Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-24
SPIRIT DE THE ARMY.

AT a meeting of the sth and 18th Virginia Regi.
ments of Hunton's Brigade and Taylors Battery,
held on Tuesday, It'll inst, pursuant 10 notice-On
motion OF Col Darlington, Captain T. X. Cooke, Of
the 18th Regiment made President, and, on
motion, Z. D. Kineheloe was made Secretary.
The objects CT the meeting being briefly stated
| by the President on motion of Charles Irving a
committee, Of the following named gentlemen was
appointed TO draft a report and resolutions for the
meeting: sAbram Warwick and Sergeant Jacob
Wright, of the sth and Sergeant J. c. Luck and
Charles Irving, of the 18th Virginia Regiment and
Sergeant Nimmo, of Taylor's Battery. The fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions as reported by the
Committee through their Chairman, Charles Irving,
we've accepted and unanimously adopted:
Report OF the Committee.
The Committee bes report the following pesm-
DE and resolutions
On the 18th OF April 1861 the egates Of our STATE
Convention after mature deberatiOn dissolved the CON-
pact binding Virginia the United States government
ami rrassumed that state soyereignty which abe had
pr Is reserved III becoming member al the late Federal
UnOu. recapulation OF the reasons inducing this
ion deemed IL il sufficient state that
the people at the ballot box uncontrolled BY any agencies
except An eng htened regard for their interests and no.
ratified the action OF the Convention by majority
- overwhelming, that with the exception OF small tier
OF counties lying upon the Ohio river il might Almost b.
by her Owl voluntary act member Of the Con.
iederatc state since that time has borne her part
ia the great stragge yer undecided with lavish prodi
gllty VI men and means and an unmumurng Submission
the rayages OF war IN all its varied infections which
Aas won for her the admiration OF the world.
Sithout complaint she has her best and brlyest
fall IA the shOrG OF battle perish from disease She
has een her fertile fields b.ckened by the cinders
Of burnt houses and granarie helpless women and chill.
ren driven from comfortable homes and in instan.
the victims Of wrong 10 which death IL mercy In
word she has been subjected 20 every thing in those
sections oyerruu by the enemy which could be suggested
the malice OF enemies ackno wledgng restraint but
the Limitations OF their ingenuity in Of violence
these wrongs make separation from those who perpetra
ted them and the government which ordered and sane
Uoned them necessity from which neither regard for
aur honor Or safety allow escape or alternative To
make that SEPARATION certainty the first aud only pa
rotc duty deyoiyed upOu al in the Confederate
states whether at home IN the field
The army appreciates IN its fullest the Oblga-
tons resting upon them and prepared TO discharge those
obligations II needs no appeals, does its patriotism
require Tekindlng II only asks TO know that the loved
home still uphold and sustain them in their struggle
Of this they have every assurance Ii must however be
confessed that lately rumOIs have reached rs OF de-
spondency among the people, carried by some to doubts
aud nisgivngs TO the fual result. All such sent
meHts should az he expelled from your thoughts
and in their stead be substituted firm energy aud un
elijah devotion 10 the in the sphere which the
necessities OF the country may assign you Reunion with
enemies d suicidal as II IS Taught with every moral
amt constituting dishOpJI Thea deyastations in the
valley OF our State-their exactions and tyrannes
New Orleans Memphis Norfolk aud other places here
admission should have saetyheir recent absolute
humiliation OF the city of Atlanta aud destruction OF
property in their march through unresisng country
~ Savannahther acts OF Congress cOnscating the real
sud personal estate Of all the of tue Conede
lcy-aud lastly, their emancipation OF the slaves and
eley alton of them 10 equality with their maseTs
make reconstruction IT, in the language OF Patrick
enry, we we're base enough % desire IT. perfect
national AMI individual saicide snbjug alton. indie
sndence ID the oDy hope for either life property hon
1he arbiuameHt Of battle must therefore be contin
asd its hazards braved aud its sacrifices manfally
borne
The action Of President Lincoln in requiring
submission 10 the laws they are, among which J.
her late law abOlishing slavery, which connected
win he mission vi negro 10 practice at the bar OF
Supreme Court Of the United States, which ia the
,mous bred Scott case, decided negro be citi
zen, conclusive that they elevate the negro
equality with the white man. The consequence of
his state yf things OF t South need be stated
argued With negroes, maddcued by fresh eedOm TO
oam az will through the country with the right to
Is against the white man aeoAmpaRied b. Yankee |
uige 70 expoand the law, ami Eee or negro iues
IS a. IS a state Of degradation ana OF actnRl horror
capable that argument cannot strengthen or illustrate
The south would truly be in condition compared TO
vEeh c,yn war, relapse to barbarsm, would be
ieare and safety
While it is admitted that serious disasters and reverses
AVE attended in Georgia and Tennessee, and at
ott Fisher vet cannot these reverses any sut
Re- gronnd for that dependency which have heard
Nss 10 some extent with those at home IL j. true the
'neny haze tax Atlanta aud destroyed il and have
usrebel unorg sed through Georgia carrying deSasIa
puSh "a They marched But this only shows 10 them
TIE broad distinction between the Tavaging Of country
hu Us su0ugation and cannot fail TO impress upon their
minus 'hAh Ehe plumber aud rayagng in the absence Of