The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-07

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. = Argument Against the Senses. 70 ksr
Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, about century
and half ago, Or something less, undertook
. prove that there was no such thing us mat |
sr; hat We lived in continual state of de. |
seption; that the eyes, the ear, the nose,
were regular imposters, whose prescribed
auty II was 70 cheat mankind; that the touch
wss nothing more than an illusion; that the
sensible werld was chimen; and that man
existed only in imagination How far he SUE:
eeeded in proving his theory, it is not impor'
tant to know. since it lie certain that, he
convinced himself and that is as much AS most
afRuments ever succeed in accomplishing
Perhaps the result lie fairly stated in those well
known lineso Of Byron:
.Nhsa Bishop Bsrkiey said there was no MISTER,
And proved H. 'twas no matter what be said
Bishop Berkeley waa doubtless great ora
Gle, but, iortanasely for mankind when he
died wisdon I'D not perish with him. His
mantle sesmsto have fallen on successive phlo-
scphers, until, somehow, il has found its way to
the shoulders of the Rev Dr. vin'on. This
cage has the advantage, in one respect, over
his llustrious predecessor. He is not only a
distinguished warrior in the ranks of the
Church militant, but is also we'll acquainted
with the use of the carnal weapon He is
both soldier and theologian. He is not only
graduate IN divinity, but pupil of West
Point He has been taught not only TO admin
lister consolation to the dying, but TO put men IN
u way to need that sort of consolation, He is
akillfal not only in comforting the soul, but
in divorcing it from the body He has proved,
beyond all question, that the Yankees have
never been defeated on any occasion since
this war began; but that, on the contrary, they
have always been victorious. This announce
ment seems strange, but ii must he true. A
doctor of divinity says 80, and doctors OF di-
vinity cannot lie A graduate of West Point
savs 30, and students of West Point know all
about war. In. order to be thoroughly con-
WINGED, the novice must surrender himself to
the doctrine of Bishop Berkeley, and conclude
that all appearances are delusions.
And vet, after all, it seems strange even to q
convert, which we profess TO be. We cannot
forbear asking what upon earth the Yankees
Their conduct at Bull Run was still more in
comprehensive. There they ran farther than
soldiers ever were known to run before, and
faster. They threw away everything they
had about them-aIms, cartridge boxes, KNAPP
sacks haversacks, blankets, hats, ana some
times even shoes They left everything they
could not carry on their pc Isons behind them,
snch as cannon, baggage wagons, horses, mill
sary and medical stores, &c. Again. in these
battles around Richmond they ran from one
.oltihcaiion to another until they pulled up ml-
der shelter of their gunboats, thirty miles from
where they started. To man who has been
in the habit of trusting to his senses, this looks
very mEsh like defeat but yhe doctor evident,
" does not think the senses ought to he
trusted. According to his theory, seeing is nor
believing" When, therefore. we saw 1000
prisoners, 81 guns, and A. 900 stand Of arms
brought TO this city, we saw the best evidence
IN the world that the Yankees had been Veto
rlous, except that afforded 10y Mcclellan re-
treat from Richmond without ever having
taken it. But for the light that Vilton has
thrown upon this intricate subject, we should
have followed the vulgar old rule OF trusting
to eyesght and should have believed that the
C0nfederates, and not the Yankees, We're vie
torious at Manassas H. and Harpers Ferry
when we saw that 49, 600 prisoners, and more
than 100 guns were the result. But we stand
rebuked. The Yankees gained the victory
The doctor of war and divinity says So. The
doctor himself will admit, however, that it
will take some time to conquer The country
by victories like these.
A late periodical writer lin the Edinburgh
ReUaew,) says that lie who over,hrows ii great
military reputation renders an essential ser
vice to mankind. In this sense DIR Niuton is
the greatest benetactor Of whom humanity
can boast He has overthrown every military
reputation that ever existed, III "A single lee
Iure. He shows that when Hannibal piled the
mans he was ANONYMOUSLY defeated. He
shows that Pompey, and not Caesar, was vic
lOrious At Pharsalia. He shows that the Rus
slams and Austrians conquered al AusterliH.
and that Wellington was beaten at Waterloo.
We are afraid, however, that mankind is too
stupid to understand the Doctor. They can
never be made, We very much apprehend To
believe that flight means victory. or that pnr-
suit means defeat. In spite of his .unanswera-
bic logic, they will obstinateIy persist in be
liev1ng that the Roman Republic was nearly
overthrown at Canine, and that the French
Empire was Frustrated at Waterloo. AS
Yankees wish TO possess our country, and ;is
they certainly will not get it by running, We
zee not what besides glory they are 10 derive
from this new definition Of victory. The stole
Zeno taught that pain>was no evil. This must
have been very consoling to a man i'll I, fit Of
the gout--as much as mnst be 10 he an
KEGS the annuneatien that they conquered al
Bnll Run and ilarpers Ferry.
European Tributes 70 Sou tI,ern VaiOr
Ii glory is the sweetest reward of the sol"
der il must be some consolation to our brave