The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-14
Remember Manassas.

Our arms have been blessed With great aud sig
nal snc.,esa over tho organized and disciplined
bcrlee of thieves tina, sent here in the nsp,c
cf Union and liberty. to murder aud plumber. But
three weeks since, they were within i've miles Of
she CITY, breathing vengeance against their ancient
masters whom they have the imrudence 10 cal
rebsls They hoaxted loudly Of their invineioie ar.
my suA Ms tnyinciblc commander. They Pre-
claimed 70 tn. world thst they bad two hundred
Thousand men, armed, equipped and supplied. % no
force Of the same eize. Vince the days cf Xerxes
evrr was They derided car poor equipments snd
ecsnty numbers. The eaptur. Of Richmond was
10 DO but a holiday affair M achievement which
they could effect any morning. provided only they
Yoee early enough in the morning. They had He'd
antN they he'd fallen into the last Stage of moral
dissolution. They began actually 10 believe their
swu Mes Beaten In every skirmish, put to the
rout IN every picket engagement, unable to stand
h~fcre cur without the assistance Of their gun
bcate and esrth.wotks, thy he'd themselves into
che belief tina, they victorious In all theirrn
counters. Even when Lee was carrying all their
basterie. and Jackson had completely tuEntd Their
right Gsnk and rear, tbeywere writing home that
they were eonqucring in al directions.
But the tables are now turned. Mcclellan has
effected his change Of position pretty much as
Gates effected his--by the less Of half his army
II Ia great pity Gates he'd not heard Of that syno.
uym for rput, by.;he-hye, for lac was as great a
humbug IN his day as Mcclellan is in this Here.
after, never let us hear the word defeat, but when
We spesk Of Waterloo and New Orleans, let Us cai'
them strategic movements" or changes OF po-
sition," on the part of Napoleon and Of Packen-
ham Mcclellan has we say, changed his posi-
tion" and oldfashioned people call the operation
H.. 81, ttas
instead Of five, rs he was the 25,h Of june and
II Is precisely at this point that our danger begins
We have painful recollection of Manassas, OF the
period Of lis,lessness and inac'on which followed
tina, great triumph, and Of the alnos: fatal eonse.
quences TO which il led
We canpet believe that our authorities will per-
nit repetition Of the ,orpor which then invaded
them, when they reflect upon the disasters Of the
las. winter victory unimpoved is. in almost all
cases, equal to signal defeat. In 1t is
even worse. In all it inevitably leads to disaster
by rue which Is always working. and we,
knows rest for u moment. Let US p", for Cad.
sake aud for OWE. fall ip',o the error of lax,
year. Blk months shoSe'-. the enemy then ample
time to recover troIn the demcralizng effects Of
Manassas 10 xix months from that battle ne had on
loot 'oo.Vo men and innulnerab bic Rect, In less
than t1a, if he is now suffered to GO recruiting
without interruption ne will be more forn
dsb!e than he ever haS besn. Already the sams
cry begins 10 be RAISED that lea.d repeated
SO often last year, We hear eor,inu-liy OF inter
rsntion As we heard then, Fe';acal arhneti
clans Gie again az work ia s,..u up the indebted.
hess OF :hs NORTH snd prove the Yankees
utterly bankrupt Short sighted n1ortaIs persuade
themselves neo', they did then. that they can Sc,
900 far, 1t will htcJne ruin0usly ulischieyous.
There Is no probability of say intervention, SO iac
40 I'VE can see. Tie Yankee Government will be
enabled 10 exact what sums they want 60 long rs
'be war eon'inuea 10 be popular ii is, i9r the
Yankee ne'ion knows that separation from The
Sofi' is ruin to them. The 3n00G1 men lshed for
by Lincoln will be raised Before our newspapers
email have done discussing the ibility al raising
them Our Logue lie in the stout hearts sn5 ;enslv
lands o. our young men. These ass the only
hopes that have never fai!oe; lie. and they are lie
oily ones III witch ongh. ever 70 conHda. Il,
"iers ars ;llaciou9, end Iced only to disaster
lie, Il rot De thought t5a: We mean 20 cast INV
SELECTION urcn our Government. and least q all
upon ths department Of Il 70 which Is e,,,r,s.ed
the conduct o. the 1yar. WeweH know The energy
which has been IT. characteristic Of late. We see
no symptoms OF droopinS Dr. tagging her 20 we
suspect for noiieab .hs. there are any But in
view Of what ls. happened, warning voirs can
never be IL b.aed