The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-25
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IA the DAYS wAen the language Of birds aud
hsasss were ihteiligiAe 10 man, and e,cv eersa,
we are told by II sop that the fiedgkngs Of a GER
tsiuswsilow, " hich had built her nest In field
ofesriey, just then riretcr the sickle approach.
ed her in great terror one evening on her re.
turn from her daily excursion, and earnestly
entreated her to cave their hves by au imme
oiste removal. On being asked what cause
they had tor believing thst danger ives imn.i-
nent, thew replied, hist they had heard the far.
mer tell his servan: to go and summon certain
neigabors to sseist hins IN rearing the field on
she morrow. IL that ali 2 said the sags.
cious eld bird ~ think there will be no
danger in tarryips while longer On the
next evening the Young ores reported that
they had heard the asme farmer talking with
several neighbours, and that they had promised
so help him tho next dsv, There is pe dan.
ger vet" quietly observed the oidslsdy. On
The third evening. they told her that the far.
mer hsd been near them again. and that they
had heard him say he would no longer trnst TO
h;s neighhors, bui would como himself the
mex, day, and cat down the crop. Then"
said the festhered philosopher, set is time 70
be gone Fer when a man ceases 10 depend
upon others, and takes his affairs into his own
hands, his business is pretty sure TO be done
The Confederate Ssules relied upon foreign
intervention until they brought themselves to
sle verge of ruin. Cotton is King, WISE the
cry tAIoughous the Coufederaey, and it was
received as q dogma altogether incapable of
welding shadow Of doubt From the dream of
security in which they were lulied by the syren
gong of Intervention, they have been aroused
hy shock so rude al to convince them at last
that it. was bat q dream If ANYTHING further
were wanting 10 dispel the last shadow of illu.
sion, it has bean furnished by the speech of Mr..
Yaneey, published by us yesterday. he tells
US, what il required no residence of a twelve.
month duration N London TO ascertain that
We have no friends in Europe that cotton, no
lar fron being a Monarch, is among
the most plebeiau Of plants that we
oannot depend upon the intervention
Of any foreign power TO break the
blockade that we must trust to our own
right arms for safety, vietcry and indepen-
denee. Upon this foundation alone, In future,
Nill all the efforts of our people be based and
we are glad TO see that they accept the stua
ton without hesitating for moment.
We can remember no instance in history of
country being subdued, where the cause was
national, and the whole people turned out es
though each man WAS personally interested The
Republic of Genoa at that time great Power,
strove for thee hundred years to subdt,e the
little island Of Corsica. AL the policy, all the
'seachery, and all the force of Edward l., were
Insufficient to subyugabe Scotland. possessing
a Population, at that time, scarcely one-tenth
sc numerous IS that of England. Germany
vas never able 10 conquer Switzerland, and
One hundred years Of war were rot sufficient
to impose the yoke of the German Empire
upon Holland. The Spaniards could not
he conquered although Napoleon let
icose upon them three hundred thou.
sand veterans, commanded BY himself in per-
son-wble to resist his legions, flushed with
victory over thetrcops of Austria, Russia, and
ffnssia, ;hey had but raw recruits, who were
scattered like chat before every assault of the
enemy. The men vera beaten but thev
thought no more OF giving up the day after de-
feat, than they did the day before The French
could everrun and alnihilate Austria and
Prussia, because the struggle was not national
They beat their armies and closed the war
But when the war became national, ana there
was general rising throughout Ger many,
ths mightiest power that ever excited 10 En-. |
rope was ovsrthrown as by the breath of n
whirlwind
Our people have already nerved themselves |
up to the proper point. They do not mean 10 |
be conquered. The enthusiastic spirit which |
has sprung up, since our late reverses, proves |
this to the satisfaction of all Far from being |
downcast, they are mere defiant than ever
They no longer trust to foreign Intervention. |