The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-10

MONDAY MORrIHs,. FEB. " tsss
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oar vsiastssr Array net - - DIsh ,sa.d.
1he appeals Of the country TO the voiun-
teers now in The service. are making a pro
found impression. Ii could not be otherwise.
The men in the Cell are the choice spirits OF
the land They came forward AT the first call
They rushed into the breach At the frat note
~ alarm. and they have withs.ood the hs-d
shipe and trials OF the service With "A patience
aud eheer!ulnese never witnessed het"re-~
More than one af car Generals b"se borne
Testimony 10 the accomplishing temper OF
sher troops nnd-r long and trying hardsh'Ps.
No country in :be world has ever possessed
n ncblsr or bra, or stray of msn than onss--
Their vietories over the enemy are he least
Of their sriamrhs Tueir military career ha.
been confined serios Of victories over wors.
fo~s to the soldier than An armed enemy.
They had been reared In the comforts and
f1Aurtes Of orr abnnds nj and wealthy country
They hsA been Strsagers to hardship and pr
Walton, They had been little rsed to labor and
had known nothing Of discipline and restraint
They left comfort, wealth. luxnriaui hola.s
sa,d kabitasl ease, to encounter the labor, ia
agus. privsiion, discipline, disease, and danger
OF the camp; and they have not only proved
"a BE- brave men, bui ohedient, patient, and
accomplishing soldiers. They have served
their country efficiently and faithfully, and
they have done honor to pa.Hntisn aud the
name Of Southern volunteer
Much as the country desires to obtain a
continuation Of their services, every sngges.
tiou that has been made to secure this eud by
crmpulsion has met with universal remon.
STRANGE and rebuke To the natural indigna.
taon that has been expressed by the volunteer
himself, has been added the universal protest
81 the country, which resents every indign,y
10 the heroic men who came forward las,
spring and sumner to enlist under the Con.
iederats banners with 70 much slacritv. and
Who 20 bravely drove back the invader with
Loss and disgrace. Ii is clear that compulsiop
VIII not be tolerated either by the army itself
or by the country, which loves its volunteer
as mother her first born The safest and
surest computation to employ in this case il
tnai OF the volunteers own patriotic impnlse.
and reflections. The case of the country WAS
submitted 10 the same noble monitors las,
rPrlhG, and the country was saved. A similar
appeal now viii meet a like response for i,
l. not IN the nature Of the Southern patriot 10
become lukewarin In II cause in which his kin
dred and country have Sc great stake, and TO
betray AL BY forsahing the post of duty The
Yankees are capable of disbandinX in the face
Ut An enemy; but that shame has not vet die.
Hr:iced the southern volunteers.
Upon the volunteers Of Virginia are All
eyes now turned The question will soon b..
Pu' " them Ia their camps, what example la.
men OF this Commonwealth will set to their
conpaIioLs OF tue otter STATS 1t il cas-,
oaou IA Tor Virginia to draft from her uiliti,,
AL army OF raw recruits double MS large So that
OF her trained aud veteran volunteers novc r.,
the held Inc question is not ss l., the NUN.
Der OF men our Common wealth shsli place in
NE held, but He to the kind OF troops Il: most
behooves the country 10 have in face Of IN.
enemy. very large additional force will b..
brought Into tie service, whatever the VOL.
nnteers may do. 4 man will be foond for
every gun III possession of The Goyernm.u,
and another Nan be held ia Readiness to TAX.
" III CASE VI sickness or accident Ii - not a
question Of Numbers; but it is, whether our
present organized, drilled, and well tri.d
~ my Bhall he disbanded, and new, un.ir;iIed
ouorganized multitude put in i,s r,aoa ,
critical period Of the campaign That is the
question which the volunteers of VIRGINIA
viii be called on u decide.
hey have Teen long enough Ia the ses,ic.
70 know the superiority of the trained veteran
and the organized army, to the raw recruit,
and the crudaly formed MAS and multitude
They know their own value as soldiers too
well to believe that raw recruits wonld do "a
well. Even If this conviction of superiority
did not prevail their pride would insist that
an army Of fifty thousand trained men ia bet,
Ter than mob Of a hundred and Ii ' thousand
raw recruits. Seeing these facts 50 plainly. ,
is not TO be supposed that the volunteers will
disappoint tbs hopes Of their country in the
present critical iuncture Of affairs. To sbando,
tho post Of duty now, would bring q wor.e
Stain upon their reputation than If they had
never volunteered. In all after time it womb
be rec'lleeted with regret and spoken OF with
Teproach. Under oil these circumstances. we
arc not surprised to hear Of the growing feel.
ing In the canre In favor Of another long pun,
strong pull, and phil altogether, for the coun.
Try.