The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-18
ii,Hai ale NORTH.

We continue cur extracts liOm tate Northern pa
pers. MeCleian denies failure t" send FopY sup
plies, in Saturdays ,jJHr0ai % Commcrcc The
Washington S;ar Of the l0lh September, ,ieuopraes
Pope's repor! false, misciievou4, Ae ali says
ii is verbatim the letter Of tlic New York Ilwcs's
correspondent Tta Esw York Hetn}a oi i.atur-
day, 18th, say or forces have gone 70 HagcIato~n
their ssy TO Chambersbulg. Ia. OuI cavalry
have been to Hagre de 0Iace d; 4 New
York H-raiG correspondent thinks we viii hold
Frederick City {nn ths Aonocacy riyer sllnoe due
north from iieesberg,) eguaHy aisteu; from Wash
iugtan aid Baltimore, anl. tLere threaten beth
cities. lie rays cur army winter in diary land
and draw supplies from the Cumberla'sd alley II
Penusy .vanin Tl.c change Of tone about tic dan
ger from army OF invasion is an alnIlsing con
trast TO tie "on 10 Rchnond insauity.
CHANGING FRUNT-A UsUKPaTIoN PKEpiCIEp.
The disasters OF the past two weeks have oecsl-
stoned change ot front in The Republican press
and journals that were only few days ago de
nouucing all who found fault with ibe conduct of
the Administration, confess ;he tai.uIe rf the
experiment Of Republican Administrations aud rails
al the ibeoility that has marked the eouISe Of the
Government. The II, Y. 3iacs trims il 8sila to meet
with all TIE adroitness Of au experienced nayiga'
tor, and, forgetting its denuucaticn OF Mcclellan
three or four days age. scus before the wind ahead
Of ali other craft the new tack. From its eiC-
yenth-hour convictions we extrect the following:
in a word, the battles CT the last the con
fets in trent nf Richmond, the retreat uf our nrmy
first from their f0Ttliicaio2s 10 hs james fiser;trd
tLon from tho James river sG the Peain 3uia 70 the
RappadanDoCk-the repulse OF our troops in their
RieuIpcn0 ne lps i,v
covered their retreat to the Potomac and the gene
raj conduct and upahot of the years campaign. have
been disastrous in the highest degree to the Union
cause Aud this i5 know aud tett 10 bo the fact by
every man OF intelligence, from end Of ihs
country to the other.
We Nigh; possibly Halter the vanity OF ind
vdual3 responsiby connected with the army or
the Government, IT We were 10 shut eyes to-
this pAlpabe and unnlst ak able fact E'c kHGW
oog ageii h. f'eaaitg ~ telifaR H"ptcGsaH rUths
But we know also that, i'll such country as this
with such people as ours, no good can possibly
be accomplished by the sysematlc ceneeauieut of
facts however unpleasant, and that nothing but
disaster and ruin ear follow systematic misre
presentation of current events however ainiaule
is motives The best services any man, whose
business it IL to tell the people ything render
them, is 10 tell them the truth.
And the worst service any man can render the
Government or the country Al this, the most criti
cal instant Of its fats, ii to hoodw ink either into
the belief that the people satisfied with the
condition of afairs-that the Ecolee look upon the
campaign Of the past year as having been crowned
by long line of glorious victories, 6ad thai thy
srW BE etoateat 10 the army haadjcd ard tic Goo
ernment maeaesd for he ycar 10 c0mc as hrg hare
t,efa for the yer ktat IS past. Others select
their line OF duty for themselves. We shall incur
no risk OF damaging the country e9 deceiv'ns The
Government IT is but little can do for ths sal
walton OF the Union 6Hf srs ieast r.(HSf 10
shut eyts TO It's destr@e;ion.
We tremble to think of what may folovy the sc-
cessful lodgmen OF rebel army on 10, al sell We
do fear fHe lyi . p.IIst AZ
the overthrow OF the Government. No OF or.
dnary political sagaeity can conceal from himself
the fact that there il deep strong undercUrrent OF
70 cal macbination underly yiug all the movements
OF the war; and giving character and color TO the
developments OF public opiaion There plau
North and South---Inep ot ability OF character, Of
position, both civil aud miiiiary--Hho look to the
possibility of saving the Union in other wsyd ban
by simply conguering the rebels and compelling hy
force their return 70 their allegiance. We ueednot
tell any o,,s that thee Gien 81 ho regaid ts
a. having been brought upon the country by The
triumph Of tie Republican party, aud who do nat
believe il possible to end aud preserve the Union
antil the rcsn.s Of that triumph are i3r the moment
set aside ard tbe country hasa chance TO plant the
Government upon another bs9 Eut we can i5u /
President Lincoln that there 'sfe in tbe army
who do believe the will end, except by
ceding the independence Of the South, uuess the I
Government in again restored 10 Southern control |
or q Convention held 10 form Constitution w. |
der which both North aud south can live together
in common Union. We do not know that any of |
liceg in the army wonld advocate, in any eveut /
aid the execution Of such n sebenie. Bu, We warn t
the President against doing anything directly or
by neglect or by positive seis 10 eli
courage the development, of sach seatm.nt,
nr to Stimulate Ia any heart tue ioei alton 81 such
q thought. We need not warn hini oi the absolute
pecessity of crushing the sI1~th OF such Iesaa,n
and disfoyaIty in its beginniugs. But we ,oay |
" arm him thai this he done by tbs exercise
Of force but only by the display Of otfength he
bart OF the Government. What the people want
s a Government adaquaie 10 the e,nergt ney-.s
stfeEg enough 10 Facet any aai,ger
however, grsat-- srong ia sill strong ia Judgment
;trong In resources, aud strong In The couiideHse
snd respect OF the people. President Lineclf's
10 not stIong aDy oi these RESPECTS.
The country has full faith III his personal in :
egrify, his PATRIOTISM, asd hia sAsaeisy Eat
{ demands more than tLsse II demands
,abinet a,ads up of mrn every one OF whom
hall coDtrsbl,ts strength, and courage, aud
DewM, ~ his Administration. II densuds