The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-28

! sach ccntinuspcs
d,.loyal, sn hope to crush opp ss,,ion By their
| incarceration. But how vain m ust .dr0 q s1,rte
prove As long as God gives men love Of
freedom aud stout hearts thers will hs rebsls
| against tyranny. Ws have protested before
the w,rid that all We askcd was TO be "iet
nlpue." We have deprecated war ~ Grea.
I calamity, aud declared oar readiness to gree
upou fair terms Of separation. oar destrs for
peace hss bsen construed Into timidity. ana
| suit and threats. They tell Us We are traitors
that they have the power. and Will reduce
os 10 ohedienca. 10 the Union they say We
ose IN tudi,sc lubIe allegiance, ard, subetan-
TALLY, that they will maze us Uni0utovinG
| men oy invading our country, burning down
our houses, turning Loose our slHveA, ln1ulfa
| in2 our women. and numbering onr men. And
IL IS WIN sbch people that we are now AZ
war L; IL not strange that In su0h . c0ntsst
our foiaieFs should Ierform deeds Of almost
| marvellous heroism, and that cur ensmiss
s0ouid oe ss'zso With panic and nes the bat
tie field In the widest disorder. None but
wicked rulers w'ge such ar. None but
misg uidsd soldiers volunteer 10 fight in such
battles
| mourn with you, gentlemen that In this
| unhaypy struggle gallant officers and brave
| u;en have fallen. 1.couio havs bssn avoided.
II aG we conses ted to be slaves, and to serve
| our nsstsrs ell the day of our lives va would
| have been set alOne'-thet IL, no armtes
| would bavs tsen sen. among rs, except the
| army Of ia Asgatherers to "sa. ont onT sub.
| stance > sdtl, whiis we mourn eur dead, let
| us thsnk God that thus far he has given Us
| The victory. Liberty is the child OF Cpprss.
sion. aud has sver hssn bsptiz Cd In thA hloaA
These reflections havs been suggested BY
the stirring events which have transpirod
| sinee tho lest session OF tb,a Court. We have
formed new relations, and hence Eew duttoe
have arisen. Treason against this Common.
wealth no one thought Of twelve m on this ego.
now there Is treason, open and avowsd; and
| q portion OF Els people In lbs Western part OF
| the State, counseled and advissd of shs Gov
| eminent at Washington. and In plain viola
ton OF the Consti til tion Of the UaiieG Sta ties,
i nave atte!n ptad to set up r. separate Cove
| neat Treason ag ains the Con fsde r ate States
| will fall within the Jurisdiction OF the courts
l Of that Government, but /. Is Jour duty to
| inquire whether there bs In your midst any
| who are traitors to Virginia. ! refsr you on
| ,his snbjecs to the Code o, Virginia, oh. 1870.
! page 1873.
| 1t Is also my dnty, gentlemen OF the Urarl
Jury, 20 cali your attention to all violations
l 4 Inc criminal laws OF this Common wealth.
Moat Of you aie familiar with the duties you
haze TO psrfor NJ, and shalt Lot stop to give
you the So laws Ia detail. 1t In our dut7 70
| execute these laws Rs they ars written. We
| nave no sulh0f,'y in iLq quire whether they
| are wise or not. We are public servants, and
have no authority to grant pardon or immu-
nifty. Law oriJ he a mere nockery II J udgss
! and luIols wers ut liberty to execute Il Or not
| as they pleased
beg you, gsntismcu, also to rscolisct that
in tirne OF war. tumult aud confusion, ~ well
] rs Ia tima5 of peace, the only sure bulwark Of
| lioesty il isw honestly and faithfully admin
| isteret. In such times, above sii 9th az II
| the duty not only of courts and Inries, but o.
| All good men, to fro nj down all violence and
1 ~ronE
In tnis day and generation the law 10 toe
1 slow for many peOple, hut rest assured every
| act Of wrong and aggression suffered or per-
mIttsd, lnhic.e a sell ,us Injury upon society.
