The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-18
The Cause Of Southern Sur ,ric.sty.

rvnf,upd remarks npon the causes which in
he course Of Eeveral centuries. had led 10 sh.
estshhshment of the nosnan authority over
the greater portion oi Lasepe, as shen known
81, the wosld and no small par. Of Asia L.
fon'a seaTcely te, he eays in substance. fSou
.ore,isY rational wisdom oI valo,. for a.
crerks rsos'ly aupaased the Romans in the
e,.f. and th, Es,ule in the latter lie co,uaa /,
,hc ,ouclueion, finally, that it is owing 10 ,hs
number of great men who had s,tccee,ied each
,Aher IN the couduci OF affairs, and who's, .l
ferris hsi raised her. through regular .yra,l,
s;eas. from an insignificant city to The positi.n
81 The ruling powerot The world Alison al
ycrijn, &c the profound observations of the
Roman historians, claims for the British En-.
,irc ci India, established by the genius of
Cine and supported in succession bv the great
abilities ot Hastings and Wellesley. a similar
history and q correspondent glory
To the same cause. we TAX c IT, is in 4 ,,r,,;,,
iocasse ,o he attribated The superiority OF ihe
S,uth 10 The North in the War whieh is now
u,ins between .he two seeiious Ii c,nuu,
lc duo 10 ouv numbers, because they outnt,n-
her us Two to one II vaunot he due to our s,i.
rcIicr wealth, i"r ti,ough We have among yi,
the elements pi wealth IN uuriv allied pron,
sl1u, they enurcd before The w:ir far more 10
iJo benefit oi the encmy than IL our own. Ii
j. f. the wealth extracted from us. indeed,
thai they are indebted fer everything. that I'll
,ile5 them to carry CIT the war II us,s our
wealth thal created their navy. l. was oul
wealth that gave them tunntIless credit, ,,.l
has enabled them TO lavish fabulous sums
upcn then taNriite project of Eublugatng ua
L cannot he owing altogether ~ the superior
,alor ot cur tFoops. although that has bee,
conspicuous throughout tlle war, lor the 1an
lees make good soldiers, aud 80 far ou,lum
}-r lis that even interior Valor might l.. com
trusated by superior strength But nothing
,;in compensate the vast superiority rf talent
uu eur side. The Yankees ba,c 10 Genera
who is AT all equal to even those officers " lo
Hle not ranked higher than third rate with us.
As for those OF the first class their whole
military, put into one mass and boiled down
would hot furnish an Alntgam that could he
compared 10 the most indifferent of them
How many Pores aud McCleilans would
If take to make one Lee or Jackson!
Tlis superiority Of the Southern lniud ~ er
ihe N"Itheru Was felt in the war of the Eeyo-
litiur. and continued g. tc felt as hong Ia tha
two SectionE constituted one people. The North
lelt it. ii it did nol acknowledge il, aud expe.
Ienced III the presence of the South the same
uneasy feeiing which Shakespeare makes An-
tony confess that lee ielt in tile presence of
augustus The North was oycf-rrowrd by
The South and felt itself compelled to submit
with however lad grace, TO Il superiority
implanted by nature itself, and not 10 lee over
come. Il WAS the presence OF the South in the
.Iaud council oft the country that kept together
the di.cnr}iIlt elements "i The Government
a zucn Is it withdrew it became palpabl.
t. the world that the North was utterly inca
pable ri elf government Liberty Was over
rulned IN d tWinhln@ The Constitution was
tlaInplel under tQtt as al obsolete set OF lavva
no longer binding upon anybody. a dema.
cr:ue, whose Tone and language reliered him
II the suspicion III even pretending 10 be .
gentleman, seized the supreme power. What
tad been a Congress made haste to !av their
Independence at his feet. The whole Yankee
nation tto use i phrase OF Tdcetlsj rushed
;4to slavery. Scsyility supplied the place
oi every virtue. The Jetier-onitn test, ' is
Le honest, j. he capable - cctsed to be
a5et. "Niil lie obey III beheaj7 of tlie-iix
scltive. without question or demur," was
II that il WAS now necessary to find out. The
tNo L9uses resented "a deplorable spectacle.
The member tell foul of each other with a
N1uicn,e oi alnse which, to use the ano}.ge
Of = contemporary editor, showed plainly tiia;
they were no longer restrained by the fear Of
the Southern horsewhip. In great and hon
ofdbe contrast have been the proceedings of
The Confederate Congress- where the utmost
Latitude Of discussion is allowed without
having thus far elected "a single disc0uTteous
E,nark, or a single expression to which q
member could take personal exception Suci
- the difference between gentlemen who are
really such, and gentlemen who are thus de-
-l-nated by courtesy and the rules Of the
House
We caliliot bring our mind for moment to
believe that Fhe Yankees will ever be able To
conduct The ailifs oftheir Government any bet
Ter than they arc now doing. The Yankee is
hut degenerate Puritan-thc liueal desceud-
alt Of the Mayhowtr Pilgrims. with all tlleir
traits OF aYtIice. hypocrisy, and cunning, in
sellsliied by transmission. The Puritans, we
all kIow. had supreme sway in England, and
What was the result Why, they created such
mortal horror Of themselves and their Gov
elnnent that the nation welcomed back
Charles IL, aud submitted Ia his protiigsite
iegn for twenty five years, rather than con
snue to bear Their YOKE. To them England
i indebted for ihe whole inf;tmy of that pc
iiod, the most diH9racetu in her annals. 10
tItu II was OWING that Tie very name oI Re
public lz hateful 10 English ears, even unto
lhis day, for they called their Goyernment Il |
'"min"nwealth The great talents OF Crom |
vel, "bo usurped the power which he found |
lhein abusing. were not able 10 eradicate, or /
even to diminish, the intense hatred the Pu- !.
itan nane. England has never tried them |
dtfe She got enough OF them at Il dose, and /
sie cannot he tempted to "A repetition. They |
VIII eocceed 10 better here. They have not |
i'!e governing qualities, and would ioiig siuce
ha'e fallen Into anarchy out for the Southern
%'hse tt3tty. element srhi, j. uow removed
General Buekner's Kepor,.
ibe serehty published report of General
hackher, III elat;ou 10 the capture Of Fort Don