The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-19

AOND, A., lHOh0DA
who hung Mr.. Creigh, and whom the
Yankee General Averill and other Yam:
kee officers in vain endeavored to dis
suade from deeds Of hideous cruelty
We are speaking Of men, not monsters
To say that We respect the Yankee In
vaders more than such men, to say that
history will give those Yankees niche
not as low AS Southern Renegades, is but
feebly to express the lcathing which they
will entertain ior themselves should they
ever succeed in their role Of hired assas-
sins and stranglc the mother that gave
them birth. Thus much may be said
for Yankees: that they honestly believed
the United States one country, and Flo
rida as much part of their own land as
Maine. And thus much could, with equal
truth, be. said Of. the South: that it. as
honestly believed the Union a league Of
Sovereign and Independent States, and
that to the State, not the Federal Govern
ment, the Supreme Allegiance of its
citizens was due. We are not discussing
the question of which was right, but
speaking simply Of an undeniablc fact.
That fact being so, the Yankees might,
with sincerity, maintain their ideas by the
sword, ignorant as the masses were of
the refusal Of the Convention that framed
the Constitution of the United States to
bestow upon the General Government
the power of coercion. But what can
be said of Southern-born men, raised
amid society where no one doubted the
Sovereignty of the States, or the duty Of
their people, if the General Government
should ever usurp the power of the sword
denied to it by the trainers of the Con-
stitution, to resist with the whole strength
of their arm and the best blood in their
veins; of men, thus trained, who, to
keep their places in the United States
Army and Navy, to obtain promotion, to
command large armies, and sail in large
ships, with the flag of an Admiral at the
masthead, become the tools and slaves
of Yankees for the subjugation and ruin
of their own country? The Swiss, who
sold their swords to any power of Europe
that would buy them, never sold their
swords to invade their own mountains
It will not do to speak of Swiss hereafter
as synonym for that which is mos
mercenary and murderous. Southern
Renegade must take the place of tha
name. Benedict Arnold, the only Yam
kee in the Revolution who led British
armies into the heart of his own land
will no longer be doomed to solitary con
finement. Let him make room for tn
kindred spirits who have deserted thei
+ native sod in this struggle, and reddene'
. the soil that gave them birth, and tn
streams by which they played in child
hood. with fraternal blood.
No matter how this contest termi
mates. we envy not their feelings. If "
, are unsuccessful, the most miserable an
oppressed patriot that is driven from hi
D home to exile and poverty is noble
y and happier being than the man who's
BODY is covered with glittering stars an
+. decorations, but whose heart is detile
hv d;shonor and tortured with remors
"Hiph though his titles, proud his name,
Ronn3less his wealth wish can claim;
e Despite those titles, power ana pen'
tn wretch, conCentred 81 Ii sell,
u -Iiyiry, shall forfeit fair reiown,
And Goub.y DYING, shall 80 down,
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Il Unwept unhonored and unsung
e There is no shame in being conquer
IS after such fight as we have made, al
is against such tremendous odds. But t
IS immortal glory and joy if we succee
and succeed we shall, if our people o
- true to themselves, can never be shar
It bv the recreants who have forsaken tn
IS native land in the hour of her sor'
le ueed. ,-....
,f l. "When fits this cross from man to man.
- Wick Alpine's summons to his clan.
N Burst be the ear that fails to heed!
Palsied the foot that shuns to speed!
re Deserters of their country's trust,
ri They ne'er shall mingle with her dust,
OI But from their sires and kindred thwart'
4 Each clansman's execrationsjus
~ Shall doom them wrath and wo,
IN Woe to the traitor! woe"!
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