Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-27
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Tmpsl5lbllItT /; { Re=1orins The I..iu..


TMpolSlblllty ;f Re=1orinz The I.il.
: We're England at this mo:cr:,t t. a,i,;....;,,-
to toe 1c1r!d irs intention to r;sEe the srae,i
est possiLl. conquest 0G Trance, ar ser
, France til make the same declsra:io.. as ::
En.,caA. rho gold 'r"nld laugh at the e.reria,,
InlsY ia; h.d u.- i IT.: d. i,;i ard w .,-.
The hoae' The world wo.ii gram i!.4'. ~.
posing either people tn ';p infatuated ,.,...i!a
ami obstinate .rousS, II ..uiG Gi,,.n ~,
NOUS and irrcparablr ihj jrlr;e" o.. b.: atl:e,, b..
: on!y ct tbs cost Of equal injuries 10 ,,sail
The ball once started, iprlunr nigh! i:efrirnc
this side OF that; it might s.'o to either Ercst
victories rn periods Of advantage; il lulsh
e.c;r 5'acs ans I, c#ruaiiT a-s- :hc ha.i OF III,
other. 5u. still v!.iy II c cc"i utterly uut o
proportion 10 the 7alre Of the miserable rssul
Now, that is the Gas. Of ;nc 76 FOnfrderacic-
ecrn@s n. Atlantic, w!!crc h" Surviving ha
Of .n .ffeta edrrai lhiph has undertaken tc
re:u3. lh.A other half 10 lis eitra' duties
We say that this is the case, bu. before w
proceed a step futthsT, it is necessary To ab
serve that the case of the Northern American:
is in soEs important respects ulore difficult
than our. would hs They are DOT SO united
| &. we Fave always found ourselves in war. -
They have to pEr!G!ec5 more Than lt!:0rsuDlc
!eag1ere.l position surrounded by io;; or i'll af
feclei adhcrents. Speaking The same language
rs th:ir for they hav. no fn"hn: Of excluding
spies from their lines, nr cc. :! traitors trrnl
their RANKS They have to make a standing
arrnr AMI Heel They have 10 learn The liTsi
elements 6f tactics, and even military dISrl
pljae The are without soldiers, or officers &c
cnmmand and train them. Their revafne, Al
It's best, before the war, vas OIL Y just sGl
Gent TO meet lhe interest 0i lLc debt likely !c
De incurred hy tyd years Of the war on l!s
uresen, scale. 'TEat reTcnHe, ilnScsrr, ~, Ic
begin with lnainet by the loss ul .he seecders
and by the stoppage Of traffic, :io hat it il qucs
tonabe whether it will hr ro.siIir to do more
than repair that loss hy the new taxes now i'm
posed.
.srle.i,ain credit is no; "a god as British
nor is the craf, of Federal mon in process
OF dissolution likely TO he equal to that Of n
united pcup!v. Lastly, var, whci' 'flIanses lis
! character according tn circumstances, cstaD'
lishes s,;ecial rules u. probability iar different
! localities. The On2 rule csla5lsl!c': by nj
! AMERICAN warfare is, that the advantage Is IN
the side Of defence. Oar offensive operation:
always failed against fortified positions agaiasi
breastworkS thrown up n i E!gal; against
forests full Of hi invisible foe; against heat,
hunger aad thirst against the ever imn!n:E:i
! flanE attack; against the certainty that every
step diminished the number. tEr '.i eng!.i, aE.i
the munitions Of our men, ms: increased tbnsa
Of the enemy. TIE present var might, for ita
incidaEt:. he & chapter in our oyn disastrous
wars on that,sci! The &urttrrncrs h."e adj
RANGED upon fortified position, but days
rarch from Washington. They have arrived
1T the point, with frce already melting away,
IA. shor! Of the list Oh paper, heatcu viii!
heat, hn1geT, Iiiirst an, : lenG march.
and snrpTise!i on bGtA aaE.s b2 The
sudden outpour;nss ci railways. Nhil+
this has occurred 10 Virginia. almost within
sight CT Washington, column Of 5000 Fed
eraists, advancing against foe thrice their
number, has met with the same iate no d0nhi
for much the same reasons, Z, Springfield, to'lI
or live hundred miles to the WrSt-as il IL
order to warn the Northern States that wha'
has happened is no accident no rasnlt Ct pr
calar circumstances or p-r.''gasl i.i!rTe: iii
hv inevitable rule.
