Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-20
PATRIOT.
FROM new YCgE PAPgRS.
Frou The SeF Fork World.
Y!T ANOTHER LEfsoS.

The stair n Great Bot.tl Which some people, emu
laihg tue ing moguoqCcrce OF the uewshoys
Sill cell battle, stJ,Gs ,-sOG rot Only 20 the ooefs
Of our vo ule, array TO the public The publ, bas
been To- iosisiry upau us right ~ havc "l bqtt'r.
.ciDU 'tT.GG, numerous 70 IGel'i0n, lsye iabc
rajeiy aud Si.a prctaGj,y o. military kno~iei.o 90
which rut haze aston Hel theci-'lses, their readers
aud Gc- 5 o. shnsu fir lraprctr the drFrih h.ty-
nav even jbe .Aa dao n1c,eE, oi . hattie" Noting
IL Toe sm4li ~ay, uni JU., r1t G1-,uicsen it.d i.
Viii , oi cGgse tho Teoe 20 be defeated Wl,h im
mense slaughter, TIC Federal tfo' p1 10 receive Only
q faE su-L wouaos and c2ltu'ious as would make them
c ,c;F e interest tEe.r admitting countywomtn, ard
afer wta proc sian Of disunon lescess, headed By
J.f DAVE. Tecmh-, Sei h'ns, Governor Pckers gli
Governor BrCwa With rog 'fcu thyir ueCbs marshal
ici b7 Bsau-eF8rd 1ni arcoght uy i. by Wg-
fall sober his tsuoksrclei lied upon bs s-osi, AID
making - iGt- q! .hlr pseci SHOULD tuer Washington
march w;h tOur' s'iPU.u 10 the njto House ara
then and there ey their c0ntr ion IN tic mos edf
ing mauner Lu~E! request t.g they might be haf 2
ed toe day sfer tomorrow. Such battle w o. course
% be had for the asking and why should not the public
have i The demand alEGys lasures tie supply;
20 the attack Upon ,ha Bssked battery, ia Wn.ca
the federal troops driven back though With loss o.
but fifteen killed and forty wounded and pursued is el
vated INTO bstle The U-rIld, OF course ecpses all
other journals in the spl-H00r OF i.s bombas the
OF it erroFs and tho extent aud omptute o! is
misinio nation. l. not OILY GuuouncC, Das out pro.
claims victory "SOaly is ~ 9 Eeer Fortress Monroe
-G.orous Victory OF tho Fedc al Troops" Eu,h was
the exharatug head OF IL first leader esterday lead
which bfsed with bayolets ard Bardeed al with
accs; wonderful nader ~ not or IL tru ped The
victory but told with am lst the ins gnt ol meciul
the re ults OF the glorious achievement: ~ so ta ercs
one OF ana the oite! Of fourteen guns aud
:" "thou5and prisoner, have been captured, The par.
ticulaFa ge Sre told, vii doubt reach to-day"
Cheering sssHrarce to the batiedemaDdng public Yet
what leed Of further particulars Do not know that
the battle bloody, that the victory glorious
and that batteres-one Of guns eight be
noticed and the other Of fourteen not ..st.ep with
one thousand prisoners l tdcS gamJ not man "a ~
less were captured. People who v hat,lss sbopd an
ply to the Afafd Wh plainly, keeps not only battles,
ou! Vic.orics, ready made.
Bat this s,upendo1s, ridiculous, and Characteristic
blundcr is in some degree repolch to the public
well to the newspaper 10 which il made The pub
lie must complain too hardly when Journal whose
only rule OF conduc: is TO give the public just what it
wants does give it, at reckless eXpenseo versclty-
just what it is demanding Mundas vd decjpi, et de
cipidtur the world desires to be deceived let 1t be de-
ceived which, be il particularly noted ia not spoken OF
The WorlG newspaper But in s sad seriousness, tber
is greater folly than this clamoTOus for
hr the part OF people in general and OF newspapers
which echo the public cry This has 70. been got
up urish the public with stimulating excitement; it
is the sharp and b tier trial Cf great question
tween truth and fasehood loyalty and treacbery, free
dom and slavery, and in whch the whole world is pro-
fouudIy Interested. The men who iightgg sgans,
have plotted their treason long, and laid ts ouuda
tions deeply in the prejudices OF the people whom
they lead. They determined they
desperate. They have men enough 10 make
them formidable to any power earth they have sup
piled themselves well with the most terrible arm OF
modern warire-rif cannon; their armies led by
man of undoubted military kill ard who is both crafty
and daring and they oii1ered-ssdy do say
jt-by many of the best of those who have received
thorough military education from the country against
which they turning the skill in arms which she
has bestowed upon them. In short this is the most
formidable rebeior well as the West and most
reasonable the rid has ever What
means of crushing The enthusiastic liberalization
of twenty millions o freemen, who pledge their lives
heir fortunes and their honor upon the issue This Is
grand material; but how it TO be used ald moulded?
Enthusiastic recmen need leaders, need arms need dis
,olne fqusl in some degree at least to those of the
force against which they rise up The M esy oi their
rising Is spectacle upon which world msy lock
on in admiration and in ave; but for that
iestv the rebels have net one particle Of reepec.
In fact their very purpose is TO sec it utterly at
naught, Nothing will compel their Difference but
oet,er and better served, artillery tban theirs, aud bay
onets driven home with all the energy that be put
INTO freeman's arm. For a man who has the Cons.
,uton the law the right upon his sde they moth
ing. fut for him who can d.smount their guns or turn
their nk they have tue very highest consideration
We bave got meet thei strength by superior strength
sheir skl by sup5IOr e. i'll Their arms by superior
Of ourselves aud of then before in the great game ha
they have forced upon us, present all upon
ths hsz rd of single die. And yet psople have been
as Inpatient for great bals as veatal virgin for
COZ Act ,f gladistors; end IL would with nesry
the SAM longing Cor the 'ement srd tho blood. Toe
last two daya hope, has puta' end 20 this We have
found that generals no. great strate
gss becau,e they ours and that enemies
to te despised they are rebels. We have dis
covered at war ia that l. learned by receipt
of a commission, and that h d. erhaps, better he
content TO wait for battle until the wel-tried Idg
ment which directs the movements Of forces decides
that is pru6ent for have it, Tbsn We may look
forwaIk hopefully issue for We have happily also
learned that troops. OF the stuff of which
querors are made
Prem The New York Hersld.l
TIE LATE AFFAIR IN EASTERN VIRGINIA. sEcQSn Up
RISING OF TEE NORTH THErATIaED.
The late unfortunate ssir the UDted States troops
near Fortress Monroe has deeply affected the Northern
public nnd. The loyal States which have been so Law.
sh in their patriotic offerings OF men, money, and all
the requirements Of state Of war; not disposed to
tolerate weak besitatlng policy the part Of the
Government licensed Ct the apparent neglect which,
in some cases. permitted swndlng contractors TO
furnish worthless rags half made up clothing for our
noble volunteers, and provoked with the contemplate
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