The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-01
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ga the eSsh Of March. President Davi. cen,
in 70 Congress meesaSc, in which he recam
rnended The passage Of a law de.lariog tbs,
all persons residing within The Confederate
States, between tie ages Of Is ard IS years
and r'ghsfu'iy suhiect 10 military duty, sha.
Re held - be in tho military service Of the
Confederate States, ana iaat some plain and
s'mrie mete3d be adopted for their rromp,
enrolment and organia ,,ion. repeating all tn.
legislation heretofore enacted, which wos'd
eosfict with Tho sys,em proposed" The plan
here proposed Is what Is called "csuscrip,icn'
IN Europe, aud in the terrible shocks to which
sveey country "a that continent has been ex
Possd, it aas always been 1ound the mos,
6asas, u net the only mode of bringing out
to whole strength Of tho coersry. Various
objections have been made to j: in Congress
where, We aro cory 10 see, . disposition pre-
~Aas to waste tisas In di-cussisn, while the
1romp'es and most vigorous action 10 de.
handed. We are told, for distance, that /,
asasosates ''Ssase.rigats" II the Yankees
ovssrun and satjugase us, tssy will leave rs
- nghts as ALL eithes State or personal
I'VE shall b the vsriest slaves in all Christen.
IN We shall be stripped Of our property,
oad made the satjscss of the vilest race on
s.s ace Of the earth. Others tell ne tina, i,
Gay be formidable weapon ia the bsrds Of
nan disposed 10 play the depot II wa are
70 have . dsspot, had ~ no: better be
ocs OF our own people than Yankee -
While gentlemen are struggling for shadow
hey ere loesns the substance. England, !. is
said. ueser had conscripsio,L England has
never been Invaded, % far AZ VS. recol!ee,,
sicee the reign Of King John ard his con-
She raises mon by enlistment for foreign Eel
vice, t slow and tedious process, as was found
h the late S,poy war. Were she invaded BY
700, 600 men. she would not hesitate to adop;
she consumption, or any other mode Of rai4ing
soldiers, for she 10 the most practical of al,
nations, and she IL we'll aware that il is use
lees 10 talk about infringemsnts of the Con
stitution whom the enemy lie or hand, read7
TO destroy it. Washington, 1t lie further eaid
never rssorsed TO the CONSUMPTION, to whica
we may answer, that Washington never md
70 contend with 700, 600 men, and u fs ct O;
fsvsrsl hundred iron Sunbosts. It were 70
iuissaks the character Of tina: nose practical
II men, to sxppcse that he would not have
resorted to any scheme whatever, however 90
noxioa-, 10 prevent the subjngation of biz
country.
We tell gentlemen, whatever they may
sh'nk, this is no time for talking aeon: rjrp :
aua privileges. II we de he. bea. these I,,...
kseF, Ne sasll soon aavo not the sesige of !,
night, cot the shadow oi privilege, lei u,
Ne mGs: adopt the means to DO THE, let then,
zoe what they may, over t. the appointing OF
dictator with absolute power. This is tho
1rst thing 70 30 thought OF; it is the first
shins TO re zone. 1t is vain to talk about lib
'e-'y ard i.= in suoh circumstances. L. war
eoe"e is neither liberty nor law "L<ges 81.
Ee'n inter 0FmG, said one OF tna greatest men
That tao world ever saw. We mus: make "a
~oiaPon.ly Surrender OF our privileges, tina;
shey mas be permanently secured.
VIC enifeas Congress act to iritate tie M
nona Assemblies Of revolutionary Germany
Ia 1873, sud vase tina II discussinx abs,ra..
i9ss whi's TIE enemy is laundering at cur
4ates Nsro siiIed whi,s R,ne WAS burn
ing. 1t. tie Roman tyrau, ind no imita:cr
Il Re Confederate Congress. The people are
Thoroughly reused. Thsl, euergy ia sufieisr,
20 reteen orr affairs in short space II lime
i properly directed. We nus: have soldiers
good sol-ier,, IL OF raw militia and there il
10 time, willie the enemy Is pressing upon re,
10 dr,i. new regime nte and brigad e. The
new levies must be drafted into the old regi.'
nents, where tGsy will mix With the veterans
and in tsv days become az good as they.
We are q, much dsvotsd 20 all rights, State
and personal, ~ any man can be. But we see
them in the'mos: imminent peril from a for
eigu enemy, and We can see but enc wav of
warding off the danger within a short space
Of time. We believe that we can be con.
quered under no circumstances; but the war
may be indefinitely pr1tracted if eur ;s:a...
men do not rouse to the bsioI.. of the .i,ua.
ton.