Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-01-02
THE NsrITUrroN-srATE RIGHTS.
THE VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
The 10th LEGION

As we mentioned yesterday the hrst battalion o the Vir
Rnia regiment Of Volunteers will leave this city sun
day morning. The second battalion will wo presume be
ready for the fod-con.istng OF company from
Caroline, under Capt, Bankhesd from Montgomery
under Capt. Preston from Berkey, under Cspt Al
buriis from Richmond under Capt. VIM b. Archer.
Crowded its organization bo effected time and
from Jefferson county Of the organization OF which
sppriEed until received the Charesiown Free
Press of the 3ls, ultmo-and which have hereto
fore failed notice that pepper grstuitousy insnu-
acswiih what motive s editor best knowsfor the pur-
pose OF "'dspGrsgne' the services OF volunteers from
the Other side of the Blue Ridge. Whence the editor
could have imbibed impression ridiculous and i'm
probable, confess loss 10 conjecture. TIE
officers in the Jefferson company John w. Rowan,
Captain; John Avis, lst Leuenani Lawrence b. Wash.
ingon LIST Second Lieutenant; and VIM. Mccormick, ID
Second Lieutenant
We regret that the companies forming in Putsyl-
vsna, anjer the lead Of J. Roy Cabe and in Franklin
and Bedford under tho lead Of Early Taaerro aud ohcrs
ms well those in the course OF organization in other
lions of tho Commonwealth must necessarily be disap.
pointed.
En passaHf: Tho Enquirer OF yesterday says, " the
Richmond Wing continues its work of dsfaming the
'Fcnh Legion" and charges with " endeavorng 10
blscken its patriotism in time Of war" How have
:" DETAINED " the Tenth Legion viii the Enquirer be
good enough to tell us in what consists the Islander
have uttered We have said the Tenth Legion has sent
no soldiers the field. Is this not true We have n-
tmaed pretty broadly that she ought have been
active In sustaining by in the field the policy
Administration which, by her vote, she has contri
butod to nfict upon country Is tis defamation .
II be, then her people have DETAINED her-for the
Rockingham Register, Locooco oracle in that region
has. than occasion, declared that, the "Oi
Tenth ought send at least company TO the field,
stand 5y the side battle OF the fine corps furnished by
her federal" sister Augusta. Did we " defame the
Tenth Legion, blackSn its patriotism" when, day
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State furnish Drawer better patriots" than that
section of the Commonweat-a, verify believed them
and still believe This surely will not be patented
In what, then. ask the Enquirer, docs the defama
ZION with which II charges consist We thnk that
it will puzzle the editors Of that paper say, unless they
give word definition very different from its received
import
In the Enquires caechism, reply, that 1t
is not ga roPoach any county not TO have raised COM
Panyr for the certainly any Wing county up
which peculiar obligation TO furnish soldiers
for OF INVASION brought on, they believe, with
out necessity and by Of usurpaon the part Of
the Presidents and especially while other counties, which
assisted by almost unanimous vote in eeyaiing that
President office and which, with equal unNumiy, it
presumed, still approve Of his policy and ALL stand
aooi the contest, when the buee calls them, "To
rHE PlILs :" but ''To rms" We do think that peeu-
liar bigaiion rested upon the counties comprising the
dstiot known as tho "Tenth Legion" we'll upon
the Southwestern TIER known Little Tennessee" 10 fur
ns least company each in pIianee with the requ
siton Of she Prcsid Their failure do Is unques
uoBably fair subject Of comment and criticis-syeu, 4
You please, for .sneers" Bat have not " detained"
nor have we blackened the patriotism OF the sturdy
Democracy" OF Shenandoah, Page and Rockingham. We
have stated Jdet regard them. II ibst be deiama
tion we have DETAINED them. We have LEFT this fact TO
spesk for itse ii the "pstdotsm" OF chose to whom 1t
refers has blackened," has not been by any
mark Of ours. but By the naked fact itself.
We do not doubt, aud hsvo doubted that in that
fine portion Of Virginia, which nave DETAINED"
IN peace or in war-uness repeat, the statement Of
fact be deJamshOn-thce is much courage and
dent patriotism in any other section OF the Common
wealth We do not attribute failure sond corps Of
volunteers field any deficiency in either Of these
uusites But this admission does the least conflict
with the OPINION the Tenth Legion has, from
cause OF olhcT strangely deect in having failed 70
perform duty, which. from its past aud present relations
60 the author the which engaged, ought
10 have eagerly discharged. IL ought certainly, have
permitted federal Augusta lying upon its very bordeTs
10 shame by her zeal IN the prosecution Of
into BY an Admin all 10 her liking the spa
Thy aud indifference Of communities which ought have
fea iyelier the triumph o the Administration Of