Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-05-09
IFrOa the London telegraph, M.r&la1

Ahe mournful Successes Of the Federal ar
mics continue. We call them mnusnful, no
because We would sooner sec the Oonludcra.
hsg at Washington than the Stars and Stripe.
at Richmond, but because humanity does no
triumph with the victorious North. VII.
princip'e ls fought for on these bloody fields
WHICH can reconcils US to their c&ra,geV |
Is cohutot Of the passions, and not ths op!n
lon", OF men; var, ,ne result ui WHICH
TnsteVer IL may be, could have sean US vel
ontaned IN the council as in lie camp TIT
e'st,ea nt the Unionists at their victories il
feeling which we could not share even If the;
were gained In better causo; for that whict
which status the gteen fields Of Rneroka, ths
Genes at eomerset, and lha shattered rnascary
In Fore Donelson, is the blood of brothers
never to 20 shed w!5hout stcrn necessity, ant
certainly not with e1ults.ion. But 10 er,
called upon by the Northern journals 10 ap.
plaad taess recurring Successes which mark
the paths of tho acvaGcing Unioa armies witt
a red track. We arc expected to cdmira The
military dispositions of their l4adarp, and ic
hall the ADVANCE of dag which WASHINGTON
hostsd to be tho badge Of 4 Just and united
psop!o. Better, We think, in lhn ';o,ds OF nc
American representative, ''to cover with mid
night h!aekHess eyery star that aos.s uuoIi
thst aau1e Hrla" There Is no satisfaction,
we ssy, in these tedious achievements, end
there would be atill less ;f Fortuna mad regis
tered them &c The account Of ths Souin ihe
world ls simply weary 0! E contest in which
honor CIR Rcyer Dc gained at sil. ntd advantage
hardly; aud it only fellows tbs strugge With
interest because its CONTINUANCE cnoarrasscs
Industry and paraiJscs onmmarce
What ia desired is not u sensc!;oH ?;ctorJ,
out tho end. II taSt end can DO achieved
Only by b!ocdShed, wo must lock ,,p; gu. tic
sympathy Of Eli thoughtful spectators will &c
Withdrawn from tho fretricidAl eS counter. -
Once, in'lned, the North might hay: vou opio.
ion to its side. II, wlon thu GCu.h scoaiGd, !.
had proposed equitable :erms TO ;h- slave in
tercsts, and, iaiilrg their acaep'anos. bad sd.
varctd to battle as tna champion ci ,hc u: gro.
humanity Eoul6 hare sono with it, Sul this
it never do, and noveT meant to DC; and there
ere abundant evidences thAt. /. the South
wonld yud Internationally nov to .hc pc:
litical supremacy OF the North, tbe North
would not pross condition, against "lhe
domestic institution" ii This BE- rot 80,
what means the jealousy hei,r Il LIS sinul uou.
list ,orces OF tha northeast, and ,boso Caica.
!sts, pure aud simple. who have s.iaad ,fie
Successes al Somerset sni N.shyilcf Wna5
means tue praise OF General NaJe!iali in Nav
York journals, because he h.s "ou:iVe.i bis
aboli,ionist gsSaiiaaGs = /. meaus that tho
Federal armies are winning battles for the
supremacy Of Wall-atroos and ct the A1crril!
tariff; and for those things puoilc opinion on The
hithsr si6s of the Atlsntic is not particularly
Ecalous. We cannot therefore, suinmoh up
any excessive enthusiasm at Tho iDts,igclce
which has Just reached us, unless because il!
promises aResdier ccnclns,ea 70 ,hrss '.slCTi-
GUS sriumphs." A var fought like this eau.
