The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-26 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

MANCHESTER, Sept. 25.—The yarn market ha's
been very quiet to-day, and the business done has
been small. There has been a little buying for
Calcutta and for the Mediterranean, but nothing of
any moment. The business offering, in fact, has
hardly been sufficient to fairly test prices. The
market closes firm, spinners being deeply under
contract, and showing no disposition to make any
concession. The chief cause of flatness is in the
smaller business doing for cotton at Liverpool, at
declining prices. There are plenty of buyers in
the yarn-market, but the easier prices at Liver-
pool gave them a hope that by waiting they
may do better than at present, and for this reason
they have been holding back. The sloth-market
is effected in the same way. Manufacturers are
generally firm, but buyers are cautious, and the
transactions have been few and to a limited
amount only. There is an impression among sellers
that the pause is only of a temporary character,
and, though here and there a manufacturer may be
found who is rather easier to deal with, the market
generally is firm.
CARDIFF, 25th.—There is a considerable amount
of vitality evinced in the coal trade, and the steam
coal merchants especially are well supplied with
orders. Quotations for coal and steam are firmer,
and a slight advance has been obtained by several
of the merchants. The house coal collieries are
also better employed. Increased activity is to be
observed at the ironworks, and it is expected that
a general advance of wages will take place in
November. The puddlers and others employed
at the Cyfarthfa works have already had a pro-
mise to that effect. Bars are Low quoted £6 is.
6d. to £6 10s., free en board, with a tendency to
further advance. The men are out at one or two
of the collieries, but no serious difficulty is appre-
hended.

PLEASANT NEWS FOR GEORGE CRUIKSITANK.—
Mr. Bass has recently declared that the brewing trade is
the largest in the kingdom, that one brewer alone sold
11,100,000 worth last year, and that 600,000 persons are
dependent upon it.

