Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-17
FIRST MES AGE OF ABRAHAM /, PRESIDENT OF

AII, The ANhS'
To 'hs Editor ofSs Wig n.
have, by the Vest piece Of good fortune M 'a'
world, obtained Coy Of Lincolns me'sase'M ,nE
ten by himself Thn. Nnt to Congress was "f'''','
Seward:
Gents. Of The Senate aHd Hev.: u
sup5ose You have hsarn O. tina NUS the coanHy "
GOT into which is great deal Nigger muss that ~
NV idea. IL eyer would get 10 be- When the macase
col mo my hands it bad got ltis out Of FIX. sof
n he bands had slipped of the Wheels and some OF
r;seior.was broke But you know must run the cp
Germ as found IL. So put on all the steam ooug
rsss and set il a-goiug like all thurd.r am not ce
tain h ia not almUst bursed and am awfu1y sirae
seasbody si Be hurt If something amt done, ana 'nA
right off. s.,a
Thought We had better paayer little at 6rst and slick
down the rebels i We got ready But raft OF COVER
pors camo looming down here making mighty fuss in
and saying that all the parts OF the machine was
not running alike, and that there would DC SMASH Up
Of the party If il did In this xwe had several
meetings Of the Caoinet--met several days-snd got al
their opinions Bates said coercion vas breaking the
Copstitaton-but that 10 break the Oonsutnhoa In Or
der 10 save the Constitution from being broke 10
It at all jus. him m at a Blair and Chase
were for pitching right into it. hsss foremost o. once,
and setting questions Afterwards. Cameron ana Msies
were i,hy in general and more SO in particular
sid condor and boldness were rrepressioie Va ms h
tura 4
dsr3vhich he generally did-but that there neTer va
aDa naver should be but one man and one Woflc y
| America This was eyerJbodys opinion mere, anu Y
xoplS Give the people in Europe TO uncerslanu
time they had dropped ali other nonoas run 'nS,
b-aips russ and Feathers said he beevea ~ WIS W.
he was born sopeShere IN rHGlha, anu ia n ,
given him sword that not long ago he had ssio N
80 that sooner than he would draw that SWORD
y,rz;.ia he would plunge it into his own BOSOM apu
that no last time in Richmond he had sot n'S
om.,cipp mood and told the Legislature INA, IN AT
~ h1 he was about to do any thirg, he always asa,
"a What virginia thinks Of hP He said ne mseuo,eu
sSi 70 mt himself right He was opposed 70 nVsioa
| ana coercion: but to march upon the reptl, IN ~
wbelming columns and crush them a. once end
their boHes, was neither Invasion nor COERCION w.
",here military necessity lor ,nss' ,hs C.h;nl
not sure there was not another member Oh I'VE oA9n!
Nv. n bs had as opinion, don't remember ShAih
| Was. - la
Hearing this, felt full of Washington jacks ~
| p,,ek-and put ay foot down firmly and put 1912
a proclamation crlmmed full Of thunder and hsninrS
think everything would have gone On reos n.
bu; for strange mistake, which the rebels made my
PROCLAMATION commanded them TO dispeTse ana 70 70
thsir hones-but they took il into their heads aeaht
they should come together, apd 10 they commSceu
coming together all the South, and espoo.y mere
right close to Washington One oil ne ST. Tssn ssnS
IN nature .nA niss, - the Unon wiihoa asking
Arkansas Jumped it, but can make notang Of
my leave. hsvr
Il great many men csmo TO me- when they i,arp Of
my proclamation. When seen them, | thought they
we're Just the stuff TO make Presidents and Secretaries
| Of. especially Billy Wilson's Zouavcs There was one
slick band box regiment among them the 18th of Nw-
York It's gaantry beyond anything ever hear, Of
IL performed long aud dangerous tower OF 80 days-
marched over the Long Bridge aud then antly march.
cd back again take in saying that il has been
suggested that these gallant fellows may hereafter hold
meeting to dScurs the quesion-n which the country
I +. a H.. .t.asN. ~
service when the weather becomoa cool and pleasant and
there shall be DO DAGGER Of wing thar ..s nv
a Southern sun. In case they Return, recommend TO
Congress to make provision for srming them in man
n2r be6.tog their Standing in socety-With lilly white
J cologne and champaign.