not Of course !sss defeat upon defeat, il it do
not eHoct what the yic!ors desi-s Eiil 3: least
compel the vauquIshed To abandon the SAD
arbtran,nt OF the sword. And az to the mag
nituds Of the late military successes there
caa ba no sscoad opinion. Sine, our last
uncertpin teiegrams tEe capture Of Nashville is
officially confirmed, tha fall of that c:sy thus
giving the Federais Tennessee. Gen nucl has
not stopped there Hs hSs pushed down tho
Southern road upca The trail Of Beaurega.d,
aud seems 10 have surrounded his army at
Murfreesboro' Ha must DO IN uoh-okep aad
imposing force, toe, :; It be true that he viii
accept no terms from the Confederate lesde-s
but unconditional snrrcndcr. Columbus is
evacuated, or In process Of o71oua,ion, and
tho retrestins divisions must fall back. il
Is said, not less than forty four miles, before
occupying fresh ground on an Island OF the
Miss sssippi; eod ss recent news Of this frag.
mentary kind has proved more than rsnally
veracious, and since the tide OF victory flows
evidently one way, VIC are not inclined
to doubt these details Thev pre doubled
il Importance, too, If it bs really true
that tba advance of the grand army mrs onu-
meneed. Banks division Of tno iurec, under
General Mcclellan, has crossed tho Potomac,
it is said, without any opposition. and occn-
pies tho valley of one of its Southern tributa.
ries Tho rest of the arny was shortly &c
move, and tho ConfedersieS. we tb:dk, must
retire, OF bs isolated. The eff.cs of all these
signal SUCCESSES would be ircou:estsblc,s ,sjt In
deed President Davis dil n5t acknowledge it
in his supplementary message. I1a South IS
but no: disheartened; It's Presi-
dsnt oof.fesscs his ruTerses to bave eeen dis7s.
trous, while ne sets to WORK, with tho nepa-
rept concord OF his citizens, 10 fiepare new
arDiea l. Is. indeed, q comment on the hope
less nature Of this appeal to arns that nfser
all these losses, the Confederates are preparing
to ado q new corps darmse 70 their 400 regI.
ments; snd they eTen lock forHsrd 70 cor.
testing the superiority Of the ensuy on tho
ses-
But thasc viotoTlos must psissorce tell heavily
OF the Southern spirit; and there iS no deoy-
ing that tho waT looks likely to close in tho
general triumph Of the North WHAT :hea ::
rheee very SUCCESSES, SO srdeptly desired oy
the Fede7nla, seem 10 us likely TO prove Just
the last and most hopeless ob:tacles to -s-
constitution Of the Uniou. Will tho South.
which would not return for fair means. return
for foule Can the Senators st Washington
dream that Southern citiz,ns will came back
aud sit sgain beside them with .he mutual
of Bulls Run and Roanoke? The
thought is idlo. The South may be cor rquered,
su5aued, annexed even, bu. not again iedera-
led It will never, like Prian, k'ss toe hands
that raek Ei.h the blood o. its children. /!
will fight ws Go net dorbt-in the con7eu-
tional phrase CT it's Presiden.-"to The last
man and the las. do,lar;0 AID, when these u.
Innate resources are expended it will oppose a
logged spirit which the engines of rePubiicsn
cannot master. Despctic cavern
nents might; bat we suppose the North, In
It's most excited moments eontcmplates tie
ballot box. and pat the sword O. Whip, rs thc
machine for demonstrating the Unioa; and
though tho spirit Of the Soutberns might be
broken, their interest prompts perseverance, in
secessiop. This war, which has cos. The Fed
erals tTo hundred millions Of nopoy, sectns
10 have been Taged on tEs CHER si5e Tor
Io-ty OF 8fty. The North is jlst issuing
CSC, 600 900 ofincouvertible paper; the South
''hns nc floating debt" The Now Tcrk ner.
chants are trembling at the resolve Of
Congress to exsc: import and export
autios in sfecie, while ths Rt27!s,-ioa3
planters are nectirsa 70 discuss the best
Fay OF burning their crops for Tho
GOOD Of the S,sse. such patriotism ss thsre
8 in the business from beginning to end,
isems, Therefore, to be on the side cs :he South;
shose franol position is also better, md
iartly on that very account. 1t is Likely, then,
be Oonfederses will return to pay half share
h the war eDenditurss Will the South sub
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