The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-10
airllmmb Dispatrh.
TUESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 10, 1881.

TUESDAY MORNING. -. SEPT. 10, 1891.
TaE CHAILHNoE.--f'cr ten days at least our
Gencals on the Potomac have offered battle
to he energy. They have done more they
have n.adc the tender with every eircum-
s'anse of insult and provocation. They have
TAKEN possession Of eminences commanding
ti.s enemy Notifications, and they have firted
the Tag Of the Con!edcFacyin fall view of the
White House and the Capitol. They have done
al this with IMMUNITY The enemy has oXhi-
bl.ea no symptom Of resentment He has
uoekly pockeled the insult and refused the
challenge.
The whole country was on tip-toe of exnec
tatson week ago for great battle; bur the
battle has not been fought; for the enemy has
acted en- thai prudent maxim" discretion is
the better par' Of yalor.' He lies close within
his entertainments, and listens win compla
ecncv, ii not with satisfaction 10 the nlrlsc Of
orr bands PLAYING the provoking air Of
Dixie. The power that proposes 10 invade
and subjuea;e the South submits 20 be 5clet-
Cured in IFS own capital; and while boasting
Its ability not only to carry is designs upon
tho South with execution, bat Ia punish any
interference iii the qnarrcl on the part Of Eu.
rope, Is unable 10 haul down the rebel" Aag
iusultipsiy planted under the nose IF lis Presi
dent
: Boosting a thoroughly organized army of
hundred thousand men around the seat Of
Government, and ploclaiuinx that tie South
ern forces are starved. sick. discontinued, and
contemplate in number, it has not the courage
TO accept their challenge 10 battle, to strike
for its honor, or 20 punish most glaring piece
of insolence
The acceptance of orr challenge To battle
wonld seem to he called for not less h. due
sense of pride than by the necessities of the
occasion. BY The moving forward OF our lines
,opoints so ne.n their own, and by the occupa-
ton by our right fsnk of the bank Of the roto-
mac OF the White House. ia force We blockade
that river, and proven; all further access 70 the
Capital 10y water; we thus coniine them to one
single railroad in conducting I'll their comInq.
nications with the Northern States, and rem
der one Of their largest and most important
navy yards entirely useless for any purposes
OF the war.
II
water as the Potomac and the utilizing Of 50
valuable ii navvyard thai of Washington,
lie worthy of battle. Their papers for nearly
two months have teemed win praises OF
McCLELLAy, and with hints of lis admirable
preparations fer another onward movement
Our own Generals hay @ COME ont from amongst
those treacherous masked batteries" which
are supposed to have cost the Yankees the dis
aster al Ball Run, and now stand III the open
field ready TO fight on terms the equality OF
which cannot he disputed; yet, with all their
heralded preparations for great achievement,
and all these inducements to fight. they crouch
within their Entertainments, permitting us to
have our own way outside of them.
There can he but one explanation Of thereon
duct, and that is, that they neither dare nor
are prepared TO offer Us battle The soul OF
the Yankee is covered, and his Generals
are afraid 70 trust him further outside of breast
works. All that preparation can DO has been
done for the defence of Washington. Artil-
lery of the most formidable efficiency and in
the most formidable supply has been provided;
ans. ammunition, all the appliances Of battle,
hive been brought into the most pr0dieal reeu-
s.tion. But there is one great trouble which
cannot be overcome their soldiers are COW
ards, and cannot be trusted in the open field
The doughty MCCIELLAS does not 90 what the
unlucky MCDOWELL did venture to do Far
from marching twenty-five miles to attack, he
is afraid TO accept battle offered in the imme-
date front Of his fortitcations
Aud yet, deiied thus at It's own door, refusing
battle insultingy thrust at them cut Oft from its
water communications w 18th lis own section
the wretched Government at Washington af
fleets to deny that the South is "a beiIigcrcnt
power, and refuses 10 exchange prisoners lest
the fact should carry this Acknowledgement -
What viii the world think OF the South's
claim to belligerency when ii sees orr armies
TINS insulting the timid officials AT Washing
toni