The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-18
IMPORTANT FROM VIRGINIA.

PoRrREss MONROE, July l6.--A report reached
Aare Yesterday, from Drummondto%n, on the
eastern shore OF virginia, to the enect tuat u
ee1ious disturbance had arisen there between
the Wnlie residents and 1es, originating In
nc former evlnc ng determination TO disarm
al negroes found carrying hrearm ana other
deadly weapons. The agent OF the Freedmens
Bureau at Drummondto teleeraphed to
General Armstrong, superintendent of this
District setting forth the facts of this disturb
anee and stating that the civil authorities had
heen applied to, but we're powerIess to act Ia
fhe matter, General Armstrong Communl-
Gated with Lieutenant H. s. GanseYoOrt, Acting
Assistant AdiutantGene"al to GeI Generai
Miles, who despatched Lieutenant Crosley,
Of the Twelfth United States infantry regiment,
garrisouing the fortress, with a detall OF men
consisting oil one sergeant two c0rpoIais, anu
fifteen piivates, on the steam-tug GeReOd, 10 ie
scene OF the disturbance, with Instructions to
nse discretionary measures IN preserving the
peace and quiet among toe inhaotants. The
report was doubtless exaggerated, ana orlgl-
n.ted n is supposed in a groundless fear of the
results of hostile feeling entertained by the
farmers and residents of the country against
some Of the returned TeXan solulery ana other
negroes who bad become possessed OF arms, and
whom it was thought intended making an illegal
nse OF them. -
On last Saturday evening, Henry A. Wise de-
hvered an address at the Opera House IN Nor
folk, the subject Of which was che Churches OF
the south, embodying the Oroprety and duty oil
rebuilding and repairing those churches IN the
Southern States which during the war mad been
was very small, owing to the intense heat OF the
evening, and the address, tinctured with his
Well-known rebellious views was not quite as
hitter as his late one, delivered at Alexandria.
During the address, the speaker, in recalling
statement of the Dedicatory Prayer of Solomon,
alluded to the gTievous oaths which had been
required of himself and other people OF Vir-
Enia.
He endeavored to show that it was no spirit
of insubordinatlon, or rebellion to lawful au-
thority, which forbade his taking the oath, but
that The oath itself was false IN its terms, IN that
II was a taclt admission that there had been
Rebellion ; that he and others were Rebels, and
therefore traitors that there Is an existing
Rebellion, and that he had been false to the
Cor stitution OF the United States and the union
OF the States themselve. Whereas, for nearly
half century he had, by word and deed, in
peace and war, battled tor the Constitution aud
the Union aud before the war began had been
one and alone who had desired to hght the fight
IN the Union.
Those oahs were not necessary, could not
accomplish anv good result. and did but pro-
mete perjury, hypocrisy. and general demorali-
zation, as being the condition precedent of even
making an application for pardon; it was
absurdIty and crime. man must swear, not
before he is pardoned, but before he can even
ask to be pardoned. In the kingdom OF Greece,
said he, whoever heard OF such monsrostg?
For himself, he asked no pardon, for the reason
that he had committed no otfense for which to
be pardC ned. The asking OF pardon Omitted
guilt, and for himself he was conscious OF no
guilt. He had obeyed those who had the right
10 command.
The very article OF the Constitution OF the
United States which was revoked to war
rant the making war upon Virginia and the
other Southern States, gave those States
the authority TO do all that might be re-
quisite to defend themselves against inva-
sion and insurrecion. Virginia ordered nun
to the field of blood, and duty demanded that
he should obey that call; and it was too late
now to talk about there being no cause, when
Virginia mad been invaded in her every county,
and every square foot OF territory, and had been
blasted, burned, destroyed;. her churches be-
fouled, even the graves Of her dead worthless
polluted, her houses burned, and her labor
stolen away.
rendered at AppomattoX and Greensboro, and
had taken the amnesty offered them, they are
told that, although they could not leave
the Union, nevertheless they are not i'll the
Union, and shall not come into the Union until
they consent to submit to terms OF degradation
than which death would be a blessed boon.
Ay, the grave of George Washington Is to day
out of the Union, we are told. Those sacred
relics at Mount Vernon are not in the Union,
hut Virginia, once the "mother OF States and OF
statesm enn dismembered and dsmantled Is to
be held in vassalage and condition OF terri
torial dependence.
The terms OF the amnesty oath were still
further criticized, especially that Clause re-
ferring to the laws passed and proclamatlons
issued during the war. The speaker avowed
that with the result of war III the eXtirpation OF
slavery he had no quarrel. 1t Was cause o. de-
won't thanks TO God that he had been released
from the presence OF negrodom and nlggerdom
alike. But while thus reioiced at the result,
and while he would not alter that result II he
could never would he concede the rightfulness
OF the means employed to effect that end.
How forcible to the Southern people, clrcum-
stanced as they are. the appeal TO rebuild, re-
construct rededicate the houses of prayer the
temples of the living God, to pray for their
bleeding SCARED. stricken country, for their
StaCes for the rulers of the country, that they
NAV have, not riches, wealth, and long life, but
thai thew have wisdom and knowledge to go
in and out before all the people, and to govern
rightly these lands for all caDtlves, and
especially TOR thai captive in Fortress Monroe,
who enduIes suffering and prlyahon like a
Christian hero, and that God may so guide,
govern, direct, and control all men and all
events, that the peace, prosperity, ana glory OF
this country may be perpetuated through all
generations
The speaker opened the address with rete
renee to Solomon's Temple, giving graPh!c
description OF It's construction, and an analysis
of solomOn's Dedication Prayer The peculiar
apposteness of that petition TO the condltlon
of the people OF the Southern States was tne1
pointed cut. which naturally led to the conside
ration of the Importance and advantage
rebuilding the more than twelve hundred
churches which had been utterly desro ed II
the Southern States during the war, and tht
MANY others which had been more or les
polluted, detled, dPfaced, and Impaired. Tut
dnty OF restoring the ouses OF prayer, and o
returning to them with penite ice for pas
weaknesses and wlckedness, and with earnes
petitions TOR future guidance and direction, wa
urged with great force OF argument ana pei
BussiOn.
The address lasted over an hour and wa
continually applauded by the audience.
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