Henceforth, says our contemporary the Globe,
there are to be but four kings of the house of Roth-
child, with secure thrones at London, Paris, Vienna,
and Frankfort. It is now exactly a hundred years
ago since a poor Jew, called Mayer. Anselm, made
his appearance at the city of Hanover ; barefooted,
with a sack on his shoulders, and a bundle of rags
on his back. Successful in trade, like most of his
co•religionists, he returned to Frankfort at the end
of a few years, and set up a shop in the " Jew
Lane," over which hung the signboard of a red
shield, called in German rothschild. As a dealer in
old and rare coins, he made the acquaintance of the
Serene Elector of Hesse Cassel, wno, happening to
be in want of a confidential agent for various open
and secret purposes, appointed the shrewd-looking
Mayer Anselm to the post. The Serene Elector,
being compelled soon after to fly his country,
Mayer Anselm took charge of his cash, amounting
to several millions of florins. With the instinct of
his race, Anselm did not forget to pat the money
out on good interest, so that, before Napoleon was
gone to Elba, and the illustrious Elector had re-
turned to Cassel, the capital had more than doubled.
The ruler of Hesse-Cassel thought it almost a mar-
vel to get his money safely returned from the Jew
Lane of Frankfort, and at the Congress of Vienna
was never tired of singing the praise of his Hebrew
agent to all the Princes of Europe. The dwellers
under the sign of the Red Shie'd laughed in their
sleeves; keeping carefully to themselves the great
fact that the electoral two million florins had
brought them four millions of their own. Never
was honesty a better policy.
Mayer Anselm died in 1812, without having the
supreme satisfaction of hearing his honesty extolled
by kings and princes. He left five sons, who suc-
ceeded him in the banking and money-lending busi-
ness, and who, conscious of their social value,
dropped the name of Anselm, and adopted the higher
sounding one of Rothschild, taken from the sign-
board over the paternal house. On his deathbed
their father had taken a solemn oath from all of
them to hold his four millions well together, and
they have faithfully kept the injunction. But the
old city of Frankfort clearly was too narrow a realm
for the fruitful sowing of four millions; and, io con-
sequence, the five were determined after a while to
extend their sphere of operations by establishing
branch banks at the chief cities of Europe. The
eldest son, Anselm, born 1773, remained at Frank-
fort ; the second, Salomon, born in 1774, settled at
Vienna; the third, Nathan, born in 1777, went to
London ; the fourth, Charles, the enfant terrible of
the family, established himself in the soft climate of
Naples ; and the fifth and youngest, James, born
1792, took up his residence at Paris. Strictly
united, the wealth and power of the five Rothschilds
was vested in the eldest born ; nevertheless, the
shrewdest of the sons of Mayer Anselm, and the heir
of his genius, Nathan, the third son, soon took the
reins of government into his own hands. By his faith
in Wellington and the flesh and muscle of British
soldiers, he nearly doubled the fortune of the
family, gaining more than a million sterling by the
sole battle of Waterloo, the news of which he car-
ried to England two days earlier than the mail.
The weight of the solid millions gradually trans-
ferred the ascendancy in the family from Germany
to England, making London the metropolis of the
reigning dynasty of Rothschild. Like the royal
families of Europe, the members of the house of
Rothschild only intermarry with each other. James
Rothschild married the daughter of his brother
Saloum'; his son Edmond, heir-apparent of the
French line, was united to his first cousin, the
daughter of Lionel, and grand-daughter of Nathan
Rothschild ; and Lionel again—M.P. for London—
gave his hand in 1836, to nis first cousin Charlotte,
the daughter of Charles Rothschild, of Naples. It
is unnecessary to say that, though these matrimo-
nial alliances have kept the millions wonderfully
together, they have not improved the race of old
Mayer Anselm of the Red Shield. Already signs
of physical weakness are becoming visible in the
great family. So at least hint the French papers
in their meagre notices about the Rothschild con-
gress at Paris. From all that can be gathered out
of a wilderness of canards, thin faces and thick fic-
tion, it appears that the sovereigns of the Stock
Exchange met in conference for the double purpose
of centralising their money power and widening their
matrimonial realm. Ia other words the five reign-
ing kings, descendants, according to the law of
primogeniture, of the five sons of Mayer Anselm,
came to the decision to reduce their number to four,
by cutting off the Neapolitan branch of Charles
Rothschild, while it was likewise decided that per-
mission should be given to the younger members of
the family to marry, for the benefit of the race, be-
yond the range of first cousinship. What has led
to the exclusion of the Neapolitan line of Roths-
child seems to have been the constant exercise of a
highly blameable liberality unheard of in the annals
of the family. Charles, the prodigal son of Mayer
Anselm,actually presented, in the year 1846, 10,000
ducats to the orphan asylum of St. Carlo, at Naples,
and the sou and heir of Charles, Gustavus, has
given repeated signs of his inclination to follow in
the footsteps of his father. Such conduct, utterly
unbecoming of the policy of the house of Roths-
child. could not be allowed to pass unnoticed, and
accordingly—wo quote the rumour of Paris jour-
nalism—the declieance of the Neapolitan line
has been pronounced. However, Baron Gustavus
de Rothschild is not to retire into private life, like
famous Charles V. with only a cassock on his shoul-
ders and a prayer book in his hand; but is allowed
to take with him a small fortune of 150,000,000
francs, or about six millions sterling—a mere
crumb from the table of the descendants of poor
Mayor Anselm, who wandered shoeless through
the electorate of good King George 111. It is cer-
tain that no romance of royalty is equal to the ro-
mance of the house of Rothschild.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments
in the Civil Service.

(From the Civil Service Gazette.)
Home Office—The office of Lord Lieutenant of the county
of Aberdeen has beborue vacant by the death of the Marquis
of Huntley.

Royal Mint—Mr Charles L. Davies has been appointed
an extra temporary clerk, London.
Board of Trade---Mr Frederick William Lewis has been
appointed a clerk in the Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies
Office.

