The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-20

The foreign Journals are strnek with the
fo,ly of LINCOLN, In calling out no more than
seventy Eve thousand men for putting down
the Southern insurrection. Indeed, General
scorr and LINCOLN are new struck with their
own folly in making so smaii arequisition. But
the blunder does not end with the meagre force
allied out in the beginning. The chief mis-
chief has resulted from the short period fixed /
for the service Of the new levies. To expect !
to subduc the South with scventy-fve thousand
raw militia, and to accomplish the work in
less than three months, was certainly blunder
for which General Scorr may blush. !
The restless temper Of Maryland was anoth-
er circumstance left out of con sideration in the
first call for troops. 1t is found that with all
the aid of Hicks treschery, and Of large
submission party in that State, it requires hall
the seventy five thousand men fret de-
inanded to hold Washington in security ana
10 overawe Maryland. Add to this fact the
embarrassment which the three months term
Of service stipulated for in the beginning ha'
occasioned, and it may very safely DO SUI
missed why Gen. ScoIr has not YET 'nsa'eu
Virginia. Gen. ScoTr is not READY. Ah'
lus;,ious old peacock boosted rev "eeA'
400. that he was "tsn days ahead OIL DA'i0'
and mean, to keep ten days ahead throughout
the war" Probably the old man Is Oosihhihs
to change that opinion.
/, will require ninety thousand mon 10 IN
wade Virginia. SoorT is too much OF uehe-
raj to attempt anything but tents WIN
smaIler force. There are not moro than ball
that number in Washington and Maryland as
vet and many Of the troops now there are
three months men. He will need to have
full ninety thousand men for invasion, and at
least thirty five thousand others for occupation
before he can attempt any serious movement
towards Richmond or any other Southern
| point of attack and this force must all be
| pledged to three years or for the war. SCoTr is
beginning to realize this fact. He is not quite
sure now, we dare say, of being "ten days
ahead of DAVIS.
We shrewdly suspect the boot is on the
other leg. Tue probabilities are that DAVIS
| is ahead Of SCoTr. lie will have d hundred
| thousand men III Virginia, engaged for the
war, well armed and right well drilled, before
| the first of June; and he will have reserves III
| The South from which III thirty days he can
well his force to any number hkoiy to be re-
| ,,uired. Ii is not possible for SCOTT to collect
| a hundred aud twenty -hve thousand men by
he first Of June. Tie maj or portion OF
the men which he may collect viii be untralh-
| Cd and uuht at once tor the field. We doub'
| If the meeting OF Congress will lind the re
,uis,te furce assembled and ready for the field
Dul the meeting OF Congress Will be III july
d very hot month anu d march southwark
,rum d hot city, i'll hot mouth like July, vii
not be very refreshing, or very JudicIous, IL
! the opinion of Northern troops. We doubt /
| ,ney viii De al xiuus Wiling 10 Come. North
orn soldiers never yet hiade a campaign vi
| SOUTHERN ground. We doubt II They viii Pre-
Ter the months of July, August and oeptem
Der, tor their first military excursion tnrougl
our sunny region. On the contrary, deneTa
DAyIs's troops can have no objection to ex
changing, during the summer, the torrid al
mospnere OF the Cult States fr the mlde
sun OF Virginia. In fact, it is beginning
be pretty well demonstrated that DAVIS
ahead OF Scorr, probably as much as thre
D months.
, Festiaa lente is a very good maxim IN wa
q 1t is certainly the maxim upon which DA'1
has acted, and upon which ScoTT and LlNcoL
4, have not acted. The response Of tho North
a., the proclamation has been very liberal, but
IL. has been rather too prompt. Troops hay
been hustled away from home and rushed al
tumbed into Washington at Il rapid rate b
:, the greater haste has made less speed, al
, the invasion is not yet commenced. The Nor
% has taken too hasty plate of soup. Marsh
!. TuREEs has blistered his tongue by omittII
to blow a cool breath upon his hasty broth.
>. DAVIS is clearly ahead. With hundr
!, | thousand men On either side of the Potion
:, in June, the question will be whether In Su
. hot weather the truo movement should not
. in the direction Of the North Pole, rather tn
of the Southern. The question will be tn
bs sided 1t will not be alone whether Virgin
of shall be subjugated; but, also, whether NJ
no rvland shall be liberated? That aftermath
a. will depend upon the question whether Sec
is ahead, or DAVIS, in their military prepal
tisns. We are willing to trust that Guesti
to time and events.