Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-05
rn. nature orthi. War.

N.nv people in the South have not yet brought the
sye, 10 really, the true character Of this atreeouS
s,ne oftbe even anuse themselves with the idaA ''.
,h.,a e.p,o, be any serious battles; that it NOS posi-
IA. ,he-, can be 90 much wckedness in tie iAnAee
- a IN .,teup to deprive Us by force, Of the r'got
Of self government; and TO invasion aud saoagAnSn
thu, are the ehmeras Of heated and doEdsred osains
whit ,bese GOOD people are thus ndnSing their iAneie
IN the sbocking realities Of horrid war are PreePitasd
Do, Il, and We are forced to appreciate their true sig
is,.,oa Our land Is invaded by assAssns and marau
a.-s-our houses are robbed and burnt; our negroes
s,olsn.-our women insulted;-Our people imprisoned
md murdered These are the characteristics Of the
iron, columns Of the invading armies They We a-e a.
ured are ONLY foretaste Of that which Is in store for
u on a grand and universal scale.
,i. high time that every man IN tbe South bad csm'
20 comprehend the full proportions Of this war to knoW
- real nature AID the object tooutempats and to be
prepared to meet in the spirit in which ii ID Wsged-
All tbOoghts Of eOmprOmise-an rose water sentiment
mus. be discarded at and forever. Bood-olOod
in prOiusion alone give peace safety and freedon-
History has no pA<l the atrOeiy Of this var The
invasion Of Greece by the bAFbsrc hofdes Of A'rIes re-
.sles il In some respects though that was an inva-
,iou by BArbArAns Who made PreseusiOgs TO liberty,
and sgAlnst foreign ard unknown people This Is the
Ar Of tho.. who vaunt themselves The champions CT
freedom and against those whom they profess TO regard
a their dearly beloved brehren. In prosecuting II they
have rAmp under TOO. their own liberties; they have
dsregarded all the usSges Of civilized warfare; aud seek,
by FIRE and sword, TO establish their hated dominion
over free people.
L. shocks the mind to think Of the possibility of their
.ueeess Not to dwell on the blood the devastation, the
bAnkrS1cynd ruin of Of the airest and most pros
porous regions Of the globe their triumph would bs tie
EXTINCTION Of freedom forever The Yankee military des
Ctis1 would be the moe: deestabe and nsolerabe the
world has eSer seen Lie in Austrian or NeAPOlLan
dungeon would be preferable TO il
Nothing can save Us and from this degraded
from this 1nut,erab!y infamous fate bus the prompt
vigorous ana unEeared OF every weapon Of defence
sb,ch God has given us We aust sirke-strike quickly
and strike hard To make defensive successful, we
uust wage offensive war; The wretehes who have inVa-
dad our lau and brought desolstOn to homes mus,
hsv. toe sane portion melted out them. They must
D., made % feel the horrors which they have sought to
get upOs others Their homes sb)und with plenty
their cities Srerao. with riches la their midst this
provoked war mus, end And the high criminals at
Washington Who have naugurated these bands Of armed
nsraudsrs and murderers Who have suspended the writ
Of AaB.as corpus and crashed all the ost precious rights
Of American cirizens-outTaged Freedom CALI for ven
sesAaes upon their guilty heads.
Let u no. for moment deuds ourselves We have
mighty mission to perform gioriovs cause; 20 uphold
IN our persona the sacred love Of corTy the precious
freedom of mauknd are iupsriled All our efforts are
necessary AID necessary a; for triumph and de-
Nvercce.
The following paragraph from the Louisville Courier
yss vs. The idea Of the contest ard is object as enter
tanned by high functOns7es At Washington. Let our
people read aud buckle On their armour.
THE POLICY OF raE ADMINISTRATION AUTHOR
TATlvELY ANNoUECED-THE SOUTH aUST BIZ
sUBDCED.
Al festival in Washington on Tuesday night the 18th
inst Mr.. CAMEROS THE SECRETARY OF WAR, ia
reply toast announced for the Administration, that
the object Of the 20 subsue The South and sdded
doubtless with full knowledge of the wishes and sel,
ments Of Mr. LfNcoLN that ts President tsN not isf
AZ. car end u! al ths causes slavery ncEdod iieh
J,rodsssd Il are rc1ao-sd.'
Toe f5llowng Il the report Of Mr. Camsrous remarks
copied from the New York Tines Of Tie goth mat:
In reply 70 cast - To The heata OF the President
aud abe secretary Of War - Nr. Cameron responded
De aid be could scarcely reaEs that by the Secretary OF
War he vas msani himself fer L seemed b.; brief pe
roj suce be ourneymau in the oioe OF his friend
the rgdt-CO Seaton. speaking OF the war, ne said
ssat though three months had ye. elapsed since i
Inception, quarter Of million Of volunteers wcr5 IN the
e.d and 10 months the uunber will De decreased 10
haf million. ne Iei4is@ beings IA ;As S0ath, SLo5s
issolsHss hass 5OTTas for quarter Of esgtHry,
MUST Be SUBDUED, and tAs PrssidsR. ell MOI ls.
ne car sai ,saii ell ls casss sleh produced % eve
renewed and hss he isrhiHaiss shall hsGr no
ss0rs Of VirgiHiaHs s,srh, Of North CdroHI's.
Cr Of SOHA Caroi,aies bal shall al Be AhaerieSHs,
Ons dnl iadiuisi5is."
II this Is uot authoritative then nothing can bet il
~ language OF member OF the cabinet, and was uttered
10 the presence OF Others perhaps all, OF the Admin
istrHtion.