Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-21

The following communication, addssSsed to the edi.
re- of the Wheeling Intelligence appears in the Issue
o shat PAPER OF 4th instant:
have spent tso weeks In this city, seeing What
could see aud hearing what could hear. have a.
tended meetings and heard several speeches. now
give you tbs result Of observations, with
few sugge,toLs upon recruiting. think this town Is
decidedly secesb. Here the evidences: The meet
ing addressed by Senator Garlic composed mainly
of sympAttzers with, and open advocates Of rebellion
Tnis was evident from the in which the disloy'
sentiments of the speaker we're received by the audi
ence The Sena defended his sc In opposing Il
admission Of che new Sat by defence OF slavery in
the abstac'. He went Ovar tie old, hacknied argu-
ments OF Jhancey, Toombs, Hammond, Chestnut and
Davis which consists in trying 10 prove that the cond
ton Of the OF the South better than that OF the
poor white
H. denounced in unmeasured terms the dominant
party in Congress- which has sustained the President in
all his acts and voted the supplies by which the for
the restoration Of the Union been and will be carried
on. All these sentiments were vigorously cheered by
the audience His whole speech Was unworthy OF the
true slatesmau-but was lst such a speech hear
during heated political capplgn at larger beer cells,
doggeries and street This the hist oppor
tuniy had TO s,e or hear the Virginia Senator. went
to the Hall expecting TO hear fle GRAFTON and See
s.aesman for the times 10 which we live. 10 both Of
these expectations grevoutly disappointed He
said nothing tenuncalory Of the Conederates or their
cause while upon the supporters OF the administration
he poured out bis bilterest inyecIives.
Had the speaker sst Gu! svowedly to make speech 10
prepare the minis of the people for the recognition
The Southern Co5federaoy he could have sucoeedeu
better 1t led with insdious treason Yet Il was
cheered by lag audience and after be Was through,
several nOud r,Oel sympsthiz,rs appeared upon the
stand 70 Cor gra' ulIte him.
A. lett tue meeting could bu: eIclam, o, my coun.
try my country how art thou iorsaken by those whom
thou has: nourished and fed
At the other meeting come pretty good Union senti-
expressed by the sp.akers; but could not
help noticing the lack enthusiasm. The meeting
much smaller than | expected to see, and wanted the
spirit which promises speedy enrolment OF volut-
teeTs
On the sire hear Ist such sentiments uttered
would expect to hear 10 Richmond. Such "D-n the
AOooEists," The ID Black Rsputl cans" "The in
trnal nggsT-steslers" But Tor the rebels
They are spoken OF ss high minded and honorable.
Ony yesterday rebel Of this city remarked
to me- that already Ohio and Indiana and Southern Iii
being reyou ion zed politically, and that
they wCu'd be ia The Southern Coniederacy. That the
only hope for the country the election oil Demo
cratic President, who would restore the Constitution
it is an the Union That the country would
then se who had brought this war and learn les
which would hereafter be perpetual triumph OF the
| Democratic party.
The In would 90 to the devil If it's salvation de-
| psldei on tho subiued rebels OF your city. see eli
CO Of the Government, who are charged with the duty
IA vile traitors the rebellion affords The rebels
active they il They must be dealt with
vigorously. A. least five Hundred Of your house rebels
should be sent Northern prison. If the Govern.
neut II TOO tender on the hanging question.
To raise the quota in this city, drafting is ineva
BILE Oh men calling upon the poor, who, at best,
| illy support their families, TO enlist for the war.
Why doL't these men who constantly crying "go,
60 go" 60 themelyesS Instead oil crying ego" why
DON'T they say "come,' Why cont they stop their
manufacturing Establishments, close their stores and Off.
| c.. aud &c; the patriotic example,
q lite \ number OF boys have been commissioned to
sse paDes parts Of companies. Several Of these
are koown TO be rebels heart whilst but very few Of
| them know the breach fIon the mUzzle Of musket.
Most Of them know better how adjust starched col.
| lar OF fancy crsvat than bayonet or cartridge
bX wall BE- glorious TO the patro! to see these cha
| drafted.
Let the rich men who are sbls to bear the expense OF
recruiting i =, come forward and rasJ companies aud
regiments Raise them, and Then II they do not feel
competent to command them, they can find somebody
| Sho eau.
| Stop every ~hee--tOse your Offices and ay to arms
The rebellion must be ut down. Il is lasting disgrace
TO vail TO be drafted.
Come on, brave men, am going
AFFAIRS IN NORFOLK AND sUVEOLs-sO UNION srsrT.
MtSr AMONG. rHE PEOPLE
| correspondent OF the New York Times, writing
irem suf,lk, Va, under date OF August s.h, says:
Several WEI ago, in writing to you about the Ienlent
policy which was being observed towards the rebels 10
this part ci the world Norfolk. Portsmouth and suf
tIk) sad that, in my humble judgment, there Was
nucn recommend il. II seemed 30 plausible aud nat
ura belief that in meeting haired aud iogrsttude with
kindness ferocty with mil5ness bad dee DIS with good
ones, should be able 70 soften the heart OF treason
to rebels back by thowerng blessings upon the help
L. women sud c dren they had left to charge and
leave q channel open for future reconciliation that At
became convert to the doctrine. It events have
taught to the utter fslaciousntss Of any such
system OF Government, and tina: rtbs like any other
mljmtn must 81 be Knocked down, and then argued
with sorry TO say that II all the kindness which
military Governors here have, in the goodness OF
Iheir hearls showersd upon the rebels has produced
any fruit it s either small 10 be nvisibe-like the
| Dyad Ses fruit,
| Fair to the view, but rotten at the core"
secC loo in short, is rampant, insoent naughty,
and hopeful TO day in these places than it was two
months ago. The UIon feeling, ct one time bidding
fair by proper nourshmen TO grow and spread its over
shadosirg dlence every grade Of society here,
has been week after week, growing
| "Sual BY degrees, and beautifully les','
until it is row all hut extinct. The Union Club, once
numoeri & I5D 200 staunch loyal citizens de-
termned uphold toe mi 'siy Of free labor, amid the
dig archie il tlleucts nov struggling for ascendancy on
this Continent have found 30 little encouragement
cotd1g to their accounts and the helming
tmony they bring forward, that they have temporarily
disb,nded by OF tseit understanding, feeling then
slVes about AZ useful the fifth wheel To wagon So
r ths ieerg carried that there now so at leset
aul assured aud fully believe, many OniO, 10 Nor
folk VITO are deliberately passing themselves 0r o.
! ,es,ilHistf.
NOr.ok is just tul, stupid and stubborn az |! ~ss
,wJ months ago Nobody trading, nobody wiling TO
meet you bait sa'; but tne same moody, REASONABLE
kind Ioattrs ~h!sperng ut street corners and rel'
| gioUs7 believing In The return Of j a. Davis & 10.
| SPECTATORS.
There a great deal said in the papers, well as
ia private circles aud in street Conversations about