The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-24
rRIDAY MORNING. "a. 1884,
Results Of the battle Of Manass.s.

Six months ago last Tuesday tho great bat
Ito Of Manassas was fought. If ws NAV re
gret that It was not followed up By she cap
sure of Washington, which would have fallen
into our hands without resistance, It is some
consolation to reflect that the memorable
Southern victory Of the 2ist July admins
tered blow to The enemy from which they have
not recovered 70 this day. 1t has been pro.
ducsive Of results such 40 have rarely flowed
from single great victory in the outset Of q
war. Who coald imagine any great Euro
pssn power, boastiug the immense resources
Of the North In men and munitions, which az.
ter ono grea. defeat could not be able to take
the field again in six months 1t il true that
the United States have since organized sn in.
mense army, numbering, they pretend. two hun
dred thousand in Washington, and six bnn-
dred thousand In all, thoroughly drilled and
disciplined, and provided with IN enormous
amount sld endless variety Of wal like wea
pons. and yet this gigantic lost has not dared
70 this day to make an advance upon the old
battle ground, where elk months ago they met
She South In that fatal trial of ms This
TACT alone is more damaging to the = prestige
and their cause than if the baltic oi' Manassas
had been followed up by the capture of Wash.
ington. The world has looked at their colos-
ssl preparations and their pi gmy performance.
st the mountain In labor and the mouse which
it has brought forth, and has drawn coEelu-
sions more fatal to their reputation than if they
had lost G hundred battles.
The beau.ifal weather, reaching inso the
very heart Of winter, has invited them 70
come on, but its slIurements have proved too
weak for their discretion. The conyulsive At
tempt at Leesburg, which resulted in more
terrific destruction, in proportion to the mum.
ben engaged, than the battle Of Manassas, or
almost any battle Oh record. could not pro
woke Mcclellan to retrieve the eclipse which
had come upon his sun in the very act Of
emerging from the horizon. With everything
In the machinery Of war that any General
could desire. the steam Tor propelling the mas
st~e mechanism was wanting, and it still lies
Stranded, like some huge hulk, on the shores
al the Potomac. But, inactive as it is to-
wards its enemies, it has been huge milestone
around the neck Of its friends It has eaten
out the very visals Of the Treasury and bank
rupted the Yankee nation. The battle Of Ma
nassas has thus demoralized the United States
in both purse and honor; and, if We have
patience and perseverance, will yet compel it
TO succumb to the manifest destiny Of the es-
tablishment Of Southern Independence.
Its effect upon the world at large has been
equally great and remarkable. 1t has given
us hearing at the tribunal of the nations,
and proved to the satisfaction Of the most in
credulous, as Lord Lyons pertinently and
wittily observed, that the South Is beliiRer.
ent power. II has elevated the military pres
tige Of the Southern people in the eyes Of all
mankind, and convinced them that the people
capable Of such things have a cause worth
fighting for, as well as a patriotism and per-
severance equal to the maintenance of theil
cause. 1t has given the South itself new con
.idence in its energies, in the courage Of its
soldiers and in the capacity Of It's Gsusrals
The heroic blood that was shed there hal
consee rated the great cause of Southern inde
pendeiice in the hearts of every man, woman
and child in the land, and the immortal vic
tory has Illuminated our triumphant heroes
with light which will inspire and guide
generations to new and perpetual devotion x
liberty and independence.
All honor to the heroes who six month
ago achieved such magnificent results, an
who still stand with swords unsheathed +
maintain the cause which they have wo1
All honor to the sons who there defende
their mothers, and to the mothers who Dor
such sons and gave them to their country. A
honor to the glorious Beauregard and John
ston, and to the heroic President who pre-
scented himself at the altar of that battle an
shared it's undying renown.