The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-21
Faid Cha plains.

CFETRkv1LLB, nov. ii, 1861.
Editors UispGtoh: VAIN little an tici patton of
ehcittuG u Lie per controversy oIG 1 pen
the article ca Pea Tor Chapiafns'J which
recently appeared III your Columns. But rs
- Chaplain Without Pay has gwen vent
to his pttrIo Jlsm III rough the same channel,
/ must beg The prIvlIt ~ OF reply.
1hat lhe "maniIeSt design q my az ticle
V. TO prevent the reduction OF tGa Chap
lam > pay IS evident. bUL THAT IL was 70 in
crease tntiT salaries, ~ make me GA3pIaiLCy
u moueyed oIiise, 10 secure the services Of
preachers IL biacg,' which all CAapiQtRs
.5stbgat pay certainly aI~, OF To annoy GOV
eminent by provoking applications from
II an eteiS " lao preach Tor nCaFy ana not Tor
the salvation OF souls, IS too enormous 10 DO
denied By Il law OF the Southern Congress,
ali tnapl Sins are commissioned OLlG6Fs, with
me ILAA OF ISL LIsu tenant. = LIST IAeuten-
aAts pay Is AlneJy dollars per mauth Way
shOui. Lle hApladu = De less
Further, the CAapia incy 4, Il Office OF lear
Tul responei Dill ", and position OF lLiiuence,
dlEuljy, ana weight, II Chaplain must not
SIMPLY tie Il preacher: sc must be- Il man OF
social qualities u IL LII OF nerve, "a man OF i'll
,.us LEY, and, most o. all, "A man OF talents
aud, unless their salaries be such as 10 afford
partial Inducements Tor taen 20 sacrifice
tnelr POSITIONS al nome, lacy WDuId b. Jus
iI1ed iii a bsent,us themselves from the rauhs,
and uG, is doubtless many Il Chaplain a'ltaOUt
put Aas done, CGugFegat, cItI5s lave Oh lut-
uo-nty OF Trends, sang patrlouc psalms 10
their brethren IN me neIG about Ina salaries,
ana never oArt during Jue Wdr euoure the
fatigue Ul g forced march, or tie t. .comloIts
IT bironac Ga picket 49r three rainy days
and nights
The Profession OF the Chaplain IL not 70
bear aims, and l." cannot perform the tr lies
% his ciiice # ne has 10 live as many If cur
noble, heroic soldiers are compelled 10 live
lie mast nave more leisure, more comforts.
ard or;ter living; and to detray his own tx
penses. 10 say nothing Of hi7 clothing, VIII
cost more than half the salary allowed him.
Ia the meantime wbat i 20 become Of his
II
being = Eha plain, Is apt % D., IS The case
wit the ms ioTlty Of aai@ preachers, . lEan
OF family, 4 nau Of mind, ana mar q roc-
crsy. Patriotism would dictate 70 such i nan
10 remain a. home. sustain his family, Chris.
tteEIIs his community, ana e0dt@vCr bY MS
praEeIfUl eiGQu"uce 20 secure tor his bleed
ing country the assistance of a rerCifUi God,
rather than his little ones should suffer or be
thrown upon the charities Of his neIghhOTs
while he was Ia boring almost free of charge
ia tie 1ea;ed 1lald for a country Astounding il
wealth,
"A Chaplain Without Pay Will excuse me
Tor agreeing with him, exactly, when he says,
''iL fact there is 40 necessity for any paid
Cnapiaius for this city" Ny"plea'' WIS e2-
cIusiV.l-. q perhaps should nave been so
stated, }Se men OF GID, VINO in addt-
tion 10 the II coucomitauts Of The pull pit,
buckle en- the armCr OF Mars, ana undergo the
prIYlGions of the csmp.
As 10 the "sOldlPrS contributing something
ex ira 10 the support" Of the man they want,
and who won't stay for S51 per month, this is
all stuff iuany poor soldier here, near Cen
trevliIe who. while At home in his httie hut,
surrounded by his industrious wife and bare
fOCt little children, can luXuTi4te without
cost upOn rich milk eud sweet butter, and ell
kinds Of vegetables, can scarcely lay up, per
IQ0nth, enough to buy his wife = calico dress,
Il lie ventures to crafty his palate with these
luXuries once q week
A word more, Mr. Editor il you please
and address IL particularly 20 "A Cha plain
Without Pay" Since the reduction ny Con
ress OF the Chaplains' paw many Of the regi-
ments in the q rmy Corps of the Potomac -
have lost their Cha plains by designations. Be
the cause what il may, such is the fact, and
If The signed officers are not gus tfied, they
and III cir consclenCes must sUff-r t r it, One
Thing is clear: the way is open for all Chap
iains who are willing 10 work without pay !;
and i, tor one, hope they with not All the win
ter ensconce themselves in snug booths about
Richmond, Will" the patriots OF the South,
destitute OF spiritual admonitions, are free2-
Ing upon The heights OF CentreYtile.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CentreriUe, Noe. H. 1851.