The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-05
A Patriotic Appeal.
A writer In the Raleigh State Journal

A writer In the Raleigh State Journal mases
an appeal 70 the people CT North Carolina,
from which we extract the following
Day conntrymen. is there one among ue 80
dead 30 every pob,e iInpL1sc, so debasea by
fear. SO degraded ss slotb, as 10 refuse. in
ibis hour OF ctr coiintfy'a peril. IN this mo-
saeni { { danger ard threatersf dashouof! tc
ru sh 10 the rescuef The time for a.Shrlent
has long pest. Fighting-hard, constant, dar-
ing, desperate, hand % land FIGHTING, with
j g aceursed foe who have been sent 10 muir
der or enslafs cur people. can alone rescue
snd save ms We muat EGat e- the Greeks
Ought at NJ hon where they drove See. the
Per sian hosts that invaded them. We must
Rght as the brave men of M,rtel fought on the
bloody field OF Tours, where they rescued
Christian Europe from the grasp Of the Mus
lander fought vixen ns nsst the eel clad le
gions OF Philip Of Spain. We rrpsss night as
the brave Polanders fought, under X 1sc t;ssc,
in their last great death struggle f3r<he ex-
tight with the spirit that animated our fathers
IN the hour of battle--the spirit that reused
10 deeds CT daring the soul. of Marion, Stump
tel, Dayie, ana Ca5Heli. and their half armed,
half. fed, half clad. bat troh- -oui.d. unccu.
quarabls foil wers, who are buried sbsnesth
the soil of the South, and whose honored
graves God forbid YOU should ever permit to
bs des Grated by the tread Of victorious Ia
vadeTl
Rouse yourselves, then, to the emergency Of
ihss great CT isis, ind yea Tili be able o drive
b .tk tha 9oths and TaEd1ls of the North.
The war they wage sgainst you is war for
IGpne--far pioader!oT lhsir c@n ssSran
dizement and ycnr degradatioE--for doffir11-
tion TO themselves and snnjuSayon 10 Jon -
Already have they proclaimed by their legis.
lation that onfiscation, sttainder, depriva-
ton of the rights CT suffrage, the DOOM aud
the marx If the traitor ana. the slave, are 10
be the share of every u1an who survives this
awful and mcmentous struggle. We must
thea cor 9uer or dishonor and slavery Will
he, m q n pS nnn n
for generations 70 come My counsrymsn,
know you witfAsver submit to this last de.
grading Alternative. Anything torture
Inc ssaks--death in It's most horrid forms
rather than disgrace and slavery
LEI no rsverses, however severe, discourage
you Gather resolution from the dimnest
arproa h ef .spair Ii .tefeatsd to-d9y,
rally and Aght sgain to morrow Mare every
eessary, q rattle field. Every confic what
ever may be &ts Issue, will bat make yoa
stronger. Ii you are resolved TO 90 or die in
this holy oaose, every reverse which leaves
You life and the consciousness of duty brave.
~ performed, VIII bu. nerve your arms ard
mboiden your hearts. And why should any
man despair OF saccessf Lst some OF thr
great deeds achieved BY nations Immensely
wesker than we are, aud having more fearfut
odds 10 contend against, eaimsse our hopes
and streHx then 0ur resoiut GA For more than
sir Yeas did Prussia with but et1 900 OF PEG
pie contend in a terrific conf4c with neer
sent fo.ih from tae surrounding kiugde ms,
wish population eff one hundred and htty
mi,tieus, praaee.t non her from every side.
Her people rssaiyfd 10 conquer or die, end
the Invaders that poured apcn her, like the
Persian hosts O. cid into Greece. were driven
back, disc emitted and sisgrsced No. q foot
of her SOIL or one jot or little OF her freedom
or independents was Lost In tbs terrible aud
unequal 4 Act. Hcfiapd with but a mullen
ana a M II eli people, Goa tended for upwards
7 OF tweaty years against the power Of Spain.
with teniold her popaiation--then the great.
eat MILITARY power of tia earsh--a IoWer that
had hum blsd the ~ de Of Turkey. kept France
and EnGland ia awe, held IS coisntes more
tha n b ali the New WGrid, from which Wa
poured into her 60 6ars elmost fabulous riohss
There waa hardly q feld in Holland, whore q
Rattle oouid he f0ught. that was not enriched
by the blood OF her Own brave people Her
ts,wps " ere sac ked--har Armiee de1eAted-- her
woman and chi dren tuschered by whole
sale but toe artrtt-the great soul Of her
| people, was inyinci bic. and the blood OF hsr
martyrs In the GO use Of civil ard religious
| fseedom raised mp armies for them, and q,
| last Just 3cd gave tkern the victory ARJ
son OF The South who can read the history
OF that sahlime stru9ale Of right and Justiel
against power and oppression without thrill,
| ing euinttons Of hope and confidences AND
who after Tsadtng II, can sutfey himself *
siipn bgck ante she dark corners OF desp0n
| dency for tha sAceess al oar cauee, Is at herr
| = trnitor, aud doSs not dsserye 70 live upcI
The soil which brave man hays dted u -
! tendine.