The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-20

.w~.,,~arox,s military characteIisssCsDs-'.
-. nsen strong, hard, practical, good sense,
..sss knowiSdss ~ msn, AcisAf appfscsAssea0 =
-. ,,,n nosition and Of circumstances around
Vim undauntsd courase. great prddence, Nm
yielding flrmness, and . stdegres Of sslf.re.
lance. In the Peninsula, be saw Ut glance
that by protraetlne The war Abe enemy must
4. Iast be compelled 10 retire. from sheer
exhaustion, for the whole population was
against them, and they were forcea 70
draw all their resources from France
re adopted. therefore, the plan which was
most certain to be successful. After having
made an inroad into Spain, and suHe'eu 70
severely from the battle Of Talanera that ne
couid not follow up his victory-ifn was ohe-
he ae,ermined "a try no more doubtful expert
800. He retired within the limits Of Portu-
80, : country almost fmpregnable In front,
80, IN. bivh mountains that cover II, and
,a,,,n. the sea in it's rear, on which rode
..ro-s., British fleet, affording him the means
- oa,t,nnal communication with Great Bri-
,.in As there was a level tract Of country
between Lisbon and the mountains, he deter
mined TO render IL impregnable to all assault
| in front For this purpose he constructed the
| gigantic works Of Torres vedras, behind which
| he could retire whenever the enemy appeared
| too powerful to be resisted in the open helos
| and bide his time Il has been made subject
| OF great admiration that, with but GC,ooo En-
rlish and Portuguese, he should have Deeh
| able to resist 2U0,00D French troops But 'he
fact is, the larger portion OF these troops WIZ
| engaged in other parts of the Peninsula. Inv
| largest force ever sent against him WIS lhas VI
| MAssEyA. which did not exceed 5oooo. I'm
eountering this force in the mouhtaihs' ne
eripnled H. and retarded its operations ~ ei
| .ectuallv that he had time TO Withdraw ''ie
| whole population from the plain ana piaee
| thenn behind his works He made them carry
| or moreover. everything that couin aHor"
| sustenance to the enemy, and when MAnshNA
came. he found the country desert, ana was
ohHyed to decamp and fight battle TO his
own disadvantage and the great glory OF the
victor. The position of Portugal served " Ell
rrsGToS for a point of retirement when In
aifffcuIties From that situation ne watcheo
The enemy and struck blow whenever he was
| certain Of success His campaigns resempied
| ,no.e NJ WARRINGTON, with this difference,
that he had veterans under his command, ana
| large feet at his back, whereas the American
| had militia. no money, and no feet
| ALISON saws BoNAPARTE "was great Geh-
| ara, because he was a great man." WELLiNG-
TON was precisely the reverse. lie was a grea'
man because he was q great General. 1AGo
was !" nothing if not critical" WELLINGTON
va. nothing If not military. 1t would De
hard tn name more indifferent politician.
His views belonged to the middle ages. he
wa. an enemy to all progress. He fought, In
the prime of manhood, for ancient abuses
He le9islated in their favor to the last. the
| rights of man were sheer nonsense to him
He could not understand how anybody could
have rights, but the privileged classes Lord
John RUSSELL says "the Congress OF Vienna
rese,nbIed an assemblage of medieval Barons,
met to parcel out their serfs among each other
| The policy here indicated was that which
| WELLINGTON devoted his whole life to main
| tain. A new idea was TO him little less than
| treason. When he was Minister, he found
| that Ireland would rebel unless he granted
| Catholic emancipation. He carried that mea-
| snre through. But, becoming alarmed At the
| expulsion of CHARLES X, he instantly took
| the back track and refused to vote for Parlia-
| mentary reform, intimating that he never
| meant to take another step in the direction OF
| liberalism In word he was the very
4 model of an old fogy. As long as he lived, no
| reform could be introduced into the army, ne
| even preferring the old British musket to En-
| FIELDS rifle.