The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-26
Kllbmon0 pispattll.
aATuRnAY MORNING. July %. lsdo.


The News from Amcrica.
From the London Times, Jaly 81
','re present state Of the campaign in America
has been expected by every reasonable observer on
This side OF the ocean. The event may prove Ia
the Northern people that the English are not such
prejndsced judges and ignorant commentators ~
has been asserted At Washington. Ever since the
beginning Of this unhappy conflict, the browning
victory which wa TO restore the South 10 Federal
sapreMacy has always been dancing like Wni-o-
she Wisp before the eyes OF the Ner'herners |:
hes led them through bcundless waste Of blood
and money, il hes caused them to stir mp hRtreds
which century perhaps will hardly appease, aud
1t now ginmeIs before them deceptiveiy IA ever.
while they sinking slowly bat surely into the
sloagh Ut national disorg cation and bankruptcy.
When Mr. Lincoln Gated out his first 1o,utu men,
the 9Th Of July, 1901. was fixed ton the termination
of the rebeliou, which was declared to be repro
bated BY a mai yrfty Ia every State but one Ihat
4,h OF Jpir sanae and went, and at no time since
has the fs.l Of the Con.eaeraey been fixed ier q
later date than three months from the tHe OF speak
tEc: md now another fth OF july Is ueon as, and
the South IL stiti nabreken ia strength aud deter
rainsssoa All the power %; the fessefa, Govern
ynenf nss been put forth. debt whiea no man at-
cura,ely knows, tart which all suspect to be vastly
greater thaa admitted by tho Government. has been
contracted men have been raised Ivy the hundred
thousand Easope has been put under contribution
10 furnish and stores and all TIE apparatus OF
conquest iour main .iiaies have advanced into
tbs Confederate tesritory ha.i dozen expeditions
have fastened themselves GA the coast, and yet
she Scum remains Gaccnquerei IL is demonstrat-
ed ;htt the Fe!e.alS only effect their purpose
by acsmpaign fan mere ssaatic and by al expcn-
dl;ure lar LAVISH than that of the past ~ eve
month.
The presen. res,lt OF their immense exertons is
tha: thea guneoas control the great rivers OF tie
cantnei with tGe cities on their banks, aud thai
their srr,ies besides securing Kentucky, have mill
taSy possession of ceftain parts ct Virginia and
Tsnnessee But i. may, We think, be said with
complete accuracy, that III these TWO States The
lid fbaxyS and n.aF
The hostility OF the population in the neiehbor-
hood both of Mcclellan and iia'ieek is admitted 10y
every soldier III the arn!es In an enemy :
cosgisry which is deso;sied by the Ccnfederates
themselves the Federals find themselves brought
20 stand still Icy fc obstiaacy Of the SouthernerS
or. by the heats which begin their intensity about
the time of The sois:iee. The operations before
Richmond contribute nothing remarkable TO the
present news.
We are told OF skirmishes which evnce the bold
ness of the Confederstes of their cutting the tele
graTh wires and carrying OF prisoners, of tie rein
fureements which continually arrive, and of the
nleslscing attitude which they consequently
sumo. On the other hand, it is beyond doubt that
Gen. Mcclellan urgently demands fresh troops,
which the Washington Government is unable to
supply in numbers sufficiently large Although the
North with the help Of the Irish and Germans has
been able TO raise an army truly enormous, yet
these leves have been scattered in distant expe
ditions, and in penetrating at many distinct points
into the great Southern territory, that the army of
the Potomac, Gen. McClellans force il called,
Is, in all probability inferior numerically to the
army which defends Richmond while the reserves
st the disposal of the Northern Government
more scanty.
The Federal Secretary of War was, according
to report, about to call on the Governors of the
various States for fresh troops; and this fact taken
in connection with the season of the year, and the
inactivity Of Mcclellan, seems to show that the
Virginia campaign is likely now to languish until
both sides have gathered frosh strength in the fall
of the year The harvests Of the South are likely
ha II hy,t bnf fat.a and
large supplies of food obtained for their armies
q reward for the policy which has led them. since
secession, TO substitute grain for cotton over a
great extent of country.
From the West all the news still has something
OF mystery. We heard first of Beauregard's mas
tery retreat his carrying off all bis sick and wound
e1 all his munitions and stores, and his disappear
s.nce no knew whittier. Then we heard that
this mastery retreat a dlsordery fight; that
(3en. Pope was in pursuit aud had captured ten
thousand men and fifteen thousand stand of arms
that twenty thousand more men had deserted; SO
that, in fact, the Confederate army of the West
no longer in existence. 1t is difficult to suspect
Major Generals ard Brigaders of absolute falsn
cation, and we have SO little knowledge of the facts
that cannot cricise their statements but it is
sufficient TO say that Beauregsrd according 10 the
latest accounts still has army Of eighty thousand
sIen at Okolona i'll Mississippi, about fifty miles
from the frontier Of Alabama and that the COnfed
crate force altogether exceeds one hundred thou
sand men These numbers are, of course, merely
guessed AT. The Confederate armies may be exag-
gerated or they may be underststed, but it is be
yond a doubt that they are strong enough to hold
that part Of e country against the invasion of the
North. II is now reported that the Federals will
form defensive line from Memphis to Corinth, and
abandon active operations during the summer
months
This state of affairs must cause deep reflection
among men of every class, both in England and
America. Happily, the people of this country.
win the exception OF an Insignificant minority,
have long formed their opinion of the war; They
that III the SDr:h he Euhu tai hpl
by force Of arms, this contamination must be pre-
ceded BY the most savage and relentless contest
In the history OF mankind, and followed by
q political condition &c which even war might
be considered preferable. To impress this Oh the
minds OF the Northern people has been the object
OF the English press from the beginning and the
unanInity of English opinion may at length pro-
duce some effect. we have been right and the
North has been wrong in so many things, mat
opinion is at any rate entitled 10 consideration.
We would, then, once more rinse our voice
against the hide finite prosecution of this horrible
war. While the scorching sun is filling the camps
with fever end cholera; while the youth and
strength Of the country are being hurried to the
common frontier IN preparation for ncw feast of
blood In the autumn while the North is burdenir:-
itseii With debt concerning which even its rulers
fear TO speak plainly, and while the great staples
OF the South are being given To the flames we
would ak the FeGerais with whom the yyi.0ls
matter really Rests where is their conscience,
where Ia their common humanity thar boosted
worldly prudence They in arms 10 enforce
On men or their own blood sub i.is sion to rule
that the later detesi
Although. for months after secession the most
eminent me among tl',n, Including the late Presi-
dent and tie present Secretary of State, declared
that the s0bJugahon of one part of the Union by
smother was scandal not thought Of and that sep
Ara'ion, though deplcrable could never be opposed
by ar n1s, yet the North talks OF conquest,
and coniscation, and military colonies with ali the
readiness of an Austrian commandment. What be-
comes Of the famous Declaration of Independence
What becomes OF the theory that Government de-
ryes its powers fron, the consent Of the governed,
it the populations OF seven or eight great States,
which, rich a.id poor, bond and free, white and
black, are proved By events to be all Of one mind,
are now TO be invaded, conquered, and kept down
by standing army in the name Of Republican
ireedomf these things must at last become appa-
rent TO the American people. They not
IKE the rest Of mankind mike their former
selves, as to dispute what is clear to the whole
world. hat the South, if IL wishes to Co. should
be allowed to depart peaceably. is the only policy
which Is agreeable to Justice and wisdom Unless
the North can learn to this it must bring evils
untold on itself, on Us, and on every European
people.
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