The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-20
FROM CHARLESTON.


CHARLEsTos, May 16, 1861
Two vessels came In to port this morning
one laden with nloiasses and sugar. The
Niagara is not to be seen OFF the harbor:
where gone, no one knows and nobody cares
On yesterday, several Baptist ministers of
your State and city visited Fort Sumter, by
special permit of Governor Pickens, who did
me the special honor of a call at my private
residence. Among them was your towns
man, the Rev. James B. Taylor, ID. D.,
"whoSe praise is in all the Churches, +" and who
still retains much of his former appearance,
though now man advanced In life. Accom-
panying him was A son, Rev. George H. Tay-
Tor, Baptist minister of no small repu te, and
son-in law, Rev. Mr.. Prichard. of Whining
ION, n. q. These gentlemen were returning
from Savannah, where the denomination had
been holding their biennial Convention, and
in which conyoc1tion they adopted certain
resolutions expressive of the feelings OF the
denomination on our political difficulties.
These resolu tions ought to be read by every
Southern man and woman, and, if possible,
by every man and woman protesting
Chris tianity at the North, az model Of
expression of a Christian conyocation of
the ministry of the ' Prince of Peace. 3"
Firm1ess, with dependence on God manli-
ness without bluster; cour tesy without pusii
lannity patriotism without asperity, and a
true Christian spirit without Puritanic whin-
ing or hypocritical cant, characteriZes the
paper. How different is the breath of these
resolutions, its temper and its aim, TO wha :
we see breathed and Illuminated by the So
called Christians and religious ~ neWspape
we get from the land OF the Puritans.' Their
pulpits and papers are breathing out to us
death and destructioD-our Conven tions and
public bodies only resolve to defend. Many
of those h0iY and SaintPd ministers stand up
night after nigh in the prayer meeting room,
doubtless and eXhort their rethren to imi Ia G
| Him " who went about doing good, - and the
day following, with more feTvoT, eXhort the
mercenary soldiers OF Lincoln to bring
| back from the wars a Southerners head" In
their so called religious newspapers are pa
raded the most disgusting appeals to the
worst passions of man, and on Sunday these
godIy editors, many of them, administer at
| the altar the elements represen ting the broken
| body and shed blood of the immaculate Son of
God. Appeals have been made by the press of
the North to its soldiery for the nvasion of the
South and to lay waste the homes of our peo-
pie to burn and destroy our towns aud cities;
| to murder and devastate to rob, and " take
and possess - and all this to be accom- mplished
| by the drippings, the skimmings, and the
strainings of the brotheis and purlieus of
New York, with such soldiers as Billy Will
sons Zouaves, the thieves, pickpockets aud
burglars of the Sodom of the United States
And these are the material. and this the er-
rand that these holy men Of God, these saints
| Of the latter day glory, these high priests of
| the quill and white crayat, set on us, and pat
upon the back and bid 4" God speed'' in the glo-
| rious work of murder, robbery, arson and
| rape, among when is that sdintty fend, Henry
| Ward Beecher, of the Puritanic papdemonium
! OF Brooklyn, and that other God loving saint
| who presdes over the New York Erdm liner,
| the Right Rev. DIR. Bright, of the Baptis
! Church, who has tattened his Puritanic and
murderous soul on Southern money end
| Southern Baptlsts. VIII not every Southern
| Baptist at once recoil from the communicating
| touch of the thing again. and instantly order
| your postmasters toreturn the paper, with 4
| legal notice to this reyered sanity murderer
| that no more of his pious missiles OF death
| shall be read in Virginia Yes, know you
| will to n man.
| l try to realize, Messrs. Editors, my posi-
T
| think of the great wrongs that have been per
| petrated against u.s. both as a Government
| and private Christians, find myself uI-
| able to restrain myself; but L have still, and
| ever have had, abiding faith in our cause, our
people, and Gods justice. VIRaISIus.
CHARLESTON, May II, 1861.
| l have it on better authority than you gen
| eraIly get, that old "Tureen'' lScott,) and
| Lincoln will, on Tuesday or Wednesday next,
| make IN attempt on Harpers Ferry, Alexan-
| dria, Fredericksburg, Urbanna, and Iappa-
hammock on the Rappahannock, and at Nor
| folk, and on the York river, merely TO divert
| voters from the polls. l hope, however that
| every voter in the State may determine to go
| to the polls and vote, if he never gets back
| home alive Let him go with his ticket in
| one hand and the sword in the other, and
| vote your noble old State out of a Union with
| men whom you can never live except i'll deg
| radiation.
| Virginians. next Thursday is to YOU the
| most momen tous day that has ever dawned
| upon you 1t is a day for veal or woe to You
| and your pos sterity. L feel as confident as
| ever did of anything, that an over whelming
| majority in favor of secession will not only
| effectnally crush out that little detestabie
nest of tories in the Pan Handle, bu'
| will be the most energetic means Of
| cooling down Lincoln and his tools ol
| eaythng that can be done whatever -
| Your Convention has wisely provided thai
| the soldiers on duty hlay vote wherever they
are. Let every soldier vote-let every farmer
| vote, every mechanic, merchant, lawyer, doc
| tor every one, by all that Is dear TO freemen
| vote yourselves ont of the Union of the abo
Iition cut throats and robbers of the North. -
Never let the sun of Thursday, May 23d, 1861
| go down and find you the vassals OF Lincoln
| who has eternally disgraced his own degraded
| party and ction. Old Virginia has never ye
| faltered She has always been equal TO any
and every emergency. Let no small atfai
keep you away from the polls-et everything
else be laid aside that one day. IT any fghtin,
| has to be done on that day, tell the Palmetto
| boys to "step in," until you can cast you
| votes. Give the good cause 100000 majority
never return to your homes until the gooI
deed is done. and when done, you will see tn
pulse of old cape" will begin to beat NOR
| slowly.
One more injunction. Take care of oil
| "Tureen," if you ever get hold of him; don
hurt him, beg Of you, he is my dear Oh
| friend. tIRGIEIUs.