The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-28
AifjImonn Dispatf1.
SATURDAY MoKNIN1. !. UEa1. !,

80 - MA .nvMN. ~ -. :. y ~. 70, ise..
TINE POWER or BRAo-With few excep.
tons, there never was q bully who WAS not
coward, nor 4 bHg who did not prove a. i'm
potent In performance NJ he was obstreperous
in rromiss4 man who cannot express him.
eelf upon the most common subjects except In
the language of rsnsipole and exaggerstion,
gives toe best evidence that he has neither
diguitv, strength Of character. nor confidence
in himself II 10 useless to deny that Ameri.
cans have always been famous for their pre-
posserous devotion to superlasives. Their
convcrsasion IL ssrewed all over with capitals
and exclamation points Their steamers heat
all creation, their balloons rise higher, their
diving bells sink deeper, their soldiers are tho
BRAY est, their business men the fastest, their
cities the grandcsa, and their rural popala.
sion the most virtuons la the world. Their
Congressional orskors throw Pitt, Fox, aud
Burke inso the shade their pulpit lights eom
pleiely eclipse Massil!on, Taylor, Hall, Sum
merfssd; theis General ola Scott, was 1.-The
grea, soldier Of the age" an age in whic n
Napoleon, Wellington, and thousand other
brilliant European Generals had lived, and III
which Pcl.isier, Todleben, snd the otter dis
uasu,sked names OF she Cr!nea and Of Italy
sui fingered npon the st.ge.
1t was, also; the manifest destiny" Of
America 70 aesorb al ih- rest CT thls Cont
nent, and when Ii would not consent 10 no 40
so.bvd OF its owa vol4,iun, il was 70 be iiii,
Goslered IL by proeess nearly aka 70 is
faorai ieateres 10 highway robbery. Even
Canada, Genital Amerlc.i, aad Caba have each
~ ,ail iel1 Ia their pockets the atfectionlte
ensefs OF u people VINO pronounced then.
se..estae saints c; the Garth, Tue eject o. Goa,
but wlo we'e not ao3ve picking, and s.eaIi..:;s
ald nag defins. " Gere b,oiaer jonathan
derived HE habits OF bag AID e4ass er..tioa,
i: Is not easy TO perceive. John Bali, whom
he e.a!Ias rs has father, ia pr0yerbiAiiy proud;
bui PRIDE is d d.iIereat quality from VANITY,
which Is Jona!h4i4's bescitiug sin, AID prouo
people arc TOO conscious ot iLeir strength to
be Always f4-aoils il L. WORDS. IL Enstand
We rarely sse the iupgaage OF exagsuraticn
either II tie pcuss, Lie pulpit, o. p..glisheu..
The ,,randes5 eveass threw no cue INTO i.ys,e1-
ice, AID statesine n, debatecs, writers, ana so.-
d,crs, esacn OF waon, II Yankee DJude
would De described 10 tue United states as the
most uni vailed OF lis eiass that 6, or nyed,
are noticed there III terms VI discriminating
c:iucisIl, and with d moderation Of eulvgy,
wDicl prove thai the object OF uic.r ooA.-
unendAIioa Lao hot exhausted ali tbs brains IL
the kingdom.
Inc present war has developed Yankee
Doodies habit Of exaggerasion 10 tie most
eeea anything hike tie Incompatible bragsdo-
cla of Lhs New York newspapers, aud the
New York Herald surpasses them all To
see the New York Hra!d and its min or
contemporaries, two weeks ago, "hum5ie the
6f15sh Laoa, on paper, was a beautiful spec
saoIs. To SEQ the hAgsuated Bennett, who at
every street coruerhas had his shirt cowhided
into as many stripes AS the Flag Of the
Cnion," seize the British lion by the throat
And choke him 10 death Ia sLirty seconds, was
The most wonderful sight ever beheld siuce
David slew Goliah. England cannot afford
70 60 to war with US" exclaimed Bennett
I'VE would conf scate Line hundred millions
Of British property in shipping, stock,
&c, In the United b'ates; We can spare siA
thousand ships for p,ivaseers, and arm them
and send them over The ocean to sweep Ler
commerce from the deep; and she will lose
Canada, her West India possessions aud in
land. In The event of England, in her folly,
declaring War against the United States, the
annexation of the British North American
possessions, to which Mr Seward looked for
wardin his speeches made before the present
administration came into office, will inevitably
follow. Between Vermont and Minnesota
We can pour hundred ard fifty thousand
troops into Canada in a week, and overrun
The province in three weeks more 1t would
take longer time 10 capture tbs citadel Of
Quebec, but still time would do the work
In this invasion we would be aided by q
large portion Of the inhabit ants, two.thirds
OF whOL are in favor of annexation to the
the United States. The press Of the coun-
try nay have led to contrary opinion, but
the press by no means represents the general
feeling on the subject. In very short time
We could, II required bring million Of men
into the field 10 secure the conquest. And
what resistance out of Quebec could the
British Government offer 20 the tide of in
vssion! None that could not be easily
overcome, even by u fraction of the force
We should bring into operation. Her army
IN all North America Is insignificant, her
Notifications few and far between, aud her
frontier totally unguarded Canada would,
therefore, be at our mercy from the day Of
our crossing the boundary line.''
II we had not been trained by years mill.
tary experience to the astounding mendscity
and brag Of the NorthAoa press, who could
believe that i, Is this same Herald which at
the first growl of the British Lion, has pumped
down on its knees and with visage, which
looks like cross between the Wandering
jew and the lmpeni.ent Thief, sends up a
SHREK ef terror tnat makes the harshest boot
ings Of the screech owl seem soft as the music
off nightingale What must lie the country
OF whose public sentiment such a paper
is the exponent And yet, we verify believe,
1t ts q correct exponent We believe that,
from the audao!ty which led to the perpetra-
uon of the outrage upon the Trent, and to its
approval by the whole people and their repre-
sentadves, the United States, 1t the first
show Of British Indignation, arc ready to
tumble down to an abyss of shame and humiii.
sdoa - Tar bsnssth the level Of ordinary degra-
dation as their vainglorious braggadocia was
above the capacity Of their performances
Great Heavens 1.-THE South could permit It.
self 70 b sabjsgated BY any government
under heaven, could 1t ever consent 70
b subjusated by sueh "servants Of ssrvsnts
and elsvee Of the devil" m thu lincoln d,c.s