The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-16
The London Tunes on the yy,


De more moved by the sound of actual war
rare tnan by the violation Of rights or tha
soandonment of compacts. The Southern
TTnioa, t ,aay nave torn the Constitution of the
ohIon 10 pieces, but the patience Of the North
was not worn ont until shot and she'll had
oeen poured into Federal Fnrtress
anu FEDERAL officer had been led a
prisoner through the rebeIlio ci.v ~
Charles ton. Now, no weyer. there can hs no
donot OF the excitement all through the Nerth
ROW long 1t may last, and whether IL viii
- soavirs CAIN examination of the coming
campaign, are other quest tions For the pres
ert, there is an earnest desire in TIC
northern States to avenge the cantura
OF fort Sumter. The Presidents ap
Isti T. ls nts been responded TO in every quarter
The feeling in New York city was so strong
at the departure of the last steamer thar the
Herald, which has been throughout these
troubles practically Il Southern print. was
,GTceu ,S 70 turn cora pietely round and applaud
the policy of the Government The New
England States and those of the West ware
also said to be Jealous in the cause of the
Union. Troops were being mustered in the
leading towns and made ready TO march for
the defence of Washington if not for the in :
Vasion OF the Southern States. This ont.
burst OF loyalty may be attributed not a little
TO the restless character of the people. Year
afier year the military ardor OF the Ameri-
cans has Deen expended on militia field DAYS
on professions, Fourth of July demon stra :
tions, and other proceedings equally snowy
ana harmless. But something more has been
demanded by the hot blood of the American
youth. They leaped into the war with Mexi.
co as II II were q relief from in tolerable te.
dinm. 1t has required cons iderabie Judgment
ana iorbearance to prevent collision with
Great britain on several senseless dispu ties
Now, however, there is EN- ploy ment for every
unqniet spirit. The Southerners have within
lew hours come to be looked upon as ene-
mics against whom a crusade is meritorious
Even In New York, which has been called
with some justice 4 Southern city where the
productions OF the South are dealt in more
than in the Southern cities themselves, W here
the slave traders are said to congregate, and
where the party of Mr.. Lincoln was small
and weak few months back, all traditions
all interests, all political feelings are now for.
gotten, and the whole community demands
that Justice should be done on the traitors of
the South
Ii wishes were weapons. if the trumpet
blast OF Northern defiance could throw down
the walls of every Southern fort, then the
campaign would, no doubt, be short enough.
But this enthusiasm of the North only leads
US to believe that fierce and las ting struggle
may possibly be begun. The States faithful
to Mr.. Lincoln have now accepted the doc
trlne that secession is treason, and that the
seeding States may legitimately be conq uered
and held by the victors. But the intelligence
which reaches US from the South seems to
show that the Confederate States are equally
determined on maintaining their indepen-
dence. The ardor of New York or even Bos-
ton, cannot be greater than that of New Or
leans. The Southerners, indeed, may be ex-
pecteQ De even more reSOiu tS than their
opponents. They know very well that there
is now between them and the North a gulf
which time and quiet may fill up, but which
the shock of war will widen until it is i'm
passible forever. They know what the North
erners seem not sufficiently to consider-that
the recapture of the Federal forts is nothing
in itself, but merely symbolizes the subjecti tion
of the recnsant States to the Government at
Washington.
One may well ask the Nor rtherners what they
intend to do when they have recaptured Fort
Sumter, and what next, and next? The
SOutherners know full well that the Central
Government cannot be content with the .'re-
tanning the Federal property and that as
long AS they, the Secessionists, refuse to ac
knowledge President Lincoln, acts OF hostility
must take place between the two sections
the Southern ports must be blockaded and
the Southern States subject to the inroads OF
Northern, and even of Abolitionist bands -
Therefore, though we have not such de tailed
accounts from the Confederate States yet
from what we are able to publish TO day [ is
easy to see that the Ell tn usias m in the n 1rth
was more than equalied by the zeal of the
Southerners. Indeed as is generally the case
the weaker party actually appears in greater
strength than It's opponents, since know
ledge Of is inferiority leads to efforts and
sacrifices which more than make up for it's de-
ticiences. The SOutherners show certainly no
signs of waveribg, and it will be chershing Il
delusive hope to imagine that either through
fear of the Federal arms, or from difference to
the majority OF their fellow citizens, the Sc
ceders will be inclined to compromise. We
fear that should the North determine 10 en-
force obedience, we must be prepared for con-
nictS of the most serious kind. Southern
news does not reach us very regularly or
speedily, or accurately, but the present tele-
graphic dispatches announce that Iincolnis
Proclamation had been met by defiance
as general as the enthusiasm of the North
Something like levy in mass may be ex pect-
ed among the population of the South, who
are easily made uto soldiers, and who from
the skill with the rifle. ha for
midable antagonists. President Davis who
fought at the head of the MIssissip ppi voIun-
teers in Mexico, will probably take the COM
mand. He was, We believe, originally educa-
ted for the army, though he subsequently,
abandoned the military calling for law and
politics. The points at which attacks might
be made by the Federal Government were
being strongly reinforced, and the experience
of recent warfare leads US to believe that a
determined force behind military works will
be dangerous enemies 10 a disem barking or ad-
vancing army. As TO the financial position of
the Confederacy, we learn that the whole loan
of Sic, 900 900 has been taken a par at New Or
leans, where military ardor was very high
In fact, AS TAR as can be judged from the some
what scanty intelligence received, the Confed-
crate States We're preparing to defend them
selves 10 the last, declaring that their right 10
secede from the Union is 4 clear as the right
of the thirteen colonies 10 throw off allegi lance
to George III. (; and more so, since the British
Government only violated 4 traditional max
i'm res pecting atom, while the North, ac-
cording to them, has violated written Con-
stitution by endeavoring to restrict the right
of holding persons to labor throughout the en-
tire Union.
But it is useless to speculate further on
mat ters which will be made clear in a few
days. The most momentous part of the pres
ent news is undoubtedly that which relate TO
the Border States. 1t is just possible that
some OF these will not immedia tely secede
but the secession OF Virginia was expec ted to
take place in few days, and il is probable
THAT already this grave act has been accom-
plished. Should this be the case the others
must eventually follow. Though there is Il
large non -slaveholding element both in Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, yet the owners form the
most powerful class, and the passions Of the
multitude have been everywhe reused
against President Lincoln as an assaiant of
the rights of the South. Without giving i'm
plicit credit ali that is reported by teegra ph
there is evidence enough to show that a large
body of the people III Kentucky, Tennessee
and Missouri will take up arms in defence OF
the Confederate States. Gen. Pillow had az
rived at Montgomery TO offer President Davis
a division of Tennessee troops. The martial
excitement once begun will certainly spread,
seize all minds, and III no distant date carry
these States out of the Union.
Had the Border States, however, even re-
NAMED firm, it would have been difficult
task for Mr. Lincoln TO carry on such war
as he meditates. A march from the North
through the States of Virginia and North
Carolina to Charleston seems an enterprise
beyond the powers of the Federal forces The
country would 5e almost that of an enemy,
for the sympathies of the eslave-owners would
be rywhere with their Southern friends
1t is difficult to conceive that this project has
ever been entertained. We must believe that
expeditions by sea are the means by which
the President intends TO bring the rebels 10
obedience. Now, operations of this kind are
not only very difficult in the TO- of strong
and resolute enemy, but they ks time in
Whatever may - the result
when the Federal militia attempt to land at
or TO repeat the British enterprise