The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-16
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Tgs pARr,riosiNo OF NiReiNiA.-~N hen
the Emperor Leopold was on visit to h's
Italian domiuioIs, in the wear i99i, be hs,i Al
iuterview " :th Lord Elgiu, envoy from the
Younger Pitt. ut thas time Premier oi Great
Britain, and NJ Biscbofswer6et, envoy OF the
Ming of prtssis,, the object Of which was to
scaccrt "a plan for the dismepberment OF
France then aRitated by the thfoes OF that
mighty Revelation which threw down aiithe old
landmarks Of nations, aud shook Enrore from
It's centre 20 its circumference, a. though II
had been smitten Nv an earthquake. In con.
formity with the views expressed al mat inter
view ii was asserted at the time, and was no
doubt true. tina, the Emperor Of Germany aud
he King vi Prussia, AT an interview held at
i'llu,tz n few months after, duly, w. &C
tually signed a treaty 10 the effect indicated
In pursuance OF this treaty, the buke OF
Brunswick and the hing of Prussia EN-
tered France with al army OF liu,uNo men
within less than month after; and the for
,uer. disgusting his real 90 ect under the pre-
fence Of interfering IN favor OF Louis MI,
issued hls famous proclamation, III which he
threatened TO put every French,nan who took
up arms IN defence ot the Soil OH which he
~sas born 10 au ignonIinioas death, II taken.
In II few months after, the read OF the King
Ia whose cause this crusade WAS prolessediy
undertaken was rolling III tie saw dust OF the
Place de Ia Coroorde, the army which had
leen relied on "a enforce the bloody threat
was flying before the Young recruits OF
France, alter hav:ng lost one hait of rs force
the k.Bs who had headed the expedition wis
Il supp.iant tor mercy IL the hands OF those
he had threatened 10 eXtermiaate and the
nake Of RY9usN'ick wa on his way l.
ms own dominsons, hal.,ed defeated, dispiri-
led. hnu.L!ca stripped Of the 2urels acquired
hy u lie 81 L.rd service, ana despised 10y the
Very soldiers be hal , intcly been houndine
OF to u.ass,tare and plumber. Louis MI. Wa
not restored the French youth were not ii
t.m.dAteJ ance w;!s not disnc abered.
l. j. u as =, matter of establishment that ;
lesson 20 Taught with instruction, should
nave been utterly lost upon Secretary Came
ron when re advised the uisacInoer nent 0
Virginia. OF should not be remembered 10y
tou.res WHEN they are about 10 pass Il law
III accordance with his recommendation.
tie very moment that the Secretary Is glvin;
ilns advice, his grand army is cooped up Il
Washington, aud It's vicinity, without tn
courage 10 advance upon the territory Ii /
10 dispose OF after fashion 80 summary, an
The beet OF which has brother secretary boast
20 luudly, dare Iot attempt to force the par
sage OF the Potomac GA two occasion,
they have veniured 10 poke their noses be
yond thrir Notifications and on both tue
have been handled n such n lnauupr that thei
spirit has been utterly cowed All histor
may he searched in vain for a rout 80 urterl
disgracefHl as that OF Manassas all history
siuce the battle of iann~, fails To record
slaughter terrible as that OF ieesburg.-
And yet, while Yankee pride Is still sinartin
under the unredeemed disgrace of these snC
"essiye defeats. and while their effect upo
ankee soldiers Is 50 appalling that they dar
not face their terrible enemy in the field
Yankee Secretary recommends, aud "A ankle
Congress is prepared 10 approve, the partition
81 the very country in which reside thos
men who chased them like hunted harer
when they ventu-ed beyond their fortified
tions, and who now hold them close prisoner
IN their stronghold. We do not recoliect eve
10 have hetrd or read of anything quit
30 ridiculous The laundering proclama
lions OF tie Chinese MaudaIi.s and thei
threats against the French and English g Reh
ele, are by no means tit To he mentioned a
parallel ah.urdities. The King Of Dahomey
when lie rises up from. his dinner, and an
uounces his permission to HI the mouarchs Z
the earth TO dine since his own repast Ia
heen concluded is, no doubt, Il tolerably III
dic:ous object. But lac is beaten 80 far by hi
Yankee rivals, that it is hardly worth Will
% mention him in the same breath
The New York Hero}3, the most obsequiou
of slaves to the dynasty that has put its hee
upon the neck OF Iankeedom, echoes tn;
threats of the Secretary with Zero cious g!ee
" HE plan, it says, ''is to dismember the re
bel portions ot that State, Virginia. aud L
partition up It's territory ottcr the fashion {.
PotaRd, among the States that have rernainct
loyal to the Union Our readers need not b.
told taatthe partition ofPoland was themost III
famous political crime recorded i'll modern his
tory. Nor after all they have seen Of til
Yankee despotisul, will they wonder that
Las been chosen as d model worthy of imita
lion by the Yankee Secretary. We ventur
10 suggest, however, that there is some Sigh
difference between the relative positions Of til
Isafties in the TWO cases. Poland was not dis
Inembered until the bloody battle of Praga
aud The atrocious massacre that followed ha
FRUSTRATED her military strength. Amid til
flames Of her capital, and the slaughtered my
Tlads of her children, her savage conquero
wrote TO his scarcely less savage mistress
order reigns in Warsaw \ Russian arm
Of 100 900 men stood victorious in tie mids
of her people, Il rrussian and an Austria
army each ot equal strength, were ready t
lend their assistance if il Were needed But
was not, Tor her defenders were dead or i
chains. IL WAS easy matter under such Gil
cunstanees 10 divide ner territory among thos
who had come to spoil her. Now, the Blu
trotters, SO far from having subdaed the mill
tary strength OF Virginia, dare not face be
SONS ia tie field. The Bull trotters partition
ing Virginia The Lord have mercy on Us
Promotion.
We understand that Colonel Maxcy Gregg
commanding lst Sonth Carolina Regiment
stationed in General Huger's department
has tA4u promu,pd To M rank of a Rrieadip