Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-17
IN. Prospect Ahsad.

Toe spectacle the page of history of free, edo.
Gated, hiSh-sPrited, and ehivAlrie people struggling
sEAinst ods for the preservation Of their brhrght
" ls1d and liberty has q ,ited, even in the
mos. calous heart and dormant mind the deepest in
IgrssL What hsars has not warmed up to a high
p,oh Of enthusiasm 90 resdUg of the continuous and
unfolding resistree o! the EagEsh people to tv.
ranny ami mi-rulv Who that has read the history
o. tas E1gfsh Government and noted the marked pC.
Fois Of popular resistance to regal abuses parliAm' n.
tary opposition 70 EIscuv, u'urPa:iOn Judicial ressi-
snce 70 governmental S1seions and not risen from the
Paruall better man and pur,r citizen And yet how
many there in midst WhO contemplate The pend
lrs controversy the result Of which al depsnd with
q luksss,Hness a. unna.ursl as il Is unsafe Many
~ho ha,s she'd tears over f,iou or been absorbed in
hisore tragedy, ,lmbsr n apathy While they dsI
lag over volcano real in i,5 existence il "a fearful
10 Is devastating pOEers. The period Is even nov at
hand When the people must calmly contemplate the re-
ai,iss around them.
TIE immediate iuure Is fraught With the destiny Of
Car ohldrens children. failure in our present enter
pr'e vii entail irretrievable Injuries, not only our
posssrsy, tu: upon personal and civil liberty every
where while our sueesss will secure to cur descend
Isied
l. i esum5y Up5u the dead and rebuks 70 the iv-
ing to suppose that the obec. and purposes Of the wb
is;oG Government arc II restore the Union" This is
iuPossbity /. Woui be to link che lad with the v.
irg with the hope that thus the dead might be resusci
t,eI Civil, political individual liberty are gone forever
At the North. The principle Of free government has not
oay been utterly destroyed but all trace Of individual
liberty obitsrA;sd. Conquest booty, revenge desruc-
TOO Of our ins uious the motive powers which an.
innate aud prope the Federal Government AID its supper
tiers in their unhoy crusade. Ous Of two thugs uust now
Occur-the entire success Of our a consolidate
government resting a basis, dominant majority
O. socialists, irss-bOO.ers and mArAuiers. There are
d1absss errors in our government In ito frame
sorS, errors 10 it sO,kngs, errors in its policy bu!
these are temporary iuPefections easily removed
when We shall have conquered our liberties.
We have eArs for the future " the people will bu
PIT forth their power. L,t each man in this war work
Tor HE osn tR,priag considering RB1ty his birth
right and his supreme earthly good and We shall soon
b, freed fem our enemies But to do this all speCula-
ton must cease, all croaking be abandoned We have
Only TO resolve to be free and the work ia half
pished.
The man Who fsar5 ceases to be a man. The people
uo dssbl eldas thsir freedom. Death to the brave
Aid tOnOrAbls Il preferable to an ignoble existence.
Eurgy God concerted action, with brave and high spI
ei leaders have secured 10 the people possessing
tssss qualities all they aimed at The English ConatitE-
ton rests on fouadAtol, osnented with the 8t blood
Of Elgishosn, for GgsS Liberty, Ssrs it PurctAsAble
s5muo6iiy il the market Of veal political CANDLES
s00d u. b. worth The price Of IL cost But, when it