Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-09
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TAlH AROCT EECOGHLZIiiG THG
8UETEERE IONFEDERaGy-

There Gail b. but little dVubt that, s:,oasr
Or later, the Southern UoEfrdcrncy Will lie
admitted into Ito family Of nations Alicr
ledlously pTotractcG wcI ui eighteen mpGlh:,
the Federal Government hare fAileii III max
ing lie slightest impression III she;r Ts5o!utc
opponents. I. IS Tot unreasonable T. Fre-
Siiho thai ever, shout! .aa VA DC p1 ocecdcd
with for another yeaT a5l s nalf, The result
at tho s:.i sE the time would Iot te different,
vs. haE- mad now = iaIr opportunity Of 7sii-
nlaLlrr the qus'itie: and tnG 1hllore OF both
t.liigaTtnts. Those VINO derive their idea. OF
strength fran nagnitlis H1T: not slow to
Conclude ttat the North must y! necessity
prov. victorious. Aud il truth, the advan-
tass:s p,:;s-s-ei Dy tie established Govern
meDt II. the c0mmnnccE.ent OF tbs con
lest wire, to all appearances, overpower-
Ing, Ire Federal StAlch entered upon the
War entirely :res from dett, and with re-
sources st their COMMAND for the pToiuction
Of wealth which, vera really stupel-
duou6. They. Possessed powerful navy,
and though not having al their disposal
standing army, had, at a!i events in abun.
dance, the materials out vi which It could he
speedily created. They enjoyed the exclu-
sive command Of Tie OCEAN, aud saw not the
slightest danger TO appteheud IN the proaecu-
uun OF their trads. Witt tho whole world
open to them, they found themselves speedi-
ly supplied with every eDgius of modern
warfare which science has of late called into
existence. Besides eli thin, they embarked
in their enterprise with Ail the prestige which
invariably attaches itself to the established
order of things. Such we're the circuIn-
stances under which tho North addressed IT,.
self to the task OF crushing the so-calIed re-
belliou; nor 10 it possible to lose sight of
them III estimating tue probabilities of carry
ing TO successful issue wer which, in it's
present stage exhibits tho co:nbatants stand
ing to~a?ts euch other in relations so differ
EFT from those which they occupied when the
war began
1t would have beef impossible Tor any L.
ton to be compelled 70 struggle for its i1ds-
pendsncs uadaf cirouEIGtahcen more di.4d-
yant3geous tban those under which the Srate5
seeded from the Union, endeavored to eaab-
lish their claims to separation from gov
eminent. Numerically, the population CT the
South stood to that OF the North Ill the rela-
ton Of one to Eve. o. the material Of wsE tie
SoutheTners were entirely destitute. No soon-
ct had the standard OF independence been
raised than every port in large sea-board
was at once sealed. With such nuuitiona Of
wSr rs they then possessed, they found them
selyss Obliged not only to commence, but to
sustain what they well knew would 90 pro-
sracted conflict. OF ships OF WET, with one
or two exceptions, thay possessed nons.-
Their trade was entirely snnihillted. Instead
Of the prestige With which their Northern OPP
poncnts entered on The war, they found them
selves held up 10 the ezecration ofthe civilized
world. To foreign States they were repre-
5entsd by the Federal Government as rebels,
whilst fansticlsm stisuAtisel them az slave
owners. Numbering III all little more than
eight millions, they found therselyee at the
saline time Obliged tu ooPo with the Northern
States, and IT, retain IN subsection, within their
OWL Territory, u population half as numerous
81 their own. Under disadvantages SC great
as li,ess did tho Southern Coufederscy fight
the battles OF independence.
1t is Impossible to compare the present po
sitiou Of tic Federal States witn that held By
them 1T the beginning of the war, without bs-
ing irresistibly impressed with the utter hope
iessnuas Of their attempt 10 subugats the
South. The South hse suffered much; it hiss
also collected debc bit Sc nothing by it can
De regarded s worss than defeat, It viii De
enabled ultimately, should it succeed IN ss.
tabllshtng its independence; 70 regard with
greater eqliauiuiity the burdens which This
VISIT mag iIupuso. Tt us it see1is impossible
that the North, in lis present crippled state,
can effect an object which it hss hitherto
shown itaelf unable In accomplish
The luestion WHEN the South ousht TO be
regarded as having astablished right to de-
rlsnd recognition sill reInsias SPa.. ior con-
sidsrsaon. Until the close Of the present
campaign it had certainly fAled to aatisfy the
world Of It. ability 10 maintain its indepsn-
dence. Had the result OF the recent engage
uents in the vicinity Of Richmond proved
different, the Confederate capital would, in all
probability, have fallen Now, however,
when, to al appearances, the North is COM
PEELED to desist from active operations for
aone months, it would certainly seem that
tho claims Of tbs South &C recognition de-
serve the seri9us confederation Of foreign
governments Another signal victory on the
part Of the Confsderates may possibly decide
the Cabinets Of Epglald AID Franco ca the
course they will adopt.