Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-08

des M king Just such threats, with Just such pretel.
sonsthough Atla be not It's comnander-tso operatons
directed b, who from the Senate Chamber and
Nhe Repr sentative Hall T.. Washington have loudly pro.
caimed tina: SUI 1gated States, Ike captive Rinys, sha
be made feel the power Of their conqaerors It had
been announced within few days past! by those high IN
authority tina: the separation of the Southern Stats
FROM the dspotisn at Washington being, vhea persisted
in, practical dJiieatiO OF all theiT rights under the
Cors'i'u;ou so,ks Inc ant forfeiture of all their pos
ers Satts-hat from such time forward their ;erriio
~ faa under the exclusive jurisdiction Of Congress- that
such Safes in fact being so de &c. have ceased e1is
There, said Mr.. g. my ccun;Tymeu you have an intn.
ton Of the utter aunihia;ion which awaits you, and
which befall all rhich you hold sacred in Ills
mother Of S;atae-of all ycu hold dear in this laad Of
your iathers. You told that your Institutions yeur
property being derived from local Laws the laws Of The
State that such property to exist the very In
saut that Inc State has thrown off hsr CEsiiee" tie
Government at Washingtonll
But long previous to this sdict, foreshadowed by tie
notorious Charles Sumner, you had already seen the
Constitution set at nausht by the very wLo hnd
sworn to support it. You had seen all the powers ot
the Government concentrated in the hands of man.
aud the privilege of the writ Of hdbsas corpus Suspend
Cd The tgats Of property no longer projected by the
civil authorizes bu. becoming the prey Of the military,
had been in macy pieces abandoned as worthless, aud
you had behcii the very saac.uarel OF lsl!ce religion
and morality, decorated 10y rulan soldiery, knowing
neither tie restraints OF law, regarding the oblga
tons of deeency.
Tus not all you see It proclaimed (said hey By
che leading journals of the large cities Of The Eofth
~. A.. .
That tho armies OF the Union tn, poin; of &C.
vancirg frcm all quarters, on, what they term "Ae
discouraged poorLy armed shiysriny hail. trnsh,dh h
ves Of Tie rebellion" and tha. within two months u,
less all sgrs fail he Southern COnfederacy will b, nun.
bered among the things that Shall this bo so -
Tie gallant Of Bethel, OF Bull Run aud Manassas
OF Lsesburg, and hundred other 6slds would AL.
sFsr, never-uever, long have arm TO wield
asword TO point musket. Thousands of them have
already declared that they a again for he car'
for their country for their bones and those who make
homes worth a struggle to defend them. Now said
Mr.. G shall my native county, shall my native sate-
the land of my love aud the home OF my hcart-shail
Virginia falter at this moment when the young Repub.
lie ezpsc;s every man to d0ais duty
Bedford had already sent her seventeen compsnfs to
the eldthey had shared the perils of the conflict ard
| her sons hsd become martyrs and heroes in q cause
which the daughters had bid them espouse 90 their
cause Some of our brave soldiers now bsfoTe us
auu nIovad IN the wnrt 81 asi;.s. 49, -
The Governor said hr. G., 10 patriotic spirit, which
he was happy to say he believed LAD al#Gys acluasd
him from The very beginning of the CT had m de
on appeal the people throughout 'he State, t' come
fsom mountain and valley for the impending conflict
to come aud pledge themselves tha: every foot OF The
soil of Virginia shall be redeemed from the invaders
p1uting tread This call had been made in pursuan,e
Of law passed by tue Legislature in response to an
other call made by the Presden. of the Confederate
States for virgnis's quota OF troops Those who ae
6t for military service il they do not volunteer row in
few d4ys will re sui ct to immediate DRAFT as part Ct
the ordinary militia of the couutry. Now who would
not eel h4pper to go home and The smile Of hs
wife and children when he told them he had this cay
voluntarily given hus f to his country, than 10 be
forced to tell them last that his country Wa' about to
compel him to perform his duty He said he was very
sn-e there we're not many such in the county, between
tho Ros of eighteen ad forty FIVE. II there we're any
sueh th,re were ladies' enough between sixcen and
fo-yfve to take their places if the boys between six
teen aud eighteen would permit them. The men, tto'
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slke Of III, ladies and the country, to tecome boys
again Virginis's o!a was about seventy thousa'd-
n had no doubt she would have Effective army in
the field Of one hundred ard forty thousand if required,
b. the fret Of April.
Men of Bedford, ssii he, be not discouraged by th"
chances of success you may gard them. be not
Discouraged though your enemy may boast OF his
ability to fubdue you The is not to the sNit nor
the battle to the strong- il the cause itself which NUT
nerve YOUR arm and il is the rgh. to segoVerhH ebt
which mus. make you Ct for the couhic II you have
net been convinced Of the usc, 0! the one and your
ri i'm 10 the cxstciss of the other, then you could not
h. moved, though the enemy had applied the torch to
vcur own dwelling to copvrce you OF his power and OF
vopr ovn irag,d ,Ancr Be discouraged because OF
,pv recent disas,es attending arms such course
~cuIi have disbandsd the Army OF tho Revolution a
hundred tifnes But Vhen def At after defeat in thai
-k hour had followed in quick succession, our own
f,rles, General s4ii the public authorities Leave
me bu, banner and give the means to plant il
unou the mountains of West Augusta, and will rally
around Il the men Who will lift their bleeding country
" from the dus, aud set il free" Are We less able
Are we less 4. p.trotcg Are we less willing said he, to
A rend the herit,ge which Washington and his men in
ANS then bsqc,a.Eed usg We have more means, We
have more men and have more TO fgh! for now than
then But some may say We have not as able command
era Where are Jlhnston and Beaur6gIrd and Mheru.
DR. end jackson aud many others he might nsmeY We
cllm not that they are all Washiugtons fer hre
pts but os eser-but they are the equals o: the bes.
III 4 this continent has known since the beginning Of the
present century her. may suppose that the disparity
IN forces s 50 rca. ha. the chances are against U.s. but
upon such reasoning this ieE any otthe greatest bat.
e, Of The world would have been fought the Revolution
l57s would never baye been achieved aud the second
var of cur Independence you'd have been begun.
NJ orle,rs would have been without it's historic
record and the memorable plains cf aiuassas would
haze been without an Incident mark its history in the