The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-24
SUI. Of Opinion In Ii. N.r,h.

There seems to be no doubt that the Yankee
Consrsss has passed. or viii pass, BILL calling ous
the entire militia force Of all the Yankee States
and that DRAFT viii be made sufficiently large to
meet what the Yankees consider the exigencies OF
their services. II h WELL therefore, to be prepared
for the worst they Do, and, above all things to
avoid sinking into that lethargy Of soul and body
which hcnumbed the councils and paralyxed the
arm Of the Confedersey after the hn,tie OF Manas
sea-
Yet there Is very little doubt that there Is a
large and powerful body of citizens, Of whom
Governor Seymour and Benjamin Wood are
the representatives who are bitterly opposed
70 the present war; who abhor tho Oh ec;s
for which Il IL waged. and who Dissent entirely
from tie principles Of those who most active
Sn pressing it on. Persons of this description dare
not face the reign of terror which las been iaau
guratai by Iae Aboltionisis knowing that 1t Il as
mich as their lives worth to speak their real
sentiments The Aboiitionists have IL al! their n
way. II is they who are urging on the Government
IN career which can but terminate (be .he South
victorious vanqished} IA the utter ruin Of all tho
Yankee States. fhe storm must spend its fury
before expect clear weather. There is 70
such thing as arresting it In mid career The
sooner sais contamination is accomplished the bet
Ter for Us, for Tankseiooiledom. and for the
world Let tbs Abol'tionis's bring all their
forces TO bear upon tho struggle. The result,
most aksuredly, will be signal defeat whether
wait for them here, or take the ini;ia,
tive and so to seek them at home. Then comes
the reaction. Then comes the day Of reckoning
Then come the accounts to be settled and the ques-
tion Of raising the wind to DO discussed Then
will the people stand aghas. at the folly which has
led them into the unmeasured and unreasonable
debt In which they are involved at the unhe ard-of
taxes required TO iiquidae the claims which will
rise up against their Government AT the utter pros
tration of credit, the snnihilston of wealth, the
failure Of revenue, the approach Of beggary, the
presence Of ruin In all directions. Then will the
vengeance Of the mob be visited upon those who
took the lead In this atrocious war; Then will
abolitonism be Frustrated forever beneath the fury
Of people deluded cheated and led to ruin by its
disciples. This will be equally the case. whether
the North suhjugate us, or be bsfed In its insane
attempts to do 1t lie slrcsdy ruined beyond the
reach Of hope and the entire property Of the South
did the North hold i: all In undsputed possession
could not replace the wealth Of its own people.
wantonly destroyed in the attempt to bring de-
ssrustion upon Us.
In this view Of the case we are glad that Adolf
ton u putting forth Its utmost strength Defeat 1t
n this struggle and il. never rally again. And
joyful will be the day to all the South when that
contamination shall have been reached. We hope
Il viii come with oil its force that ii will unmask
all IL reserves; that will leave not man behind
but stake everything upon this one crusade and
this single battle. This call for the whole militia
fearful as It may look upon pspez-s to US the har
binger Of approaching good fortune. Hitherto the
Yankees have fought this battle with foreigners
Gish and Germans-or the scum of the Northern
cities, whom they were anxious to get rid Of any
terms Now it will fail on the Yankees themselves,
and they have no fondness for war when it is to
endauger their own carcasses.