The Post Office—Mr Victor Shepherd has been appointed
a temporary clerk, London.
The Admiralty—Captain George Henry Richards, R.N.,
has been appointed hydrographer, in the room of Rear-Ad-
miral John Washington, deceased. Mr J. Albert Edwards
has been appointed a temporary writer in. the Accountant's
Office, Devonport Dockyard.
Customs—Mr John Foster has been appointed an outdoor
officer, Shields. Mr John Owen has been appointed an out-
door officer, Swansea. Mr George William Shreeve has
been appointed an outdoor officer, Grimsby.
Inland Revenue—Excise Branch--Mr Robert Moffat,
surveying general examiner, third class, has been appointed
to be surveying general examiner, second class. Mr Thos.
aiver, dropped first class assistant, Linlithgow colleotion,
has been appointed to be first class assistant, Queeneferry,
second division, Linlithgow collection. Mr 'Wm. Thomas
Ashall, second class assistant, Ayr collection, has been ap-
pointed to be second class assistant, Linlithgow collection.
Mr. George Ferguson has been appointed second class as-
sistant, Linlithgow collection.
The East Indies—Mr 11. L. Harrison has been appointed
to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy collector of Nud-
dea. Mr G. L. T. Harris has been appointed to officiate as
magistrate and collector of Backergunge. Mr E. G. Glazier
has, been appointed to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy
collector of Backergunge. Mr A. Cadell has been appointed
to be an assistant in the Allahabad division, and is invested
with the powers of a sub-magistrate of the second. class.
Mr E. W. Barron, assistant in the Allahabad division, has
been transferred in the same capacity to the Roltiletind
division. Mr F. D. Melville has been appointed to act as
assistant judge and session judge of Poona. Mr W. H.
Newnham has been appointed to act as assistant judge and
session judge of Tannah. Mr J. Marriott has been appointed
to be deputy clerk of the Crown, Bombay, in succession to
A. Sangster, deceased, Mr C. R. Ovans has been reappointed
acting first assistant to the collector and magistrate of
Poona. Mr Assistant- Surgeon R. Haines has been appointed
to be acting registrar of the Uaiversity of Bombay. The
Rev. T. Horstall has been appointed to act as chapleal of
Aden.

THE GREAT LITERARY PIRATE, TAUCHNII !2!-
Miss Muloch's novel, " The Ogilvies," forms the G 6„ of
of the Baron Tauchnites "Collection of British Aut hors,'
the number of ♦olumes of which is evidence of the p /Tula.
rity of English literature lu Cierznany.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MANCHESTER RACES.—THIS DAY.
(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFII,)
STAMFORD AND WARRINGTON HANDICAP.
Claxton
Lord Dundreary
Mystery
Flower Safety,

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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MANCHESTER RACES—THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC, TELEGRAPH.
NORTHERN METROPOLITAN HANDICAP
Charming Woman 1
Tolurno
Fanfaron
Five ran.
SELLING STAKES.
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Lord Dandreary ..........
Blondin
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Mad, Tagliafico

Four ran.
GRAND STAND PLATE.

East Lancashire
Walloon
Captain Knight
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Five ran .
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16 to 1 agst Lioness (taken)

