The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-02
Ensltsh Opinion Of Adairs in
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PAASOu O1 A02lIo III
America.
We nnd in the London Herald, OF March
l&sh. an editorial on tho war In America,
some extracts from which, taken from Mort tn :.
ern papers. have already been published
here The article Will we'll repay perusal,
and therefore wscopy 1t entire:
Et'rom the London Morning Herald, March lA.l
Anairs In America have lately taken n turn
which We have long regarded as more than
possible The tide Of Victory has set in favor
OF the North. The Eederals have effec,ed n
lodsment at Roanoke. In North carolina;
they are driving bsfore them the Confeder-
ate armies in Missourir Kentucky, ami Ten.
nessee. The capture OF ID 900 men, tcgether
with the strong position on the cumberland
river. is the greatest advantage that che y have
yet gained Ia the war Having now the Vic.
tory at Donelson to point to as set or TO
the great disaster ut Manassas, 1t Is pity,
we hink, thLt they do no. make use Of the
hrst auspclous occasion for concluding terms
with theso.called rebels They have it now
in their power to retire from a desperate
strife with scmsthiDg like honor. II the
Northsrnars and SOutherners can oaly agree
to an equitable partition Ct territory q strife
may be ended of which no one can foresee the
end. Years of bloody war. with advantage
sometimes to one, sometimes to The other
party, the lives CT Thousands OF brave men,
the desolation Of ten thousand homes, may bs
saved by such timely arrangement. when
they have doubled the sum Of their debt, al
ready enormous, en- tailed on their pcsterfty
forever the burden Of q taxation which even
the veal thisrs En- gishman cannot bear with.
ont chaf1ng; when they have thrown their
hardly Won liberties, one after another,
into the cracibie OF = military rule, which
viii; reduce tht m TO ashes, they will have
paid ali too dearly for the honor which
tn raw schoOlboy can teach them as the
moral Of Their her. own nis:ory-ihst It is i'm.
of freemsn determined on q separate govern
ment In tha revolutionary war the English
armies for time carried all before them.
Every city was occupied, every battle was
won by the Royalists. Bu: the determination
of the ColonIss Ienained-3 po xer nj 2 hiier
than armies and superior to the .atal acct
dents Of \ hundred campaigns The power
that, thoSgh strong IL the dsid, was weak In
the hearts OF the people. found 1t necessary 10
succumh In the end. Should the Federals
occupy Nashville, Grd make prikoLers cf all
that remains OF the Confederate army o. the
West; should Johnston be routed on the Pc.
tomac, and Virginia overru by the con
querors; should the Northern fottlla
steam down the broad Mississippi and
burn New Orleans; should Savannah and
Charleston, Richmond and Norfolk, every
stronghold Of the South be lost, the Unionists
will be no nearer TO the end than now. The
resolve OF the South to remain 40 longer In
the Union is hxed and irrevocable. II the
U1ion conquests Carried aloCg with them
Union sen iment, we mig ht admit that re.
storation Of the union was not yet impossi.
be IL would then be question OF arms.
dependent on the accidents Of war; it is now
becom ng more and more question of feel
Ing Every adyan tage gained by the r orth
but adds TO the bitter hostility OF their kins-
m en- in the Southern States, who already hate
them as in ntensely as ever Englishmen hated
Frenchmen in the long wars CT Europe. Let
US quote on tn point the evidence Of Hr.
Hussall. man certainly not prejudiced
against the Northern cause:
as gentleman VINO had good ceei of con-
versation vi the Confederate prisoners at
Roanoke says they spoke with Unanimous
bi:terI ess OF the North, and that he could not
detect n trace Of Union ssL iniant' though
they were in captivity. Brrnsides expedi
tion has failed to elicit any 'Union ssntiment'
liz North Carolina, which was said to be bub-
bling up with it, end sent a 'nogus senator to
represent IL In Congrass Iii ElaTksyil!e twc-
thirds OF the nhabitants fed on the approach
IT 'hs Federals, and with rare ex options the
nisht of the people and the firing of their
properly b. their own hands, as at Edenton,
have been the usual modes of exp xpressing their
JOY at the sight Of tae Stars and Stripes"
We doub! If there be really any such thing
as q Union party ut tho South. 1t must be
noted that It Is In the border States that this
absence CT sympathy for the North 10 signal
izad by the special correspondent CT the Times.
