Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-02-07
ER1n.Y MORNING, FEE. :, lsoo.
The y~fr.sl.,ia Military.

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Wa rerro. that cur Legislature finds s"en
difficulty and moves. with step 80 si'" ~
resch;rc 4 conclusion as to tho most Jnoic!ons
mode OF organizing the States military
strength. The question, we Know presents
many ssosc:s. ell of which require !o DO net.
But among the most urgent oil these various
cons;dera.iors. is the necessity Jo" ?Te"2pt
action We had hoped, when tho two Houses
resolved to hold secret deliberations. that a
socedv decisicn would have been reached. A
Virginis ~sssemblage, Of whatever sort, is
usually sadly afflicted with orators. Alnos!
every second man has 8 speech or 2 plan, On
the u.,erarcs Of which insepsrsbly depends
the dearest Interests Of the community, and OF
mankind generally. Every mar must Spesk,
or the world must dis.
1t has been generally supposed, however
that the chief incentise to SO much spsakinGi IS
in :ho idea shat the world is listening. twill set
iuto tho papers. ard the members 'coHssitr-
eats" will hear OF it. l. was thought that the
closing Of the dccrs and the exclusion CT report"
CTS, prudcntiy adopted as protecting the free DIS
~cuss;or Of delicate matters. would have wrought
tee incidental advantage Of cartsiling oEssory.
1t was believed that when a thing had been
said, ana gccI1 said, snd especially after it had
been repeated sixteen times, and nobody 10
lister. further repetition would be aoan-
don2d. !; WIS thought that men would not then
spesk unless they had something new to say
soma fresh idea 10 misunderstanding Practl-
c.i % !lcgc. Tie expectation mas tai!ed,-
Buucom5o still lives. If not E%anconbo, it is
tire c.e9e;Aes ioquenM. Or if not Tho mere
love Of talking, tben It is The belief, honestly
entertained 5e 2 number unfortunately large,
tins. g bill vii! be hetityei ty connecting
their several amc with ii, OF that .%esd!o-
dunn is decidedly more elegan. sad expressive,
and more p-omotive Of the public welfare. thar
twecdledce.
We hope The Two Houses VII! reach g ron
clus:on without much further delay. If they
hesitate much longer, their work will in great
measure be superseded. Already Oh: 7alun>
tscrs are re- en!;stiDg under the Ia" oi tho
Confederate Congress; and since that opticn
will remain opou to than, the Legislature will
be compelled to conform TO the Confederate
las IL all tn. important privileges which it
con(ors. 1t surely cannot need a hundred
speeches aad q months delay to deveiope that
fact. But :he.e Is = more important reason
for e speedy decision. The new men whom
We are 20 PIT into tho Geld, must be disci-
plined before the retiring cneS arc dismissed.
This will be maintaining for q time and to
some extent, = double army, and incurring a
douLo expense. But it is necessary. 1t
will not DO tG replace veterans By rl| recruits
in the face OF : vast hostile force, md in such
a month as Msy. Mcclellan has told Col:a1
for Ills comfort, that then will be bis opporsu.
nifty, and thai .i.sn he Will strike. Let the
-rsrr .l"u;ec T." ""icsd in time to be taught what
they are doing when they step into Inc ranks OF
wal. I; viii rct do to trust to the hopc that
the men who have resolved TO 50 nome, and
whose :;us ms come, will stsy to assist in re-
pellir;: @:y inu;ediato attack. Whole regi
lncnts of McD0wc,l's soldiers demanded their
discharge TO the very dsy, and marched away
from Cen;rc7;l,e to tho thunder Of the Confad-
crate cannon. And but 8 few days before The
battle Z regiment evcn Ct Confederate troops,
claimed their privilege, tsttcrins themselves
that there would be no tisht.
Wcmvst get Cur army ready, and there is
10 tim. 10 lose. 1t is not only necessary ina
military point o vicw, but it is very important
otherwise. Tho Industrial interests Of the
country axe kept unsettled by the del=y. Some
must plsnt waiio others.6sht; but nothing is
dono 10 advantage while s!l ara kept IN dorot.
= correspondent oi tits paper latsiy present.
eli this very strongly. Our srmias waCt meat
.uG bread, and preparations fer CROPS must
DO msda roS, if made at sli. Those fertile
regions from which Beau-es.rd has ted his az,
my, are in y great measure fallow THIS year;
End if the uncartainty continue, and some
plan be not sto2tad, Jag ws hope there will oe)
ior. less interruption oi TIC processes Of plant
ing ami Ieepirg supplies i2r the army Of
TIE Potomac will have hereafter &c be brought,
at vast !shc- end expense. from ! t!Btance.
~ every TisT, VS. Gun much better endure
some crroc in the Law than logger delay in its
adoption. Let the Legislature, !her, give us their
Till. I'toac wAo wish 20 volunteer can at
.aoy rate choose between it and the CoEfede.
rate lev; wh:ls the body Of the militia will
know what 10 expect, and how tc make their
plsrs and arrange their business.