The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-28
SPIRIT OF FOREIGN JOURNALS On THE
AMERICAN WAR.

i+hStAsA papers 10 lit Stu insl;tll Eefc DrclEf
over on tie City CT Washington The London
Ites is particularly bitter the a2tf and tie late
Federal rrver-ei before Richmond Il says:
Federal America, having ta&en seriously 60 th,
vice ot tyranny, is stripping herself 70 the task o!
gratifying her new passion. She IS deiLerately re-
ccttng the silks, the wines the trinkets and the
works Of art OF France; the fae wholtns and cot
tons TIE finished barlgrare ani the agricultural
implements of England; ana She i te Restrict h.r-
sell for the future 10 her own coarse, ciur ~, and
costly substitutes = Is win q thuut If yi.ul3Ta
that these foolish aud angry people celetrate iicir
new discovery of d means Of PuDishipc :.lEana
and Franc. They are exuitag III tGc notion that,
by means ot the tariff, tl.ey viii either shut Qua
ai'pSethe :e productions of t1s Src,t l1t,.:.
5T;ai European nations, that thsy viii compel
ihein, by the payment of high duties, 20 contribute
= tie expenses Of t&er civil WITS Could any folly
be ritzblet
| If Federal America were the only market N the
world tov British and French manufacturers there
might be son,e hope tha. the foreign importers
would have 20 ray some of :ts burdens in he gh-
tened dnt@s; bat. white there are hundred
petel customers Ter such produce. t.sar1 ,aus. hs
market price, imdep-nten; Of any single deuand-
ST that market price tie produce viii bs delivered
ut the American poit9, end whatever addition is
made TO 1t by the Government must be paid not by
the foreign importer but by the American couau:-
er. Are American statesmen and the American
people such children that they require be taught
simple truth Ike this On the other laud hen
these duties become absolutely protbitory thsy
tend 10 no oth,r purpose than 10 make It every
mans interest throughout Europe and throughout
America thet tie Federal flag shall fly over rs nar-
row a f"ftion CT earth as il can possibly be &c
siricici 10.
TIE GOVERNMENT ORGAN ON MuMYoRDs CAsY.
The Lou.5A Morning Posi-, commenting on Bat
Ier's rule in New oIieanf says women are ou;rag
cd Hu,'er oiieial sanetion aud aIv murdered or
set 10 prison after being forced 10 subIni. 10 the
ll.s.l.erv Of Z trial" II aids:
The execution of al unfortunate gentleman &c.
cn3eI Of bgvipg III stfeet turmoil, hauled down
ti1 Federal flag calls for some uvFg:i cation on The
part Of the Government at WashngtOn We can
scarcely hope, however, that III executive which
cCgid connive IT the most Wsucn outrage ever OF.
tarod 10 Tie females of cOnqU.fe<i city will rO:-
te l'scf much about an act which Will he attn.
tU ID - iufei ar:.te zeal. With tue custom q his
eli profession, General Butler seized with av;dty
ac opportunity al practically Illustrating the sub
ties Of The law c. treason. and by hanging Nj:
MuH.tord for pulling down a Aag IN t street row, es
tabl'shed precedent which .aay be subsegu, ntly
referred to in determining what saa he considered
overt acts
II is true Mumford protested his innocence Of the
alleged crime, and most probably tod the trath;
but striking example being deemed necessary
General Butler was not deterredb by any fears about
hanging the wToEg from furnishing another
proof 10 the citizens OF New 0Tlea.is Of the vsor
with which be intends Gcting III support Of ''layV
and order" Since then he has scinnariy commit,
ted 10 Fort Jackson al Alderman, aud the Char
OF tie Ladies' Relief Com;attee and left then
in the intervals of hard labor, with the "ball and
chain opportunities ior rejecting the iuesti-
ruab.e advantages Of living more under the
mild and pateruai Government Of the United
States
To Us II seems perfectly uconceivabie bow tie
Government ut Washington can leave in military
command al New Orleans suet man Is Butler--
MOI merely for the sake o. consistency w:t their
ottftpeafed declarations, bat for their inter-
ests sho;:!d have supposed that they ". uid have
made the position OF citizens Of Captured towns
little d;sagreeab!e as possible. Had forbesring
and tenporzing policy been pursaed at New Or.
leans, the rancor existing between the North ani
South would have been much diminished aud
foundation might possibly have been laid for a.r
an,caDe compromise. But now every day widens
the breach.
The most wavering the IN IT tinorons Of South
eruefs. being rapidly converted into uplscable
eneiA!us. Formerly they rep-ued t.e a:vance of
the Northern iorces because 1t threatened their po
ticai indie pendence: but now they themselves
COM pe.lcti 10 hsh. ia defence Of .heir woVaens
honor and their own lives.
A NoPEFuI VIEW.
From the London s,ag.
l. Ii 10 M1Tieilan's OPT ratiots against Rlchmcnd
se nusi look for the best prospect OF relief-and
of these the latest tidings but igcagre though
gratifying. Tile ConedeFates have becI driven H. !
the Federas have advanced nearer to the city. End
IA HeGzelngn il said BY his commander 10 be just
where 1t was wished, we take ii that he has /
ces.tiily executed tbe movement TO the left. about
which secrrsy bas been kent As Intelligence I
from New York is 10 the 26t OF June, 1t is hardly
probable thai Richmond was under the Federal flag !
by the 9TH OF July. But IT ia none the less certain
that on that great anniversary the people Of the
free States would grd VI, their !o.ns anew for tho
Of tho South 10 .ibe,ty aid order.
A MANCHESTER VIEW oF THE FisAscIAL cox
DITIoS or TIKI NoRlE.
The Manchester tEps} G4arffaa, speaking Of
Ls financial condition Vi he North, says
We have smiled q. paragraphs describing the
tfts 10 which the Southern population have hesn
'edneed 20 carry Oh ti.eie ordinary dealings, and
samples inye come over bele Of the little notes s
led by the municipalities and similar bodies. But
he North v i'll soon ogef:ake them IN the 10
aud with the disads asfage Of hslng
more dependent on foreign intercourse. Already
Ne geo that the exchange on England has risen to
q, at New York-a lar better ssgn OF he res.i stale
Il tbs ease than. .tas local premium on gold.
The financial troubles nf the Federal GDsern
nent will not suffice 10 check policy which 10 ia
pired rather by passion than ysason, and y tieh
an be maintained until such TINS as the bnik Of
he people revolt from the burdens II infets. That
ime. we fear IL stII Far distant. 1 lhe ruported
ieDity ia obtaining recruits IL the bast sign 70
9 fornd ~ Ia. pr s.at intelligence. and, coupled
fisi, sle e,ags u temper sad 70 be era@tlrg over
hs A1otiaoIstss may possibly u the end prepare