Trying it on again at South Kensington,

The Queen of to-day, commenting upon an article which
appeared in the Observer of last Sunday, headed, The
Brompton Exhibition Building," remarks,—This to the
cursory observer would, at first sight, appear to be nothing
more than a mere piece of reporter's gossip about the pre-
sent state of those ruins of the monster shed over which
Messrs. Kelk and Lucas reign triumphant. Some attempt
was made at graphic description, and a word-picture pro-
duced something after the usual "liner" fashion. The,
reader is informed that " the whole of the flooring is re-
moved, and here and there tall weeds raise their heads in
various parts of the ground, just as they peered up through
the open spaces in the flooring when the Exhibition was in
its full glory, as though anxious to see some of the wonders
beneath which they were buried. The stumps of the trees
which once formed an orchard, arc seen in long rows in
the western transept, and they still give forth some
signs of vitality. A few pipes of an organ, which an exhi-
bitor apparently does not think worthy of removal, lie in
the western gallery. There are some foundations of brick
and concrete, which tell where once stood some heavy trophy
that helped to fill up the nave, and spoil what might otherwise
have been a noble promenade. Huge letters still point to
where the dinners were provided. A few birds chirp and
flutter amid the solitude, and occasionally the silence is
broken by the footsteps of Mr. Mason, who is the guardian
of the building," Marius mourning over the ruins of Car-
thage sinks into insignificance beside Mr. Mason pacing,
with resonant footsteps, about the ruins of the Great Exhi-
bitionbuilding. The destination of different parts of the buitd-
ing is then referred to ; one of the domes is being packed up
to be removed to the Alexandra-park, at Muawell-hill,
and portions of the annexes have already been erected "as
sheds and workshops at Miliwall, the Isle of Dogs, and
other places;" whilst another portion " has been converted
into a chapel, at Notting hill, for a brother of Mr. Spur-
geon." In addition to this, the agreeable information is
imparted that "Mr. Sandford, the secretary, has returned
to his duties at the Committee of Council on Education ;
and Mr. Linden, the tireless and assiduous assistant severe-
tary, has transferred his services as agent to the firm of
Ruinart and Co., the well-known champagne-growers."
It is not, however, until we come to the very end of the
article that we arrive at its real purpose for (like certain
fabled reptiles) it carries its sting in its tail. "The re•
freshment-reorns," says the writer, in the most un-
concerned tone possible, and quite as if he were merely re•
minding the reader of something that was perfectly notori-
ous, " which have the frontage in the Horticultural Gar-
dens, are to be fitted up as the museum of natural history,
where Professor Owen will, it is hoped, have sufficient
space to display all the beasts of the field, and the
fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, which are under
his care at the British Museum." There now, the cat is
out of the bag. The House of Commons (siding with
every scientific man of mark in the kingdom, save one) has
decisively pronounced against the project for splitting up
the collections of the British Museum. It has been
denounced in the press as a public sin, and the officials of
the Museum themselves are, for the most part, utterly op-
posed to it. When Professor Owen's plan for erecting a
great Natural History Museum upon the ruins of the Bri-
tish Museum collections, and under the shelter of the
monster sheds, was first mooted, it was almost universally
scouted by the public, and, in spite of Ministerial influence,
was rejected by a large majority of the House of Commons.
And yet we hear (on the authority of a semi-official paper
like the Observer) that the thing is to be done after all.

Address of the Polish National Government
to the Youth of Poland.

The Niepodleglosc, the official organ of the Polish
National Government, published in its number
which appeared at Warsaw on the 12th inst. the fol-
lowing proclamation to the pupils at the schools :

Young pupils, a new scholastic year is commencing, and
with it will return for you the study which is to endow your
intelligence with fresh knowledge, while it ennobles your
hearts. At the moment when the nation is struggling
against the enemy it is well to remind you of your duty to
the country.
You have imbibed the love of country from your earliest
infancy, and you have carried away from the paternal roof
a knowledge of your duty towards it. We will not repeat,
therefore, what your fathers and mothers have taught you.
Young pupils, you ought to engrave deeply upon your
hearts the words we address to you, for they are the echo
of the sacred voice of the country which regards you as its
future citizens and its future defenders.

Just as it is the duty of your elders to defend the country
with arms in their hands, or to deliberate upon public
affairs, so it is your ditty, children of Poland, to seek to de-
vote all your strength to the development of your intelli-
gence and the elsvati3n of your hearts.
The soldier who sheds hie blood upon the battle-field and
the pupil who studies equally accomplish their duty to-
wards their country.

