The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-05

vs. beg leave to differ from ou- respected
correspondent. The team "mercenary," viz,
seyrtng TT peg" is accurately descriptive Of
the great mass OF thc N,.,thern foreign soldicry,
who have entered the ranks for pay and no
ting else whereas, tae Southern soldiers of
foreign birtn have volunteered, like all our
other soldiers, not for pay, but to defend their
homes, Their al.ars anal their country. This
makes the difference between tho two classes,
and IT Is ali tie diflarc ace in the world. Our
correspondent cannot say more in praise Of
] he gall1ntty and generous qualities of Irish
III n thar wo have SAID a hundred times. On
/ every battle feld of the world, her children
| have foGsat and b!ci. Genius, elcquence,
( poetry, s;a.esnanship, courage, energy, gene
( Fosisy, esiesiry, sensiaility, form peculiar
combination Of lrisA characteristics which we
lave always delighted to contemplate and
euIogizo. Ia the war Of the Rsyolu ion, MANY
Of oaf best and bfaysst leaders were of
i9roign hih. Tae very empire with
which VIC Wsre at war gave us e PAUL JONES,
Mos1GcMESY, Lord STERLING; Gormauy,
uer hercit cTE0BrS, De KAiB, and others /;
and IL the last v az with Eagland, and tho
contest VIA Msxieo, the sons of Ireland and
u Germany f,ugGt side by side with other Gill
zen sold Go Of America. We nave often re-
lsgred nita priae and gratitude to these facts
| and TO the vast contributions to American
| LABOR aad enterprise By these SANG industrious
ard valuable races. Who can calculate the
addition 10 the wealth and power of the old
U1iaed States, by the ioreiga emigration p
.fguceaInK IL 50 Immense beutfts,the pine pal
p9r.ion oi uAick, however, engrsd &c tie b2a-
.t.l u tie Noi,D, clearing her forests, manning
ser ma.la., huadiGg UP her citlei, and swelling
asr popuis .ior., whiIsg tire Southern coast has
s:aIcsty boon t,u,hed by The broad the Of
.ozeign Immigration, Whist WAS the return
+, hlca tbe fofelga population received from
he two section? The North, u Eich had
monopolized re foTeiga emigration and its
benefits, nu 4tsd aowa forelg aers like wild
beasts, burned thair churches, insulted and
murdered tneIi people, waist tns SoUtt, which
lad bat d s..a.i foreign clement ia It's popula.-
uon, :, read ma shield OF lis protection before
tDeIn, anA IyLsd back ths tide of Intolerance
and persscu,.y.l. 1t was the North which inau-
sUr;..eo u gas, secret ASSOCIATION pledged to
ooli,ioa. and religious prescription Of the very
ne2 waose toI. anu energy had built up its
wealth. AID >. os perity. Tais association, with
IS sabol0A.... branches, raniiying through
every coaEty, Cay. ana village &c tie land,
,cok too held III Z" urand Army,
mora numerous and Us thoroughly Urgau-
.zed IS thas vn!sa was lately routed al
tIana3oa, and everywhere, throughout the
North, II was triumphant. If tia. religious
aua poliitc.l crusade lad been successful. il
BOA \ nm anu South, no foreigaly anu 10
Roman CataOiio would have been permitted
10 v0,e o. hold otics In America; tney wouiu
nave become degraded caste, and, Ia course
Of .ue, tho rack aud the fasgot would have
pesn aadod ~ tbs torture OF political and
social hulniil.lou. At this most critical point
in the destiny Of the foreign population OF the
/ oitcd Sta.es, VIRGISlA came 20 their rescu,.
Ia tAe most excited political contest ever
known il the State, she tore down the black
f AZ Of KnoT- y 2thinsism, spiked It's whole
artillery, annihilatca its secret organization,
and dove il hack crest-fallen dis,omitsd and
dying, to IS hirta place in New England. 1t
was ikcI:IA which rescued the Irish and the
Germans If America fr, IN the horrible fate
impending over their heads, AID, il so doing.
added 70 tee fapatical hate and thirst for re-
vengo which is inspiring the present atrocious
and bloody invasion of her borders.
After al this, to foreigners marching IN
der the banners and fighting the battles of
that North which lad repaid their obligations
with remcrsoless Persecution,sgains the Sou.h
which lad interposed as their friend and their
champion aud deliverer; to see Irishmen
advancing over the ruins Of Catholic churches
and convents to plant their bayonets in Viz
gjnia breasts, and Germans in the West cross
iBg ssords with HENRY A. WISE, what phrase
mider than thai Of uercenarics" could be
employed to designate the conduct cf men
whose Only apology IS, that they had no alter
native bet veeu joining the United States Army
s1d starvaticn-in enc word, that they "served
for pay"
Ia noble contrast to this shocking ingrati-
tude, is the high minded and gallant course
Of the foreigners in the South, not one of whom
can be called roercenary, for the simple rea-
sen that patriotism, and not pay, is their prin-
ciple of action. The Irish, The Germans all
tie adopted citizens of the South, whether Of
american European birth-havs rallied
calamity 10 the rescue Of tho land which Las
received them as her children. We have, on
various ocrasions, acknowledged the alacrity
aud courage Of our Irish fellow citizens nor
have the Germrns Of the South fallen behind
any other people. They have nobly redeemed
the obioquy cast upou the great German name
by the course of their countrynen in the North.
Taey coms cf a grand, heroic race, which
knows how to defend homo and freedom, and
when has proved itself as great in war as in
tia arts and sciences Of peaceful life. They
are, moreover, among tho most industrious,
sober and thrifty people in the world. We
learn that their military representatives in the
army rank among our choicest troops, and
that one CT the German companies from our
own city, now at the SCAT Of war, is probably
unsurpassed in it's drill aud discipline by any
company either in the Confederate or United
States Army. We rel oics to pay this tribute
to the adopted citizens Of the South, and we
shal. never fail to do justice to their patriotism
and courage.
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General Floyd.
Gen. FLoYD, upon the first opportunity af-
forded him, has vindicated his claim to that
military talent which is the Inheritance of his
family on both sides of the house--PREsros