There II but one enterprise which cln ht
compared to this, anI tina. i: tla frst Nann
Icons gigantic, but infatuated, attempt nP]
Russia. That was case Of srea: poiiica
alliance, rs grand as a Federal Union, compri
sing the bast, the wealthiest. and the most
popuipts part, AMI the best snil;ars on IN
continent of Europe, advancing into tet7i'cI"
the sparse and poor population ri whi"t
scarcely surpassed that of the Invading h0s;
Winter night be the if1nledate cause, but j
was also the apology OF the tremendous ron
that ensued II any one will attempt to com
pare the means Of the Federslists with tho.e o
Napoleon, he will find them far inferior ir
every respect while there is no druht tha
the Southrrn States are far more able to d:!ai.'
every point, every position, srerJ line IN lhe:j
territory, than the Russians we're in theirs -
They have mountainous ranges insteai 4"
steppcs; they have population accustomed I:
carr arms, and only too glad to i;se then:
they hare railways, and abundance Of food ar
! other necessarics Of war. TneJ ar" evident,
superior in sencralshp, and in tic socjsi orta!
Zltion best adapted for war.
The result is that thus far they hSvf abo"r
they can dispute every inch, and keep tie IL
vadcra always under the apprehension Of bein.
either ont. aanked or driven bacl, upon his o9r
capital Against all this it can only l'e sni'
that the Nurthsrn States have fhc prerondrf
ance in white men, in money and in credit
These indeed would be important eon9idera
tions if the Southern States were invading th'
} Northern, and seriously preparing 10 drive
every armed Northerner intn the 81 I!aIrcnc:.
They would be important if this were the crili
nary case Of two countries at war with on'
another. But il is not The NDriha77Grs at
engaged in the reduction OF the Sonthtrnei5. -
They are acting on the offensive against io
which, on its own land, is content tn aci on in
defensive, excepting only that, shnnld tie op
portuRi:r occur. it would advance lis linz OF lie
fence to include the capital. Experience show
that under ordinary circumstances cotapaFa
. tive small population, with little money aH
means Of war, il sufficient fer very good dc
! fence
We are in a condition 10 on.r advice. II
can advise the Northern States Of america, &
we can advise the Legitimate Primes ?Ed 1T
1espotic Courts of I:urcrt I.ot tbs .'Diicsnle
at Washington only do what ,ar has dor,
bcfbre 6 hundred timea, ami Hhat al Enrop
has done, is doing, and will II do 1t is NJ
"Old World adeice It is II : Of the leave
that Washington and Franklin ielt it their lnis
sion to extirpstc. 1t is the very latest an
: newest lesson Of human af1airs; much newc
than steam, the electric telsg!uph OF rlfled car
non. d. the So.ti,;In Si,tes really icinrS /
', the New World, or ar tisy only & Iii OF ii.
Old World, with all It's pride, its biFGtry, a!.
::s tyranny. stranded on the western shore :
the Atlantic The advice We giTe teen is wh:
they have taught Is h-:ore, and re only say
them, SIS many "nn Wa: sav to his fathc
"Praclrc what ynn teach ct the Nor'',"I
States ''acccpt thr ,iilati., as VT Dis! light
IL. A n,t.l
years ago at Villafrancs AM Zurich. IctthcI
count the cos: before thsy .:arch forth 70 driT
halfa million armed men Thousand ;:ilcs acro'
their own country into TIE Calf Of ai.xico.-
Let them consider Whether :''ev ran :ic whi
Napoleon could not dn ic :'c !ic,::;1,rie nf n
' power, With many times i:r;r Number. the
stores, their credit, AID, ah're I'll their mil
.arv skill and experience. hl7 school CT C:er
; erals, and his supply Of ccteTc7s. What the
purpose to On and be is not onI7 &c be az goo
: ,,r tho Southprners or n ljttI, the t,trar m