The New York herald., 1862-01-10


dis roporlioned to tn character OF the offence.
BM the pa e in England as fveer and brdrer as oen a.
more fqnife and Intelligent, than i the United Ndtes
and the people OF whom the press representative are
more rigid in their ideas Of justice and fair play The
government also forgets claims of its humbest
subjects upon attention in any part of the earth We
have lately noticed case of this kind which occurred
under our own observation and which well might form
model for official example in our own government
THE REBEL VS.. THE UNION ARMY-THE SONG OF
THE SWAN.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan.
The public mind has been puzzled for solution or NC
Cellan's long inacon upon the Potomac Ihdt
he has large and oeH appointed army c ascertdned
fact More than i've months have elapsed since the battle
Of Manassas. More than five months, period long
enough TO begin and finish modern European war, and
OF afording time with ample opportunity, to re-
organize armies deveope immense resources and reani-
drooping For three months the North
had force at Washington which, according to its own
account outnumbcred two to one which has had
abundant time discipline, and has al its command
and eqsapssents IF oar. And yet while the winter has
thus far been the mdes record while the roads have
been ~ arm and smooth as IN midsummer while this do
ightful weather has presented daily invitation Of
Come onthe federal army continues to lie sluggish,
torpid and notionless behind its ntrenchments on the
Potomac. g II you coming, why don't you come
alongr
Among the variety Of specuations upon tho
that McCselan does inend to Advance till ne period
dyyises chtn the term of enlistment of volunteers
psc and when in conseQasncs OF their return 70 their
homes the southern army will be reduced In numbers
as TO present but feeble barrier to his immense masses
Notwithstanding the vaporng OF the Yankee papers 1t
is evident that even with heavy odds they have no
stomach encountorng the chances Of another Manas
sas. The Southern expeditions it was fondly hoped,
would draw on great body Of tho Southern troops to
the defence Of their feside and inspire the success
OF tho Bull with courage enough TO make
advance movement But this hope failing there remans
but equally promising Opportunity-the expiration Of
the of duty Of the Volunteers tho belief is
gaining ground that Mcclellan Oiu aoai that moment
before making has on,odrd my,een and thai hes rhes
troops Who cannot by any possibility the irerual
mining, be made the equals Of the present volunteer army
IN drill and efficiency tie federal forces 'OM make their
grand and lung promised onirard movement
We dcaretdt Congress has legisidtei wh tieU to
encourage renii tmen, but have not learned that its
leg Ia has TO any great eaent the Object de-
Our volunteers did not the army money
tn ugh they have had right to cxiect the treatment
due ltemen and to sodlers-treatment which would
ha bs,n of far service in attaching them to their
c,bse. than any pecuniay advantage This treatment
they we not Always received, there hare been cicat
mary o ias Whoss heartess and Ln al nglect hare put
The isoushe cause peril than all the armed guns
Of the North. More even than this cause the rust Of in
ation to which they have been ndemnei, has eaten
cut some Of tie braves spirits and these facts, well
known to the enemy their frcnt to any one in the
Southern conederacy have embo dened them with the
hope that at the expiration of th,r time Of enlistment
our volunteers will return their homes and that Vr
Rna will then fall almost without resistance into their
hands.
