Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-06
An Interesting Question D. clded.

Genera ois has stt.el NE question which has
been ag Asd with ouch great anxiety for the last year
BE has proved beyond The s,Oiy OF eAV 'hAt tue
Rslsrvs rroops are IA c7-- rsspcs uhy tqud 20 the
eryics r a.isd O. thsu, and that they may be safely
5eos led , Dc 1-ucl of toe dsty nov PERFORMED ~
a. n al - at sLsvillc, be has
t,,,ss mr.. 20 the tun * ens Of the
ia r,nkf 'sasTVs force, since the
,,v,Isnto oIaned IN ne line, il
s,ssd Of being "a - .poa d4.ies which the Reserves
have dlsohar.-. PEI. In this view OF the case, tie
victory OF Saw r q, Do regarded as one OF the meat
importauI o sv--. The troops that have gained 1.
were Of the class 70 which Grant coatsmPtuously ala
del when he sad the Oontodesae GoTesgmsnt hAa
'robbsd he cradle sad the grave raise an army in
Virginia If these troops came from the cradle, il.
must be confessed tina. they are tolsrably
lusty infants TlsT5 have bssn none Ike them, We
Oyluo, siros tbs days Of Hsrcu,ss, who st'aogled
e,ugl3 o. seIpents when be on. few Gays Old Ii
they have been tenants o. the grave, they seem 10 have
carried much company bsek Nih than to thA Pleasan
abode. /, Grant believes h, queer to Whioa he has
given utterGnee, he feel Little uncomfortable,
should think Our ntan,s, fresh from the cradle and
o. deed men, jls: takaa from the grave to have
dontsd h7 operations BY defeating OF his armies.
W74s cln he eI2ecS from people whose iaiants and
dead men make Ju:h a desperate hShtr
The truth ia, 10 body Of men in the world less de.
serve 6uoa an imputstOa IS that cast BY Grant upon
,As defenders OF VHgiaa, than those 81 whom it vas
aimed 1, Cant does not kaoE this HIMSELF the pee
pls o. Virginia knlW II, aud, what is more important
TIE Ya1kees have u a it on 10 their cost The inu-
enao i'm Led in toe expression J that the Reserve forces
{, Virginia are Of value, ard cannot assist in
fardng what every Yankee professor 60 believe TO 10
the ultimate sss Of the Coaeds;acy. There never
\ greater N stake. The militia Of Virginia have, at
AL tmez proved themselves most valuable auxiliary
-o-os and h Is TO the militia OF Virginia that this con-
tenp,u0as sst'mlte is applied In the Revolutionary
var uoder the command Of George Rogers Clarke they
ponqusred LIMOS and the whole NosthWss.ern Teni-
rory; that very country Wnicl rS,uI foo=h'y gave
zWay 20 be settled by the Yankees ths. country Flioh
has supplied Gram with me Oaly armies he has
mAndsd that brought victory to his standard In the
cane war they fought GuiIcri almost as vel 80 tho
1eguars and Iaced upon CORVALLIS the greater part
% that damage which compelled hin 10 fail bsoI 10
WILMINGTON. When Llsyetts Pass,d through tie
country with bis lille aEmy they joined HIM in nGm-
bsrs 80 large ha, he had than he knew what dc
With Thsy stood BY his side a. Jlmss,oWn sll rent
nth bn % Williamsburg. TE5y mustered i've thou
saae stloIg, and we're di charged only because
Va -bi1gtoa sld Rs-lambea1 had regulars
s-oagh 10 fass th5 job wish,us them. Tnsy,
nsyersleless, to The amount CT tEo thousand, a.
sisted the euch IN shutting Up Tarl o. ia Gloucester
and were mainly instrumental in preventing him from
clting bic way out AID escaping 70 the North. Before
this, powerful body Of them had fog at HtDgs
Moul;an and bad thus assisted in es.abhi,g the first
link n chain OF that led iaeyi a5y udeper
denc In me var Of 1872 they tu,ae5 out almost to
man. They occupied every point accessible 70 the
British. They mad fss opgOs,un ,ies to Distinguish
thenseivos, bu. hey neglected none that offered At
any rate, Jhoy always prompt. always ready, and
never refused 20 co their dug.
Such vsro tie Virginia Ati'ia (or Reserves, if you
wll) in times past VIVA: they s,e nov, let Geleral
E,hols sy or if he be TOO mOiess to say s. General
Bl,oridEs bs ealoi to me stand ID cla tsl General
Cant whether they arc such it plsAsos him to be-
IeVs them l. is certain thai fer dad men and in
1s1ts, they do rike asIoaj1a'nzy hard blows.