The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-25
me Cribs and it, Demands Upon Us.


The Crleis and IT. Demands Upnn Us.
TIE nsxs fortnight will In ell probability
witness . series of important battles In Kan
lucky, and along the lius Of the Mississippi
The fortuSss Of war ars provsrbially uncer.
tain. A msrs accident may convert victory
into defeat; the lcss Of single man mey lost
. battle Mach depends upon the coarsge
aud steadioess Of troops. moca upon The fore.
Thought ard address Of Generals; bnt after ~
. great deal depends upon accident and chance
TIE leading feature Of tho war in which We
ars engaged 10 the fact tnaa the troops on oosn
sidss are raw and inexperienced. Few on
sashsr side have been under fre, and defeat
y more than apt u prove disaster to one or
the other Side
There IL nodoubt of the fact, too, that the
enemy outnumbers NJ in Kentucky, and they
have q -eat advantage over us In the quality
Of their arms. Unless We can get at them
with the bayones, this disparity In arms i.
srssser than We have auy conception Of We
bslisvs that the superior prowsss and endu-
rance Of our soldiers moro than compensate
thee disadvantage: but an untowsrd acct
dent or unloeky chance may happen to the
most brave and rssolute, and throw them into
panic
Il becomes %, therefore, 70 be prepared for
nnfsvorable news, as well rs good. We can
not expect 70 fight through . war, of the pro-
portions Of this one, with uninterrupted sue
ooes. 1t u well TO cherish confidence in our
star, but not 70 an extent to incapacitats Ne
fox enduring reverse and discontinue. An
occasional defeat even conduces to our per
uAnsnt triumph. by nerving US TO duty and
teaching $Aa. reliance upon exertionl which
We are 700 apt 70 lose amid continued sus-
ssssss.
We do not anticipate misfortune in Ken.
mcky; bat inasmueh a. reverses may happen
10 all, it IL meet that we should contemplate
the possibility Of their occurrence in Dur case.
War Is At best a lottery, in which there are
many blanks and few prizes; and it would be
- unphiiosophical rs unmsnly to so exsit our
imagination with expectations of fortune IL
10 b unable TO encounter disappointment with
composuro. The safest sentiment in times OF
war 10 that Of constant warinsss and appre-
k:7sion. Tue most fatal blunder into which
= contestant can fall ia that OF depseciating An
adversary, and treating lightly and with in
difference serious crisis. Ii the South were
/ Ut thoroughly alarmed for her safety, she
would b absolutely uneonQueraole We
spoke the other day Of the wholesome effect
upon the enemy Uf the battle of Manassas;
the effect upon ourselves has been a. injuries
70 our cause NJ upon the enemy it was bsreh-
eisl, BY relieving Us of that salutary alarm
which In fact provided the victorious army
AMI gave d The victory. Ii the enemy shouia
succeed In gaining advantages IN Kentucky,
huItfal to u and impregnable, the result in
the end would be favorable TO Us. We should
be reused from the isthargy that has come
ever as; and we should be startled from the
game Of busy self.seeking in which we are
enlisted int sense OF the necessity Of SAC.
ridaing uors to the common Cause.
Tnat it 10 the interest of the South to
6ght this war through to the bitter end admits
of no doubt. The enormous war debt of the
North would crash as entirely ii any portion
Of the taxation j: will entail should fall upon
the South. The great object Of. the Yankees
now L. to get possession OF the South. and by
Wholesale con6scstions build up fund TO dis
charge their debt. They have shown in the
past history Of this war that in this work o;
plumber they will pay little regard to the dis
tipctione between Union mon aud Secessioni.ts
Their object Is plunder, and it is property
they arc after without regard to ownership
Those regions of the South have suffered
most severely which have by divisions among
their populations invited the enemy in. The
fact 10 that We are all embarked in one ad.
venture upon ono bottom, and, whether
CnioDists sor Seeessionists, are all to share
alike the advantages Of success or the woes
Of subjugation- We are Sighting against the
TAX eatherer and the courts Of coniscation
We arc fighting for property. Independence,
and honor.
A few reverses under these circumstances
would prove of Infinite service to Us. They
would nerve I'D - exertion. They would re-
awaken the fires of patriotism which brought
ont 20 many volunteers and 60 many noble
popular contributions last summer. Let us
al awaken to q now sense Of the necessity
for activity and Of the duties required Of u by
AhA Riais