The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-30


the incidents of the engagement When that
of our own friends shall Reach It's, we shall
have additional cause of rejoicing. We can
afford 10 wait ior this. Inc eiielny account
gives us glory enough for one day
WEST rotNT Asp THE Volt NTE.Ks.-TLere
il II violent controversy between " est Point
and human nature. There is an lrieHessible
conflict between Yves; roiat and volunteer
mature. the struggle has been very nortiui
one 10 The Confederate service. " esI Point
must give way, on our armies are IN danger OF
,ssuanilng Win the expiration OF the present
terms ri ser,Ics ihe suolcct is one OF very
serious importance; for the evil may 20 on
unui ii dllv.a our military forces cut of the
Held, and leaves our liberties TO be protected
"u., by s.a irregular system OF Warfare Wnich
IGixlt soon emf III utter overthrow.
Ine ideas Of VI est Point are modelled after
those Of tKEBEhlCk the Great. lie was IN
absolute monarch, ANA the yerIcSt mi.riinet ana
petty tyral; lhat ever breathed the air. \
great General lao certainty was; ANA 1t was
only his genius which, relieved his repuia-
tlon. West Point AIMS 10 play FREDERICK the
Great over again, but, except in lew in
etaicer, withou. the genius ihat commands
Success and wins renown.
West Point would treat the Volunteers pre-.
Iiseiy III tie manner IN which the Pitlssian
King created his sreradiers--;.s SO ln;nv imam
mate blocks Of wood. 10 be kicked anu thrur.
about at pleasure; ~ part of Il grand piece
of mechanism, III the form OF an army, winch
di.iers not at all fro,n 80 much wood or stone
except that 1t must be furnished enough
coarse food to sustain life, and enough rect
and sleep to satisfy the necessities of mature.
The volunteers are not l.locks Of wood or
lamps of stsne; they are not mere soldier.
they are men, c-,izeils people, volunteering to
Render service a. soldiers 70 bring th" West
Point and Berlin idea to bear On them, is no.
only to ignore what they really are and to
resarl thelA is something that they are MT,
but ii IL 10 fill utterly u elicit from them
lie service either of citizen soldiers or rc4H-
lar troops
Vest Point al the head OF voiunt eer gentle
inen ana citizens presents almost a. inccn&r'-
Gus spectacle as was exhibited by that mad
cap British officer, during the war CT lSi-'
who spent year in Spanish Florida
in training regimenjally one or two thou
sand Seminole in the tactics of the rcyu-
lar British infantry. No sooner dill he hIin"
his uniformed strapped, and heavily ac-
coutered savages into action than they all took
incontinently to the trees, leaving one of the
best drill officers and most progn.atical mar,i
nets Of the British service no other alternative
than to turn Indian likewise and betake him
self 10 the bushes
The illustration is only apt IN the incon-
gruity of each ease; for the volunteers will
do as good and scientific fighting as regn-
lars but the effort to apply the rude and
harsh discipline OF the regular service to
them is as idle az to expect an Indian 10
make as good regular ss a Hessian.
At best, considered personally, the West
Pointers are mere cadets, educated at
public elee mosyrary school; whit. The volln-
teers are the people-the country who have
provided and supported the institution.
Was it ever supposed or Intended that men
edncsted by the pc ol,le for the performance OF
aapeeitic duty were, i'll its performance, 10 as
sumo the hauteur Of masters and 10 bear them.
selves to the volunteers as if they We're mer
ceuaries, or as if they were like liessans, born
expressly for regular soldiers, to be sworn at
IKE the army in Flanders, with backs formed
10 be kicked and souls fitted To be damned p
The mere manners of West Point might
however, be borne with, if they were not con-
sagious, and did not communicate themse lc.+
TO the officers from civil life who never So n
the Hudson river thus sowing the eieniants
Of dissolution throughout orr volunteer ar
mics. Unless these manners are corrected the
present army Is the last one which the South
Will ever bring into the service; TOR the vol
,nteers Themselves, their fathers, mothers a. nd
sistera, As,d Gather see their country over nm.
and submit 10 be murdered by the e, envy.
than 10 ace their brave boys subjected 10 in
liginties and insults which woni'. be af
dieting even TO hired regulars or -unsensiyiye
Nessans.
Ia the management of tie war, TOO, West
FONT has wholly mistaken the mate r; under
their command. They have per sisted IN con-
dneting our campaigns as if our Victories ,,ae.
TO he won by armies when IN fact. il il ON, .,
10y regarding the armies as bodies of 70,
that they can be made to win yicto,;as :,
was the mea Of the States who yyLi.ped ,1',,
Aeaicans IN every battle Their ar,oies -.
more numerous, fully as well Differed 9. al g.,
better disciplined in the ,eebnic. y ,,,,;o.
We iongm their 'araies'' with ,n. .n....
ne n.a 40 Regulars in that eH,ua,o, a.
eepe a vefg few thoas..nis. .,,,,,,,'a.
"es. ioim- Th institrtio,, yy.s .. -,
90 Whatever scientific y.or< w. Ia" -
itdil it well; but the fal,n,a !. Nv a'.' iha
tie INC Of lie State We e.,nna,
war unless the indvidas ,i.uing az, :; M
osify VI Our Volunteers lie allowsa..ee, -, -,
festeied by the cautious cirenoec..
;faid see'l'sa'ity of Vest Point
Ru West Point is by ,so meals 20 h a.
rree'ated. iss services have beer, Levon1 .a,:
niafion. and are Indispensable Il, the coou,,av
lis men are the pride Of the south and are
felt 10 be i's siah and snppor4 z ery ;n..It;-
gent citizen wishes well to Yves. Point aud
would cherish j. as the apple of our eve. The
combination Of West Point md The BRAY.
iinimfnons Southern .vonn;a er, would b, the
aappiest ever presented in ~, army il, only.