The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-20
Richmond.

AiCnAouUs
Without the possession Of any ekill IN pro.
pasey, and uaasaisted by any other gift than
shat which ss voucheafed to ali men--thc tai.
eat - come extent Of anticipating events as
1sdactions from present facts, conditions, ape
seesinasions--we may safely predic: that the
history Of this city, now menseed by a. NJ :
ecrupulous foe as ever God Almighty PEI.
mitted to make war Oh this earth, will be ons
that viii cast no stain on tho pages which re-
cord its conduct in the present ex gency. On
he contrary, those pages will be illuminated
by the display of impulses as high and vlr
tu>s 40 noble as any which ever honored a
people. Richmond is the jswel sought by tho
enemy, to add its bri'liaucy to bis triumph
He viii strain every nerve and exhaust every
resource to win it. His success would be a
humilissiou which our people are determined
- make every sacrifca to avoid. Their city
occupies = moe; impor ant snd interesting re-
lation to the young Government now strug.
cling to maintain itself, and defend the liher.
ties and rights Of the States which formed il.
That Government has united with the Gov
eTnment Of our OWE State, in resolving to de.
feod city 90 important to them, to tho last
extremity. Tho resolution is net only wise.
With reference to tbs political interests il.
~olvsd; butt Is one duo to a community who
have made the greatest sacrifices and now
show Willingness to submit to even the Go.
stxuetion Of theiz fair city, for the promotion
Of the common cause. Our contemporary, the
WAig, makes the following arpropriats 10.
marks on this subject:
"N has bssn rid b. ap-ofouat and prae-
tical military critic that cities are too much
devoted to interest to suffer much for pa'
esiotism. He should have added that ci:ies
are sal cited 20 peculiar injury from wsr.
when the siege b,gtns wages stop ard ntr
kets are cut CT. When the attack Is made the
lives Of the dear ana ianocent, with the
property on which industry depends fer st =
ststeuce, ara sxros.d 10 destruction, yss tie
general criticism il, 10 CsrtotE fx,ent, thu
of N cat commercial Cities. Thay sgs ssiGs.,,
Many Of the.r trader axe aliens, TO waom t.e
loss of day. proti:s Il 81 more cons q ienct
tkan the charge of tha G1setlEeot SIC:
men would caIi.ula;e II 1t WIS Only &c So. 4
1gesh GOT Of customers.
"Ths say sl,G seasu4, Paris celebrated tie
victor!ee Ct Napoleon with osie. and Rcsls.
nations. Whsu the il,es OK o.rcied the city
With their armies al WIS tcep.datfon.
Traitors to the filling FOR tunes OF him who
b I'd raised them to honor sought the saiors
Of Paris to bet-ay their bsnefac :or. TIE civic
authorities went on. 70 meet taslr copQaer.
en- society welcomed it, matters with
attect adulation.
"Thsrs v, then, an honor IN store 1or Rich
mond which las formed no a:tof he motive
Tar her noble resolution. She will be classad
amongst thcee eities-aad they are not too
numsroue-which have hal the courage to
meet the calamitiss Of war. She has ssnt her
sons BY hastatlons into the thicxest and most
desperate Asht. Her houses = 70 besa turned
into hospitals. and her delicate daughters
have ministsred as nurses At the couch OF the
alex and wounded soldier. She now c6.rs her
east a. the bulwark tf the land she has
loved % we'll. Shs will repu,ss the 5ee, or
Grove to the vol the intamy of tsat enemy
who pretends q perpose to restore a fraternal
Union, bit ares his pa:a with the dead and
marxs his progie "a b. felis iad waste. ci:ies
shatte-e aaS de .ola:e, a1d h.l les peoTl.
Nying to a Wilderness rather Than Sub ait TO
his / a 81 DOM. atica.
"6lJrious city COW much haprisr is the
throo of r.iis tas: a AiIG IS ycar bosom, Thar
. safety par caEssd b pcas -. sLb mission and
etsfIt I'll rhaEse!"