The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-11
The subj .cS IF Ne. EMllssmsnt.
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FeOfuall Ao01.
Editors Dispatch: The pstriouc appear Ut
the Richmond press addressed 10 our volun.
,esrs, ON the subject of reen listme nt, together
with The exert.ons OF the higher officers IN
this district, is producing XoOd results. Coi.
Fagau's First ArkaIshs Regiment Will sooL
De revrganized Tor the Val, and l hear vi
otner regiments III process OF Teorganlz .tioR.
In regard to the Virginia regiments, great
security has been felt Dut am sorry ~ say
that the cilatory ton o. the Legislature Is
,srtng all unIoztun ite effect. Legislation -
Looked tor n0p, ut once; instead OF which,
.,ne. much precious time, Is being wasted, il
Whnl way know MOI, bus doubtless IN
Wv defamation in "secret ae&siOn -
Ei1s,nia regiments are waiting to zee what
- legislature Will do before Lney re- On lis.
Tha Legislature does nothing, anu the vol
nnt.ers are waiting ON tho Legislature.-
I have no doubt out y Ssrf large maJority
~ tho Virginia volunteers Low In service
will re- enter 1t tor the war; but this hest ta-
ION ia heart.sickentng. What reward does
:. true man wait Tor be fore he will consent to
defaud his own nber Ties and his countTy's
homo, Was this war popular paSume
marely. with which we came out ~
amuse ourselves Tor twelve months, and
then return TO our peaceful hOmesf Did the
spectacle witnessed last spring OF nation
s,ringing to arms, mean nothing moro than
s
not outlast the Year? We all hoped and BE-.
lieved it All evideLc e OF determined purpose
of the Southern heart to battle to the last
even to humiliation, IA ther than any longer
be the slaves of a YANKEES Ape ocracy. WIN
1t be believed by those who last eumm or wit.
messed the enthusiasm OF our volunteers
along the line of tho railroads, when from
every Southern house fair hands waved q
welcome, and from every heart went ND
"0od bless you," that these brave regimen Is,
. Tnxry el,Cv% the n xrr -
upon the enemy within sight of his encamp.
ments aud in hearing Of his drums, and leave
handful Of devoted countrymen to perish
in an unavailing struggle with overwnelm.
ing numbere7 It Is impossible.
The willy Mcclellan, measuring Southern
yaior and patriotism by a Northern standard,
Is "ca!culating' upon sn easy victory when
our tweive.mtnths volunteers retire to the r
homes, as the Yankee three. months mon old
ut tho battle of Bull Run. That he will BE-
deceived in this, we all know; but We must
arouss from our Apa thy-there is no time to
be lost. With armies Of hundreds of thou
ruthless and bloodthii sty as the hoYdes OF At
tia and 4hengis Khan, we are dreaming
q xay as il the millennium had already dawned
upon us. Threatened with subjugation and
confiscation, with ire and slaughter, We
''rise up to eat and lie down to slumber" a.
il no invaders foot was upon our soil.
It is this unaccountable apathy-a feeling
that some how or other we are "bound to-
succeed, that constitutes our real danger
Citizen and soldier share it alike. The latter
patriotic and brave, thinks that without his
services our army il bound to triumph, puts
his pleasure or his private affairs before the
good of his country, and me0itates, perhaps,
pom speedy re- union with his family and
friends. "Bound to- sue coed We are not, IA.
less every man who has the heart of q man
beating in his DO som, viii put his shoulder
to the wheel, tho volunteer by re.enlistinG,
the citizen by enrolling Himself At once-the
women, God bless them, are all right. Let
each one do UAas he can honestly and bravely,
and we will give the willy Mcclellan AZ over.
whelmiDg defeat as we gave tho obese Nc.
Dowell, and in six months there will not be
an invader this side the Potomac.
Great God is there no voice to rouse our
people, as with the trump Of the arch. IN gel,
from their fatal slumber7 Just when, BY
little more energy, little more consts ncy,
our independence would be achieved we are
Importing all by feeling OF false security.
The powers Of Europe will come to onr aid BY
&C knowledging our Independence and opening
our ports it we maintain ourselves tour
months longer. This we can only do by the
prompt re- enlistment OF our Twelve mot tbs
men.
Go home, indeed Let US forget we have
homes as long as our soil Is poilute ted and ouf
liberties threatened BY an insolent and hated
enemy. THIS IL, at least, the determinAtio
OF A Re ENLisrED VOLUNTEER.