The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-22
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improve. There must be an sWe"'ei, a"' "
according to those very legal
,,rm. which /, Ia s,s rarecse OF tue euspaa-
.,o. of Tho w,st 70 avoi,,--'be extraordinary
,~,,.rcr of the public service demanding
), 800, Summary process Of military law.
a, hitter are they against the manner OF the
.,.nc,aIop. we may inier that were the cen.
tened authorities - avail themselves OF
me mowers conferred they would take fire
=, once. and communicate the ii,mts to the
whole nation. The dramatic effect OF their
crusade against the mcnstrous Invasion OF
popular lights would be 80 much heighttn-
ed by q case, tha: 1t nay not be unjust 10
suspect that they would be rather reloiceo
over one-not fer any seli-comp'acent SEN
timeut Of theirs, but only to siand M or
the people aud the Constitution What it
President Davis gives them n"ncT ihey
will likely abuse him i'r not DONG So
Whether it be this habeds co'las, or Inc
conscript act, or the anti eub6tit"te law
lon this, however, they are rather s"ooa'"
since the people and the aIhy are MOI aaih
aged by 1t, and rather favor NJ 'ae ID" '''
funding the currancy---cr ihe 'ie ''n 10"
they are all violations oi the tofs'i'"'''''
assaults mon the liberty and The mcst sa'
cred riphts Of the citizen. They decsase That
they are not 10 be intlmidated, No. they -
that unconstitutional acts shall mol go nm
denounced. and above ali, they mean not 10
submit to any master! 1t nisht DC eh'ti'a-
bly, supposed that i'll thai part 0! iheif
speeches IN which they rehouhce All ''s'S'eia'
they in moment Of excitement or cohiu-
sion, by mistake, get mixed up wlth 'heif
speeches on Southern affairs, passage CT
two formerly prepared fer Z philippe agains:
Lincoln aud the Yankee Government h'-
ther this, or the being betrayed into 'hun-
deriny sentence, asserting personal indepeh'
nerJenee. in which they have no idea OF sac
r;a,iny sound and fury 20 such ccntempiibi0
t,;nos as sense and reason, can only ac-
count tor these cutbuGsts frcm some South
ern men.
:, is difficult to imagine what these peo-
ple mean, unless it be merely to cut 4 capef'
and by contrast prove their independence
hv aide of other peoples Eassivcness. The
country is beset Oh every side ny the most
,owertul as well rs the most heariles5 enemy
that could be arraysd against II. Ebe III
umph of that enemy would he the dcs'h
knell of every yes.igc Of liberty III the
South-thc Southern people woEic DC
degraded beneath their very slaves
and no one Of the catalogue OF his
cries and notifications bu. rou'd be
meted out to them. The entire strength oi
the couutry-in men an;! meaus-is demand
ed TO avert these indescrinab.e al ;Himeasn-
rable calamitics. And yet when the repre-
sentatiyes Of the States, after patient sieilb-
ration, decide upon tie measures incisp'n-
sable TO the national defence, not ole "i
them meets the approval oi these gentlemen
All of them arc pronounced uncons.liu-
tional! They affect 10 feel the chains
gradually winding abCut their limbs and
they kick!
Now let Us ask--in tho name Of al that
is rational and patriotic-what would :Aess
men do for the count.y's defence III This
hour of imminent peril How would they
raise up men? How munitions OF wag ,
How money: How E..ny and how much
would they give? Do they dream shat vel
unteeiiDg ia any way would he adequate
either liz men or means 10 the public defence
against tho millions of men that are hurtod
against the country? Do they believe that
by quietly aud passively sending iorwars. The
olive branch OF peace al the head "i & lew
feeble hrigades ci volunteers, the enemy Will
grant US peace AID !adepe'd nee They
cannot labor under any suc.. vain d&iusicn
1t is impossible! There Is rot man on; OF
Rpd,am SO insane as TO imagine any such
thing. Then what do they mean, and what
do they want
But the country, after al, need Gaze very
little about these unalconntable at;n"nstT;s'-
lions. They have their temporary ana limit
Oh 4tf,.c:e and there is en- erd OF them. Let
US not impugn too far the patriotism oi these
c;tizens. The most OF them are vely sonnd;
aome Of them would be consoiei in their
dark App Extensions Tor liberty by Major
Tor some other Generaisbip, or foreign
commission, or secrctaJslip- are on
false scent, thinking they are running with
the people, when they are taking the very
being associated with even the worst OF
these; they are uniuiluenccd by single mo
tive entitled to respect Or charity; but arc
Justly objects of both distcustaiid contempt
1t is upon these last that rests The blood OF
nanny an honest and well meaning Con:edc.
rate soldier, who permitted himself 10 be
misled by them, and who repsnted Of bis
error when too late.
The country is united as never county
Was in such war. The feeble sounds Ct
discord are drowned by the concor.'ant voice
Of the entire people composing the family
of COME derate States. The successes
achieved by noble and intrepid soldicry are
shaming the Respondent and the tirnd into
high spirit and courage. Cioakipg and
grumblirg are subsiding, and when the work
is done, tho activity reached. and the tri-
umph Won, there will be none to admit but
they too were true and faithful, and helped
to achieve the grand result
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