The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-11
The Forward Movement

The Forward Movement
Far year and ! haf the South has stood upon
~ A,sknasve, and eonseutad isaeli with parryins
The blows aimed against Il by a gigantic adverse.
=, Thanks 10 the protecting hand Of Providence
mad The unsurpassed hersssw of gallant AID de
voted people the rushing tide Of Invasion hes been
rolled back, ana victory after victory .llumiaed Cur
banners Bat the successive retreats of cat eSe
mice have osly been the eao OF tide which has re-
turned a. regularly as 1t has retsed aud ea'e 'sf
30 be OF everlasting recurrence. In the mean'h"'
. large portion az oar territory has heea exposed
to the ravaees Of brutal Zoe, aud oatragea soisn'
ia imam pesces,,, and ny,oaendins ei'seas which
xvouA have ts,sssseed tie barbarian ct the darn
sc~. rmpnni,y only added new stimulus to tie
s,.,,~ AZ ,he foe unit. the heart OF civilization
b.. h.ao s,ekapea by .te cFael excuses which
,h.v h.va committed. ara ftom witch no age nor
80 h.x .x.speJ Bat lie war bssnow assumed a
800 nhass The victories which Providence has
x.,,shsa,-d our arms have enabled as !" assume
,hs aggressive and the theatre ct wsria nov trans
,.rr~d from Virginia 10 he soil OF dowu-'sodden
,s.rviand where the fcst blood ia fhs second war
81 Independence was spilled, aud where Kindred
and Gallant people have been made 80 suffer every
~vi, and humiliation which couli be isfeted ny a
ipe 0i08teu Win V'N'' '''''>
and revenge The no ar of Maryland + de!iveTaaee
long deferred. las come al Last; the Csn','e's'e
armies are apon her soil. aad a noble people iong
crushed under the heel OF despotis,a. will soon have
the opportunity o. ris!ng upon their 'yrsn's and
melting out so them with compound interest the
iust punishment. of their crimes
with the deiivsrance OF Maryiani will came that
Of Western Virginia. and cnr glorious old Con-
monwealth will sooA We trast tecome "one ana
in6ivisibe" in action as in Eeaft The nest Of do
nestle traitors will be summa:y roned out and the
gallant mountaineers viii rally 10 The defence Of
their liberties aud swell the columns OF 'ae ,srea
arry whose banners are moving forward fog
the redemption Of whole land, al.j tor sigate
Qua retrbut ION upon iaercisess and irhanlao los.
We have not the shadow 81 \ aonb' ,hat Western
Virginia will ere Icing break the shackleS wh.ch
bind her hands and tbs, our sister. Kentucky. with
the advance Of the Army Of the West. will shake
off her isnomipious bondage and stsni proudly
erect, redeemed, regenerated, and dSenthrailed y
When that suspicious hour arrives isi the 'yrants
tremble They have hitherto known nothing Of war
but through the hat AM editorials CT their newsra
pers and tie lying reports Of t.eir Generals. No
roof OF sheisn has been fired women nsuited.
no t;9d desolsted no IOWA aud its helpless inhabi
tsnts bonbardei. they will now be permitted to
taste some of The peculiar sweets al The Stfic ard
earn age which they have invoked, aLd whilst Ne
shall nof initiate their own violation OF the rules
Of humanity and civilized warfare. WI irust 'hat
our Generals will prove themselves as sagsc.ous
thorough, and vigorous IL 3 wsr ci inv&s.on A.
they have already been in Of defence. IL
that event Lincoln !ey.es oi FIX hundred
thousand rsw troops will b- sc.tered b. out train
ed veterans Ike chalf be .Se e wkf,er.i, and the
terms of peace dictated 10 !, naughty gnd iabec.le
tyren, upon his own sui.
We hs7e 10 sPprsGen sioGs ;aat i.e change FOR
defence to the aggressive will .ctss7e The appetite
Of the Northern peopla Tor this wGr we have
already Lsi evidences enough thai taaif oHn srcu-
Sity has Stimulate hem 10 i.o:sasei ieroci'y snj
revenge They have proved themselves :nseD; ioie
10 TIC dictates 81 hCGos, ;nstice u.d conp...s.oYi
aud I.en WHO are Gallons siich Influences cal,
only be operated upon by heis iea,S. 80 argument
can reach t4e.r understanding bat hay"ne;s ma
cannon at their own tATeshhods AID IA deie1o- If
the South inspire them with Respect. b that - ci.
,hrotiles them uIder their own Ioef tIrts ;.ai
eTsy tie toTroIs they has,, visited upon Southern
soil.
Now Ii the TIM. strike the telling aid isasi
blows of the vEr Our GeiieT sic impressed y iii
the fact our soldiers burn viii. ,u,paleDoe II r.
tsliste, upon Northern ground, our innTlineTab-
wrongs. and 10 bring :hir 10 O close upon lie
spot where il commenced and where sios.a ii e4n
be ended