Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-15
FEDERAL VICTORIES AND TIE sUBJUGATIoN OF
SpUtu
TEE sOU'H.
From the London lie. Jun


did" and so FORTH have 10 be explained. Indeed, you
would hardy know they victories unlese you
told so BY come who In the secret Il needs 10 be
by gume1ts AID dag that Secession
being duly crushed BY the anaconda, and swept away
oy the avalanche aud engul by the norsl earthquake
AZ forstold in The tg11tve language OF lie opponents.
We now have elaborate comparison Of advdr;a sos-
nov the loss OF battery Of artillery u compensated by
successful bayonet charge, aud slaughter which is
known 30 heavy by slaughter which Is coDcud d to
be Toe Ooniedera'es did not attain their ob
i.ct-heFefoEe il Federal victory. Gen. he Ile
ian. ARMY recovered the bali mile Of ground and i'll
hold its old posions-thereiore it was Federal vic
tory.
ne siege OF Richmond still goes ou-therefore il was
FEDERAL victory. Such Is the gbly scientific basis Of
he Northern uoilsiou. Bl. tie Fedsra's mus feel Il
-ft' ceut to become s rsoscal aud geographical
III .-.s may he very good ba ties, very Fl for
lnui 70 describe. Tley may ,1l.b. rteres Ing iGc's
for student respecting eTgosed wings or The PORTION
f o7t,eri.a attach in eounn, attack IN line, AID wha
.oI The deIal' coms ~ delight III toe ar. Of Horee
rnt ana Y'oi, they nay vast Exp, SOS vi csE
vas with the mastery o. Isr.s a:d ca-hng charges
.t Williamsburg shiloh sna Chckaacm.uy. BIZ tits lie
not .xacly wat were Ice 20 Stc" ANY ming Lees
/ crushing d weeping it has seldom BEEN our To-
% hear Of Il mus. b gin 10 dawn upon tue minds o.
no., p.ople thsC tbs KIDD OF hglu is so on, the
conquest of the southern States vi be cTeltr acasy
IL dnL than tie acug meas 81 Nj lcoin alc p4ed
The truth is rhas every su cesSSe mouth snOEs MOI,
clearly the mpCssbi.y CT restoring the ion by force
Of Inns When We look 3acs en- toe de!usvns which 10
some extent Il ed li.la more az year sgo the
Nor:h end were shared BY many nt " &c England, We
are aston tno!r gltlde sld he i6seuce OF any
trace OF tru !. Was asEed with wonder few years
since how the Elg-h in Iads could have lvd in con
saat intercourse Eh the uatv sad yet il total uncon-
&C Ousuess # their LRtCte fuo faithful Sepoy, the
mild H!ndoo," were implicitly trus.d Just much
as 1t was aiea iOrgenled that the Sckh was irrecun-
bY hosae the native priGcss ambitious and eager 10
Ike adysn age OF our TeAkue.s, while the population
sere anxious to escape from their power 10 the sb,er
Of British law The history OF the autiuy the his
tory Of seemingly neIousable error on the part Of
sa'esmen generals and magistrates.
Bu what were these mistakes 10 the deiulons Of the
Northern people respecting the race which lived IN pc.
iacal communion ard coustsnt commercial and social
intercourse with them, which bought and sod with them,
called them ellos cizsns in eecnopee!iUg speeches,
sent lie children 20 be educa. al the schoo sat
e by eide with them hotels, served in the regi
mems, sailed in the OF war, boosted with them
OF American greatness ia European Company, aud tbs
foreign 7necator seemed part Of tie same people,
in iiyisal They recol6ct that IRE Southeruers
ctnned together, that they despised tie hcrherner,
tina. thew hated him Gs ebi,n creditor, and has
while appearing glory in the Union, hey we're ready,
almost 10 man, destroy il Ct she bidding OF Tbe cad
crs in whom they COZ fled How the Sogllcrners hid
their impulses aud their resolutions is indeed eIr1Grdn
sry Tor 20 the last the chief the Union did
7elieve that even South Carolina vas earnest in
sion.
Since then, |. may be sali that She North has been
deceived In everything Fret IL could Lot believe thst
the CoLedsrates would be able 70 army ct al.
