The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-07
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achieved a series o. Victories wholly unpar.
aIleIe', uuicr ike circumstances, in AZ .he he
tory al human warfare. Cortepdi0g with
men o. oar own race, who treble us IL rum
bers. whS had an organize Government,
standing army, aud fowerfainavy, and who
were alwpv5 ia advance Of ma IN preparation
we had iliricd on them, without a1eQnae
means or ,ine:.y p-cpsation, huntreds of d.
prdeeiu, dateas- A.! Europe SAW The, and as.
s,rtsd il and e:sen their own mon IN Congress.
foremost snn"9k hem, M. Conway. a violent
abo.i:iynst fran X ne.s, aduil'ed liza, a,ath
ern arms had .vervvAe%s been triumphant.
aud hat the .Loasl~i N.clo,isa Of the North,
when elose iy; ecsuilhAed, were bur i.uomn-
ious defeats
The fr,Gge-i disasters sustaipsi by The
North, rendered her Generals extremely can
lions, and iI-iucsd her to bring iE;o the field
the largest .orce Tat ever ead been levied
from s. pols,la1ion Of equal nuTbera Or
sue. sscs IL ,:1e "a .rrs ssnt, inosuIous, remiss,
aai rash. On soidisr., believing that Nor,h.
srn armies gould no, fsr', ccuer-lly r. solved
g. re,ara h>.le II shs cad Of their year ser
VICE sid Leave iLs deieles Of tho country 10
raw tceFl.is. Tie recent disas'ers Sustained
BY or arms have al, ,'aally cured us OF our
lresrr iious AND ovsr confidence, and .aior.
tunately a 8Isi. did moro by boestting 4 tor.
iib.e revU'Hon of feeling, and IA too many In
s,aUcss converting our sang1jus e4tb -sissia in.
- gloomy dependency and ouI imp. 4denos and
rsthnes3 into inactive owe. .c4ution Ihis was
% 81 I to
Int l:uaag, Eue@, l. Oet.er, and moro l.iia-
lie srirls - ans.us among aa. We begin ~
iesl that Wc, no have defeated .ho North lO5
mae moLls, lighting against great ODDS ani
advantage eau defeat lie. sin II Ne win
hu; pat .,h AL OR sirenssh, a..l 10 Arm &c.
su.uye, devoted, Aa.ious, aud ciredus 6 sot,-
We have msde q EJTpy exchange il dIves'in.
Ourselves u she uuosiculat,rg enthusiasm
viii y lich 0e began tue war, an enthusiasm
l's.t ..cu ouru' out .ul 10 81 WAYS euccee ied
H. s?o.Ls . .5op-, -ipnent iespoudency,)
0ujass ~ fla "a 7tssds spirit Of confederate,
pIoyidea' .a- .sei'g, ald soIt saerI .iug deyo.
Il, Il - Cai 4JauJs or boLas aod families
TIE feeling ana the rreolu'!.n which now
Lorve us ;er Il, 'op,~s;, viii not wear out.
hte use re have counted tho cog, aud are pre-
plf.j 20 nee; Il laI endure it, whatever j.
IL = oe, aud because full .a1 cautious prrpsra
tiog has iaken tue place Of iucorsider;.te
Iashus,- and assumption. Neither nation.
o. individuals ever became truly great until
they have passed through the ordeal OF mis-
fortune aid adversely. Moral courage, with
out which physical courage IL worthless Is
eneI,sred by continued prosperity, md can
elly be restored hy the Christening influence
Of adversely We have hi. Indispensable
teaching whilst We are yet s'ropg enough 10
profit by is. S.onaed, ~ il too many cases
Almost paral1ci, at hrn! ty the sudden aEdap-
palliDg blows received II Roanoke Island aud
Hort Doae!srp, we have already recovered
eur somposnre and proceeding win less
fiery aud enthusiastic I al, bUs with IA fat
more Seseszt.ed and grave resolution, IRE
putting oss whGls strength for the con
test. vs. sce thac our enemy Is desperate
samlls ruined bankrupt, who can only re-
stoTe Ii, toI:unes by coLq1eriaE robbipg. and
snslaving ia We know his great strength,
liz vast military preparation and resources !;
that be has gathered courage from despair,
and that ae j. msking cd agopizing exer-
ton 10 s1tjugate Us, az once, by the
Gre of all his men AMI me.,ns, for he
feels tho. his str1n2th is n1eriy exhausted
and tGat be must coueger now or never
We Hscl eonf.ent, however. that since we
were an 0vermatch fer him III every eneoun.
Ter, tor nine long months, when his prepara-
lion WAS better aRd his numbers greater than
hen he h9 at md
wash. whan be WAS fighting under cover OF his
saipa or ieIts, and we exposed 81 a double fire
from bis Numerous aud powerful sr;iilery--we
are surs that, sincs we whipped hin under
such Erea: disad vAntsges, when lie invaded 10y
land our vasS, intricate, psthlesF aud uoun-
famous irter'or, without clips and with lew
arpllery ttor our roads are mpas=abs fos CIR
Eiiery J; when his numbers have been reduced
tgc-,hirds by armies detailed to prevent in
surreosion In the Southern States which he oo.
eupies, but has not subdued, that we will op-
pose him Wi b superior rumbere and readily
capture his armies, or vaDquish aud expel
them. IL would require millions Of men TO
Uverrun our vast, sparsel y-set;ltd country,
with lte forests It's morasses and liz mountain
sLains, even we're II possible TO eub-ist them
pn their m9rUh; but overrun ing I'd would not
suJsus us. Maryland, Missouri, and Ken
faeky have been overrun and occupied 10y his
sroes bu, H.. are not subdued ia spirit or ia
f4c., and more troops VIII be needed 10 pre-
vent oVsn rebellion among them than II took
30 overfun and occupy teo0.
IN ltose Asaiss. III Aiexaujrjs, Z irfax.
Northwestern ii'gini,, and Oh our Eastern
s8ore Ia IDe wherever TIE Fede!sls have
occupied portous Of The So1sh, thy have in
creased lhe humber 81 theil eueuties, and les
senes the nsmbsr Of their friends Yet, they
vaiply cling to The hope that the Union feeling
j. yet strong ia the Soulh, and will rise up and
Desert itself ut their approach. Disappointed
svepy whsfe eiss, they now declare that il will
exhibit itself liz Weetern Tennessee, in re-
sion thai bas sent more troops TO oppose them
than any other IN the South tn Y will find
tlu.t their Invasion viii heal civil diSsensions
~ that y ste, and THAI l. stern Tennessee will
very so0u, ii up against them numerously
and unanim ualy az Western Tennessee.
GoDqaer the South Look to the map and
wse II she be not invincible, if true to herself
IL sverrun, subdaed, suhjugated aud enslaved,
would it not require q standing army of mil
lion u retain her In subiugation The North
knows, aud feels, and acknowledges, thai it il
hopeless to endeavor TO suhdue US, except by
The aid OF great Southern Union party. We
know that there is no sucle party and only
Ew oravens aud traitors among Us, " no are
not Ysndy 20 nuke any sasrif % eooner than
become Subjects or slaves OF tie Yankee
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