The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-10
AJOR BAKER 2. LEE.-The

NJ JOR BAKER 2. LEE.-The
vi voters Of the Senatorial District comprising
the counties of Charles City, New Kent, James
City. &c, VIII soon be required again to exercise
man to represent them in the Virginia Senate.
Perl!s and 2XlgenceS are upon US which make
the selection now matter of grea; and grave
Importance. Among the several candidates already
announced, there Is certainty one of peculiar fit
and capabity. Nature and education. habits
Of profound thought and induCtive reasoning, have
qualified him for any sphere of usefulness where
manly virtues are required to meet pressing pub
lie emergency. That man is MAJOR BAKER r
LEE, formerly Of Hampton, and for the last three
years officer III the WarWoTn Thirty-SeCond Vir.
glna infantry.
The next Legislature, apart from the new cha
racter CT state sovereignty sought to be at
tched will need the best talents Of the land
and pilo: the old tenDestbattercd ship through the
seething pillows that threaten to ensulp her. Men
Of tried patriotism and probity must be placed at
the civil heiln-men who have met peril ndismayed,
and can again look the surging storm i'll the face
without q blanchtd check or qualn2 eye. The
proud Old Dominion must not be allowed to waver
IL her faith; and III the next General Assembly
his hopeful and defiant spirit can do much to prevent
that dreaded dshonor. Under its teachings and
example the weak-hnced may cease to tottcr, and
grow firm OIL their pcste,ns again while the
apologst for reconstruction land there many
such in the civil walks of life will be made to
COVER beneath the lash of his indignant eloquence,
and, perhaps, brought back to their plighted
Of loyalty again. Never did, or will, Virginia
Legislature stand more in need OF wise and saga
cious counse!s than at its next session. but that
gacity must be backed by tr1nness and selfsacrif-
cing resolve. These are to be found mainly among
the armies where croaking ever meets with scorn
ard contempt. and where men who have measured
arms with the Zoe can gauge the length aQd breadth
OF their puissant boastlngs
Major Lee vas among the foremost il not the
first prominent man his district to declare in favor
of Immediate State intervention; and his works
have shown forth that Southern Iights' faith His
eloquent appeals upon that subject yet ring In the
memories Of many who soon shouldered their mus
kets and have since stood By his side through many
conflicts Of the war
lie is ripe scholar, as we'll as brave soldier-a
man Of enlarged and statesmanllke views-an able
debatcr. and Yields one Of the most vigorous pens
III the land.
The District may well trust him in the field or
the forum-amid the strife OF battle or IN the de-
Lucrative council where far-sighted saSacity and
tirmness have so often saved NATIONS from rum
The present exgencics Of the country cal tor vlgo-
rous minds and untlinching moral courage, such as
no outside croaaings swerve or intlmdate.
Only the brave in heart and hand are ut to ccun.
sci in times of imminent peril; and the people Of
that war-Tayaged Peninsula District can nave such
representative in the person o. Major BAKER Z.
Lee. NH l0-lt' REJOICE VOTER.