The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-31
THE MAILS BY THE ASIA.
Views of the London Press on the Battles BE.
fore Richmond.

The malls by the Asia are Interesting. The Lon
don papers all have editorial remarks on the bat.
| Ties before Richmond. We make several ex-
| tracts:
THE BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND.
From the Manchester Guardian
| AT length the blow which the besiegers Of Rich
| mond have been 70 long inviting has fallen. Gen.
Mcclellan, when we lsst heard from him directly,
was coneratulatlng himself with still undisturbed
| setf-compiaceury littl. advantage which
| be represented to have been gained at The most
| advanced part OF his lines. We abstain from
| spaculatng the heavy loss certain to have
been incurred in defeat of such magnitude,
AMI likely enough TO be counterpoised by equal
y heavy damage to the winning side Merely
| the ground, however, of the change of position,
! which il acknowledged we entertain no doubt that
this bottle practically Involves the raising of the
sicge Of Richmond General Mcclellan may IN
deed be able by aid of the undisturbed Federal
command OF the navigation of James river TO
tam for an indefinite time the position ia which be
has taken refuge. Nothing lies between him aud
the enemy on one side except the very ground
over which the Confedcrates advanced with
much effect against the Federal General Casey's
division a the battle OF Fair Oaks or Seven Pines,
and we have doubt they are ia willing to follow
mp successful blow to strike one.
T. iut even if the struggle for the present
AZ the cate of our last advices, and If il FEAST
ble FOE the Federal army TO hold iin III accord
ance with the dictates of characerstlcaily false
PRIDE all idea of taking the Confederate capital
must feel convinced, be abandoned until th. ad.
! vantaees arduously eontended for and now 20
! quickly lost, shall have been regaiued. That is
work not to be done in the present campaign, if at
/ all Richmond has reprieve, and the chances,
never very great OF the city's having ultimately
yield to q Federal conqueror are reduced TO exceed
! ingy small dimensions.
! From the London Times
By this time TIE battle before Richmond has been
as fully discussed as the lneaereness of the news
received by te.o graph will allow The impression
Itilit has, aln E,,rx
/ iish society is not to be mistaken. If there were
before any who thought that the resistance Of the
South likely to be overcome by the ex-
/ tloitS Of Gen. McCleildns army before Richmond,
! they uuieceived. 1t cannot be doubted
! that battle of the highest Importance has been
/ fought and that the Federal army has been thrown
back considerable distance-several miles indeed
/ from It's former position.
But If the Virginia campaign has ended in a
manner which shows that the Confederates are able
| to carry a long war, the fighting NJ Charleston
shows li.at, at Isolated points, they are pre-
pared TO receive an enemy. The ambiguity of the
telegraph prepared believe that the battle be-
| fore Charleston ended in victory tor the South
| The thing is made clear. Federal General,
| plainly ignorant of the enemy he 10 attack
] and the detenceS lie was likely ~ meet, advanced
with some 200 men to the attack o! battery and
! he seems 10 have been completely defeated as
| the British were at New Orleans, and perhaps
| much il the manner.
The moral to be deduced from these events is
clear. There is probably, at the present moment,
in Europe not single society where the defenders
/ ot tlis hateful and atr0ci0us could make
themselves heard. The impartial opinion Of every
| civilized nation is being more and more strongly
expressed against tile enterprise III which the Fed
! erals are embarked. he orators Of The Northern
States may nFeish as much as they please against
! the Interference of England, and The MOP may
shou; sc0rn oi English advice and defiance of Eng
lsh arms; but English opinion is after ALL the opinion
! II the world, and Inay hope that in spite OF al
1ecied Indignation and highiiOwn eioquence, the
good sense Wj.cn Las uniformly marked cotslI-
sells : tits All tIE ut length prevail.
f. " C iaast repeat Rad Repeat agyih our earnest
'o-lIcadstt'u to Tie Federais TO put to this
horrible az. What have ;Aey gained by il What
can t.'ey ever s'n by Do they think that these
uieu 0i their own race, whose exploits they
daily witnessing can ever be so sabugated As TO
sl}iU. 20 the yoke which Hunter aui a Butler
are pre- paI.ng tor item: Can they, III fact wish
tor sayA I oonsUmmaIion Do they not feel the
co,al,ll pride II humanity in the exploits Of q gal
! i21, lep.le, who are defending their homes by :.
"4Fsy Of tue most tri4lseendent Sa.or and deVo-
tionf There would be 40 disgrace ii desistn,
'ro1l the Eopeieas and, consequently, wicked at
. fuNf ~ conquer a9i govern tlse South. Every
! oAe knows that tAe Northern as good IS the
@outhsr", and that il any section of the late Union
wt5o invaded by the rest il would assuredy give
the same proofs OF unfliuching resolution The
whole difference between the ty,o beliigerents is
that the ,ocuth is thoroughly il earnest, and fights
q for lie and death. THIS makes up for want OF
food, Of arms OF medicines, OF al that makes war
easy. As long - is resolution lasts, and several
mi-il"hS oi people are III arms 10 resist subiuga
tioa so long must the forts Of the North meet
with the failure which hss thus Tar attended the
Virginia campaign Of 1862.
From Tie London News
As i Is not to oe supposed tha, the Northerners
eXasgerate their own disasters, are compelled
10 SUPPOSE thai Gen. Mcclellan has beeu Obliged
10 retreat after a severe battle.
We cannot profess to be greatly surprised, al this
6i5aster We kave for some time looked in vain
for any Federal preparations in Virginia CORES
poodne 10 the change Of the general military situ-
which has taking place the last three
or fuUr months. TIE dispersion 0f d large portion
! ct the Federal army Ii expeditions and garrisons,
siW!- -tauoOUs with the concentration Of the Con.
trderajs army through the abandonment Of a large
number "a lis Positions constituted ~ new relation
between the two collective forces. the i'm ,oriance
q which, i seems 20 u.s. has not been appreciate Il
at Washington. l. ought to have been clearly per-
celVed That every Federal success IL the outlying
portions nf the scene Of war would tend Increase
the difficulties ot Gen. Mcclellan, who should have
| been reinforced accordingly. This done,
! al / I reverse i the natural consequence.
Serious this Of the Federals unGioubtej-
iy is il would be great mistake in it any de-
eisive character. The people OF the North viii be
surprised aud possibly tor the moment alarmed,
the defeat OF the most numerous of their armies.
Bnt we DO not expect that they will lose in a mo-
nen that proud consciousness Of immensely supe-
! flor strength which they have acquired by expert
! oacc, and which they reflected III the opinion Of
T. the world. They Will more probably aserbe their
disasters to misapplicatlon of the resources they
/ have placed at the disposal of the Government and
! while increasing those resources from their bound
less store, viii take precautions for their better
employment. Hitherto checks have only pro-
yoked them to mightier .xertiops; and. without
! paradox at the very moment when their largest
army has suffered Il reverse. the North knows il
self stronger As the South knows Itself weaker than
At any previous stage of the war. While, there
fore, we recognize the Importance Of the Conteder
ate sue see in 1t event which Is likely To
draw out rather than shorten the war; for whether
suppose the North 10 be lighting to restore the
Union to tS former territorial integrity, simply,
is advise, for frontier il is certain that its
citizens afford To retire from the contest un-
tlthey have conelusvely established their snpe-
, riority.