The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-25

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Ii ma.s 10 aoxno " ledcei thst taA Yankees
ara gt'heripg fast around ma, aud that wa sire
sst,!n. INTO what might he c;.lisd 81 very tight
flaos. The, are AZ I'LL points of t''o compass
And like she anseonds, To which thay axe "a
peculiar dsIi1h, In hkenine their army SRI
prsrsrinv 10 draw in their folds and crush ne
IL death. II they can. Like the same sci
pept, uewe>sr. they have vital Spots aIi over
them. and one Of these having been once ten
etraed, the folds relax, and the hu9e Cal sass
falls All once "a the ground
There is uo reason tor dependency. I" be
found in our present compressed condition
Ii is the natural consequence Of tire eonoen-
t~stion 80 X hish oar forces have beer subjected,
aud was clearly toreseen by cur anti orities
before tha, movement was begun. We Al by
mean. i'll condition so desperate If Il oms
was after the hattl. Of Gamma, when she bad
iost ell her Italian towns, and formed, herself.
he cole obstacle TO the entire suhjugatiou OF
that Peuinsula. Beaten Oh land and &, sea,
The imperial ely still bid defiance To her enc
mies She sternly refused 10 ransom the pri-
sonsrs taken at CannS. because they hal LETT
theirbEstbreu 10 compound for their o y Il safety
She voted her thanks 10 the CONSUL who had
brought on that disastrous battle. in defiance
OF ell circumstances frcm his colleagua. be
cause he had rot despaired OF the republic
Although there vas scarcely private family
in the " hole city tha, had not lost a near rela-
3ve-to sucn IN extent that the procession
In honor of Ceres could no. be held because
no person who wore mourning could join in
it, aud all were Ia mourning not n word was
said, not thought was wasted upon submis
sion. Ia the midst of q scene Of ianen,atiol
and wailins, such Is the world has scarcely
ever witnessed, the nerves of the Senators re
manned mistaken. They could not bat be
moved by the Unreasonable calamity. bu,
they gave NJ outward token of emotion
They knew not at what moment the victor
might approach TO put the finishing stroke I,
his unparalleled victory; for they could hardly
have conceived it possible that when the felG
was piled with the bodies of eighty Thousand
slaughtered Romans he would hal. aud ieib
crate, instead Of pressing his enormous al
vantage Yet they yielded to no un,imel >
of no base concession, b ut applied themselves
at once ~ the task OF preparing for a long anc
vigorous defence. Aud fortune favored them
NJ it always favors the brave. Their grea
enemy seemed TO be stricken by paralysis II.
halted in the midst of his victorious care er a: {
moment when be could have put sIccessfu
endto his enterprise by single exer,ion nor =
sumei all her wcn,ed vigor The e!astieit,
with which she rsbounded from her fall, la:
made her An example 10 all future ages enc
countries. While Hannibal WAS amusing him
self on the AutidUs, spelling the dead g I'd send
ing their gold rings by she bushel - Carthage
pAnning, plotting, dsliberajng, and probably
digging ditshss and throwing up earth~ oEAs,
after the f;.shion Of al. GeHeras who do
not know what TO do with great victory,
Rome was Strengthening her defences, re
sruidng her forces, cheering hor alen, ;-i1a
preparing fo. essTy fortune .ha. Nigh. come !;
for exile. for 4aa,h for demolition, for every
taibS aut submission t. the foe
The great Roman historian, when speaking
u this era, contrasts, with jast pride, The
conduct Of Rome after the battle % Cann:e
" III She eoniuct Of Carthage sitter the battle
Of Eana. The slaughter oi CanDs- Was In
aeitsly more terrible than the slaughter Of
Ea.aa. Rome vas III an Infinitely worse con.
iia0a 70 rosist An attack after IL, battle { +
CaGaA than Carthage ~al after the ba,se OF
KaEia. Bas tas publ: spirit Of he people,
and tie yis0r Of the Senate, saved Rome from
Rnhihilahon. The contrary qualities rendered
even the genius Of Hannibal impotent to avsrt
the doom OF Carthage.
He must DO ID very tlmid OF very far
sfuI nan, who can even compare onr situs
tien asv with that Of Rome after the battle OF
Cams. II is true, we have thrown away
mighty advantages We gained a victory,
last summer. wnese stunning effect upon the
Northern mind was not surpassed 10y sra'
which Canine produced upon the mind 81
Rome Properly used, it might have enabled
us 10 plant tho Confederate flag upon lndepen
dsnee He'll in Philadelphia Used as it vac, il
hrouah, the country into fearful strais We
NIGH, have invsded the Northern States, and
rotten into the midst of the Yankee prepare
t,ons. We suffered them to go Oh with them
At their leisure, until they had raised and dis
ciplined IN army of sou, 900 men. We Nigh,
have taken them while they were still badly
armed and equipped. We suffered them to
rake the gunshops and fonndriss o. Europe, to
supply themselves with arms. Eight months
of the mott supine Indifference exposed us e
the most fearful invasion Of modern times
But unlike Rome, we have large armies
in the field, which have never been beat
en-. Unlike Rome, we have never lost a
mighty pitched battle, in which our whole
force was cut OH Unlike Rome, we never
fought a pitched battle that we did not
defea, the enemy Unlike Rome, we have
never been deserted by our allies. Why, then
seeing that Rome recovered from her trials 10
become the mistress Of the world, by the Oh.
orgy Of her cons, may not We escape from
trials mach less fiery TO beoome All example
Of prosperity and good government to man
kiudY We have Yankee General with Ill
enormous force, on our flank, and he boastsd
three weeks ago, that In three weeks he
would be here. But he 10 faced by Coincide
rate army fully able 10 hold him in check, AID
70 repei him If he dare advance. We have
another Yankee General in our front, wEO
will be opposed in his advance by force fully
equal to the task of coping with him. The
enemy has the advantage over US by water,
and by water only has he ever been able 70
overcome Us Wherever he has attacked lis
Oh land, ut proper distance from his boats
he has been signaily defeated. Al Shiloh we
attacked him, and bu. for the timely aid OF
hs boats, would have destroyed his whole
arAy. Oar men are able to boat him al ~ AYE
On 4 hr field, and We ,ilink 1t uash TO D. re-