to inevitable disappointment. Certainly have formed
conception Of the character OF Southern volunteers
u
saking their CAM when their time is up matter what
the danger by which the country is msnaced. Indeed
such supposion would be moro derogaory to Southern
than o Northern volunteers because when the latter lott
they injured nobody but th,mselves I'd did not expose
their territory their homes foreign invasion while
the withdrawal OF southern volunteers would leave the
their fields and fresidcs open to invading
horde, who declare that their time for submission and
has forever gone, and who painting to
bring desoation and deflement upon every SJutnern
home. ''Never says r. Moore truly eloldently,
in his late Fast day Sermon never since the terrible
SC nos OF La ysndee under the ravaging hodes Of
pub france his the old heather cry Va Vits
to the Rquered) been more Enthusiastically sound
Ell by al army OF invaders. Lot this tremendous
sade become successful, either by mismanagemen in
army" may add. by the refusal Of volunteers
TO reenist 500 cowardice and ediness at home AMI
history furnishes no page so dark and bloody as that
which would record the result Our best and bravest
would be slaughtered like buocks in the SHAMELESS
wives and dshonored before eyes our
cities sacked, fields laid waste homes plaged
and burned. property, which perhaps selnshy
hosrdng, wrested from us by fines and confscations
grand old Commonwealth degraded from her proud
historic place Of ancient dominion, to be the vassa pro
vince Of huge central despotism, which, having wasted
her FIRE and sword would compel her by military
force to pay the expense of her subugs-
de aut Of this, parcel out her broad lands
insulting emgrans eudal reward for the rapne and
murder this Norman conquest, whilst the
these lands either remain covering factors for
nsoent conquerors and oppressive lords, wander
penniess and homeless fIgtives in land Of strangers"
Nor would this he the fate Of Virginia alone Every
other State in the cone leracy is equally interested
is the Of every other State much o. Virginia
that Is be decided by the wager OF battle the P0to
mac. Richmond with its immense military stores and
manufacturing resources, in the enemys hand other
arts Of the state would soon follow, and the federal
irch into North Carolina be instant and comparatively
easy Then would be realized the favorite scheme of
Scott the tightening OF the anaconda folds, which have
long been preparing about evcry part Of this body po
ltic Then from ter different basis Of operation upon
coast the invading armies would advance pc
the interior and unite with tho grand army Of
subjusaon on ts resisess southern march. Then woe
woe nqaered in every Southern State and every
10, wOrSe-hOrrOr8.
I'M ignabe horrors in every Southern home and every
southern plantation rise before the eye. And it be
possible that southern men, the husbands Of Southern
wives tbs OF Southern m,thers, the brothers OF
SoutLeru sisters, By refusing to re-eniist,
expose their country and all they hold dear this bot
tomcss abyss of and perdton? We canno. believe
n. The conduct Of the Northern volunteers who left
ben their time was up, but who imperied neither home
nor nresde by their leaving would be glorious in com
parison.
Rather than submit fate like this, the hardships
hs priyaiions. the petty official insocnce Of twenty
v..rs or a. lifetime ought 10 he borne with alacritr
u would be better far better, that our brave soldiers
had not put their hand to the plough at all than that
having put II there they should turn back. Better to
male resistance To Northern tyranny than hay
ng made sufficiently TO inlame and intensity the
nty and vengeance OF our enemies it should be with
at the very moment that 1t is necessary for
protection few more months beyond the period Of
enlistment will, in all probability, terminate the strug
gle, our gallant soldiers prove as perscver-
ing as they are brave. That they should de-
sire to their homes again is natural and
the act Of Congress has made provision for
"a
home be worth If, for the purpose OF enjoying it for
brief period they put 1t in peril OF perpetual ruiny
Hence, in view all these solemn considerations in
dignantly reject tho idea that Southern volunteers will
hesitate the subject Of reenstmcnt
after they become apprised of the trick to which Nc
Clean looks for destruction. Their places be
supplied by others; it will be impossible to manufacture
such troops in few months as those tried. experienced
and valiant veterans-thoso heroes Of Bethel Bull run,
Manassas Carniiex Ferry, Grcenbrer river Leesburg
Allegheny, as well as others, who have been painting In
vain to meet the enemy. One more great sacrifice for
their country and her independence secure their homes
free and happy. and their hearts irradialed the
end OF with satisfying glory than that Of the
most brilliant battle icidthe Consciousness Of having
done their duty
We sincerely hope soon TO hear OF general con-
suation and conclusion among the soldiers hose
Of enlistment expires. which will give urance
both the country aud its that expectation
Southern conquest and subugaton need DO based rpon
deusion that they will fail to reenst at the end of
their term.
WHAT WILL THE NORTH DO WITH sUBJcGATED
SOUTH
From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. I
If the invader should accomplish his purpose u subu.
gaon he would lind himself in possession OF a dearly
purchased conquest His mork could not b. completed
ein less han hree four years Of hard fighting which,
at the rate OF six hundred millions year will have