Year: 1865

gle editor only, will give portion Of the
comments of the Richmond Enquirer upon
the article, part of which have just
read, showing that even in the rebel capital
they are almost persuaded to be Christians
but not quite. The Enquirer says:


"lf we have given 10 our contemporary
broader Interpretation than the writer
designed, we do not believe we have mis-
represented the determination of our peo-
| pie. The consequences Of emancipation
would fall upon the unfortunate negro. and


God would hold responsible those who had
forced upon us the act. 1t is one of ne
cessity, not choice an act taken against our
judgments and our convictions, but to save
us from the horrors of prolonged war
and the disgrace, ruin, and destruction in
the success of our enemy.


If France and England will enter into
treaty with these confederate States,


recognizing our nationality and guaranty


ing our independence upon the abolition of


slavery in all these States, rather than


continue the war, we should be prepared


10 urge the measure upon cur readers


We believe such proposition would be


favorably received and acted upon by those


nations, and it ough, to be made to them"


Will it be any greater hardship to ask


them to give up slavery and remain with


US, possessed and possessing all the rights


which we claim for ourselves This is all


we propose TO do. They do not now even


ask any other nation to assume protec-
torate over them until they have rid them
} selves of the loathsome Institution, and are
we so accustomed to its vile contact that


we are willing to exhibit less self-respect


less fear of being crooked, than is claimed


by and accorded to the dynastic Govern
ments of the Old World?


Gentlemen need not fear that there viii


not be subjects enough for party difference:
if the subject of slavery shall be forever
extirpated. They may, however, make W
5 their minds that the pro-slavery party o
/ the world is past all resurrection. 1t


leaders have made il ignominious, and it i
: in minority that will diminish withou
t pity at every successive rally. When th'
E heat of the tropics is no longer able Il
: warm it into life the North will nurse it j
. vain


,f What spectacle do we present Her


the Congress of the United States are de
: batting whether slavery shall have longe
. lease of life or not, when ii has only jus
d been barely frustrated in the attempt t


take the life of Congress itself, and woul
: do it now if It's power equaled its will
J Can it be that the last Swiss Guard in tn
n defense of slavery shall prove 10 be from
> the free States in Congress assembled
e Here men from free States, always freeme
q ana theoretically abhorring slavery, see III
= shareholders of West Virginia, Missour
n and Maryland TO say nothing Of Kentuck.
= Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee,) abo


ishing slavery, and yet hesitate to allo
!, the question TO be placed before the peop
!, lest they should be stigmatized as abolition
10 lists If a vote in favor of the amendmen
N 10 the Constitution, by which slavery ma
ar be forever abolished, secures to any ms
~ that stigma, j, can have no terrors for tho'


who have been Republicans, for such
a. vote is expected of them as an ordinal
10 duty, and, if feared by any one who hi
I'd not been Republican, let him find cou
le age to adopt the badge Of distinction, M
u he may, to the discontinue Of bis reviler
- use and wear it as most trusty weapc
n, to cleave his way through the world
ne honor and troops of friends.