The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-06 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6.

" Tea gleam of Federal success," which
could scarcely be discerned by some people in
this country, has terribly dazzled the eyes of the
South. From Richmond, Charleston, Montgomery,
and Mobile there comes a cry of distress which
shows the sober opinion entertained by the Confe-
derates of the imminent danger which threatens
them. There is no complaint against the generals,
or against the Government. No one ventures to
assert that if a different policy had been pursued
the present crisis could have been averted. On
the contrary, the Southern journals are loud in
praise of their leaders. All that could be done has
been done with such materials as they had in hand.
But these materials have been exhausted—the
South has Seen outnumbered, and the only thing
now to be done is to recruit the ranks of the
Southern armies by every possible expedient.
That expedient is nothing short of a levy eii maw.
Every male between the ages of 18 and 45 is now
called into active service. No kind of exemption
is henceforth to be allowed, and the natural result
has at once followed ; for, according to the Rich•
mond Enquirer, no less than 100,000 persons
claiming to be foreigners have presented themselves
at Richmond alone, in order to obtain passes for the
North. It is impossible to deny that J EPPERSON
Davis and his colleagues are justified in the step
which they have taken. The Southern rebels have
placed these men at their head, to achieve their
independence, and to establish a great slave con-
federacy. It is their duty, therefore, to use what-
ever means they possess to attain their object.
The terns of the new Confederate Constitution
authorise the Government "to raise and provide
" armies," and the Confederate Congress has
passed a law enabling the Government to use con-
scription for this purpose. In ordering, there-
fore, every man between 18 and 45 to join
the conscript camps, JIJIRRSON Davis is clearly
acting within the authority conferred upon
him. But the same doctrine must be ap-
plied to the North. The Federal Constitu-
tion of 1787 confers precisely the same
powers on President Lnecotie. Indeed, the very
terms of the so-called Confederate Constitution are
copied verbatim from those of the Constitution of
1787, and the Congress at Washington has au•
thorised the Penniman. to " raise and provide
" armies" by conscription. It has been confidently
weeded that President LINCOLN is exceed-
ing his powers by ordering the draft. It is with
equal confidence asserted that the Confede-
rates are justified in imposing the draft. Both
propositions cannot be true, except upon the sup-
position that a different interpretation is to be put
upon the same words in different sections of the
same people. But since the Federal Pamperer
and his legal advisers agree in opinion with the
Confederate Penniman and his legal advisers, that
opinion is in all human probability unimpeachable.
Reverting to the military situation, it is now
clear that there are but three armies in the South
—the army under Joarrirrow, the army under
Bruno, and the army under Las. It is abun-
dantly clear that the army of JOHNSTON, which
is now marching eastward, is in no position to
oppose even a division of Gamic 'a army,
which, it may be observed, has been re-
inforced by troops drawn from that of
General BURNSIDE, who commands in Ohio.
Beano now appears to be in the neighbourhood of
Atlanta, in the centre of Georgia. And although
he has been censured by some of the Southern
papers for retreating from Tullahoma, the proba-
bility is that he found himself too weak to oppose
the advance of Roexcamia. It is said that Baaoo
and JOHNSTON are endeavouring to operate a
junction. Such a result it is not easy to attain.
But even if it were possible, there is no reason to
suppose that both armies united would be able to
oppose any effectual resistance to the com-
bined armies of Roezuraws, GRANT, and
such of B URNSIDZIS troops as can be
spared. Indeed, the Southern journals are
compelled to admit this; and if it be true, as
they assert, that the Federal force amounts to
some 180,000 men, it is clear that their fears are
reasonable. Some of these journals talk loudly
of a guerilla warfare. But their efforts in this
direction hitherto have not been very succ
The last attempt under MOEOAN has been de-
feated, and when the great lines of railway are in
possession of the Fedora's, any desultory warfare
will be of no great importance. Indeed,
those who look forward to such a system
misapprehend the nature of the struggle.
The Federal Government have probably no inten-
tion of occupying every town and village in the
South. They will probably content themselves
with occupying the Mississippi, the chief sec porta,
and one or two strategical points in the centre of
the country. This done, the Confederate States
may be left to govern themselves as they did
before the civil war.

Of these seaports the chief is Charleston.
Situated as it is on • tongue of land between two
rivers, it offers peculiar facilities for investment,
and even if that should for the pre-
sent prove impossible, there can be little
doubt that the possession of Morris Island
will enable the Federal* to destroy Fort Sumter,
to take possession of the entrance into the har-
bour, and ultimately of James Island. Such •
success would enable the Federals to plant their,
guns within reach of the city. Under these cir-
cumstances it is not surprising that the Charleston
journals should ho urgent in their advice to send
away the women and children to some place of
safety in the interval.

The
movements of the army of Genera! LEE
►ro still shro,;ded in mystery. It would be absuN
to iliy upon the telegraphic announcement that
the arrangements of Genersl MrAnt have already
ensured his rivers destruction. It is by no means