The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-31


- 1ts pessasive sssssn.
This esstev, go ass as We ate aware. ha'
never bssn reser,ed TO "y ANY essioe, Will
it was asis - praesu.e etrent.ve var u
the case Of In vendee. refsfred@to b. ns CT
f.iaay, thai was eninenslv the cafe. T,r
whole disssict eomprissd hut 500 900 souls y her
NE var broke Sss. although when II crossef
tho Loire, and became what IL knows a. the
.-Chonan war" asout 2.5N0o0 were addsd
10 the aauber. Ga. Of this poruhtion. some
CITY thousand peasanss, led By the proprietor
ef the coil, tork ue axm Of every description
Taev ~@re In general devoted % their lard
lords. between whom and tue rasslves the pa
t,ia,cssl lie esi..ed after the f.udal systen
!ssd been ataadot 81 threu1hoa; The rest q
frAnee They we're firmly attached to thei
shusch, which had beer evstthrawn by tbs
,evslu ior, and wers stimulated and encou :.
sged ~ tho rs.ochiai CLERGY, who he roical!s
lowed them through all their dangers.--
The immediate csnsa Of the outbreak
VS. levy made by tha Convention, TO Nil AZ
the ranks Of an army three hundred thousaaf
,etrcrg. with which II was designed to pros.
cute the war asaipst the allied moo
srehs The Repub'ic immediately marchs"
heavy columns into La vendee III
prepared rs they we're. ihe Vsndeans os-
pcsed q most determined resistance. bod,
Of them, seversi thehssnd strong, having but
SOu mus kete among. them, attacked aud dc
fea.sd = heavy eolamn of Republicans at she
very commeus eueas OF ,As war, and took 3
esnuou, VIII Oh they called IN .rie Jeanne, .
INs|j sne The only powder they had III
this affair Was about sis'y roande, which the'
found in the cleft Of rock where it had bsen
If. hv some man who had been blasting. The
greater portion of them wsts armed WITH
esythes, pitchforks. aud clubs. A few had
pixies. The horrible cruel,ies c5mmitied by
The Republicans produced retaliation, and In
Vsnd.e became a sea Of blood. A decree OF
the Convention directed the extersnination o.
everything in tie district, animal and veg'.
table, and the soldiers carried tout as far as
,hey were able Tha. men placed in such a
ss,u .tlon would fight desperately, Was ua.ter
Of course. But they were, in the ead, ai's'
xn almost unparalleled series OF splendid fsats,
compelled to suecamb. Thar enemy was su
perior to the,n ia numbers. ia arms, in every
thing. Asthe war advanced, is is true, they
became possessed Of better weapons than they
hsd in the beginning. They naauiacfured
suus after rude fashion, and tcok many
from the enemy Sill their. equipments were
always wresoh@dly inferior to those % Ice
Republicans.
Now. we gee no reaeon to think tba. we
.hsll ever be rsduc I'd to the condition of the
Vsndsans although We hope, shonli we ever
he re dnced thus l,w, that our resistance VIII
be as firm as theirs was. 4. will BE- time esorEh
20 think of wsgipg scoh 4 war IS they wasei
when our armies shsl! ali have been roDtsd,
cur cannon and nasse.s all eaptarad, orr CT
xau;S sion all broken cp, and our caanse OF
resistance confined 70 gaeriiia warfare ifat
lime has not coma yei, AID ve iisss it iaay
never come.
Suppose L. VenGee, when the Hing wac
uu. to death aut -.iis;On ererthroTn, had
possessed :. pcd army. thoroughly o.
s.u;xsd: wonli it 81: have been better Tor
tia. aray to have marched al once 10 Paris
hsr whey rds snd tslGge her soil with bioodl
D fsnsivs warfare, even when mos. .uceess-
fully pres.eu.ei, entails uuinaEined curses
upon the doleu;ei .estitory l. ia always 5ss'
to keep war as far az possible from cur owa
fsesides, as every peopie EN- tell who hase
ever been visited ~ Il.
The defensive system purausd by n. last
wear i. III ike any otiar O. which she history
OF ihe world presents Al example Lsdefenied
nothing whateVer Il gave up eyery hing. l.
permitted the enemy b come upon oar SOL
and to toriiy himself whersver he thought
proper It 6d Mt pera,is any a;ta.k t. ei3-
lodge him. l. sij Used :. defensive or ali CO.
essious l. has bsen called the Ia .ah sys-
t.m-@!,y, We uavsr could insguei Ter any
b.ds thu: is even slightly ac2 iaiated with the
writings of Fol. bus aud Ivy, or of Afnoid,
uust know that there is lot tue slightest re-
ssmbiaaes between the two. F.tiua realty
1 Tended the country. Oar troops cobdusa
themselves to digging diches and throwing
up oirs, and iefe the ,naraudess to riau-er at
pie asurs. !: was a Wat OF militia, and our
mill IL wss infinitely The best Nothing au'
tho drill could br.sg thsir troops up to Level
with ours; and, alter a eat victory, we
Quietly 20, down aud st them dri:i 10 their
hearts content. Everybody can sea the cou'
sequences. Iaslsad of Concluding peace by
boldly pushing into Mary land, whea We hxd
prostIs:sd their only army, We permitted them
70 organize, discipiae and equip nost for
midabis force, aud TO push the war !a.o sns
heart Of our own country.