Children of Poland, remember that in a future genera-
tion you will reap the fruits of the sanguinary work of the
present day. Remember that if your fathers and brothers
fall for Poland, the hour will come for her to rise again,
and then it will be your turn to serve the country and lend
it the support of your arms.
You will only be .able to serve the country well, when
your mind is full of lofty thoughts and your hearts of noble
sentiments. Young pupils, do not forget, too, that the
country disdains its degenerate sons.
Children of Poland, better days than those your fathers
have seen await you. You approach a moment in which
the fetters will fall from the hands of the mother country.
Remember you prove yourselves worthy of serving a free
Poland. To your studies, therefore, children of Poland;
they are your sole duties—your most sacred duties towards
the country."

A SIGHT TO SET BEFORE THE QUEEN.—The Duke
of Cotadilla, hearing that the Queen of Spain was
about to pass, wished to pay her proper respect, and desired
all the escort to put on clean linen and their best garments.
There was not a single house, not one rock, not a tree, not
a turn in the road which could bo used as a drawing-room.
The ladies had due notice given of what was about to be
done, and drew down the blinds. The little Hugos, being
boys, remained in the cabriolet and witnessed the scene.
The soldiers made haste to place their guns in piles and to
take off their knapsacks, watch-coats, trousers, and shirts.
But they were by no means in such a hurry to put their
clothes on again. It was a comfort for them to be freed from
this load of covering under the overpowering heat, and they
prolonged as long as they well could this state of ease and
coolness. They prolonged it, indeed, so long that Queen
Julia, who was not supposed to be so near at hand, arrived
unexpectedly, and was obliged to pass through the midst of
the couple of thousand men in the act of changing their
shirts. The Duke of Cotadilla was deeply annoyed that the
honour he wished to show the Queen should have been ex-
pressed so strangely. People tried to comfort him by tell-
ing him that the Queen would only remember his good in-
tentions, but it was long ere he recovered from the effects
of his unlucky piece of gallantry,—Life of Victor Hugo.
A MISER AT GREENWICH.—An old pensioner
named Emanuel Mori, lately died in Greenwich
Hospital, who was found to have amassed, by miserly
habits, altogether, in money and securities, £1,130 I Ho
had been for more than 30 years one of the Board-roc,m
messengers; and, no doubt, the fees he received from ap-
plicants and contractors, owing to his supposed influence in
forwarding their interests, added greatly to his store, for
his wages, including victualling money, was little more
than 2s. per day. having no known relatives, his effects
go to the Crown; but it is supposed, under the new regu-
lations, the Crown will forego its rights, and the money
will form a valuable addition to the unclaimed effects of
the deceased pensioners, the proceeds of which axe to form
fund. for the benefit of widows and orphans.

TEE LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA,

Governor Letcher delivered the following address

to the Virginia Legislature on the 7th inst. :
" E.xecutive Department, Richmond, Virginia,
Sept. 7, 1863.
" Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Delegates,—
Ia this crisis I have deemed it advisable to convene you
in extraordinary session, in order that the freshly chosen
reprfsentatives of the people may consult and devise such
measures as will be calculated to meet the existing emer-
g mcy in public affairs. The war has new been in progress
for more than two years and a half, and has been prosecuted
against us with a ferocity unparalleled in all past struggles
between contending parties. It has been conducteforde pf
on the
avowed principle of subjugating us, either by
c arms
or by visiting upon our people the horrors of famine. Hence
it is that, toiled and. defeated again and again upon the
field of battle, they have adopted the policy of desolating
our farms, destroying our crops, burning our dwellings,
stealing and carrying away cur property, leaving our wives
and children to perish by the slow torture of starvation. It
is no longer a war for the preservation of the old Union, as
it was originally proclaimed to be; but it has degenerated
into a war for the emancipation of our slaves ; and this

