Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-30
Attention !! the whole!
.na.tn FAcRI MARcH |!

Two weeks ago, ne puptialiieus 8 ~
sis pfths new Militia Law, as passed q
CURL pressnt Legislature j. Is said % !, r. I.
somewhat imperfect-in fact we puOt1g
81 tpIdas,s paper, al Amendment enacted
foul aays after the original biz was PaS I
aediEIanh this Amendment, we see zfa.ea
il abme BE the papers, cannot be carrles
| ;ntd execution. II seems strange, that E
Bill bf ao much importance about tl1 Y
only nc passed DUR 8 the seasi,n, uat
| afaeted HE entire State. if we except the
one blpt compelling the Banks to resu l1Y
speeA payments we say, i seems %
s,,rahsc 1hat Inc General Assembly could
not berfdct one law, and csaonly acceu i
for Mon lib principle, that 80 days y
not llng enough 70 yet the hang" Ct
mall g hwA elb
BhL Notwithstanding al its imperfee-
tions wa arb rejoiced that this Bill was
passaa, md We are rejpiced for many
1reasaas. Id the frat place, if the lay
shall b properly carried outfit the spin
Il, all We'll as the letter, be lived up to, the
resultEwih Be beneficial there should BE
somd military law in every State, to en-
ablelit e5tize Is to become familiar with
the mranb for defending their country
Eeromltlle mepaces Of = foreign foe. " ln
tins Pfs peace, prepare for WAR; When
Ia npaItHis Prepayed % resent an insult, he
/ il nol Ierg lilielyto receive. one.
InIkie Hnezt place. 1t will add TO our
I holidAS " #to. the number 9af our ssociaal
galhdsfag AZ item of some imparsance,
in gIats Pf barge plantations. and eoilss n
qdenE islsRarseIy settled, and whore 81
| much Snahe5s is dependent, for settle
nlentl aon II these gatherings. We haYe
Enpw 4Hhihg pfthe kind tocall the WHOLE
| people, lpyl thsr either as actors Or spec-
/ AnlathSn, again, the race Of Virginia
| Genethls. and especially Majors and
/ ColonllIIlR il nearly extinct-asteal, Simon
pure Mljor, would soon have become Il
rqrq dtss, If this law had not been passed,
The tiaEs Ias been, when, ifa genllam.ln
Eregist4M himself as Major Or Colonell
So-anlf Bo, lit saved. all questions as to his
localit} -:he htle located him as readily
as the IAI teckon," of the, EASTERN vii.
giniani Ahel Il. You don't say %. "of the
HposidFs' Sr the nasal twang, and .aDtu
tell, z dn tile zeal Yankee--he was SCI
down ;lsBa pitfken Of the Old Dominion
! yirginhl ss the acknowledged mother b
Colonel and Majors and hs(only quefy
was, 9TH die prirdtes eyer travel? In
the .lapIA Of time, these military gentle.
men hafk aos31y become veteran speci.
mems, HAt, Thanks 10 this law, the race
will noH BIZ prolonged Lit viii not b4,
come dafuhet--: -the epauletted !. hossi-
fefs ''Hal atillatttaet the wondering gaze
and aahfripg stare Of youthful biPeda,
who, With Tile-stretehqd eyes and open
mQuthslhnl gingerbread III hand, win
watch lASir IerSry movement. We look
back, Vfh pleasure. to our youthful days,
when Viii we're h5af. TO have been !
Major oGH al Colonel, then, wonli have
been the ENSna Thule of our. wishes
/ (rocolleqa ws we're little green in those
days, Mind y Brigadier Or Major Gene
raj, il OH eyes, was bigger than than
why the 1reBident of the United States
was noMlIers. How our ambition was
| up. 10 gbld enough fotraip / And. al
last, VIII } ,Ye1ad to train! Even how,
the formF Il Little Asa" the Captain,
about 4 &sts-nlay his. Shadow never be
less looAs pp wildly before US. How
important Ehe was all lille men are i'm
pottant Trtwhat long steps he took-how
he threw back bis head and shoulders
how he Elevated his yoice--a stranger
would haEp thought he was at least a
General /! And we recollect, too, that
when tbd Company was dismissed for
lldinner sild EAsa came to US, and said
| that il vel Would not come back after dir
Iuer, OR SAne should not be pricked on
the roll pChuse why !? sundry youth
full ihdiscFss6Sns; among others. some Of
the boys bah been eating muskmelons
during thS Emhrch, >sundry rinds had occii-
dentulty cpm4 in contact with his white
oh-n,-we- hHver-mentionS'ems, and they
looked asff an unskillful hand had been
IIendeavoriiIg u draw map of the United
States on tAalem with yellow ochre.. Thai
was the ia t d. our traiuingIin The ranks,
And well5ye still to see military dis
play. We tketo see the vanity Of the off
GERS, and oftheir prancing steeds. grati6ed;
we like 70 hear the soul-stirring and mus
lccle-braciag noise Of the fife and drum
we like to lsee the curiosity and hilarity
Of the eitizeps generally !; we,like TO see
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