The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-27
r,r. u.u.rkas,e Contrasts.

Two Hem0fkactS G0HHns'".
Washington sc.re.ranasnt ai Chicago rsner
stves graphic ass.ust Of Tie manner iG which niS
sus-,st Exs,nerey, President lincoln, COCA toi'h
morn ,he White House His carriage while sws''
,ns h,m 1t the ss:s Of ,hs palace Is surrounded "
esrse locking guards and when he ensafs - "sa
prcseeds to take hia air. body OF cavalry, s'mea
70 the teeth ride before, asa behind, and Dom S'SS
<ha pre.1e nt,s, carriage Is in the style of East
Arm despot. that the President Of what was once
Rsu,ublie shs~s h.:usef in public EXHIBITS h0'
,.,f In puSlic and sfrx,d 70 appear In any DINER
Mona Of .ae outward slgas OF tho enahse
~hssh has cone over the old Govers M n
Of the United States are more Sen'hsMh'
,han ,ais No circumstance more clearly shows
Tho wan. Of conf ienes Of the President In The PEG
ule. And tAe personal puslilsnimisy OF the ms''
vha from the moment Is Sole into " Gsaia ton IN
direais. in freisa. eag, leaving bis vile ana eh
dreu 70 the ,hrestened perils Of The railroad 'T"n
nom which he hsd m ,5s bis escaps, he hiss sao~n
himself az carefal of his safety as reckless al
the uvss Of others, Ii is IL ps:fsc. kseping, nov
ever with . Government which hasa4smp'ea down
all ves.isca OF fres Constitution tbs. Is forms
should correspond with Ia spiSisss and Its cbiei
never appear IN pablo except surrounded tY
Sussds Bat what q eon.-as. 10 the South era
President 70 him whom tia impudent vsrle:s CT
the Northern prcss presnm. 10 cs.l military DIS
pot The Republican simplicity sud UNAFFECTED
disu,sy Of the early Presidents Of The United States
can now be fouad alone Ia ina. country to WHEN
the gssius CT Llber,y has Esd fron he Sor.2, sLd
which still preserves nnimp sired .ae principles o.
consstltioa ri freedom. PRECEDENT Davis 0Tel.s IA
modest m N, IN. urd sfecded by single soiJi'r
md goes forth upon his daily duties with AS llals
state a. any private citizen. Not a solitary gusrd
attends him, and no stranger who meets him ~o1'd
iuaseine that the plain and uppre.erdinS gentleman
was The Presid ant CT the Confederate States. Tie
Pssident of the Southern Confedesacy il too srcnS
In the Affections CT The people 10 require sn srrao
Ruard AMI too much OF hepaoiic2a and gepfia'
man 70 ape the vulgar state Of Ahrsasm Lineoi1.-
We are willing 20 pat the two Presidents eide by
hide. and le. tie world judge the people By their
representative men.
Another of tbs remarkable and suggestive COZ
tras.s Of the times is that furnish ID by lie recent
battles before Richmond and Exc dsrickseurg. The
Yankees, u,der the leadership OF q General Tl1ss
forte Ii CLICKING and digging, 50. down before io1
uond In tremendous force, end for two ~boi3
months were engaged in contracting a ehsiu'oi
fcrtidsstons the 1uosr powerful aid eoHlpie;e
sources Q: a.on srd n wsrid 81 BIS back. and tbs
most unlimited supply of nln aud Gssus. tsx-a
his engineering skill {. .ac ut12o5t TO construct
works socut Richmond hich should De perfectly
in,.r-snsbie and should 2sks sure thing OF tbs
.loeusd city" Everything vas =. stake; sae taia
Of Els country, and Lis rep -:aSo'i, which wSs
% LIN even more valuable. lie beiiave.i n fos,...-
cations ana had deliberately soscted thst mode CT
sxr.o..1s -..ctmona IN preference 80 fair Eight Z
sas open Geld OF course be erc:-cied this city with
q ssrszs Ct r,sraItn- ~! ge:, u,,b t~c
months pssps1 atons. With heavy suns n
addition 10 his fed artillery, with odds ct
tvs - one against u, us tortihcssions were
swep. away by the ss9ll...A u Southern soldiers
ike chat before the wlrl~ind and the oTsagars
pre.ende< and his .usioAs driven like yeipin0
hyuaus for thirty miles the shelter of their gun.
bcssA Whss C. contrast did the gEppahsrnoca
prs,spt 10 the scenes about RIohrnond Ihs cases
war; row rsessse; lie Southern troops had :he
sdvs<:.xe Of .osit:sn, bat h4.i ociy hrief inter
vi for preparation Tnsv lad siuse TO onnsIcle.
powerful tert6es,ions, few rls pits ed sn old
gtvsse wsli which nsd Leon bri,t years before fer
anything hi military purposes, were the.r pFiuei-
", works Of defence. let, attacked bs the !.gesi
and BEG, equipped srrny OF inodeic times, cascu1a
D.. thsr. two Ia OF, they drove baoG he multi
TEDIOUS h7sI vr',h tn4 oss i.st::pI carnage --t
Thorough discontinue ,Lat hgs 5ean itEess "a
On ihs Aneg.eal continent What COZ trast
What 3 grand ald significant illustration Of the
sun.kor and sublime --io. sdi yirtue of Southern
soldisrs |