The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-22

they have risen from defeat and the courage they
have shswn IN threatening again AMI again cap
t. and tveR our interior, cannot fail to extort
unwilling admiration and respect Well il General
Mcclellan rsposr ed TO lave said (privatey) as he
watched their obstinate lighting at Antie,sm ant
saw them retiring in perfect order in the midst Of
bors these would be, We must conquer them, or
they wiil conquer us ~
TIE PHILOSOPHY or THE ELECTIONS 1T THE
NoRTH--No ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE SOUTH
TO BE DERIVED FROM THEM.
1t Is impor:sn. that the South should Lot be led
into even moment S :nacticn by any apparently
favorable reaction at The North. The recent eiec.
tions there should especially be dsregarded AZ far
as they may, IN the opinion Of the over.sanguine,
tend to shortening this 1: is not in the follow
ing article alone, from the New York Herald, tina.
the views yet forth there are to be found, for we
find its sentiments appearing in different language
in every paper receive from ths United ststes
The Herald says
The philosophy of the elections nov held i, war
for the Union 70 tie bitter end, and Reputation
of all fac.ious Opposition to the Administration -
slt is evident that the people understand the true
nature Of tha issuo, aad though the politicians did
not shape it for thsI, the ,yoters, a;dsd by the in
u for themselves. Party spirit has received rs.
buke on all hands, and the Union sentiment ia cbn
insnt end triumphant in the land. The two ps.
ties Republicans and Democrats Gre completely
demoraiized. and they have no longer any cont
dene in their leaders. Their fsith is in the hon
esty of the President Of the United States, and in
him alone Political leaders, including the men,
bers OF the Cabinet, Of account !; and il Hr.
Lincoln, taking his from thsse elections and
other sgns of the times could get rid af his present
administration and appoint one more in accordance
with popular Indications or appoint q new CaD
net every six weeks, till he found he right men fer
the times he would be sustained by the people who
have full reliance upon his honesty and vii! rally
around hrl as the preseryer Of law ard order, and
the only safeguard against anarchy and confusion.
Aud IS 20 the emancipation proclamation and the
proclamation suspendrg the habeas corpus they
willing to trust him, and he win not abuse tacr coL
dance Had the President, indeed, tase en- this step
in the beginning Of the an! arrested the disloya
and taciOus radicals, as we'll AS tEe sytDpathizars
with sston, his popularity would pow ho bound
less and the affairs CT the country would be IL far
Detter condition to day than we find them Mf. Lin
coin is not the presid, Mt of the Republicans re1
cais but of the whole people for, though he only
ceived minority of all the cast in fact only
about third Ct thenl-yet, after his election lie te
cane the President, net OF 2 faction, but CT tho
whole people. lie was the candidate CT party;
but he the Chief Magistrate of na:ion aud where
the great vta interests of the Republic at stake
is his duty to consult the wishes not of fraction
os tha nation. but of TIE whole paop;e. Rot III Rs.
public auisn, rot il Eadcasn lies tina power OF tie
President for good, bat in ths support Of tie people,
without distinction of rarty. ct party se thrown
ful of Republicans insufficient to sustain the
O4vernmept Were il ne, fUr The loyal Delncc
raey OF the land We %ould uot have GoyeEp
meNt st tpis hour. Those, therefore, no .dyise
Mr LlncO4n maze any ion tet9fae.i Ro.
pnb,icaI.s :.ad Democrats in this great crisis,
bis worst enemies. .ud the enemies OF tx Re-
public
i. is only .oy TIE t,siou aud eooporatan Of al:
thst the country DE saved; and hence it il; that,
notwithstanding Democrats hava had many causas
of complaint. they have said but little. because
they think this IS not the time to make l roiae
sbou: tr,tes while the great temple of freedom,
built by foref.thefa is fire and is ii danger
Of being consIis4ed The Eremen are throwing ths
watsg upon tic Hs!nea Iha presidert il ,ae chief
ougiu, er ald hs Las wcrking under him assistant
engiloers and Nslions companies oou.uiand.d 4 b.
their ioYerien New, though some oi these officers
may gci b..llv, au though the chief CT. ineer him.
