations and graspings after
mower which bis enemies were wCnt TO attr-
hute to him. OF all men of his acquaintance,
Jeferson Da is was lcas, prone, because lnu1l
opposed to ;he exercise Of arbitrary power
lie firmly believed that the President had but
one feeling in this contest. or in anywsc en-.
nected with it. and that was tho carntsE AID
ardent hope of the true patrior fpr the success
OF the South.
In conclusion, Col. L. appealed to croakers
and grumblers, aud asked thoSe who complain
of tile tcrribleuess Cf their troubles, the
grieTousness of their sorrows, and the awful
ness of their aHictions, would they how the
neck to Lincola's yoke, march again under
his banners, assume his character and the
character of his people, whose very naA,e,
Yankee, is suggestive Of stealth, treachery
and rarfidy, if by so doing they could bring
ba.k into our midst all Of our martyrsd dead
and restore us to the mininn Of Abe Lin
coin and bis satraps2 He answered thrm
with an universal nerer. NEVER, NEVER
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.