Daily gazette and comet., 1860-12-13
THE MILITARY SPIRIT.

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forgotten. Acting on il, his Excel
lencv the Governor, recommends y
Military Board. or Commission whose
duty il shall he TO purchase arms aud
distribute them TO volunteer Compan-
ies throughout tie State, under a sys
tenn ~ he devised hv the Board. To
this end, a liberal appropriation should
he made says the Governor not less
than half million of dollars. 10 he
expended in the hest made erms of
the most approved patterns. Prompt
" acting ON the suggestion Of the
Governor. the outlines of the bill which
has already passed into the form Of
law. will I've found elsewhere this morn
ing. The funds belonging TO the In
ternal Improvement service, will be
used to carry out the provisions of the
bill, with any uneNpended balances
that may he found to the credit Of
General Funds in the State Treasury.
The Swamp Fund, would have been
larger aud better fund for the Pre-
sideut of the Military Board TO draw
on, and double purpose would have
been served by such an appropriation
Of that Special trust as il has often
been called in the language Of debate
The whole State. under the law. is re-
quired TO GO scgering A fortunate
thing it ia. that we have a large eS-
panse of country (or parades, aud the
jealous rivalry of Contending Cwssrs
may not bling about such c nilicts as
arose in the declining days of the old
Empire. We have no seven hills here
ss in the Eternal City. to bring about
the conflict which the friction of mill
tarv men is most certain to eugonder.
Our population ia two sparce. our
swsmps too extensive for tedious cam
paigns. and long sieges. The very
mosquitoes present their bills in oppo-
sition to it. Fortunate cil Cumstance
this, FOR inasmuch rs there ia no enc.
my At home; no organized force with
hostile front presented, -four territory
was less. and less beset by obstacles
which seem TO have been thrown in
the way Of fighting, bv Providence we
might get TO fighting at home and
the majority of the party domenatipg
for the day, might take notion
to enforce their own political opin-
ions. down the tbroats Of the always
wrong and always fdcf'ous minority.
Tor popul,, ror De,. ia the doctrine,
called in warranty OF deeds Of mur-
der Ivy fanatics, and IL is under this
most fallscious doctrine. that the
beast called man, has been fighting
ever since, as well "a before tho ad-
vent, Of the Great Teacher oi peace
aud good will" Next season lat
least so runs the predictiou) we shall
have the yellow plague Of the tropics.
TO visit--not only Louisians-the
ports Of Charleston and Savannah.
but to enter the harbor Of New York.
and modern Athens itself Hence
our soldiers will have to ground arms
ut mid summer and fight the deadly
enemy of the Northman as we'll a. the
South-an enemy against whom.
Sharps guns, and Colts revolvers, are
turned in vain. Most welcome yisi.
tor thou J Thou great humaniaer,
christianizer leveler Of all distinc-
tons, into the only true Republican
aud Democratic grade 4! Come on
and purify the atmosphere Of the best
system of government ever devised 10y
the ingenuity Of man. DO thou what
the sword cannot. No great truth
has ever been established by fighting
with guupowder and the Wholesale