Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-20

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Reversesiu Wharf.-The Prospect Before Us.
The Richmond papers are sanguine that the dis
aster to Gen. GARxErr's command will result in
permanent injury to our cause. Gen. MCCLELLAN
has the reputation Of being the abes officer in the
whole Northern army he commanded atorce more
than three ;imes that which his adversary could
oppose to him. He has gained advantage,
says the Examiner, but have suffered no decisive
defeat. Even if the worst statements are received
as truths, they amount to little The rout of a few
thousand raw troops, in a region that commands no
other not event that gives reason for despair
or even for the slightest disturbance of equanimiy.
CAssANDRIL in brooches, the ErrRRer continues Is,
Of course ready to lift up her voice on the ccason,
and TO prophecy the immediate appearance of Nc
CLELIAN en- thebanks fthe ChickahOminy. But our
chicken hearted prophets forget the little geogra>
ply they learned at school, Between Beverly and
Richmond are the Blue Mountains, with passes in
viii b one brave man counts a thousand disci-
plined soldiers. Beyond plains and rivers over
which many bloody batte must be fought and
many manpuvre be executed before the fOrtifca-
tions of Richmond will become useful. Before
they are reached. there is reason to think that
Virginia alone can bring forty thousand new troops
to the work.
From the Richmond Dispatch, July Il.
We must expect occasional reverses in war. We
have never heard of war yet in which the tide of
victory was uninterrupted either side. Certainly
# there ever was such war, it not the war of
tie American Revolution. For seven long, hard,
dreary years, did the storm of battle roll above
their heads with alternate clouds and sunshine. The
war began brilliantly, then the sky became chequer
IL q
by an overwhelming defeat until at one time, so
deep was the surrounding gloom, scarcely human
being save WASHINGTON retained confidence undi-
minished and hope undimmed. His great, steadfast
soul like that of Columns, saw land ahead when
all others had despsred and by the inspiring power
of his faith and courage turned midnight into day
dawn But, unleniably. there never was more
disheartening than that Of the Revolutions des-
titute of money, and often Of men, the whole lard,
in all its length and breadth infested With torres,
who were almost as implRcable and INSCRIPTIONS
as those of Northwestern Virginia; IN our own ranks
traitors like Arnold, as bad a man as Garlic, and
large portions of the very population which had
gotten up the war, that Of New England, unwilling
to assist in carrying it on. Gen. Washington. Gen.
Greene. that iluStrious son Of Rhode Island, and
other distinguished officers bear testimony TO the
extreme and iusurmOuntable difficulty OF inducing
the New Englanders 20 enlist IN war which they
had cotton up for their own benefit. Moreover,
our forces were mostly militia, commanded by in
experienced officers and opposed by regular Brltlsh
and Hessian soldiers, besides the tory leyIes and
hostile Indians For years defeat desertion treach-
cry and disappointment seemed the order OF the
day. But the cause was in the hands OF men who
had profound trust in Providence, in the righteous
ness of their cause, and whose souls were even
more remarkable for cOnstancy and steadtastness
than for q vaOr which was certainly never sur
passed in history. The successive reyerses which
they met were but opposing waves making the ship
ride the ocean more bravely and buOyantly or like
gales which strip the oak Of its dry foliage, but can
not lift II from its immovable roots.
The South has entered upon the present strug-
gle under great disadvantages, and our only wond
er is when we consider the disparity of NUM- =,
gold, and all the equipments and appliances for
state of in the possession of the Federal Gov
eminent and IN working order, that we have
been able to hold single foot OF ground IN v IT.
ginia When we consider the state of things be
fore General Lee assumed the control OF affairs
and the mighty energies of President Davis were
brought personally in this quarter to the support
OF the war, we stand amazed at the amount
which has been accomplished in so brief an In
terval There was time when the Federal Gov
eminent could have struck a blow at Richmond
which would have involved almost irPeparabie
injury to the cause in the South But that time
has passed by. Our rivers and estuarles so long
without single battery for their protection. are
now bristling with guns, which have beaten
back the foe every attempt he has made; the pen
insula below has become one vast entrenched
camp; the important position Of Manassas, which
seemed at one time to invite attack Is now strong
that Scott hestates long, well he may, before be
attempts an assault; the NavyHard at Norfolk, with
its immense supply Of arms, which might have been
retaken by halfdOzeH regiments, is now impreg-
nsb!e: the Valley is defended at one extreme by
Gen, Johnston and an army of force which the enc
my dare not out OF his entertainments 10 nght;
and our only weak point is in Western Virginia
which is weak because of the treason within It. DC
casiOnal reyerses have their uses also, Ii we Will
turn their lessons to account They teach US the
necessity of vigilance, of energy, OF discipline.
They impress upon us the importance o! always
hT- ovrun
YOU would be sure Of doing all that you can do TO
defea and destroy him.
The war has thus far demonstrated that the enc
my dare not attack us with anything like equal
numbers. He must have at least four or five to
one before he goes forth to win laurels which gain
ed under such circumstances. would be, to sensI-
tive brow, a diadem of thOrns. Even with those
odds he was overwhelmed at the battle Of Bethel
by the most glorious and wonderful achievement IN
arms which this continent has ever witnessed. ii
Southern men had failed in like enterprise; II hive
thousand Southern soldiers had attacked twelve
hundred Yankees, and been repulsed with tremen-
dous slaughter whilst our opponents escaped with
the loss Of single life there might have been some
reason for grumblng. But we cannot always eN-
Pect to whip, in the proportion OF one TO Tour OF
five, and we should not be discouraged II, before
such odds, we sometimes fall back to position
where we shall have better luck next time.
From the RichuOn inquirer, July Is.
We do not anticipate an unbroken series Of sue
cesses in this war. Checks and reverses are newt
able and unavoidable in all wars, and in all parties
- wars. no matter how Just and holy their cause
In the war of the Revolution, Just and righteous as
it was, on our part, we sustained number OF dis
asters several of which were in the South. The
disastrous defeat at Camden, the repulse at Savan>
nah and the surrender at Charleston, are historical
facts but these reverses and disasters were scarce
" recollected by the American people or by the
rest of mankind" after the glorious conclusion o.
the struggle at Yorktown. on Southern soil. In the
war Of 1872 we suffered the disgrace Of iutFs sur
render and the capture Of Washington; but that wal
was terminated at New Orleans in blaze OF glory 10
the American lSouthern) arms. The Texan arm.
was literally destroyed on several fields IN then
war of independence. After the fail Of the Alan
and Of Goiad. the Texans retreated east to San "a
ciuto a considerable distance the enemy In purs III
At San Jacnt) they TUNED upon the MeXleans, XII
ing 8bou: one-hslf of them and taking IN
other half prisoners. The battle OF Sal
Jacinto decided the controversy between MexIc
and Texas in favor Of the independence of the LAT
ter.
The Confederate States may experience now AM
then reverse in this war, but their general cours
IS Ouward-ther battle cry is victory.
The reverse in Northwestern Virginia is ofisette
by the glorious victory just achieved by McCulloug
and Jackson over the myrmiions of Lincoln in Mis-