The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-16
FROM MGNTGOMER
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MONTGOMERY, Ala, April II, 1861.
At this crisis OF public danger and calamity,
when the glorions orb of dan now shedding
Ger the quiet hills his peaceful light, may be
shining upon bloody conflict ere he hath
Travelled his accustomed round, il is indeed
an unusual blessing to the brave people of
this Government, who, scorning a surrender
OF their liberties, have established them for
ever, that their ruler is a man possessing the
public virtues of Cato combined with the eN.
perience and bravery Of the chieftain. Gaze on
the spirit and abilities of jefferson Davis
aud contrast him with the picture of the
Rail Splitter" aspiring TO political dicta-
torship, when the Tarpeian rock or gibbett
would be good enough for the carcass of such
traitor, and we are filled with wonder and
anazenent that the proud, chivalrous sons of
lhe old dominion are permitting her 10 drag
out degrading existence under a form OF
Government presided over by an ugly beast
ana God-forsaken tribe of l1angaroos, lack
ais, and other unclean animals
Surely the submission OF old Virginia il
out temporary depression of honor and dig
NIFTY; and soon, before the eyes in her proud
venerable head of silver hairs shall be seen
swimming in abol ton death, they Will turn
to the land of those Of whose bone and flesh
she forms part, in that spirit OF love which
hIled the bosom of the Highland Hero who
prayed in death that his head when severed
from his body might be permitted 10 look from
the gate OF the Capitol towards the blue hills
of his nativity.
Age it is TO be hoped, has not vet stolen fire
enough from her mind and yigor enough from
her limbs TO shift her giant strength and
Jealous honor to the Il" Six tn age" and Unto
the lean and slppered PANTHEON with spec-
tacles on nose and pouch on side" Let not
her childish waiting, her almost Oblivion Of
eli-respect, long continue. Soon the language
that me great master OF fiction put in the
mouth OF the guilty, Wretched Macbeth, Will
md In her degradation fit object on which TO
fail and burn;
Iaye lived long enough NY way OF life
i iallcn into the sere, the yellow leaf
And that which ShOu Id accompany old age
As honor, love, OBJ euce, troops Of friends
must not look 10 have; bat in their stead
CUtscs not loud, but deep, mouth honor breath
Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare
not.
The abuse OF the slavery institution, and
ihe foul ISLANDERS against the people of the
South, by the preachers, poets, politicians,
and HoNeiists OF the North, which advanced
to power this abandoned kuaves of Black Re-
publlcanisnl, have been ceased for a while
as the boar when houy pursued, will some
times drop one Of her cubs for the purpose O
distracting the attention of the hunter, and
90 escaping with the rest OF her young. But,
OF course the same measures by which an
abandoned proniSat is advanced to power
must be observed to maintain it, and the des-
picable creatures must soon rc-commence
their system of villification, rs the only means
OF preserving the strength and perpetuating
the power OF their party.
The people Of the Confederate States with
a Government CONNIE IL fdut, may defy the
legislation of their Congress, and laugh TO
scorn the ianatical rawlings of their pulpit
NO people, however, seem to know SO well rs
they the value of the solemn warning
1.-THE price Of liberty 10 eternal vigilance"
They know the snake that was scotched ia not
dead, and that they still remain in danger of
its former tooth. To their sleepless gaze
there is not Il cloud in tho blue plain but tells
OF storm and strife, of war and death and
the wretched rash, intrudmg fools who force
the conflict, VIII learn how terrible men are
who sleep with heads upon the swords that
their feNerish hands Will grasp in waking.
At the first sound of the battle thousands
| Of death dealing blades will leap joyously
from their scabbards, and every drop of blood
! shed by the Abolition minions will be like
| dragons teeth SoWn in the soil and battal lions
| will spring up and join the ranks of the South
| ern army. Everywhere companies are RAPIDLY
| forming, to be ready at moments warning
The requisitiOn made by the President upon
| tho States, Tor 900 men each, has been partly
! responded to by this State already, and with
| alacrity Will be complied with by all. In
! those portions of Alabama that elected CO.
operation delegates to the Convention the
greatest military ardor prevails, one county
! raising halt Il score OF companies alone.
Cabinet meetings are held almost every
night-sometimes lasting until o'clock and
whilst no impertlnent curiosity is INDUCED
by the public in regard to what transpires,
yet their great length and frequency togeth
with the activity displayed by the War De-
paTtment, serve TO deepen the conviction
DIES TIMES of the infant republi. have been
committed 10 guard and direct, the war clouds
that oyerhang US are weaving themselves into
such a fearful wool, that soon the sun of
peace must go down in blood and battle
Senator Wigfall, the idol OF the South who
returned the carte blanche rendered him by
President Davis, with no name of Wigfall for
office written thereon, but declining the best
appoin tments, will be in this city ia u day or
two and viii excite great enthusiasm.
Francis COrbin, Esq, formerly Of Virginia
now an eminently respectable and wealthy
citizen Of Louisiana, was here to-day and ne
gotiated for ten thousand dollars worth of
the Confederate States bonds, paying a pre-
MUM 10 the Government of three per cent.
The Temple of Thespis, where Maggie
Mitchells charming person, laughing wit
and fOppIsh humors, have been delighlng
crowds, will be closed on tomorrow night
and hereafter the Temple of Janus, with
warriors for the players, where no fictitious
battles will be fought, and none but bloody
wounds be given, viii become the theatre ia
which the applause of actors must be Won in
| the deadly breach or at the lannon's mouth.
j. X. 2.