The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-19

vI2cIstA AsD fHs sorra-IS
risE or rsACa PRxPARl
sox war.
. Z
The black republicans Aze
90 little aware Of Lbe supe-
rloxtty o. the south over
the North VA their military
resource and ts'abin b
menus, - In the other 70.
ppectk TO which We have
sdverted. Take virginis
sloo~, for tnetAnce. do Ihey
know that che has an arse
nal and armory q ner own
-eetablished In The good
old state sovereignty era az
1875 and 1890, from which
che can equip 100, 600
troops st ten dsyG poticey
DO fbcy know that shc has
tho Nucleus Of q Sanding
army OIL her capital. con-
ssting ~ . standing public
guard OF a hundred nj o, in
regular pay bI the State
spd q volunteer fore IN
Richmond larger In prcpor-
ton 10 population lhsn any
city In the Cniop--beeices
two large COMPARES Of
yourg gusrce of the sge
and spirit ~ those 'con.
SERIES" OF Franco, With
which Napoleon VOC hx
bert lsureisr 10 they know
that yIrg'n,a has had q mt
htary ins',tute IN operation
81 STATE expense tor eight
cen years, whercat 100 ca
dese have been tutorcd In
the prartral scionccs, py.
rotschnics and military tao.
tics every year, from which
I'VE hundred of the Tower
OF Virginia youth have been
grad usted, the most OF
whom receive their oducs-
ton 81 SAFE expense upon
the cIr slit4on OF teaching
within the common wealth
Tor Two years after gradus-
ilorg The fruit of thus sys.
,sm a visible In sao mutt
'sry schools IN every qus,.
ter Of the STATE, under the
instruct 90 Of ihese l.eklng
top Gracusics, with On az
gressie OF rupis daily in
suuctcd IN military drill 81
Of lCau i've hundred. We
hcse made no oliustcn b he
uoiss.te.y infantry. coral, y
end artillery vebtrsnss "
N, Stat. iup>Ttor W r-m
Ia and muGasy drlu. NJ
ooTs idy, 10 ne ,pi,sie,I
coyTs NJ any Si0fs '. Ne oou-
Tf0STecr.
Bcyicos this rvsona>l and
rdtsI,g Of var, the Sta,s
rosfessss betweon cue hue
drec and one hundred and
nl,y field pieces OF cannon,
exclusive Of bsr quota from
ibo federal government.
oSe hubdred a lcat Of
vhich are six povpdets. In
csftiul preservation IN her
atnory Of Richmond, aud
gtady nor use al any mo.
msnt. Afd w this abun
osnt provision OF var mt.
niusnts, the fruits 81 her
certain seizure ~ fortre~
Monroe. with w well stored
arssnas, ~ yell ~ the r..
iersi ~ mory ai Harptr's
FERRY, ON The nrst ovuy.
renee Of hossilites Win Me
Notth: ard her military
urcpsrst,ons would be very
isr from cortempsibls. The
tkili OF Der people With tie
rite and 10 borss msnshig
"a p~overbAi: and We spesx
the words a calm rofeo
uon when We cay, In 20
spnlt OF boasffuln css, thai
Il the NOT b should under
laks 10 invsde tho south.
BY throwing open her porv
70 free trade with foreign
natons. ard re'using 10 al
low federal duties 70 DO col.
leebd In her waters, rsrqs-
va c,aiid 1low> DIR, ldcL
thetr forces.
~ make her sys,ep of
preparation ecurely com
plete, Gov. wise has very
properly ard pstrtoticsliy
ordered the whole militia
establishment u Virgins 70
be ttoroushly orranized--
q militia such ~ that " hlch
doicsted Ferguson 81 Kings
MOT ntsLn, which drove
CORVALLIS back dlecomft-
ted nom the Dan river and
Guilford, which carried an
seertssive var o thousapd
miles Into Canada, under
scott, In 1914. and an OF.
shco, OF which N the ranks
Of he ksntuoky asd Ten.
ptssee resimcntp. under
Isoktoc. overthrev The
Britlsh invader al New on
lesrs. and clcse,i The war