Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-15
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TIE EtgIirsr oonp,Ains OF certain unnamed papers
shaking the confidence Of the people in the Admins.
tratOu. This in our Judgment, il mistake. No paper
could, and speaking for ourselves uOne would weaken
the popular reliance in rulers They have, BY their
iaacOa Aad Of forecast and the reVerses thence
resulting, themselves destroyed popular confidence
All shat re have sail aud dOus il this conne1ion was
designed to repSir this mischief By urging change of
policy and where Necessary, = change Of men. CoJ6-
dlaes Is Independent; Of vooa anxious a. We may be
TO trust We eAnao: d. SO, unless there is Foundation
on which TO build. While the policy and the men, that
have been tried for ten months and failed and sprcad
disrus. shrou the land continue unchanged the CEN
fd'ccs that lost, osano. be recovered This is ,he
plain Elgsh Of the mater. Everybody can see tha;
Airs have no: been coudu3ted With wisdom and
snergy; Aad tia, il there be no. great and early
change, nus, so to ruin. THIS is great misfortune
but il Il no. irseparl5ls. Blu. the cure must come
from those Who have dsalS the b!ow.
Ths Bsg.irsr saws tina. President Davis wants the
eOrdiln,e and supper: Of tie whole people. To give
ii 10 him has boea ne task to which We have spe-
e'ally devoted ourselves Bl; Mr.. Davis has himself
thslFsd our tFJgts. Free from all party feelings
seres Aad O1y DESTROYS TO see this Grsa. Cluse sue
bic ds;snes Of the beatu Is Of the great Wing heart
l. pasAOns Ssse all right The disposition everywhere
existed forse the pas, aud With uaitei hearts and
hands 70 stake or,une Ill lie for our threatened free
dom. Tbs Spontaneous prefer, everywhere displayed
through tho country, vas met By the Administration
sish eli and eo1snp.lous indifference PIrty it was
sad, who'll :sarsG by the President, bu, a, Tire
sAms ,ne i. appeared that he only Ignored the very
existence Of Wags OF hundred Bigliisrs, les,
taan half dozen Wigs, Who happened to be West
Pointers, deemed &, for public duty. TIE rule
more stringent in the civil service. There c1ly
el,ss Of people we're deemed Eorthy Of Executive
confidence. L Is alleged in excavation Of this narrow
policy that the Pes lieut. knew nothing shout The caps
Girls Of Wliys h's former connexions made him ac-
qI.ltst WIKI mono bl uocras and De VS. there ore
eoas:raaed 10 eorans his smiles to them Toe plea IS
rather Inauguration than Publication.
Tae CF,c' Of such policy vas Inevitable. Men are
men, and 10 man ear feel very great enthusiasm in
cause the success Of which IS 20 eOatinus him an out.
cas-, AID pAI-h I; be % be the victim OF proscriP-
ton and tyranny As IA De urdr enc Sc, OF tyrants as
another.
We have siver,si to this subj,c, no. 70 revive dis
cord or ua,us dissatisfaction; but w.h an earnest
vis1 20 prOmo:e harmony eathusilsm We have
CO.. GisaOs IN Ps-,iient DAVIS zeal aud devotion to
Il, e,u'r Ols w1rd from him, followed by de'',
S'uld make = united people. He spoke the word
las, summer in litter to Mr. Nelson, Of ", TenHss-
see bu, /. vas followed BY no acts.
We have no f,vor'e whose fortunes wish 70 ad-
vance. hr. Dtvis himself TO that has as many Of
our good wishes any the public stage. What
f,s, and foremost and sb17e an things dsse S the
triumph Of lis Southern COufedsraey. To this end, q
united aud enthusiastic people, and able and emerge ie
eculsels are essential Mr. Davis can give as both.