The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-17
Thee, who art the only Giver of all victory !;
through the merits Of Thy Son Jesus Christ,
BEgcRER on rHR WAR.

through the merits Of Thy Son Jesus Christ.
our Lord" #7i
BEscHER on rHR WAR
In a sermon at brooklyn. N. i. last Sun
day evening, the political parson, Henry
Ward Beeeher, thus outraged the sanctity Of
his profession: f.e
The Southern people were sound on the
question of the Bible, but inffdels as to its
contents. The doc ,ripes Of their church were,
that all people were not equal. According TO
the Constitution of the new Confederaey,
every State must be opened To slavery. There
would no longer be free discussion or free de-
bate. 1t was on these conditions we could
have peace. On those grounds, Mr.. Beecher
said, he utterly abhorred peace. Give him
war, redder than blood. The present was no
time for them TO hesi tate; they must take the
country as their fathers gave IL TO them
there should be hut one feeling among them,
and that a feeling for liberty, which should
sweep like whir,wind over the county,
With the North they had the strength, they
had the people, and their cause was right
They conid go TO war with Christian spirit;
not with any angry feelings, but with in
dignation. They now had ii in their power to
settle this difficulty. and he hoped they would
DO so and not let il be breaking out for number
OF years to come, like the in termittent fever
He then spoke Of the telegraphic dispatches
which had been received from Charleston for
the past two days, saying the rumors were
indeed depressing. He had been grieved to
learn that Major Anderson-the gallant, no.
compelled TO abandon his stronghold. Since
coming into the pulpit, moreover, he had re-
ct1ved n private communication from a gen.
tieman, which stated that il was Fort Moul-
trie which had been blown up instead of Fort
Sumter. (On this the whole audience burst
| for tn in one wild shout Of applause and en-
| thusiaSm. People clapped their hands. men
waved their hats and handkerchiPts, and some
time elapsed before order was again restored J
After again beseeching them to stand up for
! liberty and equality-that liberty which their
eoTefathers had stood up for-he observed that
he had not intended TO say SO much upon this
point Since he had bee their pas tor he had
| endeavored TO keep them advised of the signs
of the times.
The opinion seems to be well grounded that
Virginia is soon to become the scene of deadly
| civil strife. With this plainly i'll view, the
Washington Star comments as follows:
II the Virginia Convention, influenced by
the attack on Sumter, designed avoWedly to
inGuce Virginia to join her fortunes with those
OF the seeded States) pass an Ordinance of
Secession, Pennsylvania, having her 'heart
fred" too, by the course of Virginia, will in
week be--as Virginia will be--one vas camp:
ready 10 precipitate herself with fire and
sword over the line to defend the Govern
ment's right TO its property within her (Vir-
glnia's) limits. No man capable of drawing
ra tional conclusions, from self-eyident pre-
misses, can doubt these facts.
AT this moment the popular mind of Penn
syivania is in intense sympathy with Vir-
ginia, and it depends wholly upon the action
of the Richmond Convention whether that
sympathy shall prove sufficient to enable
Virginia TO settle the difficulties without the
dies olation of every Virginia hearth nv civil
war; or whether it shall he resolved into
whirwind of mad passion, dire as that
which az this moment actuates the thousands
serving in arms under the Oligarchy's
| thority; and be directed, of course, to the
defence of what Pennsylvania regards as the
plain right of the Government of the United
States upon the soil of Virginia, where the
sectiocal war will inevitably be fought out
for the mos part, at least for mon tbs to come
The Star having become int 1sely Lincoln
lied, it is natural enough that it should adopt
the phrases of :he New York Tribune.
The Philadelphia North American is i'm
pressed with similar ideas for it says
Pennsylvania has great duty to perform
She is border State. The threatening condi-
tion of things in Virginia, right upon her own
confines, renders il of the highest i'm portance
that She should prepare herself for the worst.
The aggressive policy of the Montgomery Gov
ernment has been boldly announced by the
head of the War Department there who
threatens to take Washington city, and even
to invade the North. That this is no idle
boast may be seen a glance. There is now
at Charleston a victorious army of ten thou
sand troops, with vast accumu iations of artil-
lery and munitions OF war and Fort Sumter
being captured there is nothing to engage the
attention of General Beauregard. There is a
railway cOnnecCOn dlrect from charleston 10
Washing ton, and in three days the whole Of
that army, with all its baggage, artillery and
stores, could be at the Potomac. With the
present state of feeling i'll Virgini; there can
not be a doubt that this force could be imme-
diately doubled by accessions from that State
In truth, we are altogether taken a. dis
advantage. We did not expect war wi tn the
South, and are totally unprepared for it ;
while on the other hand, the whole time of the
Montgomery Government has been occupied
in arming its adherents, gathering men and
munitions of war, and preparing the hearts
| of the people for struggle. Now that the
| decision has been made between peace or
war, ali hesitation ought to end. 1t is our
imperative duty to arm at once, and to do it
| generally, and TO the fullest extent. We want
| everything and it seems an enormous task
| to set about lmproYieing an army without
| officers and arms military stores Moth
| ing, however, is impossible TO American en-
| ergy.
LINCoLN's CALL FOR TROOPS.
The following is the call for troops, issued
in accordance with the proclamation of the
President, by Secretary Cameron, and giving
the quotas allotted TO each State to furnish:
WAR DEPARTMgSr,
Washington, April Is, 1851.
To his Ercellency the Governor Of -:
SIR-Under the act OF Congress for calling
for the :" militia TO execute the laws of the
Union, suppress Instructions, repel inya-
sions,' &c, approved February IS, 1875,
nave tne nOhOr 10 request your EXceiiency to
cause to be immedia tel y detac he'd from the mi.
litia of your State the quota designated in the
table below, TO serve as infantry or rifiemen
for the period OF three months, unless sooner
discharged
Your Excellency will please communicate
to me the time 1T or about which your quota
will be expected at its rendezvous as it will
be met soon as prac ctieabIe by an officer or
officers to muster 1T into the service and nav
of the United States.
States. Regiments. Total Force. Rendezvous.
Mdine.................. 7s0-Portland
New Hampshire..... 7sc-portsmouth.
Vermont...............l 7s0-Burlington.
Massachusetts, $500. 3 ,5eo-SpringGeld
Rhode Island.......... 7s0-Providence.
Connecticut ...........l 7s0-New Haven.
ny, Elmira.
Pennsy l2,5oa-Phil4 9 p b a.
Harrisburg.
New Jersey ........... s,l2a-Trenton.