The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-20
TIE CONIRAST.
ltrom The Albany (N. Y } Atlas

At public meeting in New Hampshire Senator
Hale oi that State is reported To have said: II NAV
be ordo' ed to Fort Warren for the preston am
about 10 make, but do not hesitate to declare that
there Is nothing that parallel he htbitioa OF
abi'ity, vigOr and resource shown by the tonfele
rate Government, except the incapacty and itnbe-
cili'y Of our own Senator Hale has not vet been
sent 10 Fort Warren, sud " i'll not be. That place
IN ieserved for Democrats, who as seno for,ner
day, may have offended Il Cabinet ofc cer au, ~ ho
arc badsered with false charges Of dsloy atty now;
What is The secret of the contrast between rebel
efficiency and governmental helplessaoss, When
tiie Confederate Government WAS organ,2ed the
opposition WAS at associated in the ,,l,,inis.
traion. Stephens. who ran with Dongias 1as
made Vice President Cabn-t Of ali parties
constructed. When Cabinet officers were
proved Insufficient they dismissed I.aesar;
Generals zero casheTed, deserters shot, y -cuia.
tors punished The South organized on q war
basis
President Lincoln, oa the other hand. made up
his Cabinet oat Of the dead " ood Of the Chicago
Conventisn Seward, Chase, Cameron, Bates
were all his rivals, and enomies of each othcr-sli
disappointed aad rejected men These worn..,i,
politicians had their followers to provide for and
they fed them upon the punder of the treasury
upon the cslninissarat Of the arny--upsn th,.
spois OF patronage ln the crisis of the first bat.
tie cf Bail Run the Presijent was engaged in set.
tlihg paltry claims of partisans TO post Offices
and, fourteen months later, when Washington was
in hourly danger Of captare, was busy making up
partisan lists OF Tax Coilectors aud Assassora,se.
Letting them upoa occasion from the exposed aud
condemned shoddy contractors
One Army, At a conluncturo wien The fortunes Of
the whole contest were depending upon il, has been
sacrificed to political isalonses Another General
whose name has always been associated with de.
feat has bsen kept in command by the Nepoiisli Of
Cabinet ministers All The while The energies OF
the Government have been directed against the
press the free discussion OF citizens. second
ing the private reSeDges atd political hates OF
who have secretly iastigated accusations against
their lelgh5ois. Never On great al occasion bad
All administration confined Itself to such Paltry OBJ
iecta!
But did not Mr.. Lincoln preface his inaugural
oath by The declaration that he eousijerei tbs do
cision OF the Supreme Couft in regard TO the sub-
ject Of slavery. not binding upon hirl while he
felt bound to obey the instructions OF the Chicago
platform! stream never rises higher than its
fountain; nor an Administrations, than its head.
All tEis while the people have placed IN the hands
OF the President, ut Washington unlimited resour-
Cos OF men aud money, arns, ships and public
credit.
II is customary to say In excuse for the present
state OF affairs hat tho Confederacy haA exhibited
uncx puetsd resources True; bat has not the North
shown power and wealth Of means equally sar-
prisings We have raised armies such ~ Europe
nevor elaalied; navcs which have never been sur-
passsd In extent in the use OF modern inproye O.
lnet.ts Of warfare. We havs spant money ut a rate
that startlsa ths most extravagant achsrsrs of the
Old World. There " not an invention Of war
plated ship, mammoth Eun. marine ram arial teis.
graph, balloon Of Reconnaissance, diving bill, or
ponfoon--vtich We have not had No army ever