,urpose the administration at Washington propose to ac-
complish,f even if the extermination of the white race, of all
ages, sexes, and conditions of the Southern Confederacy,
shall be the result. We have no alternative, therefore,but
to defend ourselves with all tha power, energy, and ability
we can command. We must succeed, if we would be free
and independent people, worthy of the illustrious ancestry
from which we descended. To succeed, we must have union,

harmony, concert, conciliation, courage, energy, and deter-
mined resolution on the part of rulers and people. We must
cultivate one towards another the noble virtues of prudence.
toleration, charity, and forbearance. With these general re-
marks I proceed to the consideration of such subjects as are
of special interest at this time, and in ray judgment demand
legislative action. The subject first in importance, so far
as the Commonwealth is concerned, is the beat means of pro-
viding an adequate force for the local defence of the State
against invasion or raid, and for the execution of the laws in
case a resort to force shall at any time become necessary.
The entire military force of the State has been absorbed by
the conscription law, and we are thus left, in the time of
greatest peril, with no militia organization for the defence
of the Commonwealth. This want can be and must be sup-

plied with as little delay as practicable. As to the plan of
raising this force I am aware there is much diversity of
opinion. The difference, however, is reconcilable, if the
subject is considered and discussed in a patriotic spirit.
Let a force,to consist of all able-bodied persons between the
ages of 16 and 60, not in the Confederate service, be
organized, corresponding with the force now organized in
the cities of Richmond, Petersburg, and Lynchburg. Let
them bo regularly enrolled. formed into companies, bat-
talk ns and regiments, and officered in such manner as will

be most likely to secure efficient, intelligent, and energetic
men. They should be drilled at proper intervals, so as to be
well instructed in the evolutions and the manual, and pre-
pared for efficient service whenever the necessity shall arise. '
The act should aleo define what is local defence, as there is
much contrariety of opinion in regard to it. Some think
local defence consists in remaining at home, and under no
circumstances to be taken out of the city or county in which
the company is organised. This, in my view, is a most
mis-
taken notion of the meaning of the term local defence;'
and if it is to prevail will work great mischief, and render
the organisation of little value in giving protection to our
people. My opinion is, that if the city of Richmond can be
defended more certainly 50 miles from it than immediately
around or in it, that locality is the proper place for its de-
fence, and tho local militia should be required to make the
defence there. The officer charged with the defence of any
particular locality is presumed to be better acquainted with
the mode of defending it, and the best point for defending
it successfully, and he should direct all troops so as best to
secure the ends desired. The object of such organisations
should be to give adequate protection to all parts of the
Commonwealth. We must not only provide for the defence
of the counties, cities, and towns, by the local forces in and
imm2diatelyaround them, but we must, under the law which
is proposed to be passed, have authority to order others
from contiguous counties to their aid and support. A force
whose operations are to be confined by county, city, or
town boundaries, can prove of but little value in checking
raids or in executing and enforcing obedience to the laws.

This organisation should be made to embrace the foreign
population who are located among us. This foreign

_ .
Population may be said to consist of_ three classes. First,
those who have been regularly naturalised, and who are
therefore citizens embraced by our laws relating to the

public defence ; second, those who are domiciliated among
us, and have been living in our midst and prosecuting
various branches of business, and who left their native land
with no purpose or intention of returning to it ; and. lastly,
those who are temporarily sojourning among us. The first
class are in service under our militia laws, and the second
should be required to go into service for public defence of
the soil on which they reside. The latter class, who are
sojourners, engaged in no regular business, should be exempt.
I recommend therefore that in your legislation upon this
sul ject the second class above referred to shall be clearly and
distinctly embraced. On this subject I desire to present
another recommendation in regard to the Act passed by
your predecessors cn Nov. 20, 1862, authorising persons of
certain religious denominations in the State to exempt them-
selves from military service in the war by the payment of
500 dols. each. Subsequently Congress passed an Act of
like character, and these persons availed themselves of it

and were discharged from liability to all military service in
the Confederate army. I regard this provision as substan-
tially a violation of the constitution, inasmuch as it grants
exemptions to certain classes of persons which are not granted
to others. In this war all classes who reside among us should

be required to perform duty of some sort, if they aro within
the military age. If they are unwilling to bears arms there
are various other duties connected with the army and the
general defence which they can perform, and which they
should be required to perform. They are citizens, property
holders, to a large extent interested therefore in all that
concerns other citizens, and should be required to perform

