The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-07
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snilling n cracked crown or bloody nose
usually representing the whole list OF casual
ties. So at least Ii is in this benighted land OF
Southern slavery, where we learn from the
anti-slavery newspapers of the North, that
every man sleeps with brace of pistols under
his pillow, and takes his tea within reach OF
his rifle. With this species of exhortauoh,
we have nothing whatever to do. We ieaVei'
to those who s.work the wires," to use an OK
prcssive phrase OF their own, and VINO pofFo"
SO largely from the military lexicon, wheh
they wish to pass particularly siS"hhs en-
cemium upon their party friends, calling them
gallant Democrats or Wings, when they bring
IN an uncommon number OF voters, ana pro-
nouneing Them indomitaole, when they MAKE
The same speech over at more than dozen
court.honses We speak of real arms now
..of guns, bombs, bastons, batteries, bayonets,
Hard ~ords which stick in the soft Muses. outlets"
The recent events At Harper's Ferry have
very much reused the military spirit among
US. Our young men are enrolling themselves
in old volunteer companies and forming new
ones. In a little time IL will become species
of disgrace for any one between the ages OF
eighteen and forty Ave, not 10 belong to some
military organization more perfect Than ths
militia system. This would be highly com"
mendable spirit under any circumstances ~
is particularly so under those which actually
exist. We have just seen an attempt al lnsut-
rec tioE made by a man whom ms Hleno'
claim as fanatic, and VINO certainty ID
scoundrel. 1t demonstrated beyond all oouo',
that there lis nothing 10 apprehend from Tue
slave population of the community, VINO uh-
terstaud pretty well that they Will be put 10
death 10 a man. in the event OF an ihsuFrec-
ton. and are not, therefore, disposed TO haZaTo
their lives with an old Kansas hoIss-thiei Tor
! a leader Neither do We believe, pro'ioeo
BROWN be hung according to his sentence, tha'
the attempt Will be repeated, TOR we nave o.
served that no attacks have been Haue VA
Cuba since LOPEZ was garroted ana thouSh
we do not mean TO compare MS eApe-
dition with BROWNS attempt, We re-
gard it as quite legitimate 10 BRING IL
forward as an example 10 prove the potency
Of the gallows as a preventive remedy
These Harper's Ferry proceedings nave, new
ertheless, developed state OF feellhg IN the
North which We dad not anticipate 10 The fnii
extent to which it appears, ano which IL IN
well 10 guard against Haired OF the sSoUih
has, indeed gone 10 lengths which 1t would
7 be very unwise in the South TO oveFiooK.-
f. is not worth while to tell us that this spirit
exists only among a lew aboltionlsts. heh
| the system is diseased, The body breaks out IN
sores. These aboiitionists are the sores
| They demonstrate the unsoundnesS OF inc
whole body. If il were not otherwise-lf the
/ body polite were not thoroughly diseased
! they could not exist Treason cannot be
! preached day after Gay, by such men AS
BEECHER aud Phillips unless at least one
1 half the community III which It's preached
/ sympathize with the preacher. And II one
/ half sympathize now, how many Will symya-
tniIe next year. or len years hence we may
| judge by comparing the state OF feehns now
! with the STATE of feeling twenty years ago
BsECHER or PHILLIPS would have been mob
| bed if they had preached such sermons, OF
| delivered such lectures as they now preach
! and deliver about twice week. on an aver
| age. in Boston and New York. Besides, the
| Northern papers are continually telling US
that they are the descendants OF the PuTitahS,
and they boast of Il, liz connection With TINS
very outrage. Now, we all understand What
! the Puritans were, TWO hundred years ago
They were very good men in their way; but
/ they had a great fancy Tor forcing the Who4e
| world TO believe as they believed, and to be
governed according 10 their mode OF govern
| nent. When, then, the descendants OF THESE
worthy old goyernmen t-overlErower5 con-
/ tinually refer As apology for BROWN ana ms
! men, 10 the sentiments which they inherit
from them, and not obscurely hint at i return
OF tbs good old times;
when pulpit drum eccIesastic
Was beat nth fist instead OF STICK
it is time Tor us wEo are less highly favored to
LOOK out They may feei call to cut us OH us
Alnalikes, or Ililtites, OF Moabites, or some
other people of bad morals ard hard names,
aud as. how true 50 ever the indictment may
be, it is hardly probable We shall plead guilty,
it is well 10 BE- prepared for the worst.
l. There is only one thing to be feared in cor
snec;ion with his general uprising Of the mill
tary. and that j., that it Will not last. We
know our c0uniTymtn well. They are the most
abeurdly careless of danger, when it is not i'm
mediately impending. of any people on the
face OF the earth. In times Of peril, be it said
10 their credit. they turn out readily enough.
But in ordinary u mes, when no Immediate dan
ger exists, it is in. possible TO make them take
uay steps TO secu re them from that which is
certainly distant, and possibly may never
come Ii they become reused for ii moment,
.hey soon sink into apathy again. Ihis spirit
they derive trs IN their ancestry, the English,
in whom ii is more observable than any othei
European nat ion and il has become inTensinec
il transmission. Common to the whoie coun'
Try. il exists nowhere i'll such strength as In
Virginia A Virginia Legislature q lie" yeAis
ag3 went so far AS even to destroy the militia
system, which, bad as IL was, YET 'ioA 49,
something like organization, when 1t might
become necessary. Our fear Is, ths'' n0A ''
excitement of the moment shall have passed
away, the MILITARY companies no" III INC p'0
csss of formation will pass with it. 1t becomes
The Legislatu re, by wise laws 10 eheo"i
,ba yoiurteer system, TO the utmost extent OF
its nouer But in our opinion, mora ought 10
no d,ne The State ought to have standing
o,,,a "a upon our frontier, and call upon
kentucky 10 have one also. If such an army
~, Iva SIM, ,orted il. no other wsy, the South
ern States in general ought to contribute to
.r.tain it In the rnea time, some means very
different from any that have yet seemed to
suggest themselves, ought To be adopted, for
training snch of the people as have not enroll
ed themselves in some volunteer company
Were it compatible with the principles OF free
government, and agreeable to The popular feci-
ing, consumption wound undoubtedly best an
swer the purpose desi gned. Every fifth young
man, when be came 20 the age Of eighteen,
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two or three years, or to furnish substitute,
the substitute being person who had never
before $ eryed At the end Of the term, the re-
cruit would retire soldier perfect in all his
exercises lie would remain with the body OF
the people, liable TO be called on at any mo-
1nens. If such plan were adopted through
out the entire South, we should possess in
lit4s time a power ful standing army. But
lie scheme is eyide nifty too full of danger 10
se tempted, and Va can think OF no other