Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-28
A View OF the PieIa.

A View OF the FIELD.
Whoever will read the able paper in our colimns
this morning, from the pen OF Hon. A o. p Nicholson
vi obAu vey clear view Of the fact that this Northern
States in pushing sectional hostility to the point nation
al rupture and war; have quarresd wish their own bread
sud butter Mr.. N makes it plain, by statements and
dzIFes Of unqu'eionsbl, authenticity, that Northern
pro.psry has lived moved, aud had ts being from the
s1atb; tbst The power aud wealth OF the Moth have
been the creation Of the Southern States thai tor the
bread they Rave eaten for the ramsnt they have worn
for tbs comforts hsy have oyed for the Injuries they
hSve INDUCED 10, foe the social aud political eonss-
osuss they base attained OS the pactoean streams that
have aovn through al their chsnnelsO industry and
tsds they have been ndsbsd 20 that section Of coun
try which they have after many and outrageous wrongs
az lust BY On act OF uuuttsrsbs nfamy and atsOcty,
male a. foreign to thsm as though al ocean Of Ere
rolled between Nor will ths resdsr have room 20 doubt
hat the Fstr5ugs effect Of this suicidal condac viii be
0 irae. perpetual poverty upon them. Evsn II they
should be able 10 bold together seems Impossible,
md 10 eoudlct the s.irs Of Government intellganty,
which We do no. believe, they are, nevertheless des-
tined 10 spk from frs class power into iHsSniaesnee
rad contempt and from a most prosperous community
ato psnuTy and restitution Ths day hat sealed their
orsclsn from tbs s1uh reversed the machinery Of their
osogr,s dated tia II tbeE rstEogrsds aud down
ward movement Nor viii the descent stop until they
have come To be the poorest and fesbest Of civil I'D
aud snterprEiBs nations on the fare OF the globe
saob ia taeF fnture the inevitable consequence cf
toe separation, and brought nearer and more rap.
ily 10 them every day the war In which they
Rave nsedesy pIluged continues. With the Confede-
rate satee the effect ia e1aoShe With them
secession liberation from bondage and release from
tribute. They can conduct the war on part Of the
gsluity they annually contributed to the North AT It's
ose save in tie valuabl lives lost they win he rc eF
ed stronger than q. lis beginning. Then they have
golden futuFs before them. II their affairs only
managed with toerRble discretion they WI become for
their numbers the most op8ent andp oweIial people on
whom the Sun shines Heaven has blessed than with
erYthing needed to make them prosperous aud happy
an better st has endowed them With Intelligence 20
comprehend and spirit TO antan the principles Of 6
c ty sud good government.
Bat with these agreeable convictions and this pleasant
prospect We would commit latA bmuder we're we 10
fail 20 look full IN the face the difficulties that beset ns
snd m asurs their whole dep.h and breadth aud height
Whatever doom may await ensmies in the future,
hey stand bsfors ~ now gas u numbeF5 mighty all
te enginery OF war sud animated by fauatcism and
msgny more inellng than patriotism and not less for
lAldable tha1 courage War sat all times cruel and
terrible thing and var between psOple Who have been
bothes hi0ry shows 20 be the most horrible Of strug
sas Already in lis prosecution our enemies have ig
naFed all the laws and usages of civilized nations, and
have shown themselves setrAted by spirit remors
ss sad iufsrnal If che very arch 6eud were at their
head Crazy b'gos come hrsIing mercsnsriss others,
Al lpsl nd m.
Del them In wild crusade against the peaceful homes arr
trnptng poessssons Of Psopl. and Il would be an
abomlnsten Of folly rot 10 put forth In opposition TO
them every Of resistance snd defeat that God has
given Vs. We can heat back thess hordso VITO dksn the
horizon, IL We will stay this nonss. that is raw
sgiug our border ii We try and II we do NOS we will de-
sasvs the desolson sld the shame that vii come upon
"a ike tenpest.
Let no one doubt VIA. would be our fate, Il they
.houli overcome "a. Tasy bsve sworn that roofs
shall be given the flames and our bodies to the eagles
.nd they have made good It's oath wherever they have
hi the power Tsey refle to treat belgerep but
hold us Is bss and traitors fer whom the gbbet was
lev war upon women and CHILDREN forbid medicine TO
s sok eek TO Gle laEes 10 nsnrrecon, carry hand
cs and has for their masters and Abov US BY all they
90 tia. ony sfe,y Is In victory. We csonot ssosd
to 20 defeated by sucs an enemy The war they are
raging strikes at everything dear TO ua-our In
sdtutions, our civilization, cur society. our eIis-
tscos Nothing SO helpless to awaken their mercy
nothing so venerable TO command their respect Give
them the oppS iIuity aud they viii make Of the purs
and lovely beings, who shelter beneath our armf
bags to BE- dsspIsed Il they hide not their shame 10
death. they would n.ici, if they could here this
Tidsr thsstr and among these happier scenes the hell
tn dana Of st. Domingo. i.oz I'll. isse.
Upon the men othe sosth and upon iher rulers aud
sslsr rests The respoas1ily ofrsssulng te landfrOm
horrors such hess. Too shOe manhood Of the sonlh
must brass itself for Tire work. The government nus
clrprehsnd ne mighty mission. Our Generals must fss
hat interests eeAes thAa life that gold could moi
ne 10 Toe. no,hEors compensate Tor. though piled
b. asen-blgt hang upon tbs narnsE 10 which ihsy aesr
thsmssses LIT our soiiss resolve, as did tie French
Assembly, in dine OF peril thai, "oar armies shall win
yctoliss. And vSoeVer can add Strength, or impart
eonnsel o. convey Information, or contribute supplies
az vhaeFsr labor suffering Of body 3, whatever sac
rfss of means, through wtstsos7-s peril be must pass