Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-13
MASKED BATTERIES.
Prom TIE Journal Of comnsrc,.l

lIrom We JournAl on Comuefosl
Il Is painful TO soc phrase Ike this describing RI
the meet fatal eugnss Of war. applied 10 peaceful OBJ
ject Blu. the Evening Post 20 ufes the vords The Post
says:
"Mr Crittendep who has Just been elected from Ksr
lucky announces his determination to make some mo-.
don Tor bringing the warto 40 end. He viii be sustain
ed by Other Southern MEMBER, aud by some, We fear
from the Northern States Already convention of ed
tos Is called in this State to agree upon PAN It ia said
for bringing popular opinion 70 the designs OF the Leaf
ers and few hints are given out in private copve;
saion 10 the eject that the war has gone far enough
part OF the echemc embraces the capitalists of the
cities who are to bs persuaded not to lend their money
10 the government for the prosecution Of hostss, or 10
lend only such rates OF interest as will discourage
the government in It's attempts TO maintain the federal
| sscendancy.
"Tbis scheme is nothing more than masked battery
| of in. Davis"
I will be observed that the Post thinks the has
not gone far enough. Any scheme 'or bringing the
wrr to an endn is masked battery We have fallen on
,orrowfrl days A little while ago the President said in
ba Inaugural that if We bad var va should gain moth
lug aud only have the questions TO set after we
fought. But now proposition to pause end settle the
QUESTION at without fighting, Ia masked battery
What do these war gentlemen expec,s We have gone
through one after another rbase OF their plans ard
prophecies The FIRST uprising Of the North TO scst
ter the rebel hordes Il only strengthened their srm,
reused their spirit and increased their numbers Ii drove
vrsuis North Carolina aud Tennessee into the arms Of
the Secsssiouss and gave the South the unity Of pur.
| pose they had before lacked
Then we we're promised the ability of the North to
pour such columns Of soldiers into the field that all ress
lance would be overpo Wered and blootsaed would be
prevented by the hop.leness Of the Southern CAUSE
Rut find ourselves nov equ.ed II outnumbered
BY the rebels In arps who have the daring TO advance
| their outpo..s up TO the very line of our camps.
We were assured Of the imminent starvation Of tho
entire race OF Sourheroe-s and fad them in the
midst of plenty We old that they would from
our advancing regiments ard We iud them tbundantly
ready to take advantage Of our unsked leaders and drive
| u back from their batteries
Every promise every expectation OF the war party hes
thus far proved false and stand now 10 the presence
OF the solemn truth that this IL great war, 20 childish
plsy war in which both sides are skfui cour-
sgcous strong ia their confidence Of right and Of which
the end is far distant and visible only through tho smoke
of battle and across fds Of thousands Of our dead
We hear some men say again that be who shrt Ks from
war who s will ny to mako any sacri TO syoil war Is
| q traitor
Il Ia great mistake to suppose that bloodhound is
courageous dog. The men who have plunged I'd into
this var who have bsooed on the people, are men that
have wisely stayed at home And part OF the Plan to
cover n, their own want Of courage is 70 Keep the
cry Of war The rebels in the South who planned the
dissolution Of tie Union, Who advocated IL in Congress
and 10 the newspapers and on the stump, are the men
who have taken the .ld while the Norhsrn editors and
Coueressueu and Senators who opposed eompromise,
who let Us drift into this war nay who dragged u into
H. are at home making contracts 70 supply army rores
ana shouting trlor" at every MAI Who ventures to
remind them e The evil thsy have brought on the coun-
nv. or suggest the remedy for H. J
We ask again what do tbsy e1pectt II the ffesioens
q; r;rht ii he Judgment Of impartial Europe right
he opinion Of COOL dispasionae among us q right
than n musi meet these questions between the North
and the South before The end shall be reached Do you
ADOPT ths braysdo I've must es them go eventually but
- mud thrash .them fGs No nan, who believes In
such policy, n d y bs American citizen, or for any
atrsucn Outside tbs walls Of IN insane asylum. What
| then yin you spsser vheu man and God shs demand
of Won an aocount Of The hoFron Of war lie blood and
rsplpst lob, We thssshsd then, and Il vas worth IL
a. blood and horror 20 DO abls 70 y thst" Can b
hat tAsss irs huraa hs Fssdy V nsts susa n M