The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-14

Sramtisy Berkeley and she Times.

Srantisy Berkeley And she Tisnss
| The following outspoken latter we find in
! the london M9rairg Rsrqi9, o! the nth 0cto-
| Der. Although there are portions OF it which
DO not bear very favorably upon Americans
at large, the Gei eTai scope of IT, as referring 20
| the relative positions OF the North and South,
/ at the presen crisis. viii; be t0uld suGieiArtIy
! interesting, We think, to excuse lie large
! quantity ofspace II occupies in our coiCnins:
| SIT is curious 80 rect the enieayared to.
| br-piceiy balanced articles put forth b. the
| 1'AafS o. the war row blusteIing-f rIU zCul
can call j. raging-in tha di~Unitrf States.
! enc 10 S!ean from those aTt-Ci"@ aa evident
desire, in the sieeTago OF Jieir OVsrSre.vY shin
| The staTho&rd or pert, t1n helm according D
| the leading ..ratH n: or. IN Cther wor.fs &,
! lnEch he vessel on whichever side tie fia2 oI
| victory may fun. It first tue Tim. and "a,
| 81 eciai correspondents. tne veragiau~ Nj Rus
sell. "es cuated tIe >iou ,ae-ners-- >trk,o@ for
a rortton 0t that iih"fty so h11sjet IT 'v
| t.sssrs HObden and Er,ght H2h.ch, j: ,her.
vas any liberty ~ a. Va 5usjty f3.eir 1ua--
| as rebels, and dated t1eiT VIE 10 ue 0; hut
swell GmoDth duration. Ih" North. ~ one
| man, We 70 rise, ana 70 20 forth IL see asia
to conquer Instead Uf doing So, however
lAey nave 4iseH h2t have g1ne nth - si-
down again. CT ran "Stsr. "bui's l.uo, d.
| ioroYe-l l0re he The 5s,s aojj thar will haunt
| North American reputation.
In my travels ii America, and Ia lnY Ice.
| tures to her people, l r.itcG ed the sell cOu-
| sututed Generals, Coionais and dalors, aud
| alluded 10 the laleut9S Sle u eaEress Of the
! standing army, that army = foreign one, an
| Irish ore, ofiicered, rs saw II sflicerr.i, d,
high spirited, ana geltlemanIy. and eldipI-
Ike Americans, who felt that their country
Heilher pa'd nor promotai them saGi eutIr,
| EQY even rPcOE ised tht II value TO the com
| munlty. 10 Keep down the standing army,
| and even to abolish /: if they could! re- ..e-
according IL Mr. Cebden, TO cFumTI. ~.
! brown paTer fashion, All Of En Gland foes
i was 4 faN0l4le maxim with thOse two 10 ldars
OF The people, aud their maxim Is UO= under
| course of illustration in lheir pattern r-puh.
lic-that rspuclic o"t ot which old E3@iaut
was TO dt3~ an useful lesson. EGg!std has
| that lesson before her e. g. but lot the les
| Son The demagCsnes desired The ex mpla
proves tnat u"iFelSll suffrage and vote by
| ballot, and the rule Of an uugtrRrns ala Ino5
combined "lth the absence from he pOliti-
cal offices Of the country, q The eduCaied,
| we'll born, ana wealth possessing -aPH arG
rain 20 any State States ana loIu :: com
| binauon or the evils advocated by Gesars.
| GobdFn and Bright. their hoaStet. pattern Das
fallen - pieces, The rieViuR hhHGs HCae Ctiler
! than those of ColUm bias training.
| The mrs, in : ieadiuK araiClt OF the 1th
| October, on THE events Of tha American
| WAT contrasts the American \, tunteersys-
| ieA WI ours II does 80 with view: IL cover
! Northern imperttctionS. l. is a mystery 70
| NE that paper like The 9lh5es should ~ 20
| foolish as 10 class the volunteers Of the old
| aud EeW G. untrT ter one instant tOgr.lrr.-
| !
| doEsn more regiments OF volunteers, and ia =
| few weeks they ct WashIi gtou rue
Heve ere fte nan bat to say mat they re AMI
| mated by ary spirit IS th2t which ~tirs
our men ut t"ku glGnd high cal, ;" is to launch
| forth as impUdc II y t;.iiacy az ,ren .. Nun
| chausen coait sHa1ioe. The Northern vol
III feerS IN Amer .. ''tilno men" l. j. he
national fa lag tc low h0aS. q ud Il bot.Cl.tg>s
/ display. To prove this "A!aj3r Sturgeon
| propensity we have only to ,cad NJ. Russell,
remarks on the entire regiments who yam OF
hom Bull Run I? he tnae OF the eaeIHy's
| uutAsted fire, and refused = tght, ua iae
| their boxer HesuaH, because tEt.r Eime ~Gs
| called.
