Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-10
greeley Getting shaky.


The following article appeared in tho New Trk tn
buns as aesdins editorial in It's issue OF Juro 2s'n'
Considering i,s 1t is remarkable and slgIncan'
RKBELLIox-RKvoIurIoS.
1.-THE outbreak Of faction into lawleSs violence ana
anarchy is rebellion; tht uprising OF peope 70
and maintain precious naliensble rights srevounon;
The former is usually impeled by resaes- soureo
ambition the latter springs from the
of npslash patro ism History discr minate unerfnS
ly the one from the other. -
"If the JEFF Davis conspiracy against tlf nhgniy OF
our Federal Union be founded In pairious1 ~ Pua
thropy in devotion to right aud good, cannot De pun
down A brave, martial people OF eight q nine miliolS
can not be subdued; uprising deminef 'erIois
iny faction NAV be. Whether the Sou hem insuriecuon
il one or the other OF these may well b determhea 10
six months as In SIX years ,.
ave can scarcely feca instance in which an lnsur'
reeop that held Its ground for year oimcre was sir
vsrd subdusd Civil contests are oftea proongeo, III
deed hut only through the ush obsiaey OF tue losing
marty Whea Sir Henry Clinton soanoeneu rnhaueiPHa
snd retres cd through New Jersey to New fofk getng
wcrsted at scr on the way the american he'ou,
ton became Fixed fact. The wosubstquent years OIL
warfare we're Jus. so much useless caage and desasta
lion IA deioreuce 10 the dogged stupidity oil george III
nj, Mipistsrs should have been impOched Tor officially
asserting TO the murderous folly
at NAV seem brave TO bully foreign nations that &C.
cord the tights Of belgerents to our rebels but WITH
ii
White Honse it is very untimely Hog the ieoeis nrs
and bully foreigners afterwards ever Is the proper
order OF business.
congress tbout to assemble, ush the rebel forces
threatening the Capital aud a; several points within
dsv,s march of it, II Gen. Scott were TO assai beaure-
ord in his inrenchments at Manassas Junction mex
week. the artillery Of either army would DO DISTINCTLY
heard at the Capital A.,
"I NAV bermart to intimate to foreign powers thai
ne hold the rebels very cheap but when their MINISTER'S
at Washington write home that they have feea " res'
the last two months in constant sppreeeh
ion Of bsipg awakened before dawn by the alarm OF az
sss,n, ON or bombardment OF the Metropolis, aud tna
their apprehepsions are Lot yet wholly dispaeo, "ha
| is the use 49, o.,. ma,
for The U6ion An army and Gsheral eonlpe'e.. -
heat the rebels will be competent TO pan tnem 30 'ne
mu,t fight or throw down their arms. pro'racso
gnerriis wara war of posts and sirategy-cannos o.
maiotaned In tnch region as the Sonto ana Aniu su
peassnry as Tie Saves lf vigorously pressed tue reSe
must fgbt or run and II they NIL Only tgu' Vuen '"'
M a.. their race will be short one. ,,
All we cannot beat tue rebels-beRt thenl fairly
,borousbIy. aud with reasonable promp,iiude-we ought
70 ackSosledgs their Independence. II we are too ie.
or weak TO conquer them by arms we should % aASe
10 reduce them Ia "a Sumter) by famine.
.WheSeyer cur sra;es ehall earnestly ret forth IN
ousst az the enemy they viii either snd them or they
will not be worth finding. IL they occupy peculiarly I'D
yansgeous eyopnd they can easily be made 70 abandon
a -.
IL and dee AZ oace o. 20 lesye u and bgat An army
without depots, and wtbcat money ~eFesiIh 10 puy
fond must eight at its advsrssIies option.
ait tho rsses are not virtually whipped wnsn zoe
next spring oseEs, and II they shall meansaas nave
,eadfastly confronted troops on every nutpa iron
der without losing ground, MAJ 'na ne ne
public has been betrayed by the folly or incomplete
,s trusted leaders and That disun.on hxed sct The
insurgents will then have trebled their home supply oil
Food and learned how to d spense with market for
their cotton On the other hand If they are beaten this
sumner in great ptchsd battle, they will DO suostsn
tally used up. Humanity, not less than puohc econ
ony, dictate u Short sharp war"
rnisi surrender Of the whole matter, Tor while
Greee uay not believe people know, that the move:
men. for independence In which We arc embarked Is
founded sin patriotism in philanthropy, In devotion to
RIGHT and good" and is therefore just the movement
which be admits "canrot be put down." We further
more .nsw the ''eght or nine millions" Of people en-
s,ged in resistance 10 no lincoln usurpation to be
rave and martial just the people who 'eele asserts
"csnnot be subdued" This 'insurrec:on" will hold
i,s ground 70. year." and year after year, SO long as
war il wased The EOrtncrn FACE are both too few
and too "weakn TO "corqaer" 'by arms-Aa1 &c are
too blessed W hpuOdul Providence to DO reduced by
any famine the; iineOins biensAse can create Gree
lev NAV as we'll therefore. make up his Il'n4 p9s that
"dsuoiou is Fixed fact" and call OF his war dogs
Next spripg we may not permit it.