The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-26
The Waf.-W hen Shall the End BE

The subjoined paragraphs are from the con-
ciusion of an editorial article in the New York
Journal of Commerce. of Friday last. There
are errors in it, which will be readily de tect-
ed by the reader-one is the intimation of
possible revolution in the South neverthe-
less, the article viii be read with inter
We have said, and we now repeat, that the
North has been deceived and msled into this
war by the Northern Republican press ; and
since the war began they have been as con-
stantly deceived and misled in every particu-
lar relating 10 the force, the ability and the
courage of the foe. This deception has led to
fatal results already. 1t is now leading us 10
destruction. The suppression OF truths which
show the rength and resources of the South,
the misrepresentation of their financial and
commissariat resources, the false reports of
their disatfecMon, desertou, sickness. &c,
have charac terized the editorial and news
columns of the papers alluded to, and have so
nisled the minds OF men at the North, that
the error could only be corrected by some
such lesson as was received at Great Bethel
which may thus, perhaps, be productive OF
good on the whole.
tits beginning 10 daw n on mems minds that
this contest is not IN affair OF day, or Ii
month, or Il year. If the eud is TO be the con
quering of the Southern rrmies and people,
that end Is probably very far distant. Let no
man promise himself that the battle of Ma
nassas Junction, now apparently near, Will
be decisive of the war. If we are beaten at
that point, ia there any Northerner who pro-
poses to give up thu contest If the Sou n
are beaten is there any probability That South
| ernprs will yield the con Test any more than we
| would They are Americans, blood Of our
| blood, our brothers, cousins, iriends-and
| they reason, think and feel Just as We should
| uLuer similar cIrcum stances. There Is, there
| fore little hope OF an enu OF the war by de-
| cisive battle or 4 short campaign.
Another possible end OF she war is one that
| may now be talked of freely, though few
weeks since it was impossible 70 mention it
We lately published very mild letter from q
St Louis correspondent, suggesting possible
peace by compromise. The Hartford Times
copied II, and the Hartford COurant hurst like
a thunder cloud on the Times, charging them
with treason, and fatty pronouncing 1t to be
treason in any one TO propose compromise
before We had finished the war! But we are
living in cooler times.
Another possible end OF the war is in the
occurrence OF another revolution liz the
South. 1t may be that the States which
went mad for secession few months ago,
may change. In other words, there m ay be
Il strong Union party there some day
Ii We are TO believe the Republican pa.
| pers, the South has actually 4 majority OF
| Uuion men who are held down by mobs -
| We don't believe any such thing. We
| don't believe there are ten Union men in South
! Carolina. There " ere many such IN all the Sc
| ded States. But the attempt AT coercion by
! arms has carried them nearly all over for the
| present Is there sane american who be
| HeYes that any amount Of physical force VIII
| ever prevail 10 make Union men out Of
Americans who don [ choose 10 De snch Z
Can you starye them into it? Is there the
| remotest hope that Il long war Will make
| friends ont of eneiniesl SO long as the North
| stands where il STOOD six months ago, anC
| says To the South, lyon must yield, bach
| down from all this, ana give II uT; we VIII no
| give you any excuse, any plea, any argument
| by which 10 move your doubling friends, you
must give up at once'-so long the NORTH
/ maintains this ground, Just so long the wal
| will continue.
We do not believe, if the South were sue
| cessful, and oyerran the North with their ar
! mics, that a Northern man would lay down
/ his arms so long as there remained rock 10
I hide behind while he fired, 4 mountain
| side from which to hurl down stones on his
| foes. Nor do we believe any less OF Southern
| men.
When Jackson oyercame the South Caro-
! linans IN the matter OF the revenue laws, II
! will he remembered that the tariff bill was
| changed, and thus an excuse was given 10 the
rebels for laying down their arms. Too many
| persons forget this important part OF this
nulliticat ton contest.
In all wars between equal, or nearly equal
powers, the rule has been to ask every thing
bat 10 be content with small part OF The
demand In all contests the necessity OF O
com promise in the end Is absolute. 1t is moi
in one Of a thousand wars that any result Ii
reached o therWise.