There has been desire expressed by The
! Northern Americans 10 know what wa
| thought of this IN gland. and ! have seen
| IN the IUa's thar EuSlaud's OPINION has been
| Intolerah!y inys Iiled IL regard to The want o!
| spirit InaLI4es ted, which am. however VIII
IhE- IA some degree, 10 attTi @Uts - Ia" a. Ius-
tlCr and badness OF thei: cause and ths tifae-
| servers have not nad uleted - them ahe ais-
gus! which clIlg to their bloodles. retreat.
FOR any Other nation, suddenly iHYsived III
| The horrors CT civil war, every Elg!ishlaal
| would be- an sure fired with ply and -
gret We may pity tae stat Of America LOW,
| bat regret il hard to fiud when we see th..f
, the men who have 50 cften ant 81 yainal1ri
| oHsly bcasted ot 80 over TO whip The voiII, ="
| cannot even whip themselves ard that.
| though the II oI taeTn men talked CT ;utti9 .
down the secession move Uent in year 1isty
ar" Just rOW rs far II he Cun:r.stiUA uf .htir
| hot>l a. they were 1t jhs commencement
| Their spirit lies III demonst.atlp5, aAd their
| hearts eiSeW here. The time :oG aggressive
! war is come and is paSsiDg Dg-the Indian sum
| nler is over. The South, her war b>iug de-
| tenStve one, leans ca her blood stained aud
| ready arms, while the North, like an old
| turkey on his GunEhIn, spreads a huge Til.
| and gotElink loudly IN Y-IEglCIou, beasts
| wishes for winter as Il welcome curtain to
screen policy RS tiInid rs in the end il VIII ne
| unavailaE.
In what respect then, las the volunteer
| system worked well IL AmeI.Ca The voIun-
! teeTs al the North have marched or ran ;tvyly
on tEe hrst approach t. general action tna,
| and 'Ie"rific combats II five hours ,yiin IL
| result Of one Inaa killed and h.l: = nel..
| scratched, or the Astiev's farce OF rha '.Spir.
| iIed BorlcagdHlent Of Fort .ulstsr' v-tlh no
. one ipJured, even by a s2itntrr. vclil nut 20
! down as real war with tne o;her nations 0f
the sarth, and tbs opinion Of . IL military men
| Is That no Aat:cA eyeT came out Ia so u.issr1-
| BILE 4 light rs - the gifts of WAY as hs~ dgug
! the DIST ritc1 States Of America. IN. blame
attaches pot % the SoU;h she has done ali sia
! s1,it Sh- oula dc she SectdeS, and l1nus on
| ne detei'siN- and on her !"st TiEht T. s-ver
| from me Union when she ieeiS that aer inter.
est. aro neg.cCiad OF actively assafted TO
, say she has 10 right 10 90 80 and that she Il i
renei for doing 50 Is nonsense, and u is in
! fact, 80 liy N the very f8cs Of thar entire sys
! tem Of freedom on which g was the dem o.-a-
TIC custom IN Englaud 20 say that america
W. based.
| In America there are no veterans or ;lnat.
| tached officers OF the regular army 10 lead
! ths volunteers IN England we have tfrfn to
| any EXTENT The arr oi war was never studied
| bJ American amateurs, the @ neriean svstam
| ran entirely On trade. ioiu teer generals
| and colone!s kept no els and euitet depray "a
| newspapers, and though the liberty OF the
| press was once i transatlantic boast IL was
| found 10 be as empty Il beast De taking Cana.
| ia OF whipping the world. put,Iug Al end 10
| sect ssiop Ia Il tweisemonth, Ac for al Is ON
| their mischi syous aud Hcentious pres that
the president ha made his mes! active vaf,
and there Only has the North come no 10 a
| slyem point u useful determine alton
| TO conciuds this hasty reply to the yaeti
| iatihg aud trimming humor or the IT,. I
eau but reraind my readers that even nov
| win the epofmoas mileage covered ny ths
| states Ia revolt, aad the Northern army
| whipped, IN The late reply to the benign lei.
! ,s. OF Tue Aaaoer4t ot Russia, ihs Federal
toftih!neht rts 10 blink the fact py 10
tosFis s,a'ihg' even nov. that "the Union
- oi,iy IL otnssr " TIE Uni lsgoae, And
Is aaNe ever psogncsticatsd, ii wall neye:
oe feStereu Gislsss the north consents TO swat,
10" dessert a. asrt. aid leaves lao pro.erty
| OF Ire South uamoiestad. lns war IL waxed
| on ana based az All attaes Oh properly ia