The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-11

rebels in the field (I3ethel7 Bull Rum Ma.
NASSAU Spring6eld9 and the manifest nope
lessness of their sinking cause, the loss OF
DAVIS, among many of his followers, would
be accepted as a Judgment Of Providence" -
which ought to have no weight with BENNETT,
ns he has no more faith in God than man
Making due allowa noes for the polite pur-
poses of our enemies to exaggcrate every loss
which the South may suffer, and which Ben
NETT alleges, in the alleged death of DAVIS, is
as great as a Manassas defeat, no Executive of
ordinary merit could command such universal
respect ~ JEFFERSON DAVIS does, after his
merits have been thoroughly tried in the
seven times heated furnace of this unparalleled
war. That he has administrative qualities of
Il character rarely exercised in the old Gov
ernment of the United States since its print
tive days, and that he has devoted himself to
the public service with degree of energy and
fidelity never surpassed, if equalled, by the
head of any Government, is beyond all doubt
Taking into view the perfect uupreparedness
of the South for war, and for war on such a
gigantic scale, the military operations and re-
the HERcULEAs labors attending the organizing
of new civil Government, in all its vast and
perplexing details, are little short of miraculous
1t would be absurd to claim for this new
Government perfection in every bureau and in
al, it, ramiiications to expect that its heads of
departments shonld be iniallible, especially in
| their appointments; to suppose that the Commits
-3piat and hpsr,f.fts & tho
| tionable, and are under the drec, management OF
JEFF. DAVIS. The new and immense machine
of such Government cannot be so completely
adjusted at first as to work with faultless pre-
cision, which even chronic croakers and critics
win be pleased to applaud. All that we con-
tend for is that on the whole, the new Gov
ernment is grand success, that it is the grand
est success of the present age and that the
President of this new Confedcracv, in his con
| tributions TO that end, has eminently deserved
from the whole South the approving verdict
Well done, good and faithful servant p
Heaven preserve his honored life = Heaven
inspire for many long year his dauntless spirit
After months of such extraordinary labor and
alxieties that the Hcrald is surprised he did
not long ago perish under the over-burden OF
| tod and anxiety, he reused himself at the sound
| of the battle trumpet of Manassa ;ls the wal
| horse when he hears the shout of the conflict
| and rushed to the field of arms with the
| promptness and alacrity of a lover to bridal
| feast Heaven protect the noble gentleman
| and true cavalier, mcrciful as he is brave
| who, instead of eXulting over fallen foe, pro
| claimed to his people, 'Never be naughty to
| the humble, nor humble to the naughty
| Heaven defend the hero President whose
| iirmnes8, sagacty, wisdom and patriotism have
proved tower of strength and glory to the
Southern Confederacy, and who, if he is spared
to continue as he has begun, will be the de
| liverer of the South from the most CALLING and
the viest despotism under the sun, and entitle
himself to go down to history on the same page
with that other illustrious rebel, GKoRGF
| WASHINGTON.