The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-25
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Among the remarkable habits that distin-
,riish that wonderful Renius, the editor OF the
New York Herald, ia thato crying out when
ever amy event Of more than ordinary interest
occurs, the ,.backboue Of the rebellion is bro
kent No matter in what part OF the world
the incident in question may occur, no matter
whether II have the slightest connection with
the events Of this continent or not, no matter
matter whether it relate TO a skirmish in New
Mexico. or a pitched battle in Virginia, there
Stands Bennett, ~ impartial IA the grave ,ready
% annex 10 all, the same equal Importance. -
'rrhe backbone Of the rebellion is broken -
A everything is the enemy of the hare--the
hawks and vuitnres in the air, not less than
the beasts and serpents ofthe eatth--so every
thing that occurs in nature or bv the agency
Of man, has a tendency TO break this nnf"r'"-
nate backbone. Ii the Emperor of Rnssia
sneak with tolerable courtesy 10 Cassius NJ.
Clay, il the Emperor Napoleon bow to the
Yankee ambassador ut IA levee, If Lord John
Russell recognize the existence of Charles
Francis Adams al drawingroom, If the Qneen
of Spain dismiss her Ministers and reconstruct
her Cabinet, If Pope Plus the Ninth hold IA
baldi be shot in the Lex by the soldiers OF VIC
tor Emmanuel, we are instantly told that the
backbone of the rebellion is broken No
matter what may happen, this aniueky back
bone cannot escape its fate. 1t Is bound to be
broken every morning, in the columns OF the
Herald, let the events OF the preceding day
have been what they may. Good or evil for
tune, victory or defeat make no change in the
diurnal fatality by which it is haunted. The
backbone of the rebellion is broken No tn
umph Of its arms, no success in a pitched held,
no capture of whole armies by lis troops, can
preserve this important part of the rehellion's
body from mortal fracture once in twenty:
four hours Whether it be Manassas or Hill
ton Head, Fort Donelson or Richmond, Nash
vile or Harper's Ferry, the result is still the
same-"The backbone of the rebellion is bro
KEN" Nothing can enable the rebellion to es-
cape that horrible sentence
There is scarcely a man in the whole Yam
kee army, from Halleck at Washington down
TO the lowest corporal in tile most remote part
of the Confedersey. who has not, in his time,
had the pleasure Of breaking this eXtraordina-
ry backbone But the man who, according. TO
the Herald, lias performed that feat the often
est and with the most entire success, is its
"skedaddling' hero Mcclellan. This mighty
man Of war cannot put down his illustrious
foot without SCATTERING the backbone in qnes
ton When he landed at Old Point Comfort
with i5S 600 men al hs back, 1.-The backbone
of the rebellion ia broken shoned the ELI
rsptured Bennett When he appeared before
McGruder's lines, defended 10y II 600 men, at
the head Of his prodigious host and instead of
carrying them by assault, commenced throw
ing up dirt to screen him from attack, the
backbone Of the rebellion is broken again for
the hundYeith time, cried the enthusiastic chro-
nicler of McClellans achievements. When
General Johnston evacuated York, without
the loss of a'man, totally foilng and ieceivng
lhe little Napoleon, again the Hef0id pro
claimed, the backbone of the rebellion is bro
ken When, in his attempt npon our rear
quad at Williamsburg, he was aliamefuliy re-
pulsed, 1.-The backbone Of tie rebellion is bro
ken" exclaimed onr yeracions ehronicler.-
When he was defeated with the loss OF i5,OUo
nlen and fifteen cannon at Seven Pines We
sgain beard the shom of triumph, "the back
bone of the rebellion is broken" Al Mechan
icsviile, at Gainess Mill. II Cold Harbor, at
Savage Station, at Malvern !!il, at Berkeley,
the same cry rose above the roar Of artillery,
the shrieks of the wounded the groans IF the
dying, and the Understandable noise and eoniu
sion Of Ii whole Yankee army routed and fly
ing for life. II ceased not with the chase, de
feat, and almost entire destruction of Popes
army; but it was not confident or 80 loud,
until the "small Napoleon" again got in he sad
die, when Bennett too, a second time, mount
ed his high horse.
Gen. Lee, by Il series of manGuvres the
most brilliant since the Napoleonic period,
completely deceived Mcclellan, while he in
vested and captured Harper's Ferry, defended
by an army Of II 900 men, all of whom re
manned prisoners in our kands. The back
bono of the rebellion is broken" roared out
Bennett Mcclellan is utterly unable to re-
leve HIS friends, and fails to drive single
corps of our army from its position until the
capture ia certain The backbone of the re-
bellion is broken" we hear once more from
tie came indefatigable lungs Mcclellan, in
force attacks Lee at Sharpsburg, and, as usual,
is badly beaten. AS usual, we hear the same
cry but now the phrase is somewhat varied
The backbone of the rebellion" we are told,
''is now certainly broken" OF course, it was
uncertainty broken before. OF course it will
be broken once more by Gen .Jacksons last
exploit, or at least we shall be told 30 by the
Herald. Il not this queer backbone? We
recommend it to the careful study of all polti-
cal anatomists 1t resembles nothing in nature
but the jointed or coach whip snake, whose
backbone divides it into several pieces when
struck and rennites with the rapidity Thought
1t II not like that Of man, who is decrepid
when he receives such an injury, nor like that
of horse, which Ia knocked On the head when
his back 10 once broken; nor like an OK, nor
an ass nor anything on the earth, Or in the
-, or in the waters under the EARTH.
Having broken the backbone Of the rebel
lion for the thonssndth time, Bennett proceeds,
for the thousandth time, to give President Lin
coin HE advice, as we mign suppose Nessel
rode to have advised the Emperor Nicholas
with regard to the Polish rebellion. II is
quite an imperial programme The skin of
the fox 10 sold while it is yet npon the body
OF the animal with AZ much nonchalance as
though he were lying dead at the feet of the
huntamanr Mcclellan, it seems, is to bag"
Lee and all his array Halleck is 10 send
1900 men to Richmond, and they are to walk
IN. The distractions at Drury's Bluff are n