Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-05
The Times.

der bls'arS John Fremont Ga every street and
q, every corner can be The German mereenar's,
whose Individual word is law, and who mm' With i'm
pusv oursges and sxcessCs, the d,scrp ion OF which
would be emed wi exaggeration. The respectable
ei,z,us hide themselves away far poss bic fom
the perpetrators Of these villsuies enduring existence
only from the hope that the city will be spe Oily rid Of
LiucO n. bayOuets and that the retrbuton WI ioh will
then be visited upon the wretches will in some measure
sxpate the wrongs the etiH ms have borne.
what has heretofore been limited Louis, row,
under the late procaa alton Of Fremont to be extended
throughout Missouri wherever the hired assassins who
execute his vii have the power How long viii It be
before the same things are witnessed in Kentucky and
M,ryand the penalty of having deferred too long, as
Missouri did to pses themselves under the protecting
seli aud iraterna arms of the Confederate Safes -
While they have fingered with the old wreck OF the
Union hoping thereby to escape the pslings OF the
slru the Northsrl POwr has been c1ing around them
chains and letters that may prevent their raising arm
wh-a the last moment Of outraged endurance has be-
reached, and indignant setrespect revols and st-
tempts q reassert ITSELF The true citizens OF those
States native to their noble sell, have and can have no.
thing in common with the degraded race ard de'esa'
government of the North Their institutions, traditions
seutmens and associations are all Southern They can
bat look With feelings of unusterabe abhorTenoe upon
the hiteous prostitution and perverson OF the Govern
ment at Washington and all Who favor and tolerate 1t
They cannot for slant consent that their future d
TIMES shall be connected with, and controlled By, such
dynasty as now holds sway at Washipgton-1ith Gov
eminent in which all that conservative OF liberty and
order has been substituted by all tta. auxiliary to des
po,sm end promo,ive Of discord-Hith people whose
antl.ori-m aud long,smothered hate have broken ou
into rerzy Of yindc;ive and murderOus rage towards
the people end Institutions Of the South.
No people who respect themselves desire assOcia
ion With the Yankee Tace-no State that chershes indie
psnd,uce can rust lis fortunes to Yankee government
One by one the bulwars of State sovereignty, and the
m.nimsnts Ct individual liberty have been destroyed,
ill uoiag remains worth preserving. reign of terror
prevails in the Yankee States and those to them,
as complete, if not yst qlte violent az swept over
France in the days OF Rose=perre. As Of their
journals remarks t requires but step more to inau-
gurae the scenes Of the French revolution when the
guilo Inc vss perennial fountain Of blood
Mon and women are daily arrested 10 Washington,
New York and Philadelphia (says contemporary, sum
ming up the atrocities Of the usurplion and thrown
into oahso Dungeons, without warrant Of Law, ana
without being confronted with their advised
OF the charges eg ns them Journals suppr' ssed
for denouncrg the action Of the Government Elitos
are lyrched and heir printing ole destroyed by the
mob. Forced loans are d,msnded of the Banks
system of detectives Is Organz WASN'T gton, to dog
the steps Of able citizens report the yra1ts ard
arrest persons suspected of opposing the usurp rs vii.
No Neapotan despoism Spanish irq lisiton ever
eeeded 10 the measure Of s cruelty the present Dca.
tOrsbp at Washington Tee Doges dungeon 10 Venice,
which We, stands Mt Of tyranny is reproduced
in Forts L. Fayette ard Hamilton, rsmes that
,hv OF a more honorable fate. Tle Government o.
tie Uai,ed States p-Osu,ed the vles purposes OF
the mos. Infamous men that ever walked the earth
There il no such thing publc individual liberty IN
the United States. Men, be free sing palns to
a babOon and worship the Government Of usurpera-
T5svru,t sanction q e most unholy war ever wsged
against free PEOPLE. They must approve of the de-
struelion Of thsi- oKn liberties They must become
slav,f, 10 order 10 epioy exemption from mCsstahon.
THERE'S more in these arrests than meets the eye
It Indicates a deep ard determined opposiiin the
acts Of the Governments among the wiser and VIZ
tuoas men of the North II evnces that the yrants are
trembling their thrones and fear the day Of reckoning
which will sweep them violently from their Of pow
e. They fear not only the armies Of the Confederate
States which, in the language Of member of the Cabi
net are already "hundering at the gates Of the capi
tan They stand 10 ave- merely of hose gallant le
r;o-s which have driven them ike dogs bowling b,ck
10 their kennel from tiel Manassas and Oak Hill But
tasy lear get unorganzed masses Of their own
tD who ars preparing for them the doom Of BELsHAz
zaa And WHO wil'ood them to just and stern account
a,dry Cor their cints They fear the ri ing indigua
ton Of an outraged and dowatrOdien people, who have
esal betrayed by fear and excitement into an acquies
cea,s in the usurpers acts but who have not been ed
ucud ia the short plos Of Eve months to support the
yike of al absolute desnosn, after having received
TIC boodbought heritage of freedom from their fathers
aid tpj,yed its blessings from lhsrbirth.
This mortal fear and trembling II apparent in the con
s cn Of the Northern journals that the to the
Governors Of the Stats to send Immediately to Wash
iay,on all their available troops is clear proof that Wash
iogson City is in imminent peril of capurs by the Con-
feaera.es Il is clear from the universal dread every
where evnced of peace meetings. and the violence used
against the friends OF peace.
Peace with the Confederate States would be signal
Of upon the Infamous and tl,ody reign of the yrant
l. would probably him his head. Ii would certain
Il result in bis impeachment aud disgrace. Such Ad
mnistraOn could not stand for hour, the criticism
of free and ua,rammeled press aud tn scrutiny Of
calm, hgh-onei and reasoning people. Hence the cry
Of treason, among the mercensries of Lincoln, when
peace L advocated. "HiNes iuo iashryna"
Meanwhile the Confederate States calm and i'm
preguAble. But for the mastering of troops, which
We about every day, we should scarcely know
that thirg unusual in progress. No man in The
South complains that his individual rights respassed
uoon No State feels thai she is In danger Of losing her
liberties Our independence Ia fact Our prosperity
ibeyoud contir gency. Toe North may hurl charge
after age upon us but their Grand Armies will be
routed aud driven back fast they come Ere long
foreign powers will be marching on the had to "a
lutte The VICTOR and demand 10 the name Of commerce,