President Lincoln asked tor IS 600 for three non!bs
and there is 10 reason 10 duo! that he expected the
rumSer and the tune 70 be sufficient Then it lid
that the Southerrers could fight, bad not the ali
lice of =oidera we're 100 wild Tor di-cpne and would
nbsy OILY guerilla chief Let the attacks ard still more
the retreats VI the Confederate Gs1erris declare how far
this opinion was ael-iouudCd The most conspicuous
errors have relaod 10 toe uaanny Of the South end
ia position relative to the negro race. That large
Union party would raise whor the Feders appeared
is 6 farcy now cruCly ci spse1 and with it yanstes
the only jus, f,lon Of The var 10 the u'nds Of Impair
tal meu Bus yet remarkable !act is the attach.
ment of the slaves 20 the Wsiss in he South.
Both the NnrsherGers sud tbCse who echo them 10
this country we're never tired .! repeating ihi tie Con-
fcdeIates vCui not care TO Offer any real Ts.slrce in
s,muoh as they held IL bondage four millions CT their
fellow creslrcs who would obey the rg,ufai n-ncts Of
humanity 6y nassacfeiHs the women aud Of iidrel as
soon as the men had el; fer the y 81 las. tue
crucial experiment has been tried. The Sou herDers
have gone amos, 20 toe as Ian 10 the war the victims
20 tyranny which is described go savage and revolt
z that 1T urits in tsef ell cT.Eea. Ge LETT almost
Uncontrolled and In rlces Absolutely masters, yet
there Is 20 reb slion. F5ceIa neral ationed in
gIon where The negroes iouIh tbs OF the popua.
ii ~ ssuee proclamation declaring the slayre OF IN SO
states Tree. Ye: there 10 uprising Tor liberty. II is
melancholy fact tr p iliotbr! Pi5s and Gdi:s; but
hers Is The only thing si' Low Is 10 declare that
tho negroes nave beel so graded ~ oppression that
.re5 have no d.siTe tor VIA. IL ~,Lin the.r crap.
The fact seems TO be that the Southern wealth
il socisy fa stronger lhsG any enc either &c the NOR
OF in Europe had supposed Nothng Vas more natural
than tor The great prioSi reAsoneEs to cemonstfate
tlat 500 600 slave owners could never induce several
milo 4 mean whites" qua four mlllo5e OF negroes
% eid m in an srstoctrtc revolution. Ye: they have
t,p,' society NJ the SIu.h il evidently rot iu tn
Ve; the -Ii,rium Is not unstable wh'c.
3 a shcck ss o Northern inTaFi9n. TIE "rria
.. D.. 9ihar vorts. %. ~ al col 'vGgo-t ;~.ges-
o ouia I'D r iErs OF tae SOU h-BIaAe ~ ho Coined
9 armies d ~. otteT n--.ousls .i.b1u. suy per
OPAL ateEgs, ia .gcE and, Is cur cotrvEfoadng ,eis
u today tls Sss e5s.s Io airs.d 70 zaiso negro
rRimus 20 oppssa Iios3 which the North s!s sl'd 10
have levied
TIE Americans are too shrev3 rot % see ard rrdrs
ga 4 t6.ec i.rGs >Hi saogU tia wa Der lend %
-nsp,usiUa OF h.. ..es ~ are icret to bop tb4t
toe veise OF reason viii more 20 srd C.s lst
tvs from No. Z yTk gives cgus., tu,L'ul pig'uTe
0. The tarIo. ShcE rsstr8ins nea r'm ey T1S hey
Elk Bl. N5ta 10 I'D tn. ml.rO ', Co3Ercsa
at representative CT NV York his he corT 2, 20
rbuke the s.yIge paeelo2s OF he peope Gro e'cou
ragged 10 hone for change TIE speech, ar rs'h
oaup let, for j: never spoken az kr Benjamin
Wood Is but the repetition of what have been fay
iug fer months He axis, "shs: is the use OF a uulDr
Of unviljrg Saes driven into COmplLi0ushp at T. e
point Of tho bsyorct aud he'd there thereafter by mill
tary povCr?'
If no brought back by negotiation, they are lost to rs
forever. To corqler thom mas BE- iUposs
bic but to hold tseu in suJscUoD, having s,Tqrrr'
them, would in i'aci be 4 dual reputation OF the It
principls OF purlcan.sm." such is The language OF
man who gees he madness Of his c9u0tTyn.n, and
will save them Il Il 90 p,sible NV be fac followers
as bold and plain spokea TheD Indeed, shall be-
gin to belev5 in the ninety days of the F,eral opheey
Let the Northern peope perceive tbs, tn choice s
between peaceful settlements and boo lsss war, gA.h
eriug new horors every day. and they vii not rsfrse
the a6vcs even OF England