Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-11
D.lu.,.1s ana Failures Of she Kneny.

In = Late number We attempted TO show what Yankee
sAesmAnshp vas vOrthby referring to the failures and
.ppontments that have met all the schemes and baf-
a.d ALI the hopes Of the Washington Administration
rss Albany EssnmS Jowa1l, edited by ThulloW Weed,
and repued to be the organ Of Seward OOufssses these
failures and dsAppOintnsntin article from which the
following is taken;
We have learned the folly Of undertaking enemies
We have learned that they equally brave, equally
hsrdr taulry quick .SittGd equally embossed with mar
a nal lies win ourselves. We have learned that they
are terribly in earnest in their Efforts to achieve their
ends that hey desperate in their resolve TO divorce
ITEMS Ives from u that they determined to resst
our osts 10 Conquer them 10 The bitter end We have
learned that they vary as they arc
that they are As cunncg they depraVed that they
are As quick to take advantage OF our weakness, our
bluuders and our indeciSion. We have learned that
theV are fully our peers IN military capacity, aud that as
soldiers they make up in DISH what they lack In solid
hArdikood We have learned that the very despodsm
hat exists among then gives them eompactoess aud
unity which 70 DO not ard einn9t poesess
We have learned btW little active cooperation We are
% expect from the =" Union element Of the extreme
South We have learned that that element even where
most prevalent is tmid torpid doubtful negative that
ueeds watchers" to cit by aud nurse is that Il is often
reAcherOIs and counterfeit that IN many instances Tie
rather stumbling 80 in our way than prop and
auxiliary. We have t4fned that, little By Little, the
e by little It has pOssfssed aud erHed them Until pub
lie sentiment has IN many seetoas become almost
unit
We have learned the folly of expecting sympathy
RON foreign Governments and foreign peoples. We
AVE learned that We are hated mos. cordially where We
had reason to lock for moral support that We stand To-
sy spart and isoa,ed without friend or bicker In any
poser on earth We have learned that must lot OILY
,bt the good fight unasssted but urter the shadow Of
the frouns Of rcpe.
We have leArued that slavery, instead Of being al
element of Weasnss is element Of strength TO the
n be We have .Grntdt TIA, il ia Of their chief props
and Staff Of 81 ppor that tho fur million Of blacks
held 10 bondage are ed effective weapons With which
10 fight and oppose u.s. We have lesrn,d that We can
not successfully fight the enemy aud protect "ihe inatn
ion" a. the came time and that II ever hope TO sue
coed ue must lave the latter TO its fate.
We have learned that the contest between us and The
ConlsdrIates - reduced to question OF pure brute
ioca We have learned that the that strike hard
os ld the foot that and NEST and the brain that
can plot SUI, S. will gin the day We have learned tina
t ill no longer 10 20 play war that il will no longer
10 to administer emolen that the disease is OF that
yrulen nStlrs hA, l. demands the most seive nmedies
Sc haze llaIn6d that TIERS is no middle grouad-no
ali .Iy E.us-bstseen absolute triumph and absolute
5AssAlage
Bu, all tie aas and calculations for subGuing the
b,s ami restoring the Uaion lave iAled-f disaster
Id disappointment have met you at all points-WhA
n asoa have yeu to expect from any PLAZA
We ave 10 led and b, I'll you in all your attempts
sby may We not continue ~ do cor Every preteaee
18th -Ai,h the " At VAS begun has beeu Abandoned
YER hopl silh Which Il uaged is admitted to be
islusloa. Why may nos the FL urs be as the pAsIs