Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-01

, with n head somewhere on Red river and o tai
down here ON tho Rio Grande. A secohd. edition o.
secession without cause or provOcaton. An ahaD.
doument OF our sister States H. the struggle Tor in.
dependence already the most renowned in the
worlds history peItly that ought to appll, a
crime thai. wants name
Trabs-Mississppi Conlederacy, indie d.
not the Trans Mississippi states engage y Ia the
sister States east of tha Father of Waters to cstal
fish government Did they not covenant 10 per
form a certsin actY Aud have they not sealed tia
covenant witt their own best blood Of the earth
And has the government been established Has
that act been performed Have these obligations
been fulfilled And are they discharged from fur
Their responsibility is not the enemy on our soil 2
Are we nee from the North
While we are willing to admit, nay. contend, thar
the people In their sovereign capacity have the
moral right to terminate allegiance TO one govern
mcnt al any time, and resolve themselves into
new or other form Of government, vet We arr bold
10 say that, to do 50 before the covenant hUs leen
fulfilled, and while their bondi fresh with the gore
OF then former comrades would be an act Oh per
tidy which no language could sufficiently reprobIte
10 talk OF a new Coniedcracy a Lone Star r.
public while the smoke OF burning EamIetS, g.
moan OF heaTt-Strickvn widows and orphans
and the wall Of iamishing thousal 's tell
OF the invaders presence, evidence pert
that belongs not 10 Southern chiyalry I mono
Now is not the time ior listening 10 iearne, lis
uulsiuons from fools OH the abolition of ST. $,
nor 10 reasonable haraugues on new rep
nor Is IL the time TO tolerate any OF the Ct Iug
aud iusidious attempts 10 stab the bleeding ed
eracy. Better by lar would it. be Tor rs he
douhtng, cautIug, cunning, ,houlder-sLr hg,
new republic making, slavery -ahol.shng enc .- ut
the Coniedcracy were within the Federal lir and
doing openly what they are now attempt do
candeStmely. Into the ranks with ~ d, nd
talk OF abolition aiterward. Into GLE ra Al, .ith
the cXempts the details, the cdrpc'', aud discuss
new republics and niger equality after itde en-
dence We had .,fl--' ..rf 81. the side. or -. < r.
der Yankee task-ma-ter during our pJ,ura life
There has been quite too much red I'D Az. Miss
Nancy during the war, and ID persisted IN lOuger,
We are sublugated people.
GUERmLAs il KENTUCKY.
louisville Journal g3i.l
The guerss often get quite near to MS 9rd srsr'
none the less hold on account OF their proximity &C.
Louisville. One day last week couple OF them.
one mounted and the other ON foot went 10 Or nsdr
the house OF Mr. VIM. Locke, about two miles above
Harrods creek, and finding him with 4 mare, ash
ed or claimed permission to examine the animal
They found her old and about to become dam, and
said they would be damned il they would have her.
Before leaving, they saw aneighhor OF Mr.. Locke
coming mp the road on very good horse, and, ul'
his arriving where they wcre dismounted him with
no waste OF words and the ioounair calmly mount
ed In his place, when they two rode oil dcGocr-
ately and UHcoucernedly as II the horse had alw.v
been their uudisputei property.
We are told that II is highly dangerous for q I-i-
yate citizen, even though well armed, 10 make -"-
sistance 10 che seizure hi, property 10y guerlila>
II he succeed, IN rcpcllng two three, these re-
nlorced los their friends, will quickly return and
destroy bis property, and, If possible, take his IT.
The only protection 10 neighlorho"da is either -i-
cieut organization cot the vigilance and activity OF
the military authorities. And no projection can
be perfect short OF the utter auihi!lt.ou Of a..
suerius or their utter expulsion from the State
Let u, have the other OF these results a> soon
as DC can bee accomplished.
EEBFIs FOUND IL a IftY NOW.
Louisville journal March ~
On Friday morning of last week gentleman re-
siding couple of miles from Paramount West
Virginia, while engaged IN pitching hay from autow
to feed ms sheep, suddenly stirred up pair of
gr3ybachS, who had crdwled into the NOV and coz
coated themselves beneath The lay They present
ed their rryoi,ers and ordered the di>,urhcr of
their ,lumher. to give no alarm until they had inc
To- get away. Alter eNtortIus promise ~ thi, r,-
feet, they permitted The farmer TO go L. h's hcs-,
some malt mile uu--whIlu they decamprd
DEAu.-Sergeant Reunie, of RichWond, Company
+, Tycuty-drst Virginia Regiment. died in Peters-
burg on the eth, from effects oil wounds received
on the 18th.