Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-11-23
A Southern Leader

To show thu delirious, silly, whistle.
to-keep-your-courage-up style OF Ii,er..
ture which pervades the South, we copv
al article taken from the RiclmonJ
(Va.) Dispatch. 1t is about as AMUSING
as some of Docsticks earliest sketches.
alt would be . most delightful cam
to catch Abraham Lincoln. GRANNY
Scott and the whole brood of viDers =,
one jump, and doubtless many of our
soldiers would commit the inuocen,
mistake of putting bullets through tie
craniums of Sumner, Wilson, Loyeioy
al IA omne gnius of non-combatants VII,
20 upon wine frolics to Bull Run. Il
would be a crushing blow upon the
North iii European estimation, where
the taking Of a nations Capital is r..
garded as the most humiliating defea.
aud abject subsection.
But we know that the mere taking Of
Washington, unless we could catch the
vile leaders in one net, would not end
the war. They would remove to some
other location, and there concoct anew
their damnablc schemes. An immense
army has been congrcgated at Wash.
iDgton, and there would doubtless be
most desperate resistance upon their
part. We have very little doubt that
we should whip them, but why risk
anything at all! The same crushing
blow could be struck without SO much
hazard, and without causing us to
mourn the loss Of so many gallant spil-
its as the dearly bought victory at Man.
assas cost us.
Determined to wage this war with
proper vigor, the Secretary of War has
urged the raising OF 100000 men at
once. Responding to the call, our peo-
pie will eagerly rush to arms at once,
and by the 10Th of September, at the la.
test, an army Of 1850 men would
concentrate upon the Maryland border,
leaving $4,000 men to guard the ap-
proach to Richmond, md appropriate
forces to defen6Acquia Greek, Norfolk
and all other needed points.
"Our column could then take up its
march, not for Washington, but for
Philadelphia. Let us strike at the
fountain head, the vast receptacle of
Northern stores, and the workshops
from which they fit out their armies.
1t would be far easier for us to take
Philadelphia than to capture Washing
ton. Even if we should give them no.
ticc of our intention to pursue this
course, they would not believe us, and
our army would be far on the road
through Pennsylvania before the wise
noodles in Washington would wake to
tho reality Of our movement. They
think they are safe so long as Wash
ington remains in their power. Even
the gigantic intellect of Mcclellan
will not save them. The combined
genius Of their acknowledged best gen.
erals, Scott, Mansfield and Mcdowell,
could not withstand the bl;ghting touch
of Southern prowess. Let us not talk
of taking their fortified places any long
cr. Leave Washington, like Fortress
Monroe, Fort Pickens, Fort McHenry,
Tortugas and other places, for after con-
sideration.
"Let the war be carried into Africa,
let the enemy be made to feel the, blast
ing, desolating effects of orr conquering
arms. What a shaking and quaking
would there be in high places around
the Court, when we thus would step in
between their dainty lordships and their
gracious followers Of the North. Men.
aced from all sides, for Maryland would
at once rise, there could be no escape
except by sea, and it does seem to us that
batteries sufficient to command the Po-
tomac might ere that be located some.
where. We 60 in fer scheme which
will crush out this vile brood, root and
branch. With Philadelphia in our
hands wo have something with which
to help pay the expenses of the war;
and it behooves US toprocure some OF tho
needful, as Abraham and his sagacious
friends have determined to make us
pay their war debt Of six hundred mil
lions!
eff we take Washington wo gain
moral victory-not q substantial one;
and we have still tho onward move.
ment to make. There we shall find
nothing but cumbrous masses of stone,
which can be of no service to Ne. In
Philadelphia we shall find vast stores
of everything, and the material and
workshops with which to supply our
army in the future. Then our revenge
would not be sweet enough unless we
could tread with martial step through
the broad streets Of Now York, quar-
ter in the palatial mansions Of the mer-
Oh anx rr;nso. urhn havc riofed IN DRAINS