The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-08
An English View Of the War in Amt
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IRON tia London Post, sarch ISL

Tho message OF the President of the Sou'h
eyn CJnr dsra ioa Is hEm ii spirit WIKI %
being q. n ,pt, auo candid without betTayiIs
apprsh eusion Tor .he result Of the late dss:s
tiers Of his country. Il readily acko oHieGga
that Ior ODc5 to-tus @ has ccs@I IeG Chs South
srn n, iEh IL refJrs :aetr conb e II -toi
tuae . lie extension o. the natioahl line
dsfclce over TOO long Il tFaCt II cou y; 20
f. keeping With The Teso1Ices 81 she com
n. :rt OF ti,e &'enfederacY I. holds that
was Il cossbie for ths soUtts:n iesi9Ls l.
be al once etr0l & OF the Gun orritId Ttvel
IL Tennessee. strong OIL Ii Pyiclafc 81
strong upon to whole q .heis vaEi seq board
There is 10 doubt iEas ms Is bat IL.
trnth. Armies GA ihst aSive end 81 miss 9l
the defensive each hive their sdFaNtges /
requires krea;2i stxsI sth e. suf Iga.e a coar
tsy than Is req airsG % defend IL; ana, so r
the po itton he's hesn 81 iavor OF the Soa tn
bat On he othex hand, the att3t ktss 90 81 Il
hss. SO fc- ~ GEOGRAPHY viii. alloy is owl
choice o. The G ia-ten to which il siiaii olreci
TIA assault, nd ere III. advan r. K III "; h
the q RIB Thsse circL ms Fees * plain Wn
Pr sldan Davis Is SIT aois 70 nects1s With
prob 6iit'r !hal tie CUT =. tes al neye'
hs tr' "a ic1 a. @n % Act ael-ly, u. Il q h tn.
= oTih has been ain os. in@ar! 3i, v,cturiour
ca a 80 DO tYd. p@letr ting th- far liit.-
Tor OF ia 3stlsru Cocfedar Cy The North =
err armies wJuld bs 81 1jeC Ell - aiGIcs
etery conceivable diSadv rgs Gnt, 10 ia
nnsri inca t&;cEs scr ~ tds Mo- III rs ils
tire alb, he former has tie choice Of neal.
ls he ~ lie hostile s'a5osrd, frGm tHe cocst
"a fiiG 10 tuE lntut9 TT LaS EiSSiS lppi
L. was neAdful therefore for be south L. %
as strong IT every roin- on the ssahusrd 3.
the North could Tsudsr ltetis%t any on.
Peint Frs'iden' Davis, however, iake5 no
comfort rum this re 3soEing; he acAnoV.
lsdx The !sii OF Roanoke Island 20 Re ex-
trr mtly ha-DiI'aii0a 10 the South. Bar re
10 ~. ~ Y rtheisss. upou this disas;er aps.
TIA. .; Post Do"eiao1 Us W. ely ~xcepTionei
defeats, seG 9 eaks o. y be lar euase Ut en-.
cours = Tpsn / and INF fence
The tl7nGi.! side of The Southern Pgssi.
dent- pio-aie Is eer-aiil u tAe most cheerfu;
de shows that ih' ArTu-l exp rdiiure OF The
Sou hecu tonfede-a to- has ut .xeastsc
s.7a.oo0,o2o. M. ii,ris may b. st with rsa-
sou That this does put srnouat 70 ope.tojrd Of
the 81 nusl expenditure o. the Northern Gov.
srLment. be points out also thstit is inf
Bu'. uuioEtuna teiy, he cotton crop yields 40
pc hts. oV ing 20 the dsspera;s policy on
En4ch the Sou'hernsrs resolved ~ the outset
OF the war. II 10 quite true, b viewer, til a.
the relation Of the farenaiturs 80 the value
OF the cotton crop, IL saleeole, has direct
teaTiT On me capacity of ths South 10 o3-
Tray the intertst IN years OF s'eHce. upoa the
~s1.
tur. r'sv appeals, als,, 10 the increasif 6
PREDICTION ef the impi. ments OF war in the
~ bern l. Rtes IS sSfdef &c of the -ncreas
Ing nsIscry OF the s;outh to con 'inue its
resistance Ee. observes, with urquestioa.
abe tru, D. 1bat whep hos'iiities began the
EGvanl"xe in rsspao. of G 'tain q bic m aieri Al
81 war, was greatly on the side OF his ad :.
