The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-21

~ of our country. By the h5".o
a ..a ~, " ling ruin Of what had once pee"
."o .,',d nslace, Napoleon read TINS vi
s,pr;rs;on. which Kostopchin had a'nAeu
t, his gate: .;rht wears |
IN embeliishing this residence. Ai..o
have lived happily in inc " v't IT, ss+atS
family. The inhab'tan.s, ., 49,. a,3 ,.Son,,,
numbering seventeen hundred anu '"en'y
VERSIONS. have Quilted 1t at your APP
r,,ro.ch and have, with my own nahos,
t;red ,nv beloved home to prevent Its lO-
lntion by your presence"
Shall our patriotism be colder and
more calculating than that Of the sub
;ccts of a despotic ruler? Have We less
reason to resist-lcss reason to detest-
tho invading armies Of the North than
the Russians had to oppose and hate the
French! Our enemies, with a boastful
insolence unparalleled in the history OF
modern civilized warfare, have threatened
not only our suhjugation, but some Of
them have announced their dctcrmipa-
lion, If successful in this struggle, to de-
mort our entire white population and
supplant it with new population drawn
from their own territory and from Euro
pcan countries! While such a threat
may we'll excite our Iidicule and con-
tempt, the deyilish spirit which prompts
it must provoke in us an Indignation that
would render the feeblest people invinci-
ble' Think of it j.
That we, the descendants Of a brave
ancestry, who wrested from powerful
nation, by force of arms, the country
which we inhabit-bequcathed to us by
them, and upon which We have been
born and reared-that we should be up
rooted from it, and an alien population
plsnted in our stead-is thought that
should inspire US with undying hostility
to an enemy base enough even to have
conceived it. Every motive, then, of
honor and Of self-interest-of patriotism
and of domestic aftection-every senti-
ment of manhood and self.reSpcct-unite
in ,,erying us to resist, to the last extre.
nifty, our cruel invaders. Success gives
us a country and a proud position among
the nations of the earth. Failure makes
us the vassals of an arrogant people,
secretly, if not openly, hated by the
most enlightened and elevated por.,
tons of mankind. Success records
us forever in letters of light upon
one Of the most glorious pages OF
history. Failure will compe! us to
drink the cup Of humiliation even
to the bitter dregs-of having the
history of our struggle written by New
England historians! Success is within
our reach: We have toi!ed and painted
EDWARDS nearly to the goal. We have
almost grasped the costly prize of indie
pendence-never won except through an.
gaish and blood. The crown stands
ready to e2circ!e the fair brow Of our
young Republic. The shades. of our
martyred heroes hover over us and
bcckon US on. The fearful entreaties of
Cur mothers, wives and daughters to
save them from nameless horrors urge
us forward. Will we pause: Can VIC
faltert Will we allow the weapons
which the God of Battles has SO often
directed to the shifting Of the despoilerS
Of our homes now to drop from our
nerveless hands! Shall we be discou-
ragged by the superior numbers of the
enemy?
'The battle to the strong
Is not given,
While tie Judge Of Right ard Wrong
Sitsin Heaven!
The God of David still
Guides the pebble at his will,
IheIe are giants vet to kill
Wrongs rnshrivcn -
Bat the enemy has already put forth
his utmost strength He has made his
most gigantic efforts He has strained
his energies to their greatest tension
lie has taxed his resources to their ut
most limit. He is almost spent, and
breathlcss with his tremendous cxer-
tons. Let us stand firm. Let us be
calm and rcsolute. Let us show that
our faith in our cause, and in His
guidance, who shapes the destinics Of
nations, "is fixed and cannot movc.'-
In that faith, and with humble reliance
on that guidance, let us hope all
thiugs-endure all things and when
we strike the invaders of our coun-
try, let Religion, Patriotism, Love,
Honor, noble Pride,-evcry sent
ment sacred and dear to the heart
Of man,-nerve our arms and give
vigor to the blow! Thus shall VIC con-
quor the peace for which we all so ar
IDENTIFY yearn Thus shall we make the
memories Of our slaughtered sons and
brothers glorious and immortal! Thus
shall We compel the nations of the earth
to receive and to welcome us among
them! Thus shall we make the pillow
and the reaping hook replace the cannon
aud the sword, and our ravaged fields
smile once more with teeming haryests |
Thus shall we return our devoted SOL
diers to their long abandoned homes, and
enable our people once more to sit, each