Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-25
7hs .Ihun,.ersl" Geconmends .ist the North let
The South Go.


m. virtorv, we come to Richmond, where the
,nos, momentuouS conflict that the New
World has ever sean is likely 10 take place.
+, =. difficult 20 uycrrat. the magnitude aud
H.. ,,n,or;ai,cr Of llr Yiryinian campaign
III. numbers opposed II cacll other are on
,h,. i.,rr,..; seal. al European, warfare. The
great military Empires of the Continent could
hardly hriIg together. the most ambitious
Generals could hardly wish 10 command,
NOR. enormous hosts than those which obey
Mcclellan and Jefferson Davis. 1t is proba-
HE that the Confederate army III EIchlnnnl
is nearly twice is large Il: that winch de-
Tended :cbastopol in the height OF the CEimrar
s,ruorl,, We have no wish /" rXaggcratc
thes. American estimates wc have. indeed.
been rather disposed II smbtrac, as much
,s ,lu,. In The imagination and excitement Of
,h,. narra,ors: but the alleged numbers Of
the Contederat: forces at l:ichInnnd have
hc.n confirmed by so many different Wit
u,ss,s, and agree so much with tie facts of
,hr campaisn-with General McClclan's in
activity and his demand Of ,rcinlorccment'.
- we'll as with the confidence and hoidncSs
nj ihr i,onir,lcrarcS-ihat We arc inclined TO
believe thcm.
The South has evidently entered into the
contest as orlr uf life and death. Since the
defeats OF the spring an obstinate fury has
taken possession of communities which then
for the first time suffered humiliation and felt
The hitter aaonv of military rule. 1t sounds
almost Incredible that Virginia alone, With 4
white population Of not much more than !
million, should have raised la regiments,
regulars or militia; but when we hear OF
y. IL bor M Ihlp-hOGIPt
male under arms, Of plantations and even
villages having been left with hardly an IN
habitant but the aged, the women and chill
trcn, and the negroes, it's not difficult Ia un-
.lcrstand that this State, The scene al waran't
one of the most hitter secesSsionist in the
Contcderacy, should have SoInc 10000 men
in the Confederate army. Other States have
no doubt contributed in almost the same pro-
portion, and OH the whole, We may, without
giving credit 10 all the Confederate boasts,
como to the conclusion that not men. but food
10 support them, and rifles and powder to
arm them, are the want OF the South.
Where population is SO unanimous as that
Of the Southern States. the danger is not that
there will hr deficiencies Of men to make ar
mics. but that the community may raise ar
mics above its strength and bring men to-
gether in multitu'lcs whichit can neither sup
port nor make available in action. The Con
tederate leaders, however, are probably by
this time Swar, Of their own resources. Their
tactics are now what they might with adran-
tagc haze been in the earl $ part Of the war
While negiccting, comparatively. the towns
on the coast, the fail Of which though IL bc
prevented ii possible, is as nothing compared
to a defeat in Virginia, the Confederate chiefs
have brought up men from all parts to Rich
mond and the Valley Of the Shenandoah lIav-
ing. i, would seem, succeeded in persuading
the more distant States that mere local de-
fences are useless, and that if each State In
,!stS on keeping It's own men 10 defend itself,
all must fall successfully under the Federal
power. Hence the army al Richmond tn't
that of General jackson in the Shenandoah
Valley have been reinforced until the former
Is estimated n, i5u0Uu mcn, while the latter
had been sufficient TO keep in chcct: three
Federal Generals.
The reinforcement "f General Mcclellan by
the corps under Mcdowell must make the OPP
poSi!: armies almost equal, and we nay he
sure thst Gen. Mcclellan will be urged III the
strongest manner III try the fortune OF great
battle. 10 this event the warllke section OF
the North ~ looking forward with knccn an
ticipalionS. But still there are not wanting
many who take :; more sober view Of things.
They !l".vv tho; the Japu:.d.yst.. army rhou Il,
undoubtedly moi so Wei Srlp!ird wlttl tEr
material u! war Is l!c!r own. y set nuluer-
GUS, fairly Disciplined, and desperate 10 :. de-
gree seldom found III warfare. They ask,
" What vii happen should Richsuond not be
!Il,,. th,. r1.r t,-il1 1,t-
all accounts be one of the most difficult
achievements Of warfare, and, should it even
fall, there is no probability that it would put
al end to the campaign III Virginia, since
there are other positions which might DC held
with as much tenar!ty rs the Confederate
Capital.
Altogether. the position Of the Tvs" hostile
communities is one which should induce cv.rv
man nj good sense and kindly feeling r, thu.
North to reconsider his opinions. Anarili!>-
ticc, and then settlement Of ii.iS deadly
quarrel BIZ peaceful separation, Is the only
solution oil the difficulty which presents itself
to the minds OF English statesmen, and, We
NAV add. the statesmen of other countrirs.--
In this matter We may ~, without hc"'ta-
tiuii, that all Europe IS uma:Iiluon>. Al the
time Of the first rupture, when SrceSSio'i. aud
the depth 81, the feeling, tina. inspired 1t, were
little understood, there was III this country n
large party, and III France and TcrInany
still! larger party, which were indignant against
the Southern leaders, and chccrcd Oh the
North ~ what was considered the easy over
throw Of politca; conspiracy that had
usuroei the Government Of dciGdrd and
bewiIdercd people.
SC,1tI
English SOCIETY .:h-tllcr tlic-c parti2ans OF
the "a, hsr" nat h'colIc gradually fewer and
fewer, Until they ARE m"w -! lnt extinct
|. " hatever ms: t,r >Hrrnathies O: any person.
however much he HAY tn,dsIma the in>titu-
ton 6f slavery or the principle ri SECESSION
Or the means BIZ which certain members OF
IIr. Huchanan's Cabinet conspircd Tor its
success, vet he feels that all that i; past
and gone, and that thu 1cestion is hov
whether a war of determination shall b. car
ricd on ly one community against an
other. This journal, which has throughout
believed. and acted on the belief, that 1nimosi-
ties ard opposing interests, deeper than the
mere questions pronounced upon ny the Chica-
70 platform, have sundered the two sections
of the Republic, may now assert that its views
have received the tardy s;rtion even Of the
staunehrst opponents Of slavery and1h5 most
consistent wel!-w iShrrs of the American Re-
public
II the Americans desire 10 knnw what Eu
rope thinks Of the war, let them ask, not
British aristocrats, or Continental LegirirniSts
and UltramontaneS, but that section Of Euro
pean society which has during years upheld
their principles Of policy. Let them take the
opinions Of the Liberal party. either in Eng
land or France, as 10 the righteousness and
the prudence OF carrying on this war, and we
shall he perfectly content if they abide Dr
the verdict. 1fthc Americans had been wise
enough to let the South go freely al the first,
il is quite possible that b. this time it would
hav" been seeking re-admittance,fo for the Union
partr was Their reality, and not fiction.
and reaction against the polio? Of the Seces-
siomSt leaders might have taken place. Al
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