II the secession feeling Is SO strcnE ia the ter
ritory which is still the bone OF contention
bs Ween the HiVdl armies. how much stronger
Il ust 1t bs il the States that first seceded, and
that ssiii form the head and front Of the
southern movement DISsensiOns are, indeed.
spoken of in the ranks of The Coufederates,
but when we come To inquire into them we
fnd that the dissentients are so far from the
thought OF making terms that they reproach
the Government Of President DaYis for
not Carrying on GTsnsive war, for con
fniEg lis military operations the de-
fence Of Southern territory. In fac, Wa are
persuaded that the rnle CT the men Of New
Englau I d il g, AZ end forever in the countries
that lie to The south OF the Ohio and the Ids.
souri,, II the Union Is ever restored, 1t can
only be constituted OF tbs basis OF yo:ua.
S,.rs n fT-4p o. nd a.,f fXIy:It q ha
given oy aIy OF the siay8ho!dinz States
Victory af:er victory 10 the North will not
alter cur cohv.caon AS to the inevitable Dc.
n0ueneas of this UrCtltlelS strife. Years ago
the Northern Ab,litionists toresaw, in the
separation OF the free from the slave ,,Iates The
only possible soiudon to the slavery question.
Their arguments were as unans xeraoie then
as now, bat In times OF popular excitement
the still small voice OF reason is seldom
heard. The North will not resign Its extrGv.
agant claims at the moment when victory
receive another lesson of defeat. IS tar as we
can see, that is not slksly to bs1ong delayed.
The Generals in the West, ashed with un-
noped for successes, are actihg On their own
responsibility, and altogether without au
thority, eittsr of General Mcclellan or The
Secretary Of War at Washington. We are ins
formed on this very Singular feature in th6
conduc. Of tbs war by NO less an authority
than MT Stanton himself II these unwary
geCtieNea should bs encouraged to push on
intc Alabama, they and all their forces will
not improbioly be surrnunGed and made an
eni OF, Ia the same manner a3 u daring 6sh
tnat has Invaded the mouth Of Goiyp. The
tide Of battle, If fortune be 100 mucu tempted,
msy be expected to turn and the North will
;hen wish, when 1t is too late, thaE 1t had
held It's hand when the ards seemed all IN
iss favor.
If q great man struggling with adverxity is
@ p2ciacle for the gods, Ar President Davis.
delivering his inaugural address, almost on
the morrow of the signal disaster OF Douo.-
con, may. perhaps, claim something uf cur
sympltnj. Ip this sps3ch there Ia Lo sign OF
hesi .A..on, NO fecr.aat craving for term with
Il triumphant enemy. 1t is sGch an address as
Washington himssN might have psnhsd-
strong in the belief OF the unanimous feeling
Of his scoantTymsa-nrm Ia the TAIL II II e
su uccess Of what he believed to be ths r'gn,.-
These brave ana yet temperate words Will ro.
sounG throneh to b hemisp ceres, and con-
vince those wno yes may doubt that tn men
of the Don fe4erats State, are no. made OF the
me al that g yes In at the first sh cox. Mr. Davis
d sciibes to Us the causes and the progress Of
the war, which, be says. was reluctantly &C.
ceptet ~ the South. "Nne tide. ne I'D mits. lis
for the moment against US, but the hiai r suit
In our favor Is not do u btful " ave have had
our trials and difficulties. that Wa aIe 10 es.
cape them III futu ., Is not to he hoped. 1t
was to be expected, v heI we catered upoR
this war, To At 1t would expose our people 10
sacrifices, ana cost them m uch both OF money
aud blood Rut we knew the value OF the oh.
Ject for which we struggled, and understood
the nature Of ths war In which We were en-
gagged 'Noihtrg could be SO bad as failure,
and auy sacrinc would be cheap az the price
Of success in snch o con: :e,t. Ba. the picture
has It's lights as well as its snadows. This
great strife has awakened In tne people
the highest emotions and qualities of the
human soul 1t IS culuvatinE feelings
or patriotism, virtue, and courage. 4H-
stances OF self sacrifice aud OF generous
devotion to The noble cause for which
We are con tending, are fife throng nout
determined spirit than that now animating
mea. women ana children in every part OF
our country. Upon the drst call, the men NJ
Arms, ana wives ana mothers ssnd their
OF IQHfQf. ~ Thau hAA hn elRht