The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-20
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We have no Opposition to conceal or TN.
deirate any o: the caiamities Of the war
When beaten, we shall own IL when the sky
looks dark aad lowering, We shall say so. We
shall not prophecy smooth things, when the
sea is rough and the storm increasing in 10.
,ensi,y. But we have never heard Of war
IN which there were no reverses, and Ia
which one party was always victorious aud
tae other always beaten. If defeat entails
no dishonor, if it be defea. of weaker by a
stronger party, and the defeated nobly put
forth all his energies, 60 that he il only over
come at last from sheer weakness and ex
hsnstion. there can be no cause in sueh de-
feat for shame ana Encouragement. Such
has been the character Of every disaster we
have suffered during this war. In Roanoke
leland we had but twent, five hundred men
against ten thousand of the enemy and hun.
.ired ships. at Fort Donelscn, orr Spartan
taad seems TO have been literally crushed
under the dead weight Of enormous superior.
lty OF numbers. We may the result. bu,
'here is no cause Of modification either in
IT, or OF any emotion hu, pride ia the patriot
heroes who so long aud resolusely struggled
against overwhelming forces, and only gave
way at last from the utter physical in,possi
billy of farther resistance
nation which fights bravcly and falls
toniendng TO the last against heavy odds
may lose for the lime its Ct 1se,t but ii
,anUot lose its honor. Ii will he admired ana
respected throughout the world, while it.
Il
achieved by brute superiority, is as uniyer
sally deslised and deGested W THAT names
more respected by mankind than those OF Hun
gary. Poland, Greece, and Italy, and wha
more execrated than those who over " hel uee
HEM BY their vast preponde.anco of numbers
Austria, Prussia, and Tursey' There is no
d sp0t i'll the civilized world which does nc
respect the oppressed more than their oppres
sors and which does not wish W ell to them j,
every effort they make to throw off theil
chains When France and England went t,
WAT against Russia, and when France at a late
period took up the gauntlet for Italy agains
Austria, ali Christ endom re Iuiced at the retri
button which was visited upon the head o
iloody and brutal despots. Even if the Nor,i
>Pts>A 70 GuN'EaSAtii, ny ftttIr VI uSE superior
numbers, in this wicked invasion, she woull
only win throughout the world reputation
as odious and eXecrabe us that of Russia
Austria, and Turkey, and infinitely more vul
gar and beast'y, whist the South would b.
enshrIued III the synpathies and respect Of al
lovers Of liberty ana national independence.
Ivy the side OF ehivslric Hungary and heroi,
Poland.
But the dream Of Southern suhiugation is a.
idiotic ss it is eaecrible. As Mr. Massey, mem
Der of the British Parliament, in d late spee q
at Tolford declared, III the eleven Confede
rate States were determined 10 be free NJ
power Oh earth could reduce them again r.
subsection. No high spirited people, no PEG
pie Of the ANGLO Saxon race had ever been
held down in slavery, however small hi ght be
the area Of their country or the military force
that overshadowed it. lie deiiei any man t.
put his finger upon any State in Europe and
cay that it was so. An exception might be
made regarding Poland, but he believed that
before this generation had passed away thew
would see ii free and united Poland'-a decla
ration which his audience received with
cheers, showing that the generous heart al
mankind always sympatnipes with the e,esks,
party, even if borne 10 the earth, SO long a.
1t retains its honor, and despises and abomi
Mates tie vile brute who has triumphed. no,
by reason Of his superior courage, but because
OF his greater physical strength.
Three ruiiiiaus, powerful in bone and mus
Gle, ieil upon a little fellow, indifierently pro.
vided with means of defence, and, after lonu
fight, III which they are knocked down half q
dozen times, succeed in inilictiny one or two
serious, but not fatal, injuries upon their autaao
MIST Instantly they ret up such a ell of triumph
as makes the welkin ring Who but the basest
Of mankind would rejoice in such a victory
it is precisely the case OF the North, which
boasts that she outuumbers the South three 70
one, which has had The national excheguer. the
army and navy, unlimited command of men
and means, the most approved kind and
enormous amount Of weapons Of warfare.
and fresh sources of supply both of arms and
ammunition IN all her own innumerable work
chops, aud those OF England and Europe. Ia it
wonderful that, under such circumstances, she
should be able to intict upon us some calemi
ties, and is there not greater Cause for wonder
that those calalnities have been 80 few and 80
long delayed' What nation, but herself, would
rejoice in victories gained against an adversary
70 inferior III numbers, with no navy. with
poor weapons, with no means of supplying
them except by running the blockade p
But her successes strike no terror TO
Southern hearts We have eaved our
henor. We shall resist her at every step
aud she need never expect to hold one inch o,
our soil except that which is occupied by hel
armies. Aud the further their advance, the
greater will become tie diff culties and dan
gers Of their wicked and impractcaLIe enter
prise.