The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-18

linsnsss to run personal risk for public objects.
They attribute to him an unselfshness to
which his race is stranger. The North re-
fused outright TO send their troops South OF
the Potomac in the Revolution, although they
we're the frst to begin hostilitics and to invite
invasion at Boston. New England refused 70
take part in the war of 1912, although waged
for tho freedom of her own shipping; and burned
blue signal lights for the enemy's nasy, and
held Hartford Convention to defeat the arms
and paralysc the counse!s Of the county iae
Northern regiments which rushed so eagerly
to Washington in April last, are all returning
hcme a. the end of three months. sick Of the
service and, except few sorry fellows from
Maine, all the new regiments now mastering
under the Federal banner are German, inter-
s,,crsed with q few foreigners Of other extrac-
tions. Henceforth the war against the South
is to bs conducted chiefly by liessians, who
endure readily the hard life of the camp, but
do not know how to use firearms.
Tho Yankee himself has become disguised
with war, and is shifting it eli upon tie dsoid-
ders Of ignorant, half starved and ssstse<vient
Germans, who tight for Pay, and who have
been emptied upon our shores from the pauper
houses of Europe. Such is the obsequiousness
of the Washington Government to the Ger
man race, that tobacco shipped from Rich
mond for German houses in Europe and inter-
cepted by vessels of the blockade, is allowed
to proceed to its destination when the owner
ship is discovered, while tobacco skipped to
France or England is subjected " conhscation
or ruinous detention.
Accurate accounts which come to US from
the North disclose the TACT that their nswspa.
pers Systematically exaggerate the streng 9Th Of
their regiments, and that the true secret of
the apparent want Of vigor in Gen. SCOTT con-
sists In the fact that Lis troops are too much
demoralized and wanting in organization and
discipline to be trusted in the iield. This is
especially the case with the native regiments,
and there is no appearance OF efficiency ex-
cept where there are portions Of tho regular
army. or else where the forces consist for the
most part OF the German clement. MCCLEL-
LAS's army is probably the best column the
North has in the field, and this is owing to the
double fact that it consists SO largely of Ger
mans, aud is under the conduct Of able general
ship.
1t is now perfectly we'll understood at the
North, that impossible as it will be to ,aise the
four hundred millions Of dollars demanded by
LINCOLN, it will be still moro so TO raise the
four hundred thousand men which he calls for
The problem resolves itself simply into tho
question whether the poor class of foreigners
at the North is large enough to furnish that
number of volunteer recruits. 1t is clear
case that if every able bodied man to be
found in that whole class should volunteer,
the number could not be raised; and it is quite
certain that, tractable and ohcdent to Yankee
command as the poor Dutchman is, the entire
race cannot be expected to volunteer.
The case is quito as hopeless with the pro-
posed loan as with the contemplated levy of
men. 1t is notorious that the Northern Secre-
tary OF thc Treasury has been unable to dis
pose as yet Of all the twenty five million loan
authorized BY last winters Congress. The
last amount of fourteen millions advertised
was announced to have been taken at about
cighty-fye cents in the dollar; yet, the fact
was, that only nine millions were got Of at
this figure, and if the remaining five has been
disposed of at all, it has been done at price
materially lower.
IL three months more the remarkable fact
will have been developed, that the South is
able to keep a larger army in the field than
the North. Her finances will be stronger and
and the spirit of volunteering among her young
mon will, as it did in the war with Mexico
send more effective men into the field than the
North can send; Notwithstanding the great
number of poor Germans she can bring into
requisition.
It is clear, therefore, that the fate of this
war $50 far as the North, but not so far as the
South, is concerned) hangs upon the success
Of the grand combined attack upon our lines
which Gen. Storr viii order in short ti,nc.--
Ii this grand demonstration fails, then all
hope Of speedy termination of tho war will
be lost ut the North, and the Yankee will
despair of raising an army large enough to
overrun the South. If our Southern Generals
CALAMITY hold their own in this struggle, from
that hour will Southern independence be dated
in history. 1t is in view of the probable result
Of this encounter that the New York Tribune
of the 9TH inst, employs the following extra
ordinary language:
This war is costing the Government from
twenty to forty millions of dollars per month,
and the country-in the disruption and stag
nation OF its industry great deal more. We
are naturally anxiOus-being ourselves heavy
sufferers along with our neighbors-to see
this deplorable state Of things brought to an
end at the earliest possible moment. We be-
lieve the misery endured every week through
out the land, because of idleness and want
outweighs the suffering that wonld result
from two or three smart battles. In short,
we believe the patriot soldiers are to- day
able and willing TO whip the rebels, and we
want to see them allowed to try. Ii they are
not able to thrash the traitors in fair stand.
up fight, our pride rer0tts at the idea Of sLo,cEv
sfarutng them into suIjecti0u or tphfDDtn0
them on ufrfue or money jorroioed in EuToDe.
We say. CHI illenge them to meet the patriot
volunteers IN fair light; II they quail they
are ruined; if they fight, and are beaten, they
must give It up; chile, II they beat IT'S, zoe
ought to d3 tie sasae. Let as have this ma tier
decided forthwith, SO that our brave men NAV
quit soldering and return to more profitable
yocations."
sIes ping On Wa,ch.
The greatest crime that soldier can COMMIT is