their part. In some countries this class of persons are re
quired to aid in the construction of fortifications. and I sea
no just reason why they should not be required to do so
here. This branch of defence must be maintained by some-
body, and if their religious convictions will not allow them
to go into the ranks for the defence and maintenance of the
common cause, why cannot they do this ? It will not do to
say they are opposed to war, and can do nothing :that will
tend to its prosecution, The law is based upon the princi-
ple that they are bound to do something ; otherwise
they would not bo taxed the sum of 500 dollars each.
That money goes into the Treasury, and is drawn therefrom
to defray the expenses of the war; and to this extent, at
least, they are aiding and supporting it. If they can aid to the
extent of 600 dots. in money, can they not aid by labour or
other service ? A state of war imposes a personal obligation
upon every citizen within the military age, and he should be
required to discharge it. When the country is invaded, our
dwellings burnt, our lands laid waste, our property destroyed
or carried away, our citizens imprisoned, it is their duty to
step forward promptly and aid in repelling the invader.
Ministers, and members of other religious denominations
equally as conscientious, aro in the field. I recommend,
therefore, that this law be repealed. The time has come
when it is absolutely indispensable that we should omit no-
thing which promises protection to our people and success
t,) our cause. An unscrupulous enemy is pursuing us with
BPirit of malignity and vindictiveness that respects neither
the rigllt, of persons nor of property. We must be active
and "tiring in our efforts to rep el hint., and to accomplish
this we must call forth all our ablo-bodied men, and prepare
them for the most efficient service.. No .army can expect a
continued current of success. We may, nu y, we must expect
to meet reverses, and womust be prepared for them. Instead
of disccuraging, they
should only stimulate us to increased
efforts—should call forth redoubled ens rg-y—should bind us
more closely together, and inspire us •vit h a more determined
spirit and courage, It our forefathers had perenitted reverses
to crush their spirit er paralyse their energies and efforts,
the American Revolution never would have proved a suc-
cess, and the independence of cur country would never
have been achieved. They passed through storms and trials
far greater than any that have fallen
to
us
ill
this
con-
test. The inert, old and
sustained and supported
the cause with hearty goodwill, and as the clouds gathered
and the prospect of success seemed to grew more despe-
rate and hopeless, they became more and more resolved
and determined. The noble women of that day, while their
fathers, husbands, and sons were eng€,,,,ad in fighting
the
battles and driving back the invader, planted and gathered
the crops by which the army was sustainel. We have not
been reduced to such straits yet, nor is it probable we shaft
be. But the women of the present day have slivvn a self-
sacrificing spirit, inducing them incessantly to Week, and
showing that they are ready to emulate such an example.
They have displayed a generous devotion, which. should
awake the 6111stgards and animate and cheer the gloomy and
desponding. There are in all communities some people
whose eyes always fall upon the dark side of every picture,
and who are disposed to succumb at even the indications of
disaster. It would be remarkable if we had not some such
among us ; but it is gratifying to know that the number is
very small, even in those portions of our State which have
the encniy. The spirit and o)urage of the
been overrun by
large mass of the people have never flagged. Each new
wrong has inspired new resolution. Each now outrage has
but nerved them for a more determined and desperate
struggle in behalf of the cause. Virginia wont into this con-
test after the most serious and calm consideration—with a
firm resolve to do her whole duty to herself and her Confe•
denote sisters—to take all the consecluene:s, however hor-
rible they maybe. Her people never quailed, nor have they
murmured under the repeated wrongs and aggressions they
have suffered. She was not the first to enter this struggle,
nor will she be the first to sue for peace, tunless that peace
shall be accompanied by an unqualified recognition of the I
independence of the Southern Confederacy. The General
Assembly, at its last session, prescribed that no Confede-
rate issues of a date anterior to April 6, 1£36i1, should be
received in payment of State taxes. lam untable to com-
prehend either the wisdom or the policy of this legislation.
It is calculated to impair confidence in the currency of the
Confederate Government, and, indeed, in .almost the only
currency in circulation in the greater port :on of the state.