The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-16
The Impndence and inssience Of Perfidy

T.
The Poor, miserable, nhite.iivrged sycoplar,
who CONDUCTS the Memphis EG'lc:;. gets oil dis
gusing and crirglng article in his issue OF Satur
day. relative to Lneoins conflscaion proclauaa. on,
which il really almost too contapirtibe to cha!isc.
notice fron us Bat We prefer 10 expose ths mise.
rable creature 10 the scorn End indignation " nlicb
be SO justly merits from oppressed aud outraged
people, and We cannot better 60 So than by laying
his az ,ice before theln He says:
We beg leave 10 direct the readers ratsful 81
tenton TO the Presidents proclamation for the an,
fo.cement OF the receGt contscation act by the
United States Congress. II presents 10 rebels In
the Confederate army, grave matters for con nsiiera
tion and action. VIII ,hey pause and determine,
becomes their responsibility 10 themselves TO
their families, and their country An oppor unity
Is now offered for escape and protection from the
consequences which impeii liberty, fortune, and
life Win our delu,!ed fellow eouu,rymeu heed Il,
not II is the duty OF each individual to an
swer for himself and not to suffer pride of position
OF opinion, or the tyranny Of circums ances to i'm
pei him TO persist tn errors that may prove runous
and destructive to person, property, and country
Ground the weapons of warfare. and once more re.
store peace tp distracted nation and secure the
shield of protection from the most powerful and the
best Government ever established earth fer the
Development Of genius. the security of person and
property, and the moral and intellectual elevation
Of man.
Persist not In rebellion Imposing the necessity of
sutjugating upon the Southern States, by the con-
tinuance Of this wicked and unnecessary war by
the North. 2toent5 ssiittons Of men can conousr
beyond reasonable doubt sir millions Ii is but a
question Of time The North will master the South.
the result IL inevitably certain and the sooner the
south realizes her power and her determination to
attain this end, the bet ter for both sections The
North has the men, the means aud the will and the
result must be finally accomplished.
The South, we know, holds q different opinion.
We think she errs in her calculations of her re.
SGu IN Sahly de feat this final
are Southern By birth education, and interest yet
hold the besf interests of the South to be in the
preservation Of the Union. Destroy the Union, and
we blot out slavery. separate Government of
small area, devoted 10 slavery, cannot exist as a
nation Slavery may exist in the bosom of the
American 6tot6s but not without Its stupendous
greatness and power TO shield 1t from the hostility
and the overshadowing influences Of all Christendom
against it. The issue is plain and simple one.
which the experience and observation Of ordinary
intellect cannot fail to understand. Yancey, Davis
& Co, little know the consequences TO the
south OF their attempt at dsunion as children
know their own danger when they are handling
"sharp-edged toois." The progress OF this war.
from its inception 10 the pro eh, establis the
truth OF our position. .
Comment can scarcely add to the sco.n aud con.
tempt which the mere perusal Of this sycophsntic
production will naturally elicit from the gallant
and high toned spirits who make up our armieA In
hall persussive and half threatening manner, the
poor wretch would drag down and degrade every
chiyalric son of the South to bis own dirty level
He Ii rendered the more contemplate by reason of
his boast OF Southern birth and education. Such
position might be not only tolerated but expected
from Yankee abolitionst, but IL amounts to sim.
pie perfdy In q native Southerner. If Mr.. Nabers
believes LincOlns to be the best Government ever
established on earh" let him live under II and en-.
Joy Its blessings bat let him not. by his nsiduous
appeals, draw others into its tolls.
Such appeals TO the Southerners are exceedingly
III timed just now, since the Federal Congress has
abolished slavery In the District Of Columbia and
tho Territories, besides committing other abomina.
BILE acts which would have driven the SOfth o1n Of
the Union had she not seeded before.