The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-10

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MONDAY uOININ0 !. MANOR 10, -
virsiaia = ~ Hssess.
The spsrit sf the pssPis of virsinia w
never ners thoroaeAay aroossd Dian y thil
nomsaA The whole pepslaaaoa are indamsd
70 he highsss pitch a. paarisess sssiseAass, and
now y ~ aessptsa her fef Dc Gevsnnsnt
- take sasA measured - Mn bsing every man
. sass Into ~ asll, = - b. - iast u Thu
month n fRthssl, ~ whols Staas nay b N
sahattle1 Aose Of aspad nsA
DN svse people have sasA . saass 70 light
fort The Old Douinion, the proadsst and the
nohlsse CommonwsalA thae he's ever existed
On thin continent, IL threatened with annihila-
ton. The rssplsnAsnG volans Of her history
10 70 b olosed and sealed, md hss very name
taken away from among the nations. The land
Of WasAixk son, Of Js1sEsen, Of Hasshall, Of
Patrick Hsary, and . naltitods moro Of The
hsishasas hehts that ever haahsd In the trma,
meos Of human passistism end genius, il 70 b
cone province Of Abraham Lincoln. The
STATE that I'D the way In IL civilization
Of this continent. @a1d In The battles oi
AnsriA's Indspsndsncs, and that gave q
the country it. Saviour, II 70 b chained
to the car Of vulgar despotism, and 70 be
msrged in another province, which has IL
self been subjugxsed from freedom to slavery
For this IL literally The programme that the or.
gans of the Government have indieats4 West
tern Virgins alone 10 to bsAr the name Of
Virginia, and Eastern Virginia u TO become q
portion Of the conquered State Of Maryland
The cid Mother 10 70 have her head bowed
lew In The dust, because she would not kisa
The tyEant's sceptrs, and 70 become the
sso6 and by.word Of Yankees and Hes.
dams, who are forging the chains for her no.
bic limbs, and preparing the Isshss for her
back, and the halters fos the neeks Of her chill.
drsoL ~
Nor IL this all They arc making ready to
take away from her, not only her national *.
istsnss, but ell that makes existence endurable
in any state Of society. Our lands, our homes,
and al We have and hold dear, are TO be swept
from % In food Of contscstion. Those Of
N who ars not sent to the gallows for defend.
ing our rights, are TO bseome bsgsars in the
midst Of fertile farms that were once their
own They are 70 wander impoverished
amid plenty, Strangers in their native Land, de-
sradsd amid the shrinss Of their ancestral
Asnora The blood Of their bravsst and best il
70 rsddsn the soil, the shrisks Of violated viz.
tue to al the air, the very ministers Of the
Nost High God to b torn from the altar, II
they do not pray that God win strengthen the
hands and aid the wicksdneas Of tyrant-
This u to b our dismL future - sasdowsd
forth BY both the actions and the words Of the
enemy, fAts moro dismal than that Of Jeru.
salem Of old, which, amidst al it, tribulstions,
bad the divine promise Of future restoration,
and IL it could not take down its harp from the
willows and sing the Lords song in strange
land, could at least mediate in i.s heart on
the promise Of His future coming, when He
should bnsak the jawbonss Of the heather,
and make His city and His temple once more
he Joy Of the whole earth.
Yes, this 10 to b our fate, If we submit to
give up al, and look upon our beautiful land,
it, mighty mountains and lovely valleys, in
the hands of Yankee invaders-thisi IL to be our
int, If We submit But win we submit From
the blue heaven above % look down the
men whose mighty souls achieved the glories
and the independence Of our raee-look down
. sss !! 4 .ke Eieh- ps;se -ttaeis-xisdaR e2cSS
their valor won, and their patriotism and their
blood esmsnted, IL 70 b wrested from their
postsrity. Descendants of the mobiles who
wrsstsd Magma Charta from tyrant, and Of
uoblsr men than thsy-of the immortal cham.
pions Of American liberty in '76-come to
the RESCUE Of VIRGINIA, and if she must
perish let it Be In blaze Of martyrdom whose
hames shall light up the whole heavens, and
carry to every land the illumination Of her
virtues and the sparks which shall set every
human heart on fire with admiration of her
name and devotion to the cause Of liberty!