Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-25
TsoR rnE RICHMOND WING ]
A SUGGESTION.


letter from an Intelligent Vi.ginian who has long
resided in Washington informs me that certain parties
re already devug WAYS and means 10 arm ana lncite
70 rebellion the serye population oi tais Stse' Il can
not be denied that this class OF our popuS on may DE
induced bv fise representations 70 inaugurate system
r ise aud b!cotshed which would create great con-
sernson and unsasines5 amongst cur people. And on
he other hand ii som simple system Ccud oe ceVlsed
which could give full assurance OF security, the nus
band father and could repair TO the Oatte h-d ""h
LIGHT heart aud bis family could rspose IN conscious
security think tina, l suggest simple and cheap
system which viii combine The following mpor ant pre-
-ouisis to secure success the contest into which IT.
,iuia has bean tOyced-yiZ:
thorough feeling of security among all classes Of
our citizens.
2 A vsry moderate expenditure Of money.
s An efficient military discipline, By which the ranks
of tie regular army nay be filed VITA persons orough
y drilled.
-Vster DESIGNING C. sub1it tie details hereafter.
In each uaeis.csl district, in the several counties
rs ser be selected an experienced Intelligent, ererge
+, and worthy citizen who shs have clpfain's COM
mission and four others with commissions oileuenants
These NAV select from among those who may volunteer
sixteen others between thcagcs CT sixteen and eighteen
this win make a company CT twenty one.
Ti;s c5rp5uy 20 bc armed with Sharps or other ligh.
rifles revoiyers and saorls, and be furnished with
horses.
Trey shall have an encampment about the centre oil
each district which they shall iortiy and over which
Guard shall be always kept Each company (minus the
snr SHAH oace or twice week visit every part Of their
district and frequently at night companies of five shall
n, rt ont IA treut parts Of the district TO see that
order is preserved These companies are TO have COM
un;cson kept up between them, and their several 10
cations so arranged that they may be brought 10 CO op
crate in the shortest time. All information Calculated
20 arouse suspicion to be promptly communicated to
THE AIMS e.. for each company to be provided by
elch district and committee OF discreet enzsns, ap-
Don-cd 20 see chat suitable provisions are supplied, &c
THE nav required for the Il under age, would
not b, mole than ya dollars per month. And as soon
bev arrived az the ags Of s. tbe7 should be transfer
rd ~ the regular army snd their places filled with new
nresu,se 70 one would doubt that company of
-yeriv-oue thoroughly equipped and disciplined men
would be amply sufficient ~ arrest any outbreak III 'ue
s-ri III, presence, therefore, q such company
d ipsrire con flcrce in every bosom and at the same
enc he mos valuable school for young men, for
the Man p7oncses o tb0rcgb and street rUIti@y dis
cipline. both SIS cavalry aui infantry
r. ,o.t would net amount 20 fartbing, compared
itb the Greet benefit which would ress,, 70 the leigh
t,rhooi In which they serve, well as the State at
lr-a One other gr,a. benefit would be, that IN two
5,ys a company OF i've hundred hcrsemen might oe
eserAled "a. given point suppress an instruction
which should never fear with such ponce system
or drive back uarluiirg parties, a.
Many, very many uA-- GU '-'''-N' $50 ~
toned ana important details gwen, but this must suffice
have written thus much simply 10 attract the attention
~ o,b.-s 20 tie subject subject which my experience
ana ohsr.st51 have induced me 20 believe Is OF the
rsrg iySi Impotence. -
H61i1c tha, these hastily pcnned lines nay not be IN
vain I AM. YOURS. a., l. RANDERsVS, NJ D.
E,n, Hanover Co, april Ism, $500.
T. s-Tbis plan might be modified aad changed to
sir the character aud necessities Of different loclues.
Tor instance in ori-- TO lessen very much the expense
Keen only five horses, to De used alternately by the
different divisions OF each cOwuGav, &c. With this one
GREAT leading isa always IA view, csVrg! eUeePment
-.h ,ll.ai.iops Of t@r thoroughly J.rtifed' thorough
.gitarv system dc, Their, TOO, citizens could meet
weekly for instruction iI military tactics, sc.