Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-16
Discontsnt in Georgia.

We regre. to signs of dissatisfaction in Georgia.
The teegraphic Synopsis of Governor Browns Message
is not pretty, AID Mr. Linton Stephens proposal to of
fer peace after every Confederate victory shows too
much anxiety to prefer what is wanted or ct least
has noyef been asked for. Would it DO i-adYised or
precpitae to wai until the fret great Confederate VIC
tory had b,en Wony What doe, Mr. Linton Stephens
propose to do after every Confederate defeats "
The people oil Georgia mistake the people OF Virginia,
precisely as they did in ls6O6 when Virginia seemed
and was really lOath t, seceds Who quarrels now
With VrgiGias attitude toward the NorthS Gsorgans
fancy Vrginans have forgotten George Mason and Pat
rick Henry and John Randolph, and have left to Geor-
Ea the proud task of UNFOLDING the ,Odlrd Of ate
Rights. Nothing can bf further irOm The fact. They
Who obey bes. are bes. lifted to command Amidst all
this submission, msn thinking and talking quietly
State Rights in no danger, except from the Yankee
Governor Yanoes aimirahls address, unsnsWersble and
hateful as must have been to every Holdenite Re
Oonsructionis is redoent of State pride aud dsterm
nation Blu. the deepest forces the sslles" says
Carlyle BstWsen North Carolina and Georgia, there ia
little State which very noisy until the bornbard
ment of Sumter began, and sncs then has been per-
fecty mum content to do her whole duty in the war
aud make no sigp, still less complaint They who
think South Carolina has forgotten her cunning,
dreaming. Let the war ones ead--lh1t'sal.
But before the war ends, we may be bound hand and
fOOtl Nay, truly TIE concern here is too weak and
our Generals are too true No coscern could be srong
enough There is the slightest occasion for aarH
Tas Columbus Sun talks about hsJsas corpus secret
sessions, secret messages We should be glad to know
something more definite about these secret messages,
before we coincide with the gloomy views of our
temporary But the Chronicle and Sentinel to be
in pecul arly bad way. 1t asks what We fighting
for? aud says:
The rapid deterioration in the tone of our people s
enough TO gil any thoughtful man with apprehension.-
We are In the midst OF revolution undertaken for the
vndcaton of rights, and already every vestge Of
popular liberty is destroyed An oVershadoW wing mill
tary despotsm has reared sefupon the ruins OF pat Lie
law and private rights ire dependent upon the will OF
the Executive.
Toe late Congress degraded the country. We have
nothing to say Of It's lack of wisdom. But it was SER
vile to the a3t degree The act suspendog the writ Of
babeaS corpus was simply shameful. The President
asked Congress- to SIT aside the laws for the protection
of the persons Of the czsn and Congress fastened TO
make this last surrender of popular rights the feet of
power Hitherto, the people have been accustomed to
iook to their Representatives in every free country for
protection against the Entertainments of the Executive
But the late Congress example Of sub ,efysnce to
Executive poser, uue1ampled in the history of free
States The Congress voted suspead the writ
corpus because the President asked itl Whata con-
junction between gra ping Executive and a erngiDg
Congress If the people tubmt to this sre is little
hope for the preservation of popular rights under our
new Government. IT, in the order Of gracious and
wise Providence we succeed in establishing our indie
psudence we shall be compelled TO inAnguraie new
revolution for the recovery Of nberlies They viii
be a. cOmrl tsly buried az PoDps or Hercuaneum na
der the ashes Of volcano that threw lnrd Hames to
The heavens Only 10 snb@ege the very region which /.
illuminated with its baletul spendors.