The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-04

ties get unknown to the Yankees.
THr SPIRIT or THE ARxy.-Every
letter th&t appears from Gen. Lees army
breathes the highest spirit. There is
something affecting. grand, and sublime in
the magnificent courage Of these heroes
. courage which not only scorns the
perils Of the battlefield, but is proof
against the unmanly croakiugs at home
OF men who have never yet heard a bull
: let whistle, but have been living in Sc
curly and plenty during the whole Of
the war. Itis hu,niliating truth that
the only sections Of the country in which
repinings, disloyalty, and treason have
found utterance are the most remote
from the seat Of hostility and danger,
whose people have never been disturbed
even by raids, who have been making
money out of refugees, and out of every
body and everything else which could be
turned into gold. With these ex-
ceptions, and others who have man
aged to find exemption from the
tolls and perils of the strife, there is a
universal determination never to make
any terms except entire and eternal
separation and independence from an in
fernal foe. But, Of all classes of our
countrymeD, none are so uncompromis-
ing a. the men of the army-thc men
who have made the most sacrifices, and
endured all the hardships and perils of
the war. The Southern army is in fact
the Southern people. 1t contains the
cream Of the chivalry, the patriotism, the
physical stamina, and the moral worth Of
the land. IF We desire to find the only
infallible exponent of the spirit and pur-
pose Of the Southern Confcderacy, we
must look to the army, and its universal
voice is that it would prefer death to the
last man to life and subjugation.
. Never was there body of men any
where which more fully realized than this
army that life is 'of no value without
honor and independence that the few
years Of mans stay upon earth-few at
the uthost-would better be curt short
in the path Of duty than protracted in a |
miserable existence Of woe and humilia
ton. The army-the always valiant and
always victorious army-which has suf-
tered and dared SO much, proclaims itself
ready to suffer and dare thousand fold
more rather than discolor its bright ban
ners with the shame Of submission and
conquest. 1t has fought hundred bat
ties; it has endured hunger, heat, cold,
and raggedness; it has beaten the foe
over and over again, and all it asks Of
those who have never fired gun, or en-
dured q pang Of hunger, OF suffered a !
single discomfort of life, is not to discour-
age with their dismal croakings the spir-
its of the men who are fighting for their
security, comfort, and independence If
these disconsolate stayers at home will
not fight, let them at least cease from
groaning, wailing, predicting all |
manner Of evil, and dim.ning with their
despondent breath the bright mirror in |
which brave men only see the lineaments
Of hope and victory. Let them cultivate
faith in God, and have some confidence
in the Justice Of their cause, and the yigi-
Fence and yal0r oil the heroes by whom
tits upheld.
The North has made some nine or ten
enterprises Of ''On to Richmond" in
each and ell of which it has been signally
defeated, and yet, after all their failures,
1t renews its efforts with undated per-
severance What shall be said Of
Southern men who have not as much
confidence and determination after
ten victories as the North after
ten defeatsy If they were fair spe-
rimen Of Southern manhood the SUBJ
.jugation Of the South would be no longer
= question. That they are net is evident
enough from the fact that we are still in.
dependent. xtiil free, still determined, and
defiant. For alltllis We may thank, un.
der God, the army, who represent the
patriotism, honor, and fortitude of the
Southern race, and who have not one
quality, sentiment, or emotion in COM
mon with the degenerate and emasculaastl|
beings who cannot draw q lonG&lSl8 il
there is single cloud. in az md
who quake with terror at every 46 sIf-s
clap as II the end of the world was come,
We invoke the soldiers of the South 10
turn deaf ear to the raven-croakincs
which come up from in their rear from
these unfortunate mortals whose unfal.
anced minds and d;smdered livers pre-
vent them from fos4aing an intelligent and
dspasslonate isudgment of public affairs
!ns gfee- aeart Of the country, all that
l4E0ad and true in 1t, keeps time with
the implying quotations in the hearts Of
its herosa Noble, generous, devoted
men-men Of whom the world is not
Worthy--men whose deeds have never
hen surpassed in all Greek, all Roman
fAne-yols countrymen and country
women ere not only grateful for your
Rast but full Of Hope and Faith in your
1atnfe. They are proud Of your cour-
-, proud Of your humility, proud