The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-26
The Position of Affairs.

The alissGuTi Army -sTE3ss La - A1i= II ice
IN the prassn POSITION OF affairs, commencing
Nth an 4iuaion TO tie change IL the we
oroxralnlre RI ndered Leca-sry by the eye1rs
~ tho last Elk mon tbs, and The errors COM
ynitted e; ths outset by undertaking tbs ems
nv and extending our liL0s tao InacE. III
writer then proceeds;
tits evident that uni.ss lAass was g change
in the suictt OF our people al We'll az il - .
II ode Of conducting the WAY, oar sublUg ttlor
vas ~ cariata Qs the p 0Sl:D-@ Of mathematics.
Happy for us tina The changs nas iHEeJ pl'cS.
Cnte~ the pressure OF dis .ar, patriotism rOa8
10 the hixhes; loiat. a2d uuT ot&ya Toan -
enlisted TO- tna war 2hd tOoESa4LsF lac rae
never thought ~ entsring ;ha >Ta:y rheh@c.
without dei.Y, 10 the ssaOd:fds c. oar Gene
rails Our i1leE, when extended hiCnS ma
border anu the SeacCest 20 nearly four taou-
sand miles, have been drawn Into less than
OF - third OF that distance, ana great battles
will DC fought near Richmo-d, near ''oTtn'h,
and st Fort Pillow, On tEa -JlSsIsslpii river.
thai n ay perhaps decide he " and coifsr Il
dependence on the South, The Federals are
concentrating their forces o. th9 tennessee
and MI ssi sstpgi rivers 10 aCntsfc tae $500 re-
suits key secured by over n lta!p nuln Dsiz
uu tho cumberland; and Should thsy beaE Us
III these batliss, OuE further strEFsis Tor iio-
cry and indspen dance ~olid % simply g
gu sEtioo Of time, aat s. very short 'ins 81
Inat. These movements OF tho enemy conI e
sol US T. make similar movements. We mus
aopcentrato, 100. Not oLe win even h,<.f =
eye Gu fail 10 see that the order 10 move our
troops ircIl the wass 10 :hs eaSt Of the hisss-
sippi, was dictated by the highest wisdom -
'ihe recent batLie tonight near CoItU:h by
tTCops, many of whom had been brought from
VIRGINIA, IroTr PsI saCO.a, from Mobits. n g "
Orleans, and Texas, wherein We nave com =
paa3ated or Losses ~ Henry end DCns!soa,
SHOWS this most conciusively. IL moving our
rroops from '-rkaDsas aaA MssooEi, the en-
envy will also Inove his troops from the same
States.
In fact, II will free Missouri and Arkansas
frc n Federai troops, and enable the farhlefs
t. plant the;r crops. why should the beder .
ais wish to invade Missouri or hrk tnsEs, II
wa mad 40 ARMY IL either? he Ku1 Ws tn 81
II we beat him III Tennessee, we "iii March
into IL uisvii;e, Psjucah, ;5aiTo aud St Louis.
and he Will send every SOLDIER 10 prevent cs
from whipping him there. IL is piain, then,
tnnt nv go!ne IL 70 Tennessee we ara going 10
IissUuyt by another and Il surSr S3Gu. la
stead IT entering Missouri ~ :he southwest,
we SHALL enter u on the ass. BY lie ous
route our bravo army under Van Born and
Price would = Ter Missouri wi b ont CHI nces
81 refn !Orc0roat. at poiaIG Were the enemy
could, by Ineans OF t.s railroads leading from
). Louis, xsnd iD;rsnse NAM bers 10 lmp ecs
or advance; while, by the other ront-
through Teuuassas, OR army will march
along with the spisnQl! armies under Polk,
HarGse, Bragg. and BsaurssErG, which
are now flushed with 2 ep!sudia .tglo:y Just
ob.,.iued over ear enemies. Who ,.oes no.
know that II victory ohtaiu5d by us IN Ten e
nesses is Just as valuable to Missouri. as II Oh.
| tanned on our soil Missouri is ons OF the
| Confederate States, and Congress and the
Prssiden: have declared that no peace wi
| he ma g with the Uni:ed Sta,es that does OF
include her. 1t Is nothing that sfe % for the
| time overtun The Fsdersls have q foothoid
| In every Southern State. Tce anne thing ex-
| listed during The Revolution thai exists now.
For several years whole states we're COM
pie,ely overri.n. REV York city remained in
| possession Of toe British throughout the war
They hald fer Il dime PhiiG deiphia Rich D..
mond, Norfolk and Charleston, aud yet we
conquered Ut last. Va are stronger to-day
| than we have ever been before. Our patrtot
! ism il more uuselfsh. We are dsvoting our
lives ana our fortunes TO thu coed cauEs in q
maLnsT We have never done bstore