The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-12

1arteA in EaAS fenMeeoSe.
The assignment Of Gen. ZoLLrcovrER to the
command in East Tennessee. IL meet judieicus
and fortunate. lie Is atrue man 70 the South,
and prompt, firm, stern aud fearless in the
discharge of his duty. JIe has signalized his
entrance upon command, by srresting the
demagogac, tory, and traitor. 7. A. Il Mel
SON. and sending him under escort to Abing-
don. NELSON was captured while making his
way over the Cumberland mountain into Ken
lucky, on bis way to Washington city, where
he intended to misreprescnt Tennessee in the
Rump Congress.
The two votes of Tennessee, in favor of Sc
ccssion and in favor Of accepting the perma-
nent Constitution Of the Confederate States,
have closed the door to all forbearance with
the minions of ANDREW JOHNSON in East Ten
nessee. Sitting in the Senate of the United
States, JOHNSON sits as traitor, and a reward
should be offered for his head. Gen. XoLLI-
CoFFER is taking measures now with his drill
sergeauts. which ought 10 have been taken two
months ago, and which will put speedy end
to detection which would never have bad any
front, if its few leaders had been properly
dealt with at the beginning.
Ii is in,olerable that any indulgence or
quarter should be shown to Southern men base
| enough to take sides will the North " lille they
| are marching armies into our Country, com
| hitting brutaities thai eycn s4vases would
scorn, and hoasting their detet niEation to
! strip US Of cur lands nd home, tufn us cut
| of DOORS and set us 10 work t. pay the debt
which they are running up b thl war for cur
| suhjugation. While the question Of oion or
| Secession was peace question; while it was
| a topic for the hustirso and the stump; while
| it was yet an issue for the h2liotbox, and no
blood had been shed, nor invaders aud lila
| gcrs had marched upon Southern sol then
difference Of opinion upon The abstract policy
of Union or Separation could be LoHoIably
entertained, and tn. widest latitude Of Zee dis
| cussion tolerated.
| But the actual leyying Of war upon the
| South by the Yankees, and especially such
| war, fer the purposes they have aVoYsd, and
in the spirit they have manifested, has given
new character TO the controversy, and made
that treason which before was licentious opin-
| ion only. Not only has the truculent conduct
| of the Yankees fixed the stamp of intamy
| upon every sympathizer, alder and abettor
| which they have in the South but the people
| Of the South, by their solemn votes st the
| polls have determined the allegiance OF the
true citizen and assigned to the category OF
| Tories all who are false to that allegiance.
If, therefore, there ever was an example Of
| treason, clearly defined, fragrant, monstrous
| ia all It's circumstances, and infamous, treason
| in the South in the present emergency is that
example. In all after times historians will
describe it as the most perhdious that ever
blsckened human nature. The records Of
mankind will DC searched in vain for paral
lei to the case Of the Southern Tory. He OF
- could boast, With some pride, Of his 10y
atty TO the king and his affection for the old
home country; but the Southern Tory must
protest his fealty TO the Ape CT Illinois and his
affection for the land of GREELEY, LovELor
PHILLIPS, STOWE, tie Tribune and the Liber-
afor. The man who turns against tho South
now, has base heart, incapable Of love for
uls UN l. Country VI Ol nalIcu IOI Ill iHsuiLiG 81
brutal aud beastly enemy. When white We
man, forgetting the decencies of society, re-
iects her own race and insists upon marrying
negro, then the law interferes and puts its
veto upon the monstrcus alliance. The per
version Of taste and Of mind is not more NOR
strous in the case Of such woman than 1t ia
in that Of the Southern man, who, while his
own land is invaded by fanatics who have
reviled US for thirty years, and whose march
is attended by every conceivable atrocity OF
act and avowal, can plot with them for worse
than our suhjugation and enslavement.
The time has come for the adoption of Wig
orous line of policy towards all this class of
| men. Treason is weed that grows, 6ourishes,
and spreads by neglect, but which timely
| application of the scythe removes forever from
the sight. We have seen what the policy OF
leniency and neglect will do in Northwest
| Virginia whole community has become in
| fected with the haseness Of a few self-seeklng
| demagogues. What was the desperate expert
| nent of few discredited politicians, has be-
| come the policy of an entire region. Noxious
seeds can never be left unm olested, TO germin-
ate and fructify with IMMUNITY. The hour Of
indulgence and liberation has passed for Tory
| ism in the South; and untrue men should no.
where DO left free to spread the work of mischief
and detection. They should at least be appre-
hended and deprived of the power of working
harm. That is the policy of General ZoLLl-
Golfer. and that should be the policy Of every
| officer throughout the South.
! The Burning Of Hampton.
| We forfeit a considerable amount Of very