The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-10
Alrlllapllo Dispatrh.


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TI IESDAI NoRNING SEPT. 10, 1861.
1ht Nav YORK HERALD uPox THE SIT.
CAfioN.--it iias long been admitted as a maxim
which cannot be disputed, that of all enemies
the oltterest is a renegade TO the cause he h;.s
deserted. About ak months ago ther., was no
secesssionist in the country 80 strong as Ben
NETT. of the New York Herald His pan.r
overhowed with gall and bitterness towards
LINCOLN and the Black Republican party. lie
wrote innumerable articles 10 prove that the
South was altogether in the right--shat the
oouth was too powerful for the North -%-flat
the chitdren OF the South were of character
TOO martial fer the North to hope for SUCCESS
Ia contest tetween the two seetions-that the
South, IN such Il contest would be able 10 bring
ON ITS entire strength, from the circumstance
of Its having at home body Of tillers who
Were hi for nothing else but to till the s0il,
whereas tbaE North could not subtract more
'hah certain portion of it's population from
ngricultnre7-;hai the South held in its hands
the great 5aple which commanded the
commerce d, the world, aud which it was
Impossible - substitute from any quarter
taat the Soiith had no cause 10 dread the
rivalry of lDdia, as the New York Times had
foohshly asserter JEFF DAVIS and the S,uth
ern Government underwent every morniny the
iui'iclioh OF saat nauseous tlattery which seerns
as natural to tho Herald as its SLAYER il 10 the
boa constructor, and is about as tolerabe to its
victim, There Were 10 statesmen Ike the
southern statcsmen-there was no wisdom like
the wisdom Of tho Southern Government -
We were never among the number of those
VINO placed any confidence in the affected zeal
of BENNETT for the South We iistrus, North
ern men with Southern principles wherever
we hear of them But we do not conceive
! 'hem to be SO bad as foreign renegades with
no principle at all We could not see how il
could be possible that ANYTHING good conld
proceed from so vile a source. or how q man
who had made money ont of the stripes in
hicted upon his own person, and who had no.
'oflousiy conmved at the dishonor of his own
laihiiv, could be trusted in any circumstances
be Result has proved that our distr,lst was
justly founded. mob threatened the Hcrala
once WITH destruction; the tone of the paper
was instantly changed; from the warmest Of
friends II became instantly the bitteresl. of
enemies. and BESSETr never had the grace 10
assign single reason for the change. OF all
the base tiattery Of which old ABE has been
the recipient. there is none so has, as that
| winch flows from the columns of the New
/ ork Herai6. Like the Spauiartl who nd
lnlred the atrocities of FEEnINasp VII on ac
count of thei- extreme wiekedncss he cries
oui' Ill ah eestIsy Of delight, ne is au King"
whenever that Baboon perpetrates any new
enormitv. His soul is the soul Of q slave who
kisses the hand that is lifted 10 scourye him
He eats The words he uttered six months ayo
every day of his life, and he seems 10 delight
| i'll the meal lie is in favor Of suppressing all
the Journals in New York - think and speak
as he thought and spoke before his sudden
conversion BY the mob
We have before us a Herald Of The, I'd inst
II Is curiosity in lie way. 1t opens with the
assurance that the North is al length enter ing
seriously upon the business OF tho campaign: :"
from which We infer that it has been testing
ali this time, and that ii one Of its armies fed
ingloriously az Bethel-;f another was routed
| at Manassa SO thoroughly that all repoI4s con
cur III the assurance that if our army had pro
ceeded al Goy time within week is could
| have taken Washington without fring Il gur,
II the whole Federal force has been sxtorrui-
mated III Missouri, and Ben McCULLocH Id in
luu march Tor st Louis il has all been nothing
| more than joke on the part Of the LINCOLN
Government, who, until now, would never
permit anything earnest or serious 10 enter
into their calculations. AT last, however, the
glorious affair Of Caro Hatteras. which con
slsts N the capture of tFro sand banks and 100
men, by powerful feet that'never came
within reach of the batteries on shore, the
| proclamation of FREMONT in Missouri, and th.
| stern discipline OF McCLELLAx, which has
| brought the "Graud Army iutc such 8 state
of efficiency that "it IL ready for an advance
| into Virginia have put an end to the Jokes of
the Cabinet, which, it is 10 he presumed have
not taken very VOL OF late Tie country is
called on TO look out for great things from the
energy of McCLELLAs. "Henceforth II We
! cannot count on victory, can st least
| reckon on the. avoidance Of such humla.ions
| AZ the affairs of Bull Run and Biz Bethel
! brought on arms This means, we pre-
| again they are determined not 10 throw away
their guns, knapsacks, haversacks, shoe. aad
! blankets
| The Herald then tells US that in April, eighty
| thousand men ,narchedto the defence Of Wash
| ington, palpable refusation of lis own lie, to
the effect that there were but eighteen thou
sand at Manassas. 1t sounds the praise of old
! ScorT, for the infamous subjugstior of Mary
| land, and ii then tells US that when this was
| completed, "the nation, that is the Yankees
| felt that the capital was safe" Aye! But did
| they feel 50 on the night of the 2ist of July I!
| Did they feel so the next day, or the next
week! Does it owe its safety, at this day, to
anything but the lnagnaninlity Of our Generals,
! who scorned to take advantage of u fallen enc
my, when he Lay entirely at their mercy p
| After the disgraceful rout at Manass;i, and the
I dsraceful scenes that followed hard upon its
heels after the dedication of cowardice by the
Yankee nation, in their splendid ovations to
| re giments that had disbanded when the enemy
were in sieht---or had fled from the field of
| battle without the loss of a maD-how dare
the Herald insult the whole race, by telling
tlLciH tuc INV pkAch VI AiuclI-
can people hueaning still the Yankee nationl
showed itself to Do equal to the occasion ~
| Was il not enough that they had made them
! selves the laughing stock of the whole world2
/ Was il not enough that the derision of both
continents followed them in their unmeasured
and mmeasnrable cowardicel Are they TO se
thus openly derided, moeked, made game of,
! sneered at. tainted. by Journal in their very