The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-15
u-,>7vR Camr.rcxs.-W'e stated yesterday

,oovietion that there would ne no sNca
&c winter quariers during this war
-tet oi,ber party will think of winter quar-
., lesst during the present winter, is hard
=. ,.,robahe. The Yankees, at any rate pro
=, have laid ont "a splendid programme for
.,. season. aud unless ii should he spoiled 10y
..agnfortuua'e repetition OF the Boil Run
20. ihcv VIII carry it out They speak
f1r-a were no doubt ahont the sac
....of taeir plan, even in the smallest par;ic
,. The misfortune with them is, that GOA
- oncratjoBs upon 80 large scale require
..,ss at tae head. and talents in the gene
t.rllments. which they are i'll able 10 fur
t The troops must be veterans who Vii!
f-,.. not runners, who will trot oil at ths
s-.st.r,n 4 plan so vast and complcateda as
..vh.,a they propose. was never carried
...y any commander, not even by NAro.
l. i. more vast than the invasion OF
......lu I>l2 Il is more complicated than
....,..,iau ot France III 1914. IL would re-
.-,t -,,t,riateuGing genius at least equal -
..-st NAguIY0S--t nam who had been ac-
.......i te handle enormous bodies OF troops
,.f.f Yankees have no such man. Old
never commanded ten thousand men IN
lie aau he undertook the conquest of The
>... MCCLELLAN has the sort OF talent
.... +, required for fortlyiEg a position. aud
......... body OF men behind the works l.
.. he remembered, likewise. that this Is "a
...,..c consisting Of SO many parts, that the
...,c,, ot failure are indefinitely multiplied
r.. u.al. .jueyy js 50 ingeniou>ly coustruc,el
H. t,..f. .
-- T4e failure of oue involves the de
..-....5 5a of TIE whole. II McCLELLAN were
......8 N&ruIfoN, he has no security iht
.. Generals have ;he capacity to comprehend
... ,.-s,. ar Il lis soldiers the courage TO carry
..eaorl
YAH admits ot no doubt that Southern
,.-,a,.u viii be attempted. ana the South
,.5a.d be prepared 10 encounter it. After II
Us .ss...-ih.f,u. 30 the army of the Potomac.
..iI Las .4cu enonSh to defend its soil ag,tiust
.n, irre ;he Yankees can send against it
I.rg uay land at some unguarded point, as
tser all al Ha,Jeras, aud may do some local
,.-.aleG We should be ready To guard
..-.n-, all such attempts a. we'll As We call
They loa-t loudly of their intention to seize,
Ir meaus ot their fleet. Stolen from rs like
sg,rs,liu. else hey Lave,l Charleston. 40
t.e P,usacola and New Orleans. They tel!
d, through the New York Times that thCy
a.tul to do o,e OF AL these things for the
.:-p.-r ot restoring the cotton trade 10 is
sl..a. channel 1ney can aa soon conquer
Virginia. and remove the Sugar Loaf Moan
...n or ;he Peaks Of Otter. to the centre Of
Nsw York or Boston. B1, they are RAISING
,a-u 20 effect this object. Il lie. in fact At the
bottom of the whole war. BY Il steady and
persistent course OF wrong and insult, they
.5.uye away this great trade, which me- ie
.4sm VIA, they are. or what they " were twelve
GpniLs ago They now begin t. experience
the Consequences of ileir folly. Their com
uerar lus been curtailed to one-third Of it,
fs,ner rrsporious their manufactures are
..su.nL :.g life. their finances are becoming
iaYeless. their ,bole country is on the verge
II bankruptcy. Now they would get back
~ ire strong hana what their folly drove
aeay for no cause wha,eycT. There can he
no doubt that though they have neither the
wisdom upr the men to succeed in the vast
.4n wlirh they are concerning, they vii
gade desperate efforts this winter, CLIHroS
f.u.- the winter season for his invasion of
tie South, aud The winters OF '.9--'So and
,I.Sl, Were seasonsof great activity through
81. lhi- section Of country. Let the South
remember this, and be prepared ior winter
campaign,
Indeed, as We remarked yesterday, the idea
a winter quarters is obsolete, even in less f,i-
fargI climates than ours There has been
scarcely any such thing -ince the days OF Mar,
sa. SAAt. who sent for PLAYERS from Paris,
0-rn lie went into them. and muie other
preparations 10 pass the season comf0rtably.-
ua aFEiuERICE knocked that sort Of sport in
i.s lead He was almost as sad an imnovatcr
a. N3rVlEoN himself, and paid no respect to
alcrn' military traditions. \ strict discipline
f.,n, he hy no means resembled MoLIERE's
physician, who though ii better for man to
ae bIirG according 70 rule than to lie cured in
Violation 81 it. He did not scorn success OBJ
ia'ued IN the most irregular manner. He made
'FraA neta marches through the snow, and
night battles when the thermometer was he
!o| zero. NAsHINGToH had winter quarters,
'atu as taey Were, because HoWE and CLIy-
i'> bad New York and Philadelphia. and he
"ssi.iaed 10 watch them and keep them ia
'4ees Had lie POSSESSED the means of attack
'.rihtm. he would have paid no respect to
"-teI quarters, as he showed at Trenton and
t1aeton. During the wars of the French
he't-NaaN operations never stopped for the
winter Iunainerable great battles were fought
i# h'e dead Of winter; as, for instance, Arcole,
EtF'", Hohenlinden. Austerlitz, Eyiiu, Cor
iiLla, lie Beresina. La Rothiere. Brcnne,
'.ihe-, Toulouse, tyc. The retreat of Sir
@'HN MOORE took place in the depth of win
je:, aal MANrrsA surrendered III February
id lac the leaders Of thai day paid no respect
'' soils, and 30 respect, az far lis we can
see, has been paid 10 them since.