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The Daily Dispatch: may 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], The man on Horseback (search)
ll of hope and promise to her Southern sisters. He referred to the gallant and patriotic cause in which they were engaged — contending for principles, in the support of which their ancestors had perilled their lives, their fortunes, and everything but their sacred honor. That their mission was a glorious one;--that on the soil of Virginia, the mother of States and of statesmen, they were about to vindicate the memories of Henry and of Jefferson, and would make around the hallowed tomb of Washington a rampart which would save the sacred soil on which it was erected from the footprints of the mercenary foe who had threatened to conquer it. That their mission was to free Maryland from the subjection to which traitors had forced it; and in such a cause, and with motives thus impelling them, their triumph was certain.--That the soldiers of South Carolina would be at their side, and the descendants of the Shelbys, the Williamses and the Clevelands, would emulate the deeds of their ancestor