The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-23
Rmhmuan DispaKb.
WEDNESDAY MORNING Ot,T, =, ,ss,.s

TaE Sick SorpssRs We hear every day
complaints of the man'rr in which SICK sol.
dsess are tsea'eS, as.d tsese complaints come
freq such sources th.., " feel IL our duty once
mere to call the attention of the authorities to
the subject
Paitsns cat of the question all considela-
tons OF policy; hying aside the well known
fac, thu the health OF troops is some what i'm
portrait TO the winning of victories, and is go
considered in all civilized countries; that even
the physical condition of slaves is a subject Of
constant attention TO the master. who feels il
To he his interest as well as duty to have his
nearoes carefully hoased, we'll fed, and when
they are sick, taken goo d care OF and attended
by sAiiiiaI surgeons, and not by mise rablc pre-
tenders aad quacks that even horses, oxer.
aid mules are looked after by their masters
and owners, carefully protected from tte
weather, aud from every thing thay may iui.
pair their efficiency, putting aside, We say,
The question oi policy, We demand 10 know
whether tie slck soldlors OF the Confederate
Army 10 not deserve on the score OF human
IL. AS gentle aud humane treatment 4s rs
groes, horses, anu asses receive In tncl.
masters
Ii they DO, If these men, every one I'll
WHOM has entered she army from IA sense ii
d,ty 10 nis country, ana not from the uulsera-
bie auction 10 exait ms little self amid .,
nation = saiienngs, haze any claim To the
mercy "hioa The merciiui luau suowcih unto
bis beast, then how eau sicA svlIiers be iot
Ia lac down Al The ,rencIiug ram Oh tue coiu
or In Inc a t.,
hourishment al hospitals, Oh 10 be turned owe.
by Negligent stewards 10 the tender mercrs
ot negro attendants We DO not say Ina,
tbis Is the universal treatment Ii llav DC. au,.
probably Is, exceptional but these exceptions
1. all We heisr ue true, are good many more
than are required to establish II general rule
We have referred 10 tins subject again ana
again, ana, III lie Name of humanity. OF civil
zatlon, OF duty to the people OF this Republic,
We invoke the proper authorities 10 inyestl-
gate this ma ter aud have these alleged abuses
prooed 10 the bottom.
But who are the proper authorities ?" W.
don't know; but knowing that the military, az
well rs the civil, head of the Government j,
tbs President of the Confederate States we
invoke him TO direct an investigation Of sub
ject which vitality concerns the efficiency OF
the army and the character of the Southern
people. If the accusations Of neglect, nei
cheney, incompetent medical attendance. pr
walton Of food. exposure to weather which
10 one would expose sick dog 10, and othel
such occasional, ana perhaps exceptional, ex-
NIPPLES, are true, they are a disgrace to the
nineteenth century; if false, then let their
ialshy be shown, and the public mind will be
relieved OF a heavy burthen. The private sol
diers of the Confederate army are the Jewels
OF their country. They may be in poor raj.
ment, but they have manly and noble hearts,
and we confess that we have vet to see the
humblest of them, and in the plainest garb
when we did not feel more reverence orthan
for the most aspiring pretender, as destitute
of military kno Wedge az of common SENSE
who ever entered an army 10 strut and swell
in the gaudy plumage of a military popin-
jay, and clothed in little brief authority.
play such fantastic tricks before high Heaven
us might make angels ween