The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-09
An e. gl'sh View Of the y

Although tia following article, hfsl1 we
copy from the London Times, Of y 4sh of
March, is rather late in appearing yet We
I think it we'll worthy Of publicati& at tlis
| time:
Hahtu,l readers Of American 16ws viii
| perceive that change is slowly. ccEng o yer
| the desperate and weary struggle. zA7saough
| the tons Of Mr.. Seward ia az rertly41xf mt b q
| ever, slthoag the expiring Reputlirsn ma.
jority IN Congress ia passing gieantiG1c
| neal ng with kundrs de Ct tboussn6 of Wsn,
| white and black, and hund eds OF l0ilisns Of
dollars, :, ct signs of the appro2 cai1xsnl are
| not waning. The first thog hat wo Il Ok for
VIII IL the long :eiesSsphic di,patchs1 meet cur
eye is a battle, and of ia Q NJ sush Ayent ap,
| pears Ii the South be conqnereds ~ must De
by war, and the war every whste Argaisaes.
It. is now all tus confessed Tat the ekxFedisjon
to Charleston Is failure. Trav, itsWas nlo2t
Formidable. s ldora, ii ever, has 81 gr, at u
force put to sea a. once A Largo army, an
i'm nense rnraber of iIcn cad stsanasfs gun
boats, and fighting craft OF all Linds, Assem-
bied after loaS preparation, were dispatched
for the capture or destruation or that Grads Of
sscasaien. Bat if The FeaetaI prrpsrasions
were formidable, tto;e OF their OPP lons MS
were not lsss go. The organs o!tha press,
which were lato ing to difpsl the public de.
Charleston, snddsnly ceessd thei u aA:ea
An omiuOus silence fell upon tie dsily de.
creaslny war party. In fact, it was discovered
that Charleston was so completely fortified,
ard garrieoned by so large IA forca, that f
could only be reduced by siage ops sra;ions en-
the largest scale, requirinns an array FIR
the work, snl warlike resources which
not evan the Federal Government com.
maud. Tho te,r wLich has elapse,.
since the revereGs ef last spring r0u ed The
Coutederates TO mere energy, snd nieaauros
have been employ to make tia chief points
in the South as dsfensibie as pos :ibla, e3en
against tne new engines Of warii.rs which Fed
eral ingenuity has devised. At Charleston,
and We p 'esume at evsry place which expects
an attack, iron is opposed to iron, and tie Ie-
cult one VIII IN Rrathes Us exceedingly on
grounds Gnie Independent OF tie Am r;c1l
qaarEel. The war shows that the p.ogro g OF
military scercs and the diffusion OF military
training are all on the side OF those W h0 stand
on the defensive sn1 that invasion If al kirGs
wi be much more difficult thio2s than they
were in the i'd days of European CT mpa gu
ing. Caailsston, defended not o,,ly " its
f5rss and iis iTon,lads, but by is sWampy,
c.uotry cut up by rum5eilsss r:gera, TOW
seems to Ge abandoned ss toe difficult 4 c0a
quest by tbs Federal TTler5. Though TO cap
iurs it and exercise on It's inh4bi.Gnis III ti.o
c:uel'ies of New Orleans wou,d be an eGQni
etc pleasure to the Fe1er2l:, they N cst, it
seems fyreg, the enterprise. Il is Row as
selted that Savannah, d plac3 Ct comparative
anin.portanoe, Is to be the ctjacs OF tlte exp
dtion. 1t is lo-si5la that when tce Faderlis
arrive lefcre il q Reconnaissance mav i,f0- -m
them that the Gscrs;ans have teen AS acsivs
in their preparations az the Uaroli1ans. Bat
of ,hat we know nothing. al. that appears
ia that Charleston tue often t1-est ensd, is sill
A., =, 4 s a
From Vicksburg it il sufficient To- say that
there is TO Lews Ii il now several wesks
since the first expedition was defeated III a
b.tsie hardly lses bloody than th;rt at Fr-d3-
IicksbdEg. lathe mea time tha EoHfsd8?5t.s,
delivered from aprrshsnsions il NiEgie;a,
have bean able to ccnceDtr.e . great army
for tls defence Of this stronghold, which, 10
}:dge from tie eupha ic larg"sge OF L. es.ast
