The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-28

q lGnu1 ICY.
- ~ uoUmugo. 80. ......p n. -. -
.>
49, Ezxs3g - - =, ss 8 fssas Z cIksx
~ 40 tzk1R RAee. y ~ = IAN
9ssAanss e Fssssssss
:. - exchaaxs u psisoness = 70 DO re
- q - ensly day. thls ssens proper
eee.eaoa % comment upon the cruel po'tey
vAlcA asopted Il
sa>pup4 q Lincoln 70 p,acs The slssvs
$50 - ~ nAnaaess asd recruited 70 ~
= - vonAs, o. The cane footing With white
$3.50 "a III rssesal 10 COSTUME the -.
ehaaes e psisoaas snlas these slAvn b
eneAsa9sl ~ our owa soldiers, = oos q
- ~ lnpsdsns proeeelings Of which
sAus y ~ seeossl II y ~ attempt 70
1Usss . elrssA~, % our yest, d The whole
UoanA ~ opsaly made, but inssdiousiy
01ngSUts1 Thee etA&n secedcd nom The
UG1so beesuss they Aad every reason TO be
usVo ~ the election Of lincoln secured
- t1ooph a spasty whose naan-sndeed'
WAess eoly-psiseipls Of ac4iou wsA open
- ,sd,sguissA hostility 70 The institution
- slsvssy. The Was COMMENCED upon that
1VoaaA ssA - been carried on upon r.
. ~ nlAst u lii wAs lincoan issnss q
Heeoa9saioa, wherein, In orsn violation OF
~ Consultation under which he hss become
Sssa1AGne q the United States, be psoclaims
~ or slaves Tree, and calls upon them to
saaly - ~ rapport, Ia his sndeavor 70 sub
Nunes their masters. Nov, he places the
ueS1lsss formed out Of the slave population
b thA unwasranted proclamation. and this
1loae. n tho Same category With his white
soldiers. 1.-Two conssnt to the exchange, We
aAmit his right to liberate our negroes by his
peoclems&ion. We admit that this procla-
xasa3oa hAs IN effect which no act OF Con.
sress could hsves We sdmit that It hss de-
seyvyed . Institution guaranteed In intee
ny, BY the Constitution Of tho United
Dtasea. We admit that We stii live under
The lava Of the United 6taaes, and that We
srs rebels, lighting against lawfully const.'
tatsd authority. On the surface, this resu
~ 70 exchange except on the condition ia
question, seems nothing more than dispute
about the terms Of such exchange In
reality, five resign our position, we give w
NJ ~ have been lighting for. This cun
uing1y devised scheme Il above the reach OF
Lincoln. he 10 certainly we'll versed in the
small bubbles Of the lower class Of attor.
nsya. But his intellect could never have
xsssped the fax-reaching consequences which
must follow the success of his negctistoB
N carrying the proposed plan Of exchange.
Seward y It the bottom Of this thing. It is
transferable Of the man. 1t IL full OF cum
ming, bat Of cunning 90 transparent that the
opposite party cannot possibly be deceived.
Il y one Of those devices which cunning
men are opt 70 mistake for wisdom, but
which b, afses IL, nothing more than cum
ming. i
Tho effect, and tho only effect, which this
policy can possibly h&ve, has been often
pointed out, and, indeed. cannot be mistaken.
i subjects certain number OF brave men
On both sides 10 . long and painful capti,t'
tea captivity commensurate indeed With
TIE duration Of the VIZ. But It secomplishes
10 other object. TO suppose that 1t will
Induce the Confederate States, who have
staksd their Ill upon the Issue OF the strug-
HiA 70 abandon the very ground upon which
they eptsred into Il, u 70 embrace Q fallsey,
which canning may ve1y we'll encourage,
bat which wisdom could never for moment
sntsstAin. To believe that men who have
shsd 70 much blood, md endured % many
haa n an1AsAuG - ~ -
ssmiss, win abandon the cause 10 which
they hsSs fought 20 bssvels, and endured 60
patiently, merely 70 relieve . portion Of
thsi1 comrades from captivity, painfa, a. It
UHy b 70 then. md deeply a. thor feeliogs
may b wounded By II, b to manifest sn en-
tire ignosapoe Of the springs Of human pas
s3oa. The greater part Ct thess men have
ssm thar homes dssscss&sd OF destroyed;
tAaiy means Of Subsistence cut up By the
yoo1S thais hnds wasted; their houses
burned, their whaae country turned into
swal1esnseA In mary instances thsy have
sssn their n1ssds slaughtered before THAR
eyea, ed thGs wives and children turned ont
6 1een, 70 subsist By charity, or by the
Oesdss Of their Own Industry under the
0eet nnlA1osshas eireumstAnces. In = vast
number cf instances they ase ruined meu.-
ysA oooamu)Dked disaetsrs, and the uear
prospect q still further disastsn, have bad
no eSses upon them. 0rnfher, II has hsd
sny e6sct II has bsen entirely the rsverse Of
wbat might have been expected It hss
snmulstsd. iussssd q enssvating them. Il
Aas made heroes ou& Of men who, under
other dseumstapesA might have been msrs
sold5esA
With TIE most sincere plessuro. then, do
10 receive the rsport that the shemy has
CONSENTED 70 put a snd TO tho cruel and
most useless policy, which he himself !nsu-
Eusa4sd, and for which be clone u resp0nst
~ to 0odand 20 tho opinion Of nasnkind.
An ExazaDas ~ Military Men.
Gen. JsekSon, Ike Ill great military com.
1naaAess, was especially remarkable for bic
attsnfa0n 70 detAilA Nothing was too small
70 ncaps his eAgie eye Upon . march be
was always 70 Be found With his wagon train.
- a