The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-10
lllr!lmoua nispahh.
THURSDAY MORNING. -. OCT. 10, 1sa,

49, ~ ~ st0s ~.
THURSDAY MORNING. OCT. 10. 1ssi
AtiES EssaiSs,-Is, policy Of permitting
n1en to 20 - the No7tl Who have both Tho
power and the deposition TO conway 10 H.,
eoemy Fhe aaost ami lie info, nation Of ever!
'o'ng connected with eur .I~pl and batteries,
Is unanimously aud en,paatica,ly concerned
by tae preas and tee people There IL noneeo
Of commenting upoa such selfevidon. lndis
erection. Bat the probability thai il may be
reaet. on IA placing before the North an il'ns
trious example of generosity and magn;sIimity
which cannot be without moral effect, Is enc
that deserves soma comment.
We have always been satisfied that the
Southern position has suffered from the be.
ginning from the absurd delusion thai The
enemy is capable Of approaching and wouio
feel II his duty 10 reoiprocste acts Of fOrbear
an,e and generosity The Northern people
contrary TO the commonly received opinion,
are among the most eXciable and demon
ssrative OF mankind. II, at the beginning OF
this war, when New York made those. hon
rble threats OF rapine, robbery, and hanging,
40 Sodom and Gomorrah the South bad given
her at once to understand, both by words and
acts, that, in such "a war as that, che wouio
neither ask nor give quarter, that wouid have
produced a moral c.scct, such Us can never be
accomplished by chiva!rie courtesy which
inferior natures never fail 10 interpret into
fear and policy. We do not recommend sucha
course now we only say tia! our enemies
would have held IL In far more respect than
they do our forbearance and federation, ~
dealing with snch people, !! is not enough
that we feel the wrongs and denominations
which they threaten, and ia fs.r a. they Are able
have actually inflicted We mus. seem - fcci
t>em, and let men, who only jgdsc by
outward dc monstraiioRs understand froEi oui
words and actions the intensity Of the pa,.
sions and vengeance which they have
aroused.
1t is all Idle TO expect. that the North viii be
mollised by our forbearance and clemeRcy
II she has not already hung our piivateors, il
Il only because we have prisoners in our
banda upon whom we can retaliate Indeed
the New York IsD.es openly admits much
What means the barbarous imprisonment Of
peaceful citizens i'll Northern prisons, inelrd
ing even helpless women What means the
handouts that accompanied the Grand a rmy
Has the North been moro inclined to peace ty
our forbearance to enter her own territory and
visit the scourge of war upon her own Dor
ders On the contrary, tho man who wills
pers peace in the North now is i'll danger Of
halter. Papers that speak Of peace sre sap
pressed The North says We understand
well why you do not invade Us. il is because
you cannot We comprehend your courtesy.
1t behooves the weak 70 be courteous to the
strong. Were you able to rotalia,e 10, the
wrongs we have threatened, and in some eases
have inflicted upon you-for Southern towns
that we have burned, for Southern families
that we have driven from their homes, for
Southern blood that we have shed for South
srn women that We have subjected 10 q fate
worse than death-we think you wou.d retail
ate. We do not suppose that you are more
than human. We ascribe your maglaniUlty
to policy and it shall not impose upon us, nor
blunt the keen edge of our hatred That s1ch
IL the only manner in which the North COM
prehends Southern forbearance we have not the
shadow of doubt We believe that if she
could conquer the South, she wou!i carry ont
every threat of hanging the President anu
Cabinet, ooniscating estates and providing
for TIRE ultimate extinction Of slavery. that
she has ever made We entertain Ito more
doubt of all this than We d. of the rising Of
tho sun Tomorrow. In dealing with srch an
enemy, we cannot be expected to De- more tllall
rarely to adhere to the usages of civilized war
fare. as to exhibitions of courtesy and magma
nimity, We would better first try their effects
upon the occupants Of u pig pen, before Ven
turing such experiments with the LINCOLN
Government