viii arv tell you of some OF the battles that we have
i,sat With the reOes Ehrh expect you have hearu
Of But frs. / unust let you know Eoaetbiug about
rev Of drill invested by Gen. Butler. il s called
tho Crsw-fsh drill an told that by il man Is taught
to b. kvard well forward and II anything, lit
tie belt bdkWUd than forward lit secng sturn
a1d this they say they do not only for military nects
~ bus by instructive necessity. don't exactly under
sand this drill, bu. mean 10 study IT, and viii then
let you know about IL by specid mtsVga In all the
attles tat have been fought army have pricised
this drill sud have by SO doing displayed superiority
ia gallantry most uncommon.
am sorry 10 say that Sumter Is held taken, an1
possessed not by our men, but by tbs rebelI sent
down the whole navy and told them TO stand en- tho hsr
N.
This told them in joke but they took be in
earnest IL puts me IN mind OF What reckon you have
hsarn Of mighty pious man out in 1linois-well If
you s9 gy the m y1 Love 5ss a he thought
when he prayed he used to so into the alleys aud say
his prayers in loud whig that he might be overheard
Ole day be PRAYING in tho alley bit didn't zee
that laying bricks above him; he got warm Sttes
little and prayed the Lord, il nothing else would do to
rsin down brck-bsts on the head of the wicked The
brick layer kssrng this got full of mi'chief and
dropped down q sma! piece CT britk upon his head
Immediately he jumped up, rubbing h,s iced aud
claiming 81 think it-stranga can never say any,
thing in Joke but the Lord will take me in earnestn-
10 this battle nobody hurt sde but several
thousand rebels kllled-anongst the Beaure-
gard but the rebels say he has suce turned Cd al Ma
nsssas, but | cant exactly believe it.
There one business in particular that has given me
great uoeasiness tho reckon you all must have hearn
oft Not long ago, about 5000 OF our men, under Gen
Pierce left Fortress Monroe TO crush the rebels about
80 600 strong, under ksgruder, at Bethel This expe-
d they tell me- would have been entirey successful if
it had been for several strong military and instructive
necessities. The whole business they say mistake.
Ia the first place, army mlrching to tho
place. they fell into iocular mood, and commenced by
u stake, shoot each othor. Somebody would most
inevitably have been hurt IT. fortunately each party had
not, with great coolness at the came moment remem
osred that, according TO the etiquette of the drill
there many nscess les that they should back
ward. No sooner thought than done--esch began at
! same time to advance rapidly backwards. What
CAT have been the consequence brt for this no
al man can tell Az it was several hundred we're killed
and taken prisoners. When they got straight again.
.hey pushed on to Bethel But after they got there
mother successful mistake was made Just as they were
about to crush the rebels that devil hsgruder Winked
MS eye and all hell seemed to burst up their feet aud
scatter the nsdes of its fiery furnace amongst and
n Dund them.
Some of our men didn't dare to stand up any longer
md good many fell right down-bpt won't cav that
ny body hurt that know of-but they didn't get
Up any and since have been Of no more use
han dead men. The rest OF that said on their
eet began practise tho drill in treble quick time
Gen. Pierce lost his presence Of mind and has been so
yer since. boGe Of cur ventured up part of the
'ay again, but the rebels Of them with lorg sharp
pixies their guns just if they going 10 stick
gbt through them and would have done but our gal.
fellows drilled out Of the way as all feeling men
Sould d. for its ugly business have hearn people
to try and stop cold steel with the flesh and blood of
b. body Whether beat the rebels the rebels beat
IT, can't cay, as no official report has been written
I'd they say there ia a military necessity that makes il
possible 1t ever should be written There is always
oliey necessity for Us 70 say we beat them.
| sorry to say that Gen. Butler when he heard of
lost hes presence Of mind and he's never been able to
ID it. The fact Of the business IT, this losing CT pres
OF mind seems to 6e falling Ike IN epidemic upon
" men-some,hng mus. be done to stop it.
almost forgot 10 tell you that our men kep. up the
rill until they got to Newport News-what this place
,ok It's IRON could tell, and never hearn
ny one say mean to study 1t and let you know in
oecial message.
had this business looked into by the most knowing
could start aud they tell several strange things
That Me- u3er, instgated By the devil invented new
lng undes the sun, called mdsksd battery which you
,l see till you hear it and may b., not till you are kill
2. Tnat were Innocent of knowing any thing
this Internal machine till it come upon them like a
ap OF thunder from a clear sky. 8. That ifa cannon
. loaded with powder and ball, aud aimed with prec