~srs6riss. The Norm han nearly mono
POLY Of to e arti7ans and worksht rs required
hr, wall he purposes. 1t Wa, therefore,
lsft with tho south either 10 n al e bricks
without straw, or to rely upon port from
sb,o9d. tiut tho ri 1csa deprived them OF
Gil but Ell liz ciceAial supply from Q ther coun.
tries.
The great part os the Southern armv has
s.rce taken The field with eQuinmeDts Of
Ia'lvs manufacture. Mr.: Davis he's, there
f~.Hn Pal n Ia ,hn
serted La his previous message. that his coun.
ssy was becon Ing more az d more independ
eT. t Of the blockade, nd tina: il WE Eradu
a. producing all that was REQUIRED moth
t1r reic0 and for war.
Nevertheless, II appea. in possible that
the content can continue very long It is
qnits 81 f1cisnt fer one OF the I'VE Uonfedera.
ci.s 70 be unable TO light fur Their 10 in.nre tts
.eiminaion. whether the South can con-
tiLue hestilities for in ,nde Unite perlod
of aot SEEMS sseTy car llas TIE North can
a0s. Victorious IN Tennessee. grsat pros.
pee OF en- before sas mora en- pi lions
foiinciaGs IN boston and New York vic
Lick ihey sse In these successes the fail Of
me South. Bat public man az Washlr & on
sel 70 ms4y what ID. y will, pro baby Know
ss' 'ef. Thty know that Ina FARTHER they 10
Tue more thsy Will De excluding their otera.
aUns from tEe base Ct 10. Ia aad The X eater.
ss0,'FiH BE- The opposition they will ieceive
my ga Ia a fair way 10 reposssss The Dor
Ger > ates Bat they see that noihin can
sef, ard reclnimipg the Cuff htarcs, Ten.
Etssee. hk; ksntncky sae ben Iugewars,
ara dtyiofc. From thsir eva uncontested
sfiH DRY sbsy have made a. isat sotn etntus
Erprcas Ring 20 al acquisition OF thssstvo
wsssIers. bu', N penet atir & the Gulf 81 .tes
ftom TeEpessts, they WON'T Rot onsy nav,
Tar more serious oppo.i loo 10 encou tel:
they vou also run the danger OF Ienrex
see rttix9 Ageirst b. N III tb s.r rear There
is NO eouat that II mskeS an I'm xsnse al 4 -
snea 70 the @orth Whistler Virginia. Ken
"a ~. ans Ten s1ssa belong II their oar fad .
srscy or 'haiFf the South. - he i'm ,rr. ys,on
- sefd 70 - ga ntpg ground IN Tho Nor,h
e'to. mat 'his 10 the almost init OF Federr
aeau d Inns hat 10 posIihls. Tns receats ne.
rss.s, mors"vsr, appear 20 hsse be- n non, .
Larry ecnsi rusd 10 ths Nor as I'm, ytp9 sne
close OF TIE War hev could only imsIs n 8
On AZ sopIosiioH Of emp ON tss bes, =
tmminrn tor they eertatuly do NOT shsLs
ths Saif states 3he Washtps,o f,ovsrr,
n eat 10 'eht DC " close t, struggle win cr. !.
90 70 ths fnssivrs, IL fhsy ctesse. on ina h. .,s
~ tue aa.ss aao Or a. ATTY rate after A fe
FIR D fBcesb Isrs sheaid have more ci.sr,y
ssss b5shsd ths exieEt ct tne -errtiorv ~
aid Bat sbeTs car not bs NJ uch doub. th ~
II tbfy do nor, The strafsts N ust, hefo re- Ions
~ >. of Itself by the collapse Of Northern :.
sentees and the imprac .iet biiity OF North
s1u en- afst.