The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-29
The DUTY of Congress.

From the Richmond Wing, uSt 20
That the Confederate Congress damaged is reputation
by voting itacf salary then dcserting its
post Is rndenable. II IIduct Justly Deemed
worthy vi tbs tines and Of he southern people. But il
is done and past and mist digest the humiliation
well We must even vcDture TO hope That the
members for a moment obvious OF SELF will be inspired
by the gravity OF the crisis and address themselves
Ike men, the mighty responsibilities which rest upon
them. The ineiciency o. the executive, surrounded by
Yankees and Jews, appeals all the more imperatyey to
The Immediate representatives Of the people TO besi
themselves.
The grand army which besaged Richmond has by the
mastery strategy Of Lee been driven from iis position
AID only escaped capture humiliation by the failure
in the OF details by subordinate commanders
IL has changcd its base but 1t still intent on the object
for which IL was organzej-the capture CT Rchm nd.
10 10 be reinforced by SIX hundred thousand men. To
this array the hrst duty Of Congress- The
cement Of the pOn is The obvious remedy;
with the view OF bringing into the ed many as
The YsnSeethat is Lot possible il it would il
bs polite and wise. Enough must be lett at home
10 produce !eod 70 support the army
Those unior eighteen are q general rule tender
10 endure the hardshps OF camp hie and AZ very
we'll said by Dir. Davis last year TO call them out would
be like grinding seed corn Those between thrtynve
and forty five vigorous and able bodied al
age. and II proper energy employed after they
enlisted, " III Constitute ample force u meet all the
powers the North OF the eco coo Yankee lev
act one from cast Of the Ohio knows how 10 had gun
ride horse, and six eight months viii DE necessary
for them learn these indispensable qualifications for
In the meantime they viii be food for panics.
kvery southern man ami BY can ride and shoot, and
nave only 70 learn one or two words q command and
few simple movements to be a. good soldiers as twenty
years drillin. could make them.
THIS superior y ofour population WAS strangely over
l0oScl year, when sgie ed the finest army ever
assembled Manassas and gave the enemy time
- Grill t.ar lcyies IL pursue The same policy
a-ain We shall again sn1,r. BIT II Congress viii exltnd
o iptun embrace al tetwecn e.2hteen
s,d fortyfe and Il tine thon pushed, pushed At
once and into the cnemys clGiy the les les or the
Isgxees viii avail them nothing but, the contrary
beng iittc bitter than raDbe rot, Will prove
van1bis AID T. our advancing columns.
H. T. addition Congress could nfase little OF the ardoF
Of The country mo the President, aad persuade him. TO
CismeGbcr the departs 0. Yankees aad
ward better results al distsnt day That there
traitors and rs N the topsrtLiru:s NJ doubts
General Lee " deUdc IL y III planning his attack upon
Nc -leiu o. tho thicSanolny, nd ~ resort 70 The
traordnary fedcB oI sending IL COO T. jackson
~ way u Irnchbgrg aad Chariot esyille, though
Washington tie object airad n. The
cscded. Mcclellan Instantly utorDcl ot tho move
ncbt and LnellL made Il the aroahd Tor relusiag -
send any troops q the pcnn ula The aU!s
still ia Richmond and IN Office al least have
heard of any OF them beng removed.
TIE CITY n BIttft Ton ,kef must ~ 1EBshtR H. TteFe
con BE- peter uni that ae ri fdak.ss AL aiggS
ezssrmau set Is trr g. aag sdti ftct5rg ugToefi1R
- foreign FOosri; anil i0Da gyer-r csEs te bin "
Of Cakarce mHst b. hat III Ttsbts, oa let 'S',iegIit
hsge ick a. " md ~ st4u hscs trgHJs fr0a
thct qptrtcr
Iha clrreacy question Il Of next Consequence 70 that
Of the army. Whether constitutional the Isl
% tho 4 "a c9crdte government DO nude legal
teodsr The salvation u the is dspeEdct IT,
asf presorv0ti0u Is the IT " nitrre -larpegs
snd Insurers, whose God gtia may sgumbs BIZ. they
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