The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-15

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aaie virsia,s BY large sslanss ef troops
,a.ewa upon eur TEN AAnk, under Vses so"s.
res a. wiachessefs and GAss.rr =. Laurel
H.a, II is very evident that NEST Of biz II
,satscn he's AeeN directed 10 his affairs In thai
ssartsr ~ sssssSl weeks The aanouncsmsnt
h, the rsS#~e Of an immediate attack upon
ton, RsAessa Aae's command before Alsxan-
dria. and the parade Of crossing troops over
toe bridge FROM Washington to this side Of
the Potomac. may 30 regarded ~ fsints, TO
d,strae, attention from the real design of en-
,cring our State in force by way Of The Valley.
The ,uatiuy of Pennsylvania regiments at
Mar.insburx may delay the march Of PArrER-
sons column but, in all probability, there
will 10 lighting Vi an important character 1t
Laurel Hill, IL not at Winchester, in a very
short time, possibly before these lines are pub
iished.
Many advantages would attend the success
OF this plan of campaign. Virginia would.
DO entered in the healthful and comparatively
cool region of the Valley, country tceming
ia provisions ef all sorts, and admirable for
the summer operations Of an army. The cit
liens Of the Valley Of Virginia are amongst
the most loyal OF our people to tho cause OF
the South, which they have testified by the
number and excellent character of the troops
they have put into the field. To invade this
region and to suppress the spirit of loyalty
there, would weaken tho energies of Virginia
materially in this struggle, and proportion
ately cripple the Southern strength. This
portion Of the State is also Immediately CONT
guous to the realm of the Yankee PiERroNT
and to annex il to his dominions would add
greatly to the dignity and consequence of that
pirstical Government in the Northwest, of
which PIERrOSr and UProN, CARLlLE and
WILEY are the worthy representatives. 1t
would give those pretenders one third of the
area OF Virginia, and more than third of the
white population; and it might lay the founda-
ton for an ultimate division Of Virginia, in the
final arrangements for settling the terms of a
division of the old Union.
The military advantages Of this invasion Of
Virginia by way of the Valley would be as
great as its political. BEAUREGARps column
would be passed and that General would be
in the condition so much abhorred By SCoTT
of having an enemy in the rear as we'll AZ in
the front. Staunton would probably be made
the first object to be secured, from which GEN.
trail point operations could be planned at lei
sure against other portions Of the State, includ>
ing Richmond. The possession Of Staunton
and the Valley by the enemy, would 20 very
far towards giving them possession of all
West Virginia, except the Southwest
If the enemy does not succeed in this plan
Of invading the State, We are inclined to
think his chance of getting in at all is very
bad. His first design was to take Norfolk
and to move against Richmond by the York
town peninsula and the James River. But
Norfolk is now impregnable, and his expe-
.isuces in the peninsula have cured him of
all expectations If success in that quarter
At Aqua Creek his fortune has been no bet
ter, and at Alexandria the game has been
blocked against him. To achieve success at
these points could only be through forces
greatly disproportioned to those he would
have to encounter.
His only hope is by way of Martinsburg
aud Phillippi. He has accordingly placed as
many as forty five thousand troops under the
command of PATTERSON, and it is not known
how many under that Of MCCLELLAN, for a
demonstration upon the Valley of Virginia.
Ii now remains to be seen what luck he will
have in that quarter. We do not fear the re-
suit. lie will find lion in bis path there, as
well as at Manassas, at Aqua and at Bethel,
There will be more lighting, and fighting on q
larger scale. than We have yet had but we
are confident the result will be the same
Even if he should achieve the impossible feat
of whipping US in pitched battles, his task will
only then have just begun. Our forces would
be seconded by tie militia Of the Valley and
every mountain pass, every tree, and every
bill side would be charged with the messen
gers Of death.
This plan of invasion is ably conceived, aud
would seem to have promised an easier success
than any other; but We venture to predict that
the attempt to carry i into execution will
bring more disaster upon the enemy than he
has yet had to encounter. Nous rerrons.