Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-10

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Foa me WHO.
TIE NIGHT OF HABIks c0RPUs-!HE E1PEDI-
ENCY OF PRESERVING AND DEFENDING 1T
UNlpa CERfxfN NOTIFICATIONS IN OUR VOL
UHHERE6RPa
4h4eessens( authority b. certain officers, Affect
bcldiet ouhlds of bis military service, and more
e'phy the psier, re1dsSIs essential to the lives
Of pssy q oar k4t ia arms, AID vital 70 the loysly
Of patriot thafexpAnrs should DO made and that
our oountryusn a home should resaone, In behalf Of
those In SERVICE part Of the powers vested In military
chiefs.
The war In which engaged ia not like ordi.
nary wars simply conflict Of policies between gov.
srnments The governments existing are merely the To-
srumsnts Of hostile nations and the en- organised
personal and domestic conflict between the peoples Of
the two sections with this diff only tina. while The
Northern people represented in IL by their dominant
party the Southern people engaged without respect
70 parties political opinions in defending their BONES
their property and their honor the exception to dis fact
bearing only on few border counties, and chiefly in
States which have not joined the Southern Contsderacy.
The present war being stimulated and sustained b, per.
expression of popular eIgency, it possible natural
proper and eIpedsnt to trust the loyal and patro az
ftcions Of the volunteers enlisted In H. instead Of rely.
ing u,ssy upon the rigorous enfoc ment Of personal
constraint, Is Ia the established military routine.
In all that regards active service, there no question
of the absolute authority conceded TO the ofcsI or OF
the obedience promptly rendered by the private for var
Is an art aud the soldier like the artist Is imprisoned
for the methods which guarantee success TIE question
now raised is whether when ncapacstcd by Sickness tor
action the volunteer ought to be guaranteed the right
Of his prSon, the right to 60 o: TO have himself
carried BY bis friends where he receive ncsdfa as4t
snce where he eroy those comforts which have be-
come vital necessities 10 him, but Of which he may nov
be arbitrarily deprived by the surgeon Of hi. regiment
An army Of 400 900 m, sudisaly orgaaiH,d by al
unprepar, people, necessarily red cts the and
shortcomings Of popular rs buttons and Of civil fuuc
tionares. While 10 is ranks found certain number
Of eminent surgeons the medical providence Of some
regiments has been entrusted o:ers alike disquslf
by and education for this position which they
owe to some personal political influence, foreign to
the welfare Of ths army. Now, inasmuca the system
Of absolute authority ia all departments Of the army,
which has been bindly adopted from tradition al routine
cheers, and the superstition that they have passed The
ordeal of severe examination, so that their CONF
fer the exercise Of personal authority n well established
and whereas very few of the medical acers in
army have pissed any such ordeal and s'me Of III gre
coarse and ignorant men; therefore Il is Hsaitur
and that Is fatal TO many OF our brav soldhr 10
leave them personal discretion With regard to their
treatment when sck It Is often Observed that Nature
compenfstes inerioty of talent BY ourdose Of self
suf ,ielcy; and the incompetent Of our army
eeons psremptory forbid the removal Of he sick irm
under their personal control in camps deficient ip every
necessary for the Of the sick oae sureon Of this
stamp costs army more lives than while regiment
Of Yankees. he hangs an incubus Of dissoursg N ut
upon IT, and the seeds Of disasoton towards he
orgarz on that supports bis tyranny. One reed not
20 far from the capitol to the ok lyug by
under small close tents unprovded With hys or budded
on the f,ors Of shantes cad carp hot plas, wihout
beds or bed clothes, competent nurses suitable iocd or
other attentions.
Gentlemen Of the COMMITTEES of ST. Charles Hospital,
aud lsdie who have gone bring the sick away in their
carriages refused There colonies and surgeons
who pretend that beds and nursing when sick render
their men too tender for the Damp that returning
cOnV1lesceut
futile objections while all the conditions Of pub ard rr
health under the heads Of Lagsta Erersa and Cir
enusa alike neglected In their fby and injected
camps Regiments sicken and die there Ike sheep with
the rot and the actual rate Of mortality II continued
by the amemaladmiristraion, would suffice to annih:.
late them within three months There Is redress for
grievances like these by nvalidadug the hoiiy
which icts item. Nov, since the loyalty Of our sol.
diers can be relied on and Is certain that they do not
wish to evsde military service becomes safe and
necessary to restore to them the right Of control ever
their persons, whenever by illness or wounds they
become for time unfit for active duties. By sirgu-
lar perverson Of vested authority witness the proy.
dence Of conservation turned destruction, and the
surgeon prohibiting to hi, unwilling pitient the means
aud conditions Of recovery under the preteIt orsoob
that he wants keep him under bis eye and know
where he is to be found
At Hollywood the soldiers graves are Numbered in
their rows drills Gown with humsn bodies. To every
number corresponds soldiers upon the cemetery
register. They know then where to find their men,
aud this must be great satisfaction, alike In the result
As in the means Of arriving at i'll
From the teeth of the python In the classic myth
spraug harvest of armed men to-day the Genius of
waste Wnicn pfeSues o'eF ING oeeui'H VI 'ns nPuoho
sovs our armed men for seed. From such sowing
what harvest' What other than hydra.headed desrot
ISM that boscousrc.or which breaks in It's folds and
engus in ito vast all popular governments that be.
tray the peoples trust. Let our people be warned In
time Let them guarantee the right Of their brothers
and their sons to choos least. when Sick their
physicians nurses hosts and protectors among their
fellow citizens who impors In vain the privilege Of this
ministry Of love- Even 10 the ranks Of the army, the
surgeons Is rather civil than military e,c for his
functions are essentially personal aud sympathetic they
,e yitisted in their nature and effect by the patients
dslke or distrust; therefore the surgeon Of regiment
ought to hold hs place always at the discretion OF the
soldiers composing IT, and vote Of their displeasurs
ought to suffice for bis removal Now, IL would be pm
ishsbIs Is breach Of discipline for soldiers pass