, 1862-08-29

I: Is not a l"rg while since the people
Of Virginia, and especially those Of Rich
mond, were ereatly alarmed for fear the |!
corieJrracy w=,.}., .:isht}raT its army be- !
yord the b2rLcc+ tf the State, and leave
th.m to be oycri,'a md conquered by the
Unicn troops. It became necessary for
JEFF. Davis to make a public declaration
that the rebel government hsI1 no such
purpose, ,thst hey would defend Virginia up
tire las: anu that il would be easy to keep up
within her limits, tic wsr asainst the Union
for twenty years, As At that tine the
a1uy in the Wcs1 had been uniformly vic
tcrious, ard the r:hcl f.1ces had been 50
often defeated and driven 50 far south that
thc suppression >.fthe REBELLION setme;lnear
At hand, this declaration that the conlli.t
could bc kept up in Virginia fur sore or
mere Of years, sounded to us like The
cmptitst kind Of hoas1lng. But sub
sequcnt events, cur hesliati1g and
fcundtritg efforts to get through the
swamrs AID over the rivers Of the PENN
auls, and then Our ltins taken u iu 3 help
less, SICK, and 1rostrase condition, put on
beard transports, and carried back out Of
danger, go to show that there WIS souc
little chance Of truth in the assertion. Tho
delight, a]st,, with which tho news is re-
ceivcd that, our army which, under tie
1oul-sounding leadership Of Pope, was 60
ing Straight forward to Rlcl,nond, and Was
never to hct p open any line Of retreat, or
even LOOK behlnh, lss managed to Get be-
hind the Rappahal:l,ock, and is entirely safe
now, the crisis having been passed, rec Ills
to mind this talk about twrn'y years, aud
We can, help asking if marching nj! tue
.inc Moth, it ulsy 1l. take fill !;aat lcn5 55a
Of lin,c 10 reach Nl:haio4d
There ses his 70 tc snmc:ling very tena.
cious in Inc way This resellioQ c1inss .c
Virginia. Ii sr's caught IN the spurs o
her Liils, is ~etzed tlrusly ia.o the nlouu
tain gorscs, or hangs like black unnloyins
cloud on the sid,s If the Blu: Ridge ant
the A]hzh -nies. Ii sweep like torren
Gown the litl sl,i.s and through the sall-1
of the Shtnund,a!.; dashcs a.1l bre ak:
vi i imnelsc l's.w.r ~ ,ii.ss the base
C.dar Mountains: and rusllcs il q tide tha
Irtatel-s to swallow up all overthrow
all the Ini,n armies. Wasliincto,
dt.,l'! fc.l tiui'c srcu7c a"ains. the threat
nisg surge, and Maryland longs for til
ov.,nou ing CT the rebel stream. H,1 ovl
fountains Of treason, and hidden rebe
springs are not all d7e3 up, and thei
Streams rrtss against the strong works tha
obstruct their passage to, and junction vii
the parent 1l"od, So long as the rebels i
Richmond hold OFT, 60 long the rebels i
Baltimore stand firm, They have MOI
faith oday iu jeff Davls' prophecy of III
twenty years, than they had when it va
made; and are making up their minds t
hold on for twenty years, fighting open]
when they can, and under cover whc
they must, but firmly resolved ncy,
to give up, so long as Virginia holt
out Nothing 50 refreshing to fainti1
1ebeis, OF so reviying to dropping traitor
has ever taken place since the war bcga
IS The outset, the progress and the concl
slcn oi the campaign on the Peninsula, \
such tonic for treason, aud stimu1ant
rebellion, has been Administered BY 90
body else The pulse that was rett;,
feeble once, now beats strong; the ~
face has put On the ruddy glow of heal,
and the feeble and pros'ra.e rebellion, tb
we all thought So near its end, promises
day that it may live and flourish ma
years, lit its foes many hard knocks, a
during twenty years, Or forever, thra