The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-05

INV N"Ny VI tnc NonIEuerRIe states IL q
very small affair, and is circumstance and
situated in manner net favorable to its eff.
e'ent exercise. We may very well console
ourselves under the reflection that We at least
have listle or nothing to lore Oar aGverss-
res, on the ether hand. have every thing to lose,
While our gallant naval officers, eager fer ser
vice, afe Just the men to win every advantage
thas can be achieved by ingenuity, boldncss
and valcr. The recent surprises on the Ches-
apeake exhibit a touch Of the quality of Il sc
give tone and impulse to deeds that will in due
time, follow. There is no telling what a few
old French women" may not do
There is nothing more true than the
political axiom, that "power is always
stealing from the many to the few" TIE con-
tidence aud self. su.iiciency of an overw helm
ing power is ever inviting it to relaxation and
case vigilance is great exertiop, activity
and energy become painful and are reluc-
tantly maintained, and the constant tendency
is to the diminu,isn Of these indispensable re-
eiuisites for the maintenance Of power. The
few, those who are weak in numbers and lin
| tied ia means, are ever stimulated by the 10
collection of their numerical inferiority and
| their want Of physical resources They are
never firing in their exertions to make up by
tact, strstegem, daring and intrepidity for
| these deficiencies. In this way they are ever
| diminishing the gap between them and their
superior adversary, and compromising by ex-
cess of the nobler qualities Of intellect, and
| the enduring and unfailipg resources Of hope
| and resolution, for the lack of merely physi-
| cal numbers and resources. In this way man
| achieves his greatest glory-in this way he is
| stimulated to deeds that write his name high
| in the rolls If enduring fame--dccds that with
| out the stimulus Of the odds sgal,.st him be
never could be excited to perform. In this
way power steals from the many to the few
| from the strong to the weak. In the history
| Of the great battles Of the world it will be
| found that the yict9Is, in the main, were the
armies that were fewest in numbers.
| BosApARTE never counted odds. lie only
dcsiltd well equipped, we'll differed, wtll
| drilled, and well proyisiored force one not
| too large to handle itself ea.ily-one not op-
| pressiye to the ccmmissary department. lie
| prsfcrred the trim, clean body of men, as lit
| tie encunbercd DIS reasonable, that could move
RAPIDLY and act deoisyely-that could pitch
into large, unweldy body like the sword
| hsh into the whale, and open The way into Its
| vitality that would destroy it. He considered
| It so exceedingly difficult to handle large bo-
| dies of men, that lie said that great as were
| lbe Marshals with which he had surrounded
himself, there was lot one Of them who could
| successfully maIoauvre more Than 20,o0o men.
If that we're true Of these great Warriors, what
are we to say Of BUTLER, and CAD"ALhADER,
and PATTERSON, It ID omne gsnrs
| La our struggle VIC are to have, as We have
already had, a lively illustration Of the man
| uer in which tie odds Of numbers is met and
overwhelmed hy the superiority OF neral pow
or derived both from d sense of right and
| sense Of the iueouaity of numbers. The no.
! bic Southern men whose education has been
| 90 the sea, and who have surrendered their
posis in the Federal Government 10 come
home and fight for their native states, VIII reel
as much these stimuli as their brothers OF the
army, and they will yet make themselves Illus
uious in the history Of these glorious times
They are not content TO remain Idle or merely
to direct land batteries. We may have more
than one PAUL JONES yet on the "foaming
ocean," astonishing The world with the ooi~-
meas and The 5yilliancy Of their naval achle'-
ments. Therefore, small and almost ridicu-
lous az is cur Navy, it will yet make noise
in the world, and spread terror amongst ouI
ruth,eaS invaders. new 20 secure in their over
whelm ips strsnglh en- the sea,
The WEATHER rfiic 81 diligence re-