Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-16

lEIIn iNa nIIhmon1 WhlE ~
~ uol11ly dmes, mons wcqId demand
~ leI'1ll'ora. more btrcnuou1ly than ue,
~ qoa|liI1s which wo nov hold 70 Be NOT
etly nnnestsd bat pernicious. hodrrgl
noA, can'ion, coNsrpofian, a. ovsr1,cfnpui.
go rspard Jor privsfs rlghts asd 90 rtgid
atzsrsncs % ~ lissifafions Of laiss aad coz
haps - fsr. N nA<ir a,dd ~ wasf boidnsst.
sacovs asafaos, foaiours andan, 4 the BE-
einning, middle and end Of the political
science suiled 70 our emuQepcy. The
man Who has no such word - "fall IN
he vbcsbulsry. vhatevr may Be Biz de-
noienclo othewiaa. would % worth more
20 tke cause, IN public station, thnn = Sec
ond Bacon, he thought our success nn-
eertain. We know, and may have 70
name, goutlpmen In our Legislature, and
Of our delegation In Congress, 70 whose
elcVntion We have contributed, and Who In
ordinary timea would grace their poaiiions,
but Who, for lack Of the one eseenflal quail
ny Of absolute faith, are not only of no ad-
vantage 70 the cansa. but are doing great
harm. Wsrs fAsv anorIs from hsavsa clsv
aAouif b, (or fAs tine bsino, Iaif asids. Con-
stancy and ondnranco Win win this hght
withont the least possibility Of failure.
But men who permit themselves 20 con-
template the chance Of failure are not the
men 70 endure or cause others 10 endure,
all that may be needed for success. We
are not lndulging In ceDsure; our personal
feelings are kind toward the gentlemen
We have In our eye, under other circnm-
stances We would give them hearty sup-
port. but for the purposes OF thia war, as
leaders OF the people and plllars Of the
II - kal.
ton, Incapable or good, and arc uucon-
scionsiy doing Immense mischIef. Lea us
hide them sway, with all tenderness and
respect, In the obscurost retirement, tili
these rough times are overpast. Let us all
their places with men ofless or no sensi-
bility and apprehensiysnosa, and n there
be real danger OF failure, bctter 70 take
men who have not mind enough 70 soc Il.
Nearly all that legislatlon eau do has been
done. All the men aud means ofthe coun-
Try have bean placed at the disposal Of the
confederate executive. Conndsnce alone
Il needed--conhdence that will never fall
Ter, come what may-for that will produce
eonstancy, and constancy will Yield sue
eess, q certainly as spring follows winter.
sHnnfpAn IN TIE RnAR or RIcHnoND.
tFfom the Richmond whis. March H.
Il II a. well known 70 Grant - 20 our
people that considerable force Of Yankee
cavalry Il raidlng through aome Of the
countles west Of Richmond, and In the
vicinlty OF the Central railroad, but Il Il
eonadered Insxpedlent By the military su-
thoritles 10 publish Anything relating 70
thsir moysmsnfs. AZ least this Was the
undertaking several days ago, and We
have not been apprised OF any modification
Of the request communicated 70 the press
We mention this fact 70 explain 70 our
readers tho non'appearance in the WAig Of
Intelligence from the country Into which
tho enemy has penetrated.
rnB sHooTIno or TEE REBEL coxnoDoRB
HoLLINs AnD COL nARMAn.
TFrom the hiehmond Whig, March Isl
II II reported, on autnority which seems
entitled 10 credit, that Col. william A.
Harmon, Of Augusta, was killed at Wsynes-
bor0 afler the defeat OF Gen. Early at that
place. The statement is that he surren-
dered 70 TWO Irish- Yankee soldiers, who
Immediately assassinated him.
Il was also reported yesterday that Com
modors Hollins, Of the navy, was killed In
Aibemario county BY . gang OF Yankee
cavalry. He was attempting 70 escape 70
the woods In company with Mr.. Jefferson
Randolph, 81 whose residence he had been
stopping, when the seoupdrels overlook
II
that the report IL untrue.
HnNHr A. wisn RUNNING ron oon0Rnss
The Richmond Enquirer Of March n
announces Henry A. Wise ~ q candidate
for Congress In the Second Congressional
District ffvm Virginia, composed Of tho
countles OF Norfolk, Princess Anne, Nanso-
mond, Isle OF Wight, Southampton, Sussexl
eurry and Greeneavllle. IeIl
POOIA AT WORK.
tFrom the biohmond Whlg.l
II there Il any one alive 90 sAnRuine As
70 believe that all the oflcious fools ara
dead, II is our dlsagreeable duty 70 misln-
form them. The city contains more than
one OF them, and they are at their appro-
PIRATE work. Their latest act IL what has
attracted our attention 70 them. Thyy
have. made itthe,r business 10 70 70 Lieu.
tpnaht Black ia and inform him that his
donscript gu1|tk allowed many cltlEena
70 pssallhe stfSsn withouiesklng for thsiI
IN eossequsnee ofthIs nsddllng, Lieut..
blackboard has instructed hih guards 70 stoI
every man, no matter how well they MAJ
be awaraof the fact that the pcrsons an
exempt and are armed with ell Ihe regulate
papers, and much was the ihconyeniene'
suffered by eitisens yesterday. The guard
have hitherto permitted 70 pass unchal
lsngcd such citizens - they knew. On,
! Of The guards Informed NJ yesterday thai
he had, during the day, slapped one hun
dred and ffty citlEens, all OF whom had
exemption or detail papers, and Of which
fhct he was fully aware when he halted
them. Ofa piece with the above imbsclls
ofilciouAness, "a that Of persons who eli