The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-03

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II II very plain, from what has already
transpired, that there IL no military discipline
among the immense mass OF soldiery that the
North is percipitating upon the South. 1t II
equally as clear that the Admins tration of
LINCOLN are paying no respect to the limita.
lions Of the Cons titu ton In the mill tary policy
they are pursuing. From the Commander
in. Chief to the lowest private, license 10 the
ruling genius, law q discarded encumbrance.
Among all the hosts Of the South, on the
other hand, order, discipline, subordination,
moderat ion, are everywhere and In o everything
apparent. Yet We are DETAINED 40 the rebels.
revolutionists, disorsanixers; while they
claim to be the defenders Of the Constitution
and laws, the upholders Of the integrity of
the Government.
This contrast In the spirit and conduct of
the two sections will become more distinct as
the war progresses. The army of the North
will be little better than licen tious banditti.
That of the South will be orderly, disciplined
and perfectly subordinate TO authority. An
invasion of the North by Southern troops
would be attended by very little distress to
individual citizens 1t would be rather ike
our invasion of Mexico, where the invaded
people even regretted the withdrawal OF our
forces. The invasion OF the South by North-
ern troops, on the contrary, would be ter
ribls and destructive beyond conception
Their regiments are composed OF the dregs
of their cities, Of all the reckless, brutal
and licentious material that threatened the
social structure at home. New YORK Is Or
panizinr whole regiments of burglars, bruisers
and assassins, to turn loose upon the south
New York, whose greatness Is In great part
due TO her Southern customers. The CIVILIZED
world was Mortified at the brutal pohcy 10
which Great Britain descended during the
Revolution, in turning loose the remorse-
less savage upon our old men, women ana
children in the interior, while our soldiers
were fighting near the ssaboard But what
savage In the wilderness is half SO fendish
and brutal as the outcast OF society, the pro-
fessional bruiser and assassin of the modern
Sodomf Who would not rather trust the
honor of his wife and daughters to an Indian
from the forest than TO bruiser from the
purlieus of the Five Pointsf What a mon
strous crime are they perpetrating upon the
South, upon humanity itself, in recruiting
these regiments!
Nearly all the regiments from the North are
recruited from the reckless classes of aban-
doned life, hanging loose upon society, VINO
are iured into the service by the expectation
of plumber and rapine. Nothing but the
sternest virtue in the high places OF authority
and the most rigid discipline from their OIL
GERS could reduce these estless and reckless
spirits to subordination and military disci-
pline. Bat their officers are not much better
than themselves-in general are from their
own body, chosen by their own votes, and
without even the inclination, much less the
moral ability, to enforce the proper discipline
And when we look above their immediate obi
GERS to the occupants OF the highest positions
in the Government, we find very much the
same traits OF character, somewhat depressed
and restrained, i'll Difference to the spicuous
positions they hold. In all the wars ever be-
fore waged for conques; and subjugation, not
even excepting those by the Turks and Tar
tars upon Christendom, of the Cloths and
Vandals upon Southern Europe, or of the
savage tribes upon the pioneers of America,
none will compare in atrocity and licentious-
ness with what we shall encounter from
the North, if they once get fairly embarked in
a career Of successful invasion.
From the very nature of things, the better
classes of that section will revolt from the in
vasion of a country, proposing no interference
with them st home, claiming the simple boon
of independence and separation from a Gov
eminent to which they can no longer yield
loyal consent. The intelligent and better
classes will feel, If even the faintest spark of
the old revolutionary fire is latent in their
veins, that this claim is too sacred and time
hallowed to be tramplsd down by Dragons.
They may contribute money to send hirelings
upon the unholy mission, but in their heart of
HEARTS they will raVnft 4CaiuSt the thOurht Of
employing their own hands in the accursed
task; and time, reflection, the sober second
thought, may soon stop their contributions
to the nefarious cause. These plain consider
atoms will sift the better classes of Northern
men from the ranks Of this invasion, and leave
it to the conduct entirely of unalloyed and
unmitigated brutes. Even during the present
excitement and enthusiasm, we see indications
in the more respectable of the Northern regi
ments that have come to Washington, of an
unwilIingness to push their loyalty to the e1-
tent of invading the South. They make a
very natural distinction between protecting
the authorities at the Federal City, and en-
gaging in an aggressive invasion of the seced-
ing States. 1t is only mercenaries and cut
threats that will enlist In the bloody pro-
gramme of INVASION, and these will enlist in 1t
because of its promise Of blood, plumber and
rapine.
The strong arm of authority will not he ex-
erted by the rulers at Washington to restrain
and mitigate the horrors of an invasion by
such wrstches. 1t is competent for weak and
dspraved men in authority to SOW the winds,
but it is not in their power to ride upon and
direct the storm. So far from frowning upon
the excuses of their troops, they would ex-
ult over them, and the excuses would be
greater from knowledge of their connivance
We have thus depie ted in what we are sure
are ruthful terms the character of the inya-
sion and invaders which we may expect from
the North. 1t behooves that we should
meet 1t at the threshold /; that we should strain
every nerve to get our troops disciplined and
in the field and that we should be prepared
at the first encounter TO teach the hell hounds
who are to be let loose upon us how difficult
a thing tbs to conquer brave people figh ting
upon their own soil for all that men can hold
dear.