The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-02

HeneAsh HIS feet. Prcciseiy ~ this momeh'
lhose .Taland Dogs" made theiY appeamncf
anon the Continent and from mat momens
MS rood fortune abandoned him. nsseT g re-
,urn The shirsi NAPoLEox Ii aasd TO - be.
iiever in destiny, ~ the nfst Of the name WINS
before him. Can he ace nothing cminous ~
The appearance Of England uron the stage 10
4 war wherein France is ono Of the principals
We have heretofore spoken only Of pitched
ho,,les. In other encounters Of minor de-
description. France has often been victorious
In the wars that followed the occupation %
the French territory by HEsRv " she defeaseo
The English forces In many brilliant cembafs-
IN many desperate .kirmishes, in many lea
vners ana assaults Of fortified places, ana
,.~o,aa heyond doubt, that no nation couio
ranauer France ms long as size RENAMED 'iu.
- ,ar..,f Al This moment, we believe that u
-. ,vou,a remain at home, she might DEFY the
| -, - rurane In arms 1t Is well Enowa
.,.n ,ha, under great disadvantages. she
! -, n,,on this continent defeated the Engs
rs, 4, angagrneuts not strictly to be ranked
,r,,h ni,ehed battles, yet exacting fuily AZ
,,,n, courage and strength as any pitched
| ,a,,,o whatever We speak particularly OF
etched battles because it is BY battle OF TINS
| 49,, thai the fate of England will be decided,
IN all probability, should the French Emperor
| carry GU. his promised project of INVASION
.s would have landed at Chatham SAID y A.
vol FOX to O,MRAgA at st. Helena, with
sa 600 men. and marched directly upon Lon
don. In two DAYS should have been in the cap
i,ai In country SO open as England, a pitched
ta;fle would have been inevitable, and mao
| no fear of the result, We quote entirely from
memory: but upon reference to the book, I'M
| reader will find that we have stated the SUD-
| stance of the conversation correctly. In lht
aninion then OF the most consummate war
r;or thu, ever lived the invasion Of England
| must be followed by great pitched ba'tie
| and that is precisely the very description
! ~ conflict i'm which the English have UNI
| ,,rynIv with but two exceptions, been VIC
/ ,orions over the French for five hundred
| Years. beginning with Cressy and ending WIZ
/ Waterloo. The Emperor of the trehch has
| sho,vn himself-somewha VIGOROUSLY, wear
| ,ound to soy-a man Of prudence ana discre-
/ rio, "a we'll rs n believer in destiny VIII nj
| no, mt IN I and that together, before risKine
| his crown upon the hazard of such ole T.
Snrc are we that no subject of contampiatioi
| could he so por,entously suggestive TO :"
| French monarch on the point OF invading
England Within the four hundred ana sixty
| ciph, wears that elapsed between 1917 and lSis
between Cressy and Waterloo-fonr FrencI
,nonarchs led their armies in person agains
| the armies of England. The first OF these dice
| of a broken heart. at witnessing the miseries
/ to which his country Ind been exposed thu
second was carried captive to England, th'
third was compelled to sign treaty in which
| his couuueror was declared heir to his king
| dom and the fonrth. and by far the greatest o
them all, died a prisoner upon an extingnishet
| volcano mo bad type of his own unparalleled
history in the midst of the Atlantic ocean,
! Has the Emperor of the French, fatalist, rs nj
| is. never refisc ted upon these things!
Of course il would be prtsulnptuous TO lore
| tsll the issue of an invasion not yet made
But Of one thing, at least, Napoleon III. ma,
! be- sure If he should encounter the Engllsi
| ir a pitched battle he will not be allowed Il
! walk over the turf Us he did at Soiferino-
hs win any laurels, he will have to fight fol
| th EN- in quite = different style from that II
which he fought on that OCCASION The Ensiisi
will not quit the field and acknowledge them
/ selves leaten, after losing one man ont o.
twenty. in q fight lasting sixteen hours. Moi'
thsa that, we dare venture to say the hhgiish
will not make peace with him upon MS hrs'
proposal Wien he shall have found MS way
into the island. they will not assist him TO mo
il ont araiu