| stlf may err III iaismsnt, and may perhaps %
more ,ia,naEe 10 th: surrounding 3uiidicgs :hau
! scnc WOu1 dec!.i~:-ceSsl:y, and c-eH p;ocotd 10
IL, 4 u thea. 10 tlo iol.,d III ors.eT IL agTe=t
The PROCESS Of the eol a2ra,ion snail .iiGGns " ho
DO l0t teton, to the tsiEi il..- rfFv It 5rGi
| moment a;l Insist w.Ill threats cf violent op
/ position, that Abe chic; engineer ard his lie
! nler are eli wrong Nouid they get up iot
:i,d el.barra4s All ope:aii1,ls, while tie fire
! CONSUMED tie gos0uf structure 10 aaheS?-
If they witnessed mistakes, would they not rather
ali i'll the ire subdued aud then make their
comments, and, it the CHEF engineer shoT ed in
competence. let him lie turned at rho Et ell
ton and a bstter be put il he place. Bat let
enc thin, to doEe AT a time and let I'll things be
do.eiecs n;ly ar, III O: der fo desire OF tie peo
pie "a evinced at these elactions, is 20 bare The
flames If rebellion kubiued as speedily possible
Tina Chief Aagi' tiate "ho by the ConSitutioo is
Commander III Chief Of tie army and navy. has
charge OF the fire Ghey are .o.o.ved not Only not
70 embarIags him IL his aTJrts bat II give him a..
tis sid IL their puver, caring to b5 critical
! Ill! the work done When ilr Job - accom-
pli-hed then they will pass Judgment upon the
u,erits OF the performance and app.and or condemn
Idngiy. To the sovereign people, tie tTne and
~ fape % ~
| responsible, and viii have to Reader sccocnt
hereafter. But, meantime, Cbs.rictions must BE-
! thrown IL his way, but sil Lands inGst yied ODE
d:epee nsin ain order, and cordially aid III the great
! work.
! THE cOhFEDERATEs AT FRANKFoRT-A YANKEE
OPINION OF THE;r. CONDUCT.
t i letter from Frankfort, Ky, 10 the New York
Tribune, written after the departure from there Of
! the Confederate troops, says;
The conduc. CT tha Southern soldiers generally
was very orderly mere. ald il is said tey under
| better discipline than our i1en They are rarely
seen in.oxi icated. liquor being very carefully kept
from them by the otficers. EoIeogei, their camps
! usually located cut Of town, saj the IL oops
forced to roan tlese, instead Of struggling off
| indulge il quarrels sud debaueEery. Gen. Bragg
/ issued all order TO this cE3ct, aa particularly
charged tho officers Of companies aud regiments 10
remain with their men instead Of Guarteiing them
selves in private houses ana hotels as am sorry
! to say, Is TOO much tie custom IN Gu. army.
! Seuerg, OF the liquor sbopa which sold liquor TO
the soldiers shut up By the authorities. and the
stock IN irada destroyed, establishing wholesome
precedent that had Its duo influence unoo all con
! scielcsiess rum sellers
! The rebel troops who came here from I.sxn gton
were usually vel! clad but those who arrived from
the South were quite ragged AT Lexington they
| doubtless Obtaned new garments and SNch other
! indispensable articles. They generally very
well aIInsd the infantry having musk eta and bay
onsts, and the cavalry carrying Ehotguns.
Many of the privates wsTa tine specimens Of
rhysica! men, s,u. nearly all looked ana far
older than they we're, as il tlay tad suffered from
dseage hunger and exhaUstion. No doubt their
march over the mountains was very severe, and
tS5 their p,any privatioEs have had s deeterious
effect upon their naturally vigorous constitutions
There wera never, am Informed, over twelve
thousand troops at enc tine in~Frankfort, though
here Southern officers said they had thirty
forty thousand; while Ia kentucky ttey declared
they had seventy or eighty thousand. Humphrey
Msrshal however tod persons here that tbs Cos
federate force i'll The state would i.ot amount TO
over fer thousand; and isarn from residents of
Lexington that Kirby Smith never hsd more than
i've or elk thousand men there
AS have Eaid hefcle, there is but very little
quegticu their force in Kentucky has been oyer
stated, and that outnumber them three to one.
very Isrgs proportion of thsir men are mounted
every fellow who can stealing a horse and enlist
ing IN the "cavaiy." On this account this section
OF country Is nearly barren Of horses hundreds
rpoa hundreds having been stolen during the last
Two " eeks.
A PROSPECT FOR THE DEFEAT OF WADE AND SUM-
NER.
The New Yoik Hadid OF the 18th, SAYS there
sesms tn bs "a prosred hat Wade and Simmer will