Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-02-07
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has now mustered there upwards Of 400
men, and it is rumored that ere long the effec-
tive force will be carried to $4,000. Due JUS
tice is not paid to the successes already obtained
on the Northern coast Of Africa by the sons OF
Spain, nor to the importance of the obstacles
they have to overcome, no more ina" "
the deliberate and resolute manner Will
which the war has been decided upon. Inc
difficulties were not moderated. If oiere were
any. who expected Of a trlumphal march
and sweeping victories, they were not the
Inhabitants of n country who never forgot at
what cost they expelled the Moorish invaders,
and confined them, at the end Of i most san
culinary struggle, on the other side Of the
Stroit to their native borders. The rccollec-
lions of the Guerra de Granada are too vivid
among the population Of the lberlan peninsula
to admit Of doubt; but it was conformable TO
the policy Of other powers, and among lheii OF
England, to anticipate too much from the ue-
ginning, in order to have an opportunity TO
give to the more rational, but at the same time
more slow march Of events, all the appearance
of q check.
There is no check, however. Take things
as they are, think Of the country as it is, OF
the Moors as they fight, of the climate, and OF
what it permits, and nothing can be pronounced
more creditable to the Spanish ~soldiery, and oil
4 better omen for tue future than what has
been already accomplished. We would say
the fight is hardly one OF our times, and OF our
generation, if we did not entertain the convlc-
ton, that in spite of the appearances 10 the
contrary, the masses in Europe have continued
to feel pretty much rs they did some centuries
ayo. No Spaniards have as yet been made
prisoners; none have been reported rs missing
On the other hand they have not even been
able to capture any Moors, except when the
latter arc desperately wounded, and then 1t Is
because their lives arc spared in spite Of them
selves. The Moors give no quarters, and they
oxpect none. The Spaniards are willing TO
rive quarters, and to fight rs L civilized and
Christian nation; but they can hardly 10 SO, MS
the Moors do not look for quarters, anu continue
fighting, that is, stabbing and hitcing even
when wounded and lying on the ground. As
for the Spanish soldier, he had rather suffer
u thousand deaths than allow himself to be
taken into that short captivity among the
Moors, which is sure to terminate, after un-
heard Of ou,ragcs, in II mostiGnomlnious death.
1t is in vain that the omlnandcr-ln-cnic has
issIed a proclamation to his soldiers. request
ing them not to depart from the laws OF Euro
pean warfare; the Moors will not allow that, us
they refuse the benefit Of it; if the Spaniard
does not kill his prisoner, he will be killed by
him. All the information from the Spanish
CAMP. fully admits the reckless bravery with
which the Moors RUIZ to the very muzzlcs OF
their guns. Their modes ~ofattack always par
take of the character Of all ambush. They mus
fer large masses under the cover Of some rock
or wood and make i rush on what they consld-
or a weak point of their enemy. When they
come to close quarters, as they do sometimes, the
musketry and even the use Of the bayonct are
overlooked for the use of the dagger or knife,
which the Spanish soldier handles as L weapon
not less familiar TO him than to his African
neivhbor. The casualties thus inflicted upon
the Spanish army become important i'll the ag-
cregate. The guerilla war is one Of q terrible
character rs far as the expenditure OF human
life is considered. The Spaniards know il; the
experience Of their own reninsular war
of independence has taught them al It's
secrets; nor can they expect otherwise than
to suffer heavily from 4 mode of lighting,
in which the losses of the French armies,
which occurred in the regular battles,
were exceeded by those resulting from the M
terccpting of convoys, the interruptins Of CON
munications, and the falling on Getacl.meitS.-
1t results from these facts, that the Spaniards
are, perhaps, the best soldiers in the world to
accomplish such a conquest. Diamond cuts
diamond.
The late pamphlet, sic Pape CT lc CongreS,
has kept its promises. Its explosion, like that
of a huge bomb-shell, has raised i %cla.nOr,
made ruins, put people Oh their guard, and
begun actual warfare. y. consequence vi 1t Is,
that the Congress 10 which it was intended 10
submit the question has become very probe.
matte. The question, therefore, is no longer
what will the Congress Go, buzz will there hc ii
Congress. Another consequence is, the rcSis-
nation of NJ. Walewski Us Minister for Foreign
Affairs in France. Indeed, they give us to un-
derstand, that it is because he objected TO the
policy advocated by the Pamphlet, and declar-
ed that such a policy would have no chance To
be carried into practice, as long as he woaid
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accepted
For all that, the official New Years day
passed of very quietly. Then the Papal
Nuncio addressed the French En- yer"r with II
laconism, which would have won him the
favor Of Il Spartan audience. AS for the Eu.
peror, in his answer to the Nuncio, he modest
iy gave to himself the merit Of having, since
his access ion to the throne, always respected
recognized rights" The question remains
open then, whether the rights ol the Holy See
in the Rouiagna are among the ~'rccognizcd'
rights.
The Bishop Of Orleans, N. Duuanlcnr, has
published a most violent letter against the
pamphlet. 1t is said that he wrote that letter
in a single night, in the very office where it
WAS printed, Il circumstance which would nc.
count for its virulencc. In such circumstances
one OuHul 10 DC CaTCIul lot W NItc "St'otV.-
As u set of, N. Cuur, Bishop OF Troyes, TO
whom the authorship Of the pamphlet itself was
at first attributed, published a pastoral letter
in his Diocese. 1t is no less remarkable for It's
opposition to the views Of the ullralIontanc,
than for its moderation and tolerance.
A more profane writer, NJ. Gyanicr dc Cassais-
nae, considers it worth while TO remind the We.
hement a~Ssailant Of the pamphlet that the pre-
sent insurrectionary state Of the Romagra does
not preclude the recognition of her rights and
the establishment of her freedom. lie wants HIM
to r~ecollect that Pitt and Charles y have always
been regarded as good conservatives, yet Pitt
treated with the insurgents otthe United States,
and Charles y with the insurgents ofSt. Dom;n-
90. So, that in political affairs, the actual value
and power OF accomplished facts are undcniablc.
IfEngland sanctioned in lT76 the revolt OF the
United States, which took place in 1918: if
France sanctioned III 1925 the revolt Uf 81. DO.
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