Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-30

inimitabe sangfOid and suPerscious arrogance Win
which they exhibit their mpudence aud psrtness 70 gen.
tsuen doing business with them. II Is said that these
emry are well paid for their services; that they display
their sense Of obligation in return by liberal patronage
of Faro banks and Cyprian psror and that they are
also in for service during the hoping the war may
be long one. - sN
have alluded to the feeling which actustes the p.o-
pr. Journey Of near two thousand niles In order to
reach this place. has given some opportunities Of Oh
servation The enthusiasm which pervsds the masses
has not had It's counterpart since the dsys when nop
z,s fred the hearts of the countless cru'sders eAds
them 70 the sacred tomb have seen bushing maiaep'
rusk brsathess to the railroad as we passed. 10 "
ia God speed, or to throw us flower; have seen
gravhared men and women kneel In their doors % your
troons vera shedding on ward and, with hands upraised
snnneate high Heaven for their success; have seen
,,oon of mothers Ga5i.sS in sable hold up their chill
drep in sight of your sodisry and pressing them to
their bosoms point to Manassas. Such is the spirit Oh
our women; such is the feeling Of the sons, daughters
and mothers of the South Shall this ardor be suedued
or dmpened in the hour Of its dswning by the tale thai
our heroic army l. beeaugered, beseged and preyea
upon by the horde OF biood-Suckers have named!-
Shall the aged father who has sent all his sons to battle
and r;yen all his cotton 10 the Government know that
that Government is infested with men who are roooins
them daily? Shall the mother who has arayed her of
snrp in the rough habimeuts Of war aud frez ng the
rear in the eve ere i. told its tale sent them forth to
meet the iron hsiof battle know that those loved ones
are laid low with disease or are suffering the pangs OF
hunger or for the want of attention. exposed to the
AID all
Government in which they have put their aith having
become bankrup. by the specuatOns and frauds Oh lis
own servants
This ~, bs the case If the evils have referred to are
M, ,nnsd in their bud If such things have been pa-
tej IL IA not nov too to inaugurate REFORM Let
Ia aope You Ladies', can set the example BY throwing
the weight Of your Influence against II there are IN
vour such depclble characters as are por-
trayed and they cannot be removed from ctce scout
them from your pArOIs and your tables let them know,
that though we may be ignoble and dastarey enough
to bear the impostiOn which they practice you at least
are proud enough preserve yourselves from the tAnt
of sch association let your smiles aud fsvors SO out
among the sodiery and there look for the merit which
YOU look for in vain in the places have described.
L,, il be made a sine qua that those seeking
Turn your eyes to Manassas to Bull Run to Springfield
and to the Gauley and other fields and to their nos
pi,asS there YOU will 6ad the weak and pinng soldier
minus an arm, perhaps leg, or an eye-it does not
unft him for business such these nimoleJoined car
pet cavaliers who dance around the Governmental sane
tusries are accustomed to- these poor fellows are amply
competent to perform it, and would greatly prefer it to
mansions Turn out your brandy headed putc robbers,
and let these men have their places let US hear 20 long
or in your army of short rations" when cur country
oys,fo.inc Nth the surplus produces OF her tesm'ne
,ol; when our barns are grooming, and our harvest
sld. are laden with the choicest fruits OF Nature, and
our ysomanry need but be told il is needed for the sol
der in order to have il sent to let the soldier know
and feel that the same patriotic and unsehsh spirit which
has brought him hundreds OF miles, to defend the CON-
mon soil perv.des all around and above him; and that
he is but putting his hands to the great wheel which
revolving upwards slowly but surely 10 its track towards
the mount on which the Temple Of Liberty shines sfar
impsei By the power of thirteen millions of hearts Let
this be donel Then will the star of our Confederscy
arise and shine With freshened lustre whose efdgencs
- appear none the less bright because it sOws in the
armament of nations side by side with the other starr
yhieh have long Stree wandered from the paths OF jus
tiee and right and which We having ceased to fellow IN
their tortuous orbits would now in lead as eIenpars
and guiding stars back TO the pristine days of honesty
and purity.
Respectfully your obi servt,
E-a oAxToN.
Texas Camp Sept 2s, 1851.