Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-24

800 q, Assi reported Capt. Rowan, Who bssvsl,
led his men Into the 6sh narrowly escaped With BIZ life
be seemed 10 have been the target at which the enemy
Y aimed. A lock Of bis hair was shot ctf bis sword
chtn 80 BY ball, and the end of his finger bark
| ed BY another.
nm, ,ornoN T1Sr5 TIE AMERICAN WAR
THE LoNDoS TINES YIN ncls of the London
The following Is the leading site 1880 :.
T;mss Oh American Affairs, takenffom the w =
that paper received from Europe:
| IxPossIBiLIrY or RESTORING TEE USIox.
Were England at this moment to announc, to the
world It's intention to make the peedtst possible con-
quest OF Frarc or France make the same deo-
arson as to England the world would laugh at the
eegious folly that bad inspired the design and prompt
ed the boast The world would grant that, supposipg
either people to be infatuated enough, and obstinate
enough Il could inf CT enormous aud irreparaoe
on the other but only at the cost Of equal injuries to
self. The ball. ouc, started, fortune might befriend
this side that might give to either great victories
or periods of sdvants gel It might place one even
tuay over the head Of the other but s only at cost
utterly out of proportion to the value OF the miserable re-
| suit Now that 10 the cRe OF the two Oonfederates
across the Atlantic where the surviving halt OF dn te
Federal Uop has undertaking TO reduce the other half
| 70 It's Federal duties.
We cav that this is the case but before proceed
step further 1t Is to observe that the case OF the
Northern Americans il in important respects more
/
we have always found ourselves in war. Their border
States feel divided allegiance. They have 10 protec;
more than thousand miles OF land frontier, including
one closely beeaguered position surrounded by Toes or
l-a. cted adherents Speaking the same language as
their foe they have means OF excluding spies from
their or even traitors from their ranks They have 10
\ make standing army and aset. They have to learn
the first elements OF tactics, and even military discipline
They without soldiers or OH GERS 70 command and 10
train them Their revenue at It's best before the war,
| mats interesI OF the debt
likely be incurred by two years OF the war on It's pre-
.ept scale That revenue however, Is TO begin with,
MANNED BY the loss Of the secsders and by the stopge
Of traffic. that it is questionable whether 1t will DO
possible TO do than repair that loss by the new
| taxes now imposed.
American credit 10 not good British, nor is tbs
credit Of Federal Union in process of dissolution likely
20 be cqusl to that Of united people. Lastly, war,
which changes its character according to circumstances
establishes special rules Of probability for diff rent oca
tiss The OIL rule established BY all American warfare
that the ADVANTAGE on the side of defense Our Of
fensive operations failed against fortified POSITIONS
against bresst.Works thrown up In night against for
ests full of invisible oe against heat hunger and thirst
against the imminent fax attack; against the Ger.
tanty that every step diminished the NUMBER the myth
and the munitions Of men, aud Increased those Of
the emmy. The present might for Its incidents, DC
a chapter in own disastrous wars on that sni The
Northerners have advanced upon fortified position but
A DAVIS march from Washington. They have arrived AZ
the point with force nearly melting away, far short OF
the list on papr bsaten with heat hunger thirst aud
long march, and surprised both finks by the sudden
oupourpgs Of railways While this has occurred in Viz
GINA almost within sight OF Washington, . column OF
900 Federass, advancing sgsnst foe thrice their
number has met with the fate, no doubt Tor much
the same reasons Springfield four or five hundred
miles 10 the In order 10 warn the Northern
States that what has happened is accident no result
Of peculiar circumstances or personal failure out oy In
| eviisble rule.
There but one enterprise which can be compared to
this and that ia the First Napoeons gigantic but nfatu-
ated, attempt upon Russia. That was case OF great
noliticsl alliance grand as Federal ION, oompIs-
ing the BEST the westhsst and the most populous part
and the tet soldiers the continent Of Europe, sd'
vancing into territory, the sparce and poor population
of which scarcely surpassed that Of the invading host
Winter might be the Immediate cause, but II was ao
the apology Of the tremendous rout that ensued any
will attempt to compare the meaus OF the dersss
with those Of Napoleon he will find hsm far inferior IN
every respect while there doubt that the Southern
States are far more able TO defend every point every
sition, every line in their territory than the Ku ans
were In theirs They have mountainous ranges instead
Of seppes; they have population accustomed to carry
arms and only too gid TO use them; they have rail.
ways and abundance of food and e.ber uecessses OF
They evidently superior in generashp, and In
| the social organization best adapted for var.
The result Is that thus far they have shown they can
dispute every inct and keep the invader always under
the apprehension Of being either ouif mixed or driven
Oack upon us own ABhinbb inio ~ UNI WY
be said that the Northern States have the ptponder.
ance In white men, 10 money, and in osedit. These in.
deed would be portant considerations II the Southern
States were invading the Northern and seriously pre-
pairing drive every armed norherner into the St Law.
renee They would be important II this we're The ordi
cary case of two countries at with one another.
But 1t Is not The northerners are engaged in the re-
due ion Of the southerners They acting on the Of
fensve against foe which, It's own land Is content
act the defensive, excepting only that should the
opportunity occur, would advance its line OF defence
include the capital Experience shows that under or
binary circumstances q comparative small population,
with little money and means CT war, Is sufficient for
| very good defense.
We are in a condition to offer advice. We can advise
the Northern States Of America we can advise the le'
climate princes aud the dsspoto courts Of Europe Let
the statesmen at Washington only do Whist England has
done before hundred times, and what oil Europs has
DONE is doing and will still do. IL is not "Od World
advice It is not Of the leaven that Washington aud
Franklin felt il their mission to eItpa,e the very
latest and newes, lesson Of human Affairs much newer
than steam the electric telegraph aed cannon. Dc
the Northern States really belong to the New World OF
are they only bit Of the Old World, with oil It's pride
its bigo.ry, and Its tyranny stranded on the werern
shore Of the Atlantic! Toe advice we give them is Whs
they have taught BEFORE aud only say to them q
many son msy soy 10 his father, "Prac.ce what you
teach" LIST the Northern States "accept the situation,
as did eighty years ago upon their own soil I. Aus
tra did two years ago at Vllafranca and Zurich Let
them count the cost before they march to drive half
1 million armed thousand miles across their own
country into the Gulf of Mexico. Let them consider
Whistler they can do what Napoleon could not do in the
peuitude Of his power With many times their number
their stores their credit ard above all, their military
skill and experience his school of generals and hh sup
ply of veterans What they purpose to do and be is nct
only TO DO a. good as the snutherner little the bet
ter, but Overwhelmingly superior. Are tLsyf 10 not
this an overwhelming opinion OF themselves! Gan they
drive the southerners like fock Of sheep smoke them
ont their eva nests Ike waaps, srrstt them Ike rab
bils, and bag them like gamei
Let them just look forward littls and consider the
probable state of thugs next year. and the year after
and twenty years herce. Even We who sang such sons
Of triumph in 1914 and 1875 felt that We and oil Europe
would have done much better 10 think what We were
about Ia 1898 II clear foresight shows, and must
show that there mus! be t~o fedsratons aud that on
no other footing will peace ever b; made, 1t will b
much better thai il should come TO pas after one year
var than tan or twenty Isis no. as the Union or twe
Jy,on. ra ha o,Iv aiternatiya A the war p.oceeds