The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-04
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WoS'r CoNE DERIVE alluded some time
ago 70 the defiant position assumed by our
Generals On the Potomac, stating that they
had offered battle to the enemy under every
circumstance Of rrovocs,ion and insai;--sha,
they had airted the Confederate banner In
their faces in sight of the Capitol at Washing.
ton, and that the enemy had pocketed these
aggrava.ing insults with the meekness of
Christian men whose duty 1t is to submit
with patience TO all the coutume'y that the
world may think proper 10 fasten upon them.
The National IAteOigcncer, having gotten
hold of the number in which this article ap
peared, makes an extract from il, calls il n
"raniipole e:iusion,' and replies 10 1t as fol-
lows:
1--WE have no douht that the attitude The
Federal army beiraysa wonderful de o- Of
stoiiofty- II is i3deed, most unascco+ table
that the National soldiers should refer 10
fight behind the entrenchtaeGts v i..sn they
have taken 50 much trouble 10 ercr' when IL
would be ;hc easiest thing in the world 10
waive this advantage In favor of the chitai-
ruus adversary, who, is seems, is eager for
the fray. bat hes no tcrach for a IEat in
which the storining Of redoubts IS TO be 1 part
Why should there be any false deiicacy on
This scorcs What adds TO it's S.ran renrs= IS
the recollection that ogI Southern con tempo
raries soon after the battle oi Bull Ran, left
II 10 be understood that the only reason why
Gen. RsaCregart did not instantly proceed 10
The capture OF y sshington WINS the iaadequa
cy OF his means OF trans port tIon and the pau
city OF his force-deficieocies winch, il was
said, would soon be supplied, and then "For-
ward 10 Washington would be the watch
word. Nothing was said 1T Ltai time about
any Instructions, such forts. areastworks,
or redoubis. with all and singular their APP
purtenances, IN the shape OF parape.s, scarp-
walls, itches, coan ter -scarps, covered WAYS
ana glacis. Nor WAS 1t given ont that the OBJ
ject OF the forward movement was simply
10 snirt the flag Of the Confederacy in full
view ofthe White House and The Ca pi;o!.'''
no then II appears, after ALL that this ''ran-
tipole effusion' speaks the simple truth, and
nothing more. The Yankees are really afraid
TO come ont of their hiding places. They dare
not meet the Ccnfederates in the open field
They prefer submission to every manner of
taunt and insult, to another trial of conclusions
upon the terms of Bull Ran. They trust in
their "breastwo Tedoubts, forts, with all
and singular their appearances in the shape
of parapets, scarp wallis, bitches, counter
scarps, covered ways, and glac1s'-in any
thing rather than their own manhood. Snpe-
Nor numbers are 10 them a. nothing The
boasted arrivals of renforcements at the rate.
the Star tells us, of 81 003 in one week. and
the baltimore .amey!caa says of 1t, 900 in an
other, cannot raise their courage to the stick
ing point They are ooNed, subdued. broken
In spirit, without confidence in themselves,
completely under hack, aad not 70 90 seduccd
into another Bull Run experiment. ON TO
Richmond" is 40 longer the war cry Of the
Grand Army. Sick tc Your entertainments,
and keep as far as possible out Of danger, il
now the order Of tie day.
The article which calls forth this leader in
the IateNigencer was elected by tho continual
Boosting Of tho enemy, designed 10 impose
npon foreign nations and upon the Yankee
and foreign population Of New York, who
know nothing of the actual condition of af-
fairs, save in SO far as they can learn il from
the lying Yankee newspapers. The New
York Hcrald had told tne world that the
Yankees had proved their superior manhood,
and cited the battle OF Manassa as il proof
Old BUTLER had tainted MAGKUDER for not
coming OUT, with one regiment and four COM
panies Of intAntry and two companies Of ar
ullery, with seven pieces from his slender
works at Bcthel-wh ieh wculd have offered
scarcely ln impeachment 10 rcsolute inen--iind
lighting his Elk regiments III the open field.
The Herdid WAS constantly telling us. when
ever gained a victory, that It's friend en-
acted prodigies Of valor, and were Only beaten
by superior numbers. If there was that great
superiority OF quality OH the side q the Kan
KEGS, we could not conceive how they could
endure 10 be insulted in sight of their very
Capital, rs they constantly were by the Con
federates, and we said SO. 1t seems, however,
That all this Boosting aud all this assumption
Of superiority was, in point of fact, exactly
what we supposed it to be-a tissue Of lying
exaggeration from one end to the other. They
dare not meet in the field, even with the
overwhelming odds which they must certainly
possess, if all the tales they tell ,bout rein
forcements be true.
The National IateNteeacer confesees, BIZ this
article, that the Union" which it rretends
to be supporting, is gene. The very sem
blance of 1.-THE Capital and the fiag-can
only be kept from al initiation by gigantic
works, which one of its own party says are
stronger than those of Gibraltar What has
become of the threat to march to Richmond
How is the conquest of the South to be effect
cd !! Armies OF bjugation and conquest Go
not ait down behind breastworks ard put
their faith IN counter scarps and 9lacis. And
if MCCLELLAN can do no better than that, be
had as well explain 10 his employers at once
that they lighting for a shadow. IT, in
stead of overrunning the South and forcing
her into reluctant union with the Yankees
be can only hold his own by means of his
entertainments, he has already abandoned
everything that he processes to be Sighting for,
and 10 persevere is desperate wick edness
FOREIGN OFFiCERs.--1he LiScoL.iTE Jour
mails boast OF the great number of foreign Off
GERS in their service. If they had the smallest