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The Daily Dispatch: August 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
ech before the Bible Society, in which you, in a sneering manner, express the opinion that not five hundred Bibles could be found in the whole of the Southern army; while at the same time you speak in the most glowing terms of the religious character of those you have sent forth to subjugate us. In most fervid language you exclaim, "Has the world ever seen such an army? How their names will glisten in glory!" And in the ardor of your deep feeling, you even suggest that "the rare birds of Billy Wilson's flock" may secure their salvation by the consecration they are now making of themselves to the cause of their country. A stranger might infer, from this remarkable speech, that the contrast between the two armies must be most discreditable to the South. He might naturally expect to see a horde of barbarians contending with the most enlightened Christian army that ever went into a field of battle. But what do we see, when this vaunted army treads upon the soil of the Old Dominion?