| You ay Ius aes II at the moment, bat the
/ seed has been sovn, and will surely bear
fruit Nduc,te raople to hold the law In
nfht sstsem-tc think tha. they may take IL
| tnto their own hands, and you must, in the
| sp /, have anarchy. confusion and misery
| IS have heretofore said, there IL no order
| without law-there is no liberty With out
| order
The foresoing part or this charge was Pre-.
| pared last fall aud delivered at several Of my
| fail courts. Since thsn cur aims have met
| with SAL rsvers-s Many a NOBLE spirit has
sealed bis devotion to his country with his
| o,ood, and many brave soldiers nave been In.
| carcsratsd As prisoners of war. But these
re7erses, So far rom leading the patriot to
despaii, viii only inducs greater determine.
| tlou and higher resolves He Is unworthy Of
| the name o. patriot who Is loud and vocifer-
| on. in his p-otestatous of devotion TO country
| Will al Is prosperous and peace al, and yet
md the honr 81 peril AS much claim
hcs he 20 80 regarded, n friend who
is prodiEsl and rrss'iu2 in his oficss o.
| kindness, while you independent and
above th3 fiowns Of shs = Grid, aud yet when
miafcEtuue and calamity overtake you ana
cast their dark shadows along yonr pathway. /.
i u
help. That man, Who1lo. counts the value
| OF property, or calculates the danger Of bat
tie, has 10 love OF country, no conception OF
the true value OF freedom. l. Is surely sad
| thing TO live In a day OF revolution, but the
| brave sou! indnlges In TO unnecessary repin.
ing, but repe7s his ems giss, buckles on his
| armor, aud marches forth as a man to meet
n the foss OF his country He feels that he IL In
the iils of duty, and tcat NJ sacriflce 10 too
| great in the cause Of liberty. He battles not
| on = for his Own rights, but recollects that
the chains prepared for him will also be used
to bind il children and is chidren's chill tren
have spoken in no measured terms. Jet
have not dealt In language OF exaggeratioh.
| witness. the preparations now being m adS for
| our slavery. II tbs Federal Congress meas.
| ures are proposed by which every man who
| has aided in the defence OF the sj0uth Is to
have his slaves Let loose and freed, and his
| lands sold or parcelied out among our enc
| mics in the last Few days u Federal Gen.
| eral, Hunter, has, with single dash Of his
] pen, declare sll The slaves in south Carolina.
| Georgia, and Florida free, Whiis the nonstsr
at New Orleans las Issued an order that all
| fsn ales i'll that gallant city who fAnd htrs-
| ling so,disry, by gesture or iook, are 70 %
| treated as nBriots-au order which, for bru-
| taiity and wiCkedness, mas no pa rallel In the
| history OF civiliZad warfare, and by which ho
invites and licenses his army to violate our
women. Let every trds mau, therefore. ut
| ter but one sentiment, Victory or Death" I"
We must ccrqcer In this COP test or become
"hewers Of wood or drawers of water"
| I Offer you, eptlsmsn, no apology for the
. Il Va tniS Snoi 30. o0h oAS6AooSO u
| due to Virginia and the Con nfederato States,
| and no facts or arguments are out OF place
| which tend 10 show the justice OF our cause.
, and the oppression aud tyranny OF our enc.
| mies-espscially at a time when they stand
! almost at the gats OF our city, with arms In
| their hands, for the purpose OF our destruc .
tion, In the Casualties OF war they may come
| among us IS conQusfors-0od forbid such
humiliauon--butiflb II b ey sh ould every one who
| claims to be n man should recolloct whore
brave man and determined patriot. No man
| who believes our cause Just can ever swear
| allegiance 20 the Lincoln government Witho al
| committing sin ia the sight OK 0ods and
| bringing upon himself a disgrace which nc
| tlde can wipe away. The memory Of such q
| man can never be rsvered, even BY his own
! Cnspring.
SAD IsoIpssr.-The southern CAayeAm1s. o,