Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-06

Concluding from late occurrences and revelations that
tis enemy despairng Of cOnquering the South in open
and manly combat are determined by the use Of meal
forbidden By the rules Of civilized warfare aud revolving
10 humanity 70 desOlate land anil extermina,e
people, the ChatsnOOga RsJsi says: We feel pro
foUndy touched al the sad and solemn picture Of the
future that is thus weaving in the womb Of fate but We
are rot 81 that it IS 10 be deplOred as an unm1ed
ev-thoussnds Of innocent helpless and noble hearts
viii fall crushed and eeding under the wheels of this
Juggerraut Of t.naticism but from the blood of the
martyrs will spring the seed of the church. and the tenn
pie OF hope aud freedom will be rebuilt and reeonse-
Grated. We eaanof THIS Be s'5dssd We shall rise
higher more intact aud uloi as these teafod furies
thus turned loose, have TO be met and confronted.
Our Government must deyelOpe its reserved energies
east away forbesrinc aud hsnb!y imstng the course
said BY Milton &c have been pursued By or Creator
shen the Devils hesved up volcanic mountains and tar
tASean pieS Ove'uhem his angels and desoate Hea-
ven too must gather the tWOsdged ord and pour
out consuming FIRE that viii deluge the East with Je
ssruction, burning aud the horrors Of despair
We can ars and equip fifty Thousand Of our veterans
Sho never led from the face Of an enemy and can
move unhurt and almost unchallenged from Cincinnati
10 Boston They can lay in ashes the richest and most
populous Of Northern cities leaving behad them belt
a. broad and burning the Elliptic. They can run 3
burning poughshare over the hot beds Of anatcism,
from which sprang the Ats turned loose on the South
II our President viii but announce and permit such
policy, be will be justified in the eyes Of the civilized
world and will evoke neE spirit in the nth that has
never vet been called into action. Thousands Of men
are Just nov thrust out with cruelty and gnominy from
,uissEa Missouri Tennessee, Kentucky and Maryland
and they are hirstng go back with fire and sword
Thousands Of people who have felt that mere
defence Of our own land not the true policy, would
b. stirred 10 their inaer depths by the trumpet call of
invasion We believe firmly that thousands at tie North
Are prepared take refuge in ranks from the storm
Of despoti5m that is dIrkening around them.
If it be necessary, in order to save ours Ives from
cavalry raids and negro massaere that should raise
the cry of blue BOnres over the border SO be
/. We have struggled long and faithfully TO meet the
sllgeneies Of th contest in fair, open and manly
fight bat when the demons Of hell are 70 be turned
loose on our beautiful land and its civilization ehoked
amid blood aud fumes, must in self defence pour
back the fell tide Of ruin barbarian foes and
make them sing amid the fallen gOries Of their once
thriving cities the song Of the Pers poet
"Ths spider has ne web and the owl hath sasg the
ss Of Apislas"
We shall meet the trueulent Yankees as the Indian
C,nanehet did when they sought bis alliance after MUIR
dsring his people and devastating his hnd. lie raised
himself proudly 10 his full height and replied:
"The FIRE that consumed the lodges Of my people
turned the heart Of COnanehet TO stone"