Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-23
zouave Drill for virginia soldiers.

Advertng days ago the timely rise Of the mill
tary spirit throughout Virginia and more particularly in
the city OF Richmond, applauded the jealous pat
riotsm Of young men, and expressed the hope that
every of them, who could possibly do so, would
promptly join some volunteer company. Far from
penng the expression of that hope, have in view of
the proceedings of Saturday night last abundant
90 the appeal heretofore made. We again
young men, by every tie that makes Virginia soil
dear, Virginia honor sacred, to lose a in
uniting themselves to organized company in which
their unquesoned courage may be made practically ell
Gent for the defence of the loved whose lives
put imminent hazard by the rufan hrelings of the
Abolition cause.
But in this age of the world, and in anticipation of
the scrions troubles which may ensue if Northern mad
is permitted to trampe Northern conservatism
der foot Il has done since the evil day Harpcr's
Ferry the joining of volunteer company, and the
ordinary training Of such companies 10y sui
fcient Both home and abroad, the dreams of Peace
Societies effectualy dspeled; the Congresses of
Ehhu Burritt but UtopiAn visions and soldering is
no longer chds play. OF this the gallant soldiers of
Richmond Petersburg and Alexandria, who now lie cold
and and hungry Charlestown, are well convinced
They gone into the hardships of camp life full of
vAor-" game" indeed as thousand devils but,
unpepared by previous training to endure the winter
rains the insufficient food and clothing which every sol
der in active service must of necessity And
the hundreds of tender hearts in this city who send
nightly prayers up God to shield the brave fellows
who have gone forth, at a moments warning, in hot
haste protect their native land and avenge their
slaughtered counrymen, know too we'll what these
ageous gentlemen, most of them nurtured in ease in
luxury even are called upon to suffer- To them-to the
mothers the wives the sisters OF Rchmond-it indeed
a time of actual war; and Heaven alone knows how
;t ha Of s,,l,,
dAres to hold his against the bloody and sediious
hordes in whose Internal tany is found the hellish
blasphemy that John Brown the horse-thief and mid
night assassin will make the galows glorious the
cross" If the Of property and Of standing the
North content TO remain dumb and unresstug until
the apostles of this mad religion of the torch and pike
have made popular opinion what they would have tiff
the influential citizens Of New York OF Philadelphia OF
Boston, satisfied sit with folded until these
redhAnded Republicans have accomplished the anarchy
they have inaugurated-we of the South Since
compelled TO take up in Sefdefencc against
the tyranny of Abolitionism and Agraransm since the
hopes of constitutional liberty abandoned at the North
placed in keeping, determined to meet
the tyrants the threshold with skilled in the use
Of the best that the science of modern warfare can
construct and to defend these liberties to the last ex
tremity.
We therefore urge upon the citzen-soldery of Viz
gina they value their homes and the blessings OF
good government based upon the Gross" and the
Salows, the instant necessity of making the secular
OF the State all that possibly become by downright
practical, thOroughgong training. II needs be
soldiers let US be soldiers in Our enemies the
Apologiss of Brown (of whatever name and whatever
standing, they better than Brown hmsclO may
They free to do They have chosen their
lot we will choose ours. We know that warfare is not
Whatit in the days of the Great Frederick Men are
longer drilled into military machines. Napoleon Bo-
naparte taught bayonets think and since his time
there is successful warning without such bayonets-
The information elected fromoicers who now engaged
in putting the militia Of England upon efficient foot
ing, shows how needful mental culture is make the
peasant clods" good marksmen. Thanks to that very
slavery which brings peril ranks not re-
eruited from the peasany, but from the gentry Our
bayOnes need not be taught think-they think al.
ready.
Compact military organization is even nov secured
youthful soldiers be taught leap run to swim
TO scale walls to fence with the bayonet and whether
the battle of dsuniOn be avered by the timely
awakening Of conservative Northern sentiment We shall
gain largely by the ZOuave training In case Of war; We
shall be prepared to such odds the French
at Magenta and Villa Franca In case of peace
We shall have State full Of young men, not only brave
by original brthhght but active, hearty, healthy
powerful strong Of limb and gallant of bearing ready
10 march when the call made and to endure the prya
lions and hardshps Of sodiere and if the call Is ncv.
made prepared by virtue of perfect health and great
physical strength to accomplish those victories pract
cal life which peace hath no less than war"