The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-17
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SEPT. Il, issc.
! trnNsspAy MORNING,
Our ARMY In MARYLAND,

ere. tn,Sa;1stsSt tet fiiu usdue uP lfoM 1NnNeC
,spess. The mortal terror Of tho Yankees.
however, affords ample proof that the blow
has been struck in the proper place, and that,
II properly seliowea up, il win no, fail to tell
What course Gcueral Lee designs 10 pursue;
whether he viii proceed Immediately into
Pennsylvania, advance upon the Relay
House, or at once march upon Baltimore, we
have. cf course, no means of determining To
us;, appears, however, that the FIRST named
ENTERPRISE would be that which = General
vpuld be mos, likely 10 undertake.
ii. The road lies most invitinyly omen
There are no regular soldiers on the route
and it would b. q task of little difficulty Ia
d,s,crse the ra"tle of militia that might be
brought to oppose him.
II, The country is enormously rich |,
a,sunds ia tat cattle. cereals horses, and
,~nles Uuy tr,orc would live On the, very fat
Of the laui Ihe,~ would end an oppo, ,nnity,
moreover, 81 teach the Dutch iaraners aud
s,s5iess who have heep cismeyous for this
usr, what INVASION really is Ii enss com.
relied TO take his own ph,sic, which Is a erea.
sdssl n,eae than hes hrs esef 'fxr Ssisssd fors
Nvnheer VIII cry aieud fer peace in very
shcrt time tor car ewn part, we trust that
,hs mrs, proclamation Of Pope, and the manner
n which his array carried II out, will not be
forgotten. We hope the troops will turn the
whole country into a desert, rs the Yankees
l,i the Piedmont country of Virginia lie;
not blade ct grass. or q g,alk If corn, or
barrel Of -four, a tushel of meal or sack
Of salt, or a horse, or a COW, or a hog, or a
sheep. he left wherever they move along Let
Vengeance be taken for all that has been done,
until retrbution itself shall stand ashast-
This is the country of the smooth spoke en-,
would,be gentleman, Mcclellan. He has
caused n loss TO us, lii Virginia, of at least
$1,000 negroes, the most valuable property
that Nirginian can own They have no ne
sroes in Pennsylvania. Retaliation must
therefore fall upon something else. And let
il fall upon everything that constitutes pro
reriy. A Dutch farmer has no negroes: but
he has horses that can he seized, grain that
can be eontiscated. cattle thst can be killed,
houses that can be burnt. He can be taken
prisoner and sent to Libby's warehouse, as
eur friends in Fauquier, and Loudouu, and
Calpeper, and Stafford, and fredericksburg
and the Peninsula. have been sent TO Lincoln's
dungeons in the North Let retaliation be
complete, that the Yankees may learn that
Two can play at the game they have them
selves commenced.
id By advancing into PENNSYLVANIA with
rapidity, cur army can easily get possession of
lie Pennsylvania Central Railroad, and break
il down 10 thoroughly that it cannot he repair
cd in six months. They have already posses
slon of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
the York Railroad. BY breaking down these
and the railroad from Philadelphia to Balti-
more, they will completely isolate both Wash
ington and Baltimore. No renforeemeuts can
reach them from either the North OF West ex-
cept by the Potomac aud the bay.
One effect which the invasion OF Pcnnsyl.
,snia would have we have not yet alluded ,o,
and it is the most important Of any. 1t would
compel Mcclellan TO follow Lee and to fight a
battle outside of bis entertainments General
Lee would have his own choice Of ground and
hi. own time to fight. He could lead him so
far of that he could no! get 10 bis burrow-
He would inevitably rout him, and probably
destroy his whule army. Ii was in this way
that Hannibal brought the Consul Flaminus to
battle at ThTasymeue, and destroyed his whole
arlnv The Carilia.iniau General passed
through the rich district Of Perugia. ravayipg
aud burning as he went. and still directing the
head Of his columns towards Rome. The allies
81 Rome called aloud fer assistance and the
Roman General was compelled to afford it
Hs followed the track of his enemy, who
kept before him until he found position in
which he cold ;;ire battle with advantage. and
then he halted. By pursuing similar course
III Pennsylvania Gen Lee can compel Nc
Clellan to pursue him andtight him on his own
terms. Whether such be the design of the
movement into Pennsylvania, we know not
but most assuredlv, there is scarcely any sc
verify which the laws OF war wculd not jus
tlfy in retaliation for the excesses III which
the Yankees iniulged while they were in Vir-
giuia. They deliberately went TO work to
siarye the population their soldiers, when
captured, not besitating to avow the object
they had in view
As We. information is SO seaniy that we can
net tell whether the incursion into Pennsylva.
nis Is to be supported, or whether the main
cbiect Of the Confederates, at present, is 10
get possession of the Relay House. That po
son is naturally stroug. and is strongly for
tiled; but we presume il would offer no in
earmountsbis obstacle 10 men who carried the
enemy- positions by storm at Mechaniesyilis
and Galres's Mill. Once taken, aud the rail
road communication north OF Baltimore being
cut of, that city must fall and the enemy be
compelled t. eyacuate Washington. Whether
the enemy would carry into execution his
threat of burning Baltimore, in the event of
'is filling into hands, il is difficult to say.
lie is savage enough aud villain enough be
yoni doubt But he knows that We have it
m cur power TO reialiate, and il il to be hoped
the authorities would not hesitate to do it,
tie knows besides, that very large proper,
uon OF the population--ainong them many
persons OF great wealth-are friends of the
Yankee Government Sooner than disohlige
these we are inclined TO think that Lincoln
would give up the city, and trust 10 fortune
'of regaining it at some future day The same
thing may be said Of Washington City. We
'ahnot bring our minds to the belief that the
isnkees, when compelled to evacuate it, will
destroy even the public buildings, since sucli
p'easure would amount 10 confession that
Tue game WAS entirely ,t,, with them Never.