The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-10-29
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The rruits Of Rebellion.


The Fruits Of Rebellion.
There \ not 70 be found. VIC believe. IN
ii Q history Of any age or country, = case 20 Q
.birh 3 Stats or nation has paid tor It's errors e
40 heavy . penalty Of ruin and suffering,
through ell is interests and Institutions. DO
uee,ic. social, physical, anl political, as the 1
ieluded people Of Virginia are nov paying I
Tor the enormous act OF folly and iniquiiy
committed BY them 10 permitting the coz
,pirators Of South Carolina 10 plunge their
oob,o Old Commonwealth, prosperous. hap
OF. and respected as !; was, into the abyss OF
rebellion. This painful spectacle OF retri-
oative suffering has been brought forcibiy
70 cur minds by reading the annexed article
Ir Yesterdays Baltimore American
VIRGINIA OK rHE srooI on RrpESrEScL
Virginia Is Just now particularly rnforsn-
l nate 10. alone 10 being eaten out, burned |
/ out. plundered. robbed. ..er citizens slain IN /
/ battle, and cursed BY the presence OF . par
tlsan rangers" Neither IS II enough that
ale has incurred-as 4 Staie-some ten or
ffteen million dollars Of Indebtedness: her
! capitol made one vast hospital: her trade al
| 70 ge,her ruined; her ancient fame furnished.
l All this IL seems, she might stand; but. hor-
| ror OF horrors. she Il not appreciated by her
] visitors. the Cotton States msgnates
In late correspondence between the
l rebel Secretary Of War and Gen. John u.
l PIoxd. the former takes occasion TO arraign
| the latter. and through him the State OF
| Virginia. for interfering with Confederate
! eolistments. In other words, the Central
! tyrsusy At Richmond hauls Virginia over
| the Goals because the latter will net suffer u
| 70 come into her camp-the " virginia line
and carry OF men, Floyd being the repre-
sentative Of State rights IN the scuffe con-
!. II Dat Let - "a
| Richmond Examiner in relation 10 the griey-
.nces suffered by Virginia, when il com
ments on Floyd's broadsde fired AZ the rebel
War Department through Gen. Richard
|. / son. We quote hom tho issue Of the 9th oil
: the present month;
!, Gen Floyd's retort Is oil such character
u | "a 10 set the matter At rest. But the whole
0 / correspondence is an apt illustration OF that
/ opposition aud annoyance which this state
| authority and army has TO suffer from those
who abuse the PO'rer Of ne ConjeaeTacy ..
a | arrogance would never have been venturec
- on had il not been encouraged by the SUB
mis,iyeness and trucking temper oil some
I oersous in the Legislature. Such cores
ct | nondeuce. for instance, between the State
- t;eorgis, which quietly prohibits the en-
l forcemcnt of the conscript Law In it, limits
and tho Confederate Government whicl
u prohibition, will never see the light ior
&c will never be undertaken. On the otne
hand. tho earnestness and simplicity wit
which Virginia has sacrificed erery hia9 TO
the success OF the Confederate Governmen
in this war has been grossly abused. VIZ
,o | zinia is tho object OF endless imposition
But there are limits TO every thing aud tn
J. patience of the State iciH not stand nuc
ID longer The repetition Of cfronts. This Com
- 81 "A
!, treasure In the present war a. no State Is re
. corded TO have done in ancient or moder
d. history But that Same pride aud couras
Cd which has caused her TO make and scppol
nm | these sacrifices are tho very traits whic
render such insults a. these less supporlab
" here than they would elsewhere be.
be "virginia furnishes nearly all OF the arm
II | ammunition. and Announcements that won ID
=. | battles of Bethel and Manassas. She CAV
he Confederate service, from her own a
ne nories and stores, IS 900 rifles and musket
mt 233 pieces Of artillery. a magnificent armoI
led | containing all the machinery necessary 4
-, ma M aefuyein9 arms on a large scale. 4
a now, when Virginia. after draining her arm
lia bearing population TO the dregs IN the seryi'
al, Of the Confederacy. raises force OF her on
lhs people 10 drive the enemy from her weste
border-what the Confederate Governme
lat, shs 10 not only without the slightest asst
ub lance from the magazines of the Confeder
all cy; her agents are not only compelled
- search ever town. village. and count
'sd house for old arms. which they must rep
OLE in the best way they en- in q temporary a
ON uory, but her constituted civil arthorit
:. are subjected 10 daily impertinence and CO
- sinual opposition efereasures who were ne'
e. heard ei except while engaged In that occ
OF | patton endorsed by men who were hoid'
Ion. commissions In the Un;ou army long all
Virginia seized on Harpers Ferry aud u
port"
tee. Now. IL that Is not liss Of grisvauces :
20 woes 10 make Maryland envlous OF Virgin
ado We need expect - bear Of none Ia tae ins
= Of this war.
1879 Already va k1ow enough ~ uadeFsta
and that We have acted wisely IN what we h.
was done; and TO have acted otherwise wo
| have been e confess ourselves enamorcd
ruin itself