The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-28

they would not pray Tor the President Of the
United States; bat thass pious, venerable men
have preferred outrage and death to such tres'
son 10 their country, aud have rseolutely and
successfnlly resisted the demands OF the ty-
rants. Their churches have been closed, ths'r
tiocks deprived of the ministrations oil reli-
zion. and theroeeive s driven ont rs wanderers
upon the face of the earth, but their pure ard
lofty spirits ars unocnquered. In Western
virsinis we hear Of spirit equally LOFTY and
nnoonquersb,e. The people of Winchester
have nothing whatever TO do with tie enemy.
They show in q calm and digniisd, bat most
determined manner, tina. they are no longer
one people with their enemies In Hardy
county our loyal citizens refuse to have any
it.erc,urss with them, either commercial or
so.i.l The Yankees, with their accustomed
ea9srhess ca 1,is. Il trade. have offered 10 cell
their coffee at five ceuts pound, Md they
would ncttonch il! This is thetrne spirit cfen-
dUfaaee. Of sell denial, and 1t ia touching the
Yankee In the only raw spot of his rtll
character. 1t is, Ia fact, defeating him in the
whole objec, Of the war, which lie rothiDg
more Cor less than to compel the South TO trade
with him. We commend this example of the
people Of Hardy to the whole south. Let
not the Yankees have reason 70 calculate
on our sslfin3uigepce and love of sass. Ltt
the Southern people resolve, whenever 30 un
fortunate ~ 10 be ovsrrun by the enemy, nessr
70 bug onstAsas Of hem. An army o. a hun
cred thousand men eoald no, annoy and foil
him more completely. Let our people resolve
TO adhere 80 sh.ir simple beverages, aud to
wear their old clothes, and TO look upon that
man as hollow recrsant to patriotism and
pflreipi who, tor the cake OF a more iuxu-
rious table. or show in dress and living, would
purchase single article Of the wretches who
have committed every conceivable outrage
upon our soil and whoss hands are red with
the blood Of our brothers and children.
Iu regard to the oath Of allegiance. We :rus'
that the example 20, by the patriotic people OF
Nashville, Alexandra, Winchester, aud other
localities, will continue to he universally FOL
idea that oaths can be put on and of like
coat, and that such obligations, even when
made an appeal to God, can be assumed without
wrong, when there i. mental reserve to discard
them upon the fret opportunity. We do not
doubt that the oath of allegiance to the Fede-
-al power has been taken IN this way BY some
hundreds of Southern citizens, who thorough.
ly q. mpatbi.ed with the Southern cause But,
/: L. an act which, while even good man
yielding to the weakness of human nature,
may commit, he will most certainly regret to
the sud Of his life. We could not compare "
TO tbs base treason Of Juds.; but, like Peters
denial of his master, it will cause the impious
aud vaciilating heart that commits 1t to weep
the bitterest tears Of remcrse aud shame
Even the fear that dictates 1t has no founds-
ton; for. If the great body of the lth stands
Arm Ia refusing to take this oath, as they are
in the regions now occupied by the enemy, il
will be impossible TO punisR such multitude.
They cannot earry of a whole country 70
Fort Warren and put them al in prison.