Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-03

land the more especially that State had not formally
Withdrawn from the Union, to construct and concentrate
at Cairo irresistible force Of suntosu and land troops
to sweep the banks Of the Mississippi the Tennessee and
the Cumberland Rivers and burst through The lines Of
Sydney Johnston, and to ct out similar srusnents to
devuate our Atlantic Coast to penetrate North Caro-
Ina and to ISOLATE Virginia. The war wn not to be car.
red to e1rsmites. The North should not not DO eIss-
persted BY invasion. Peace was 70 bs invoked. This
and peace would be rendered on satsfscory terms oy
the mex, Federal Congress Strange iufstuston that
not even the terrible descent Of Mcdowell upon Manassas
with the ferocious CRY Of "0a Richmond" and with his
wagon trains loaded down With hand cuffs for our ecers
and hslters for our soldiers and ball dresses In shich
Northern Danes we're dance our PROSTATE rights
and liberties served to dlspei The singular haluci'
nation still continued. With Q few shouts OF desion
after the routed and flying Yarkee our troops we're sur
fred to sink into rspos being only disturbed 70 puta
higher fash on the works Of engineers aid to
lcrgthen out their enormous proportions.
In considering thes, matters It should not be forgot
ten that the Morrill, BY the very course Of defensive and
sc;ive policy pursued BY authorities on behalf Of
the South has teen compelled in great 10 sI-
h,us. its Treasury and that bssd 10 l., present e.
forts at invasion and sutug,top, must stapd with re-
src,ed resources and be driven most probably 70 the
necessity of sokao slsdgng Independence But les
the worst come 10 the worst that can possibly f,w
from their piratca expeditions and the cutting OF Of
our chief lines Of intercom nuniostioD, can We true 70
ourselves, be subdued and corquefedf
Never in the history Of man was such people con-
qaered Il shoui have been remembered and ought not
now to be forgotten, that an invasion OF the South 10
quite different affair from invasion Of the North
The difference 10 that experienced BY Napoleon between
Ausris and Russia Ia the first he found consenhi
climate soil we'll cultivated and tesmipg With fruits
vegetables, and grain country thcky peopsd bus
without arms aud filed with numerous villages. towns,
and wealthy ci,ie9 In such country there was noch
Guilty in maintaining, clothing, and provisioning biz
armies and In every other particular, making war
sustain war" 10 Russia tie reverse Of al Ills
was the case. There be found an uncongenial OIL
mate sparse population scattered over immeDse sur
fa,ess country poorly cultivated In vegetsblss hui5
and the cereals broad and rapid rivers tuf,c, srd
den freshet, and fas few village, fewer towns and s
wer cities War could not there be made sustain war
For eubsis.ercs and clothing he had TO maintain huge
oonmissarat and an unvieldy uansr orstion depart.
ment covering his whole lirs Of march, and su'jsc!
At all times to be cut tf by the fierce Cessscks.-
Though succefsiul In AuAris, he was piosratsd
/, Russia. Wssram inaugurated him master OF
P,tentates, Thrones and Posen; Moscow hurled
him from bis seat Of pride, Of might sad OF glory
and buried him Alive frat at Eba snd Afterwards at
Helena The North m ~ still become the Austria Of the
S,utb, Blu. tbs South only be the Russia Of the
North The vatchful Providence Of God often, 10 dos.
spite Of the evil OF mans naure his feeble and
his wicked designs, leads him through the erroneous
paths of his choosing to ultimate sety and sscari-
IT, So doubtless Ii vii! DO vouohsafsd to the South,
that through very defeats and disasters aad the sue.
cesses of the enemy, shall be led to glorious 70.
dsmption from our weaknesses and ollies. Smte the
head of the hydra in Tennessee and North Carolina and
his tail in vlrsni. may bs easily broken. The North
would then lay open b,fors arms, and peace might
10 dictated upon Of future safety TO ourselves and
po.eri,y ovee tho smoking ruins Of Cincinnati, Pha-
dslphia and New York. But wiss prSdsnt and d.f'n.
,iu jliey nov for the fret t.~e rsqar'd BY oar aH.
MyrItiss-s Icy at on. and tbs same time snatRnS
the inersa,s and eo~osnration of oree', and pre-.
venting III, further advance of The enemy. By this pol.
icy he will be driven to the alternative o! retiring from
his c,ast and interior lines OF occupation with the sub
ssance of cur AID the p2roGci Of the heats and
the diseases Of the SUMNER Of seeking 70 maintain
his positions ca from bis gunboats and subjected to
erterminasipg eridemics.
The cause of liberty is never los. I. survives the
chain aud the dungeon the axe and the halter IL I'M
mortal Age that bring, to everything else decay and
de.h gives to il increase Of vgor and perennial Jouth.
Sanct6ed in heaven, IL Is psrpetusted on earth. ls
sori, alone snmaes to noble and lofty destiny. With
the sword It srk d)wn the oppresaors rod, ss the
waves Of the sea dashed Caru.e from the shore. Who
shall bid 10 strong pusaiions to cease, or shacie lis I'M
cououerable arm, When Gen. Washington vas asked
VIA, he would do IL the British forces should come 70
Do sess all of cites and the couatry bordering tho
Atlantic Ocean, constituting nearly the whole OF the sst
tied portions Of tbe thirteen original States be urhss'a-
tuply repio1 " W. shaH rstirs across the AHsghdHid
and shH keep up tbs pr Of Ind p,ndsnes" SO let Is
now be nksi whs. shall do if the enemy comes to
ssess himself Of our commercial m.ts on the Atlantic
and the Gulf OF Mexico aud maintains occupation Of all
the country North Of the Gulf and West of the MSS
.pp and the instant reply should be etire across Tho
Mississippi with our arnie, into Ark1n'as and With or
our douss 10 altar, cur men and our maid SER
wants into Texas and there defy tho world 10 srhs.-
This great STATE 10 point of geographical extent Is d.
yded into three ps, Beginning on the shores Of 'ne
Gulf of Mexico the fret division coast prairie,
extending four hu1dred miles 10 Ter gu, H"m "s S
to tie Rio Grande With average width Of forty ies
Ia dIon to the two rivers mentioned the BrsE' inc
Colorado the Gusd,lupe tho Trinity the San Antonio
snd the NIeces make their sIi. 10 the Gulf across ibis
regiou and within is bounds Their wafer, may be tsd
be nsygable. The soil is black slu'i the depot
of uuuuubered ages, formed BY the reception of the
waters of the Gulf and for productveness opal to any
In the world. Uader full cultivation here alone would
be gsrrered as much rusar and cotton as are now ro'
duced in all America Toe second division extends along
the Red River and it, trouisias, covering sP:ee GO
largo as tina. occupied BY Virginia, ard consists
of chocolate colorsd SOIL well adapted to tobacco and
the cereals and fvorably comparing with the richest