Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-07-24
STAUNTON, VA, FRIDAY, JULY "a, 1863.

winter, although we know that great lniser,
must necessity be entailed upon our manu-
featuring population if the cotton famine con
tinue; but we, Sire, desire to avert from on
coautrymen the calamity tia. must aris
from the continuation of that famine
VIRGINIA
A W, tier in the Atlanta 'sIntelligenser'
pays the following handsome tribute to th'
| Old Dominion. The writer is a Georgian
Recent travels througE the Old Domin
ion have suggested some thoughts upon hel
exalted character and imperishfble fame. =
It is difficult to view her in any point OIL
vision, or in any aspect that does net Ell a
generous mind with admiration, and food
it with ennobling reflections morally, social
/ ly, intellectually the skill of her Generals,
the courage Of her soldiers, the heroism
and self-sacrifcing devotion, and endurance
Of her women! What field for our coun
try's historian !! What rich store house
Of historic aud poetic literature for coming
ages, when wars dread carnage shall have
}ceased, when the war steed's resoundine
hoof shall no longer be heard from the scene
| Of deadly strife, but, tanned and tempered
to the arts Of peace, shall draw the plough
share, made from the implements Of death,
Ger her new deserted and wasted fields,
and turned Up from her blood stained soil
the relies of our country's heroes Proud
old Dominion mother OF States and states
men cradle and grave Of immortal Heroes
where is there a spot ca earth, upon which
the light of civilization has shone, aud where
manhood is not extinct, whose people will
mot learn to love your unalteraple devotion
to freedom, reverence your superior wisdom,
aud to admire your illustrious achieve
ments?
/ What rich treasures are are aided to your
overAowing casket Of historic Jewels What
warmly gushing tears will the enlightened
travellers of all countries and all ages pour
out upon your thousand battle fields Tears
Of memery for the brave; tears of grief and
and admiration for II e gallant and the gay
who fought their last battle and sleep their
last sleep there: tears of devotion toliberfy
that shall water their graves, and from
which shall spring myriads Of her true sons
to keep vigils at her gates, and the fires
burning upon her affairs for ages and ages
to come
Lee and Johnston, jackson and Ewell
| Hill and Anderson, Rhodes, Stuart. Ashby,
Wise, Magruder and host Of other illus
trious Virginians! when, in the annals Of
our history, will poesy, song, or marble suf-
fer their names to perish? Bethel, Manas-
sas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines. Mechan-
icsville, Coal harbor, Malvern Hell, Cedar
Run, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville !!
when can the lovers Of skill and genius, and
Iof glorious gsllantry, cease to study them
as models?
IRE spectacle Of Virginia'5 separation
from the old Union rises in subimity as we
recede from it in years. Her affections
wers strong for it. Her history was its his
tory; her heroes we're its heroes; her states
man had devoted their lives and labors to
it. Its triumphs were her pride, and its
memories her treasures. She hes;tated long.
casting her fearful eye hack to the glorious
past, and forward to the dark and gloomy
future. She was to be the battle field. her
fields to be laid waste, her herds slaughter
ed, cities destroyed, her sons slain in Battle,
her fair daughters driven from the peaceful
shelter Of home, to become the nurses for
the sick and wounded of the Confederacv.
{ A hundred thousand, and more, of brave
men, fsoln the Potomac to the Rio Grande.
and their loved ones at home wiH never
cease to bless them. The birth of the ma
ton was threatened with unspeakable agony,
nevertheless, she looked the tyrant full in
the face, and rose to the full height of her
manhood. She seems to have said sifithe
possible let this cup pass" But freedom
had not lost her charms, nor op.
preston its odious hate rejecting with dis
dan the terms Of her slavery, with open
arms she embraced her Southern sisters,
yea, her children, cast her lot, for peace and
war, for veal or woe, forever with them. -
Never, to this day, has she, in council Of
state, or on the field of strife and death,
failed to honor this pledge of Alliance
It's painful to record single blur to the
bright picture The building of the Balti-
more and Ohio-Railroad through North
western Virginia, furnished an acquedut
BY which the dark waves of Abolition we're
diverted from their natural channel, and
caused them to overflow one Of the fairest
portions Of the State Hence the disloyalty
of that people, aud their fraternity with the
.murderous legions, who invade US. But
while Virginia persi5tently claims the in
tegrity Of her ancient boundary, she proud
ly disdains the villainous hosts who have
thrust themselves upon her soil to break the
continuity Of Fer chain Of brotherhood, and
distract the harmony Of her eounsels. May
she now look forward wifi. hope to the time
wher this current shall be driven back, when
this aqueduct shall be cat, and the country
drained-when these dark waters may re-
cede to the black sea Of corruption from
which they have been poured forth !!
SUFFnF1NGs OF TUE VIcxsBuRG GARR1-
son. Jackson, July "a number of the
Ficksburg heroes arrived here to-day
have conyersed with number of them.
privates as we'll as officers. The prlyates
praise General Pemberton in the highest
terms. They say they went into Vicksburg
prejudced against him, but no man could
have done more than he did One man man. shed
tears when he t6sa me of what they had sui
ferred, with no relief and then for Vicks-
bnrg to fall The Yankees were lead to
believe that if they took Vicksburg the war
was ended, and they could all go home, and
they would remak to our !. oops. "well, boys,
we can all go home now" An officer who