The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-10

These words keem spoken 10 us Ia DREAM and
oar frst impulse ia 10 excla, can !, be possible
After oil the smffering aud all the trials Of the last
four montha to have turned the tables % complete
" on cur enemies, In indeed ESrveii w. But ten
short weeks ago mighty host lay almost In sskht
of this cdtv confident In the expectation OF entering
Il Ia triumph, and repeating the scenes that have
rsndared New Orleans q prison house more detes'a-
h,e than the bsssile Of Fort Warren, or the dun
e.ou, Of Fort La raystte. Where Is 1t now Cut
aowu. dispers@.i, driven with ignoniny from the
land q pclluted the scott Of the world. tie scotn
even of those whose mandates 1t obeyed when 1t
came here for our destruction. Aud now, instead o.
,rsmblsns for our own fresldes. are filing the
Yankees with ala, for the safety Of their capi,.i
The miserable remnant Of that army which WAS 10
be the tnstrumen, Of our subiusa,ion, beaten,
taisheartsn~d, baified In its nefarious desigus is
standing on the defensive with powerful enemy in
IL rear and force fully adequate to restrain Its
advance threatening it in front II seems TO have
but one last resource-,hs resource to which it re
currsd when driven FROM It's position on the Chsks
hominy Il has summoned all Its gnnboats 10 It's
aid and to its gunbosts 1t looks for protection
The journals which were SO long engaged in sound
lug Ito praises, have altered their tone. They no
,oneer tell us Of tie mighty deeds it is to perform,
In the advance to Rlchmond They are eaniented
with assuring the copfiding nation that it is s@fs -
II has csttsn under cover aud need longer dread
the terrible legion OF the terrible rebels. What a
change what Il falling OF. what descent from
she Zenith of Bombsst 10 the very pathos Of the
anti. climax lit bia,ed like the Rocket and came
down like the stick -
Some Of our contemporaries seem 10 feel doubts,
not fully expressed however, with regard TO the
policy OF advancing into Maryland. We entertain
none whatever. We have always believed and
We still aeleve. that had that step been taken III,
mediately after the battle of Manassas, even with
the force then at disposal, we should have put
an end to the war last year. We are not sure tina.
1t wi have the same immediate effect nosc that |
would have had iAsn-yet We anticipate the most
glorious results from II. The enemy, OF course,
will exert himself to the utnos. in defence of the
only line of communication that connects Wash.
ington with the North. But acting on the
offensive now, and while thus acting, We have
never been beaten. We have already destroyed Or
iisorganized, at any rate deInorazed all his vet
ersn troops. He can oppose to Us only raw levies,
which cannot stand before our soldiers, tried Nete
Fans as they are animated by zeal wrought to a
pitch almost Of frenzy, and determined 10 Conquer
let the odds be what they may. If every other al
aument were wanting, we place cur faith in the
Judgment CT Gen. Lee. He knows what resistance
he has to expect, and what bis own troops can DO
He has not made this movement i'll the dark. He
must be confident that he Is engaging in an enter
prise the success Of which he cannot doubt. 9th
erwise no inducemens worid be suif ;ient 10 make
him undertake it for OF sill men, be is the last to
be moved by popular elanlor. We, hot premature
~, therefore, as think, indulge the most pleas
ing anticipations. Even though we should fail, the
public may rest assured that Our General has taken
every precaution to secure his re;reat He is hot
fool like Pope, and does not neglect one CT the most
essential precautions in war. He never ieayes his
rear to take care Of itseif.