The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-31
Spirit or the Army.

YoRKTOws, Jan. q, 1862.
Edttors Dispatch The most painful news of
our defeat III Kentucky, and Of Gen Zolli-
golfers fate, has reached us in due time on
the Peninsula; it was, in fact, a sad and
most axpec ted event, an event which will
I'LL with sorrow the hearts Of millions OF
Southerners, who have watched with the
greatest anxiety, since he had taken the com.
mand in hand, the noble and chiyalrous con.
duet OF that gallant leader, who, at the head
Of his Spartan band, fell on the battle field.
wrapped up, as it were, in the folds of his
country's banner, upon which he had in
scrfbed the by-Words of every Southerner
armed IN the holy cause of liberty--c0nquer or
die.
From the banks of the Potomac to the wide.
spreading fields of Texas, from the chores Of
tue Atlantic to the top of the Rocky noun
tains, so soon as this news shall have been
spread around. the echo OF the hills, plains,
and valleys of this great Confederacy will
bring back TO our ears the exciting cry OF
"Onward onward -
We must not suffer ourselves to be aba.ed
by mlsiortunes which may happen to our
arms; let every soldier, on the contrary.
keep in mind those noble cords of one of our
forefathers Of our first Revolution-"Tne bat.
tie Is not to the strong alone; it is to the &C.
tive the vigilant, and the brave' Let him
shoulder the musket with the firm con, ie-
ton that twenty millions of free. born South.
erners lighting for their homes and liberty
are invinclbie by any force that all the Lin
coins, the Stewards, present and to come. Gao
send against them let him forget not that
he is engaged la a great struggle-that he In
conteRdinR fer those rights which he was en- !.
dowed with by the God of Nature-that his
country's cause Is at stake, and that to him.
and MIN alone, she looks for help and protee-
tion.
When I say his country's cause, not only
do lnean those sublime distractions which
constitute the home Of the PHILOSOPHER and
statesman; "Paria" for them means that
everlasting succession in a portion Of the
human race possessing the same soil sneak
Ing the same language, living under the
same laws, and who, not being subject IN
death, perpetuates itself in its revolving mo.
lions as an immortal man who has God for
the beglnning and the end Of all things but
yet refer to something more sensual IN ore
material, to something that laws closer tn
the patriots heart-l refer to thai which ha
been the love Of his soul, OF his whole sonl
during bis whole lite: his freside. his home
his family.
Let him bear in mind, that on one side Law
all the enJoyments Of freedom either do
nestle or political. whilst on the other he
meets with dishonor, chains aud slavery; and.
above ali, when marching to the ba ftIe f,aId
let him not lose sight OF the nrea.n BILE OF onr
consultation, on which are ssereotyped those
Two words. "ptctoyy or Dsata - then. ct han.
S; ns Mna. may, saceess will certainly crown
For my part, rather would<I see NV own.
my hauvs State, Lou isiana, del ugsd with the
gore Oh ner bu tchered Inhabitants: with more
pessure would behold the mighty M iss,s-
sipIl ITSELF criIns0ned with the blood OF those
VINO dwell upon its lovely banks: sooner
o wouiG case upon the great guilt rushing to
overWnelm the Homes Of the trainers of onr
constitution, and bury them beneath ia
bofeterous waves, than be a witness ~ r.
DOWNFALL OF this young Republic.
Yours. Tespectfully,
Cas. PsoyosrY, La. Zouayes.~-