Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-06
4 Vfav Of the Field.

the chances of the success OF his attemp' u
subjugste US. Unlike his minions, ws sre mol
reduced to the necessity Of zesorting to aT1!H
ola! ssimulan.s to induce enlissnentS i7 the
war, or TO keep Up the courage Of soldiers al
ready in the field. Fortunately, there is moth
ing in our condition CT prospects to invite the
temptation Of lying in regard to the results Of
this great campaign. Il the truth, the @he!f
truth, snd no:hing but the train, cur people
find ample encouragement, satisfaction ano
confidence,
4 simple narrative Of tho events OF the last
Eve months will suffice to she's that the cause
of the Confederate States is upward aud OIL
ward.
In April last, the Lincoln government called
out seventy. Ave thousand troops 10 force into
suhjection 10 its authority the States of South
Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi and Texas. The ninioHs OF
Yankee despotisn anticipated the speedy
crushing out Of the ''re5el'ion" in all those
States, and the suppression OF all secession
movements IN the other Southern Stalcs.-
One month they thought Tould ia amply SUI,
6c;cnt to bring about the consumnation which
they 50 much desired, but TO make assurance
doub,y and trebly sure, they called ont their
volunteers for the term OF three months
With the immense Joree called out under the
Lincoln proclamation, they expected to put
down rebellion eftctually in the Cotton
States, hang ell The prominent leaders OF the
Southern movement, silence all expressions OF
opinion in favor Of State rights in the border
slave States, and out the Government of the
United States, or rather Consolidated States,
unon the Yankee abolition tack! So they ex-
proclaimed tc the world infatuated
The immediate etc! Of the decree OF
the tyrant wes, to ~cZtinguish the last
r~estioe OF Unionisu IN the seceded States,
and to array the States OF Virginia, North Car
Dina. Arkansas aud Tennessee also in defiant
and Incorporating resistance to his author
ity. The number Of the seeded States was
thus almost instantly increased from ssven TO
eleven. The tyrant then found himself With
oat a resting place for the sole offts foot
without: q doliar's worth Of property he could
claim as his own-9ithout a friend who would
openly svow himself "a such, In States com
in the aggregate, nearly eight hun.
bred Thousand square miles. Astounded and
ct this irresistible demonstration
against him, hs souG called !Gr s few
thousand additional troops, eli Of
whom came responsive to his order, according
to The announcements in the journals engaged
il bis cause. His immense forces were placed
under the command Of tie boasted General Of
the age, who promised "thst this last campaign
Of mine shall b. tbs best and most brilliant"
The results, 50 far, ere known tc tho world.
His grand Army" was defeated, routed, dis
and disg-ccsd on the plairs Of Manassas:
his great array in Missouri, under ths command
of Lyon, has Jared no better; his srniy in lower
Virgins under Picayuno Butler wGs whipped
and disgvaced at Big Bethel and al that he can
claim in the shaps ef victory Is, that McClsl-
Ian, with j force oftwenty.f five thousand men,
compelled the Confederate army with a force Of
five thousand, 10 retire from Randolph county,
and that Picayune Butler with four or FIVE
thousand mea and 2 number Of var vessels
carrying one hundred guns. captured seven
hundred defeIcciess men ia Q rard ratification
at Hattsras inlet.
Such Is tbs present Situation" Of the Lin.
coin government. We q! the S3uth should be
more than satisfied with the result Of the cam
pa;en so fer. We should he ~unieig1edly thank
ful to the Ruler Of the Universe for the bril-.
liant success with which our arms, against the
wicked invader, have been cTowntd. But q
few short months ago We entered TIE cam.
psign without an army, without racn trained
as soldiers, and with a very limited 5uFply Of
s4ms and other munitions CT war. In en- al
most Incredibly short space Of time we sue
oseded in organizing and putting into the field
forces that respectively met, defeated and
routed the enemy at Manassas, Bethel and
Oakhiil, Notwithstanding the uumoer Of lis
regulars, the superiority Of his guns, big and
little, and other Fearful Odds apparently in
his favor. We are also in receipt Of the intel.
ligcnce of q glorious victory achieved by Floyd
upon the border Of the Kanawha, and We hope
and expect to be able TO announce at III early
day that the July disaster il the Northwest
has been retrieved By the commands Of Lee,
Loring, Floyd and Wise.
We have The proud satisfaction Of knowing
that the Confederate Flag waves il triumph
from the Chesapeake By, in this east, to the
Rocky Mountains, in the West, ard from the
Potomac on the North to the Rio Grande in
the South. Over nearly tho whole Of that
vast space, in each direction, it wares uad's
puted. 1t is now the only Gag that covers
contiguous States with an arec Of eight hundred
thousand square miles, and a population Of sew
en- millions. Soon i will cover e vast add!
tioaal territory and a largely increased popu'
laticn.
With these stubborn facts before them can
the despots at Washington really believe that
they can put down the Confederate flag: The
idea is simply ridiculous. Some Of the friends
ofthe Northern press suggest very appropriate,
ly that they would be more proitably employed
in putting Philadelphia, Cincinnati and other
Northern cities in 4 condition Of defence
~aeaingt Southern invasion.
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ARRIVAL FROM Rio DE JANEIao. -Notw!th
standing the vigilant blockade, the brig West
Indian, Of New Orleans, Capt T. Arnett ar
rived here yesterday in ~iortS-one days from
Rio de Jsneiro, with a cargo Of fifteen nun
dred bags of coffee, consigned TO that enter
prising commercial house, Gee. ". Williams