The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-14
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an opinion that the greater scoundrel a man
was, and the less brains he had, the better
so'dier he made. The Duke of WELLINGTON
was Of this way Of think ing. ana he expressed
Il very strongly, ucon enc occasion, in the
House OF Lords. The Duke armies in India,
Spain and Belgium had all been raised by tie
I'D fashioned mode Of enlistment. Tsey were
generally, Of course. ignorant, stupid and
oroken down dcspersaoes, ~ any man must
ave been who ~oud have subjected himself
% the discipline of British army such as it
Wa al that time, for sixpence day. They
tough. with great gaian.ry, and were Amos
a'wtys yictcriou'. ot course, it WAS nstuf.i
enough ios tae Duko to dtaw the CONCLUSION
ac d;i.
Toe war OF the Crimsa, kswsss7, completely
Ipsot this theory, based, Ms II was, upon the
idea tina. III I'll fought the better for having
.,o,hirg to hope for in this world. "a ma.
may ght BVae tho worse for having sid hi>
prayers before goir into battle" gaid Old AL
LEN. ia the novel Of "Oid MoETAIirr."--
rhe Crimean war proves the veterans theory
% be correct. The British troops OH thai occa-
SION were of condition far superior, socially
>ad intelle c.ually, 10 aay that mad ta!-en the
.ed since the intIoduction oi standing armies.
II is true they had no MARiB ORC III and no
WELLINGTON 10 command theui, and te1t there
fore We hear Of no B.enhoim ana 10 Waterio' {.
Bat the individual L citist soldi CT fought bet
ter than lie ever did, and he was iai iaUie Ell
.irLtened i, far more polished, :.ud far better
nen Der Of society than his piedeclsaof, "h'
.oade the fame and the fortunes c. tie illusiri-
Gus chiefs va have just named.
Tie Incidents Of the present var teni moro
han anything that has hefetJior, .ccarcd,
20 confirm the Truth established BY thc icsuitS
Il the war IL the CriDva. lac !. ahtea cain
10 10 Of the sau.e stock with ourselves. Their
almies are nude Up IF city row dies, bfu:a.lAed
AID d,speraie- country clowns, ignorant ate
nalf savages--starying trsdesmcn aLd lac
chanics--and the III scourngs ot the ads ana
manufactures. Our own, aie tho very erealp
# the land, inteit gent, active, high sp!rited,
aid, in general, possessed OF high moral qHal-
iues and social eousidt ration. III every OOH
diet mere TIT proportion has not been NOR
ran tour to one, We have teaten them,
stall continue 10 b,a. them. So much for IT,
,elhgsLt yaior against brute force
Il has beon SAID thai Gen. MCCLELLAN has
expressed the opinion tina, this war is 10 be de-
c.dea ty artillery, and that, ac:iDg upon this
idea, he il filing the clty of Washington with
r,ted cannon. Enough has already occurred,
however, 10 show that The most perfect wsaponh
IN ineffective ha..ds are Of nc avail against 81
uca,ed courage, ami that the educated and
Intelligent canuonier possesses an adyartape
over the trained hirelins which years of drill
ing cannot compensate. Take an example
Den. MAGRUDER's whole force Of artillery at
the battle of Bethel consisted of BROWNS aud
oTASARD's batteries of howtzers, seven pieces
iii all. l. may be doubted whether the world
ever witnessed such s caononade. Tnero Ger
amy mover had been up to that time any
thing like it Un this Continent. so treinen-
ious wus ii that Butler, in his dispatch to
Sc OFT, says that MAGRupER had twenty five
pieces Of cannoE. a West Point officer, now
in the provisional army Of Virginia, man OF
Intelligence aud information, particularly upon
the subject Of artillery, rode over the ground
Ii few days after tho fight, and, Judging frcm
the signs still existing, pronounced IT to have
been astounding, and doubted whether ther.
had ever been anything approaching it. Now
'rASArp's battery had pIaeticed few days at
Chimborazo with blank cartridges, but had
never fired shot. BRowN's battery had fired
ten CT twelve shots from gloucester Point al
steamer attempting TO pass up the river, bal
had never practced with Llauk cartridges.
They were, therefore, -mphatically raw troops.
Yet, while the enemy's artillery failed to d.
the slightest damage 10 men CT breast aOrkt,
TIE Howitzers scarcely threw away a shot.
What was the cause Of this vast disparity?
To US, it is plain enough. The Howitzers are
body Of highly intelligent, highly educ tied
young men-the very flower Of what our enc
mics tauntirgly call the +. F. VS.. The op-
pos ng cannonicrs were mere ignorant merce-
natics - regulars IF the u. S. Army--without
education, without ideas, and without enlight-
eminent Of any kind. So much, once again
for the superiority Of mind over mater.
Oar theory is still further strengthened by
the magnificent performances of the Wash
irgton Artillery in the late battles. They
were comparatively raw, and yet the most
famous batteries of the CID mercenaries
sunk beneath their fire. 1t il in vain, then
for Gen. MCCLELLAN to accumulate rihed
guns. unless he can command the educated
ya'or that is t. direct them.