The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-26

party" &c, at the mansion of the head
of which, unbidden, unsolicited, hat of,
he persists upon pushing himself, the
petitioner, for ''fayours," n.behalf of a
man who is too proud to ask them for
himself. Women in Virginia n
Maryland have done this, too, and the
daughter OF the illustrious Crittenden
pleaded so hard-and no suspi-
cion attended her "plea"-that the
great magistrate of the great en-
pire, which the Richmond mans client
strove to destroy, dropped manly tears;
then wiped them away, and with a thick
tongue, told her, whose fathers dog he
respects, that ~"treason was a crime"
Weary and jaded you are, reader, we
know but bear with us a moment, FOR
our cause-which is Peace. We want
to ask that English witness a question
or two. Suppose Lord Brougham, who
has had all the large honors OF the
realm conferred upon him, just as the
United States has conferred honors upon
Mr.. Davis, and s~upposing he had in 1861
walked out of the Upper House, and put
himself al the head of the Fenians, and
then, after four years fair and unfair fight
ing, the offering of rewards for the heads
of the honest defenders of the Govern
ment of the nation-not your paper
"nation,n you ~know-would you, MIR.
Unknown English Periodical-and
while we ask the question we insist
that the Fenians have q for
rebellion which never existed in the
South-would you kiss the bibleof King
James and aver on oath that the defeat,
ed old BrOugham Twas M or the
worlds foremost men" n a "caim
statesman who had made a conquered
Ireland "into a ~natiOn?" We rather
reckon and guess not, Mister Unknown,
and you may step down, and go the way
of all your countrymen who have, with
the characteristic which
marks the English snob everywhere,
striven to divide those whom the Crea-
tor intended should be- united. This
!, controversy with the Examiner has
been q source of amusement to us; and
vet it is amusement not unattended
I with pain. We see a person with a
I John Mitchelish sort of qualities, pro.
/, claiming that he asks nothing, but sstill
begging and begging too, in behalf ofs
man who does not thank him for his
e suppIications. We have dealt candidly
| with our Richmond cotemporary in this
# discussion but it is due to our readers
f that we should explain that there Ii
nothing in the attention which we have
condescended to bestow upon The Grea'
# Scold, tojustify the beliefthat we accep'
s this "blowug'' print as the recognized
4 exposition of the real feeling OF the grea
e majorities of the men of the South
The witty editor of the Providence
Journal, now n Senator of the United
g States, nee said that Kansas-screechint
o SURPASSED all other manifestations of woe
So we say of him who jests at scars ant
never felt a wound, and who seems t.
e thirst for a continuance of a famil.
struggle, which the fighting members
Grant and Lee, Sherman and Johnston
men who have that wisdom which Is b.
It experience bought-say should end. w
are wivir .,io h~----~ &c tho o~ant war-
1t the men who were first In war, first !
peace, and first in the hearts of thei
Is countrymen, and we shall do our best
J. keep out of the society of those sulk,
v gentlemen OF Richmond and thOs
frowning people everywhere. who thin
v it a light thing to pull down a gran
It edifice. 1t may be we are craven, ur
h worthy of the notice of Distinguish
u bravery out of danger; but 1t wi
IS require something more than the lou
- words of the Examiner, its fish .monge
d vocabulary, its harmless assaults on il
brother radicals, its continued tossing {
imaginary bomb-shells-which 1t put
into its imaginary piece wrong-en
foremost, and fires with inexperience
random into an imaginary camp-t
10 bring us to its wild way of thinking, O
Is to compel us to assert that manhood
nowhere to be found outside of its cast
in the air. To go back again, but wit
h no purpose of recalling the nameles
Englishman, let us ask our touch
" friend in Richmond, what there is abou
n. Mr. Davis's quarters in Fortress Monrc
As that is so terrible? The young queen
ia Naples embroidered handkerchiefs fd
ID her friends, in a fort, besieged for man
IL days by the most skilful artillerists
IL Italy, and that, too, cheerfully, withou
"a murmuring. Can't Mr.. Davis EMO
A. the comforts of a peaceful fortress, unit
A. the cyclone raised by the radicals of VII
10 ginia has exhausted itself-until tn
distrust excited by their indiscres
: pleading gives way to confidence?
i'd No COMPENSATION. The Quarterma
he ter General refuses to pay for propert
m used during the wa for military purpo
y. es i'm the Southern States. The follow
", ing decision has just been made in
n case where vouchers had been given, b
is order of commanding general, for tn
o. use of a blacksmith shop and tools b
' longing to a loyal citizen of Wincheste
70 Virginia: