Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-01
THE RICHMOND WING.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE.

Il NAV be mentioned as a someEhat striking coiuci.
dencc tha; or jeutcaly the same day upon which the
Pha elpli. North American spoke ,t its sentiments
pisi-iy, under the caption, "LD-Oa's Ragged Reg-
men' the following article appeared in the Mobile Eve
ni1g News. That paper OF Wednesday 81. says
The-c are now, as nearly as can be estimated Upvcrds
Of one hundred thousand orcaniz and armed men in
the Confederate States under orders or auxiousy
awaiting them to spring TO the post Of danger at he
word OF Jefferson Davis Within eight days time at the
firhes, be can concentrate sixty thousand Of these
men, The best soldiers in the world at any pout the
Northern border ana hurl this splendid army Ike an
avalanche upon the foe. II the battle-ground be in Vr
gl or Maryland, as It probably will the grand army OF
lhs Couicdegacy will be doubled or trCbled by the rally
g hosts OF those States. We have reason to believe
that hundreds OF companies ca the move, will
3e within tWenty-iOur hOurs-al bound somewhere
such IS our immediate power
should move on Washington does the enemy ex-
pect TO hold it against Is: To hold it against army
OF a buudred thousand men and hostile local popu-
htous Large az the tel graphic reports from the
land Of the enemy read, it viii be least month before
Lincoln muster into service and concentrate into an
army huCdrCd thousand We are ready, he Is
not Oar people, naturally inclined have been max
ing soldiers OF themselves for months. His people have
doing nothing OF the SOFT and are not naturally a'
cEuei. Oar ordinances OF secession were really the
notes Of waElke preparation. Their hESt note OF
preparation vas the cannOuGde OF Charleston. We have
hau thee months start OF them and ready they
not.
Months ago the minds Of people had settled re-
soyedy 20 meet any issue Now the people Of the North
ere in all the wild mic and confusion OF wars first
al,rns. We confront them cool collected foe, that
viii never give them time 10 recover from their surprise.
are re.jy for actionhey are getting ready 10 prs
pare to act. They may raise plenty OF men
men who prefer eu.sug starvation, scurvy fellows
from the back slum5 Of cities, whom Flstan
would uot have marched through Coventry with
bu; hese recruits not soldiers least Of Sll the
soldiers to meet the hotbiooced, thoroughbred impetu-
crs men Of the South. Treucher soldiers who enlisted
10 war on their raoHs not men, they are-such as
marched through BalumOre-squslid, wroJcEgd ragged
ana half naked the newspapers OF tta. Guy repor,
.hlu. Fellows who do not know the breecd o. mus
kec from is mUzyc, and had rather hlch handkerchief
.aan fight an enemy in manly combat. White-sayes,
uCdlia wrc'ches sma.Lcbauge knaves and vagrants,
Ilc jr,g7 and CfcouIiugs OF the populace-these are
t1c levied forces whom Lincoln suddenly arrays
candidates for the honor Of being slaughtered by gentle
mu-such as Mobile sent 70 battle yesterday Let them
come South, and We VIII put negroes to the dirty
work cf killing them But they viii not come South
No. wretch cf thela w live on this sie of the bor.
Ger logger than Will take Us to reach the ground and
drive them over.
Mobile IS sending forth to wage this war Of iadepend-
euce jhs uobes aud blyest OF be. soma IL Is eXpen-
-i.e -avr rant % put such material against the riff
ra OF .rtela9ies whom the Abolition power hes called
olt 90 var upon US. We could almost hope thar bet
.er class OF men would fall into the Northern ranks that
our gentlemen might 6ud fOemen worthy of their steel
whom 20 would De more difficult 20 conquer and whose
c5uqu ring would De honorable. For tle present
however, we need uot expect 10 fud any foe Wog,hy
ltiac with the exception Of few reg ueuts, for the
North ia nov getting ready and viii likely be whipped
| before 10 IS ready.