Davis, tx Y purpose 10 defend t. the | 35 e1i-
lremity. On ine otiler hand, IT, Fe.;e-ai array
has bael largely reinforced, and the coati.cs
promises almost to ,iv.l ii is dimensions the
siege OF Sebast5rul Bu. heEe. ais ), tae II 49,
nitude of the enterprise ia eqsivocal 30 a I9-d
eral reverse. Il IS, of course, possible that, by
3 rA9niar investment, y snccresloU OF bloody
Vieks5urg,a nay q SSe Seo TAKEN But wlie II = aiit aaiSit
immense exertions are necessary 10 effect so
little, what must we think of The iiual otJ1c5
of the war-ths conquest of the Souths,n
Eoi1tS3 Lc s1ot' IL s~SE.D w t1StS.tJ il-s-l
of strength at NcksbUrg, and tha Fader-
al Government, bent On c0lc.i4ing tho
Western States, wiii DO It's u most -
win a victory. Bat, suppose Nicksburg
10 bo takea, what then? 20 TAX oI sucl
an eXplotas ''opening' the htissi5aipIi is 10
MAZE confusion between military ana ccn-
nisroial IDEAS IT, fail O. FiiA sh0rg ny
cer.ainiv, unless some other pcia5 be i, IL hy
the CoitedsIa.es, oren the Mississippi 10 IT,,
.ilae Of war vesfes. but 1t i paiaiJ irlPo. 81
bie 10 open the i'ger TO ira g vVn:la L hostile
population exist en- ita bsnkl UHie $, tl.a,l.
tbs c4psuse Of Tickaoufg lean t" tho sutjc
ti0n OF Ins Seusb. we canuo5 see how tie
Northwestern States will baueh5 oy -; sEd
tnera certainty is 20 reason to expect thG5
aay vast consequences would eusuo ir0za aLa
free passage OF Il few gu.bo&ts up aud COS n.
Bus whatever rcay bs the hopes rr designs Of
ths belligersnts, the operations do not advance
The latest uews Ia that th5 canal with ha7
bs,n cut through the tongue OF land opgo5.t7
Vicksburs is d failure, by which we presume
that tie watsf IS ho6 dasp enough 70 llo:At the
gunS6at5. AS tie river Is n3w It It's fullest,
apd will f.l with the advance Of sniinI, Is
may re predicted TIA. tha inGe aous aenerie fac
avoiding the tortre ss will prove Of Little service
to the lnVader5
Tie most remarkable part of tho intelligence
which we pubi1h to-day is, however, tha nsw
COnscrip.ion bill which haa been hurried
through Congress- AS the days Of the Re
publican r.ajoiity are Numbered, aud tlis vsry
Ash of March sees many Of tie naost wnl'1e
Representatives sent back to prira.e iiie the
exira:ag.1ee ef ther proceedings seems TO
have tsea>ed with the nsar prospect OF Dem
ocratic ascsndancy. A week dr two agJ We
hea' dof d bill for eni5ting 800 $50 nsg.ocs;
IN other Torda, for raising al army out OF u
pOpaistiou winch does nat exist. This nota
ble project has, for aaght Se know, b.coms
law but, extrava1 sI.t ~ II \; as IL hardly eX-
eeeds the nsw bill for t4a enrolment and con
sciiption of the entire population of tee FoI8-
raj States--cf every MA III the d nllti }.is cf
Sir Lincoln. Everybody, is seems, IS llab!a
to serve-meulbers OF Congress Ike private
individuals, cie-gymen like laymen-tae Gov
ernors o. Etates alone excepted. Every ohe
between 20 and i5 is to be put un}ett g power
OF the Toe Il Provost Marshal, and may at any
tims within two years te called upon 10 ssrva
for three yeats during tie WAF. Tn1e Is
certainly TAXI Jg .essor fronth Ionfeder ste
Safes. But there il &reat diif ,feaco Dc
tween nation which il lighting Tor Its exist
ence aud enc which is Ii h5ipg to h2 its JoSe
on others. We can well Gn.eTs'aiid ldt tie
faction which has Sd long ra@d a. "aasihs
ton should in its last hours eaoe@7of u pro
long as much %. possis.e is l"hience IL th.S
couutry by iegiai:.tirg .or live ysals III ad-
yanes but the people who havs already pIo
nouncef asainsi il will probably nos submit
mrasissingly 10 its provisions. !nGsed, Ia the
Western States there is so much lEdepe ndens
of the Washington Government as to give
some ground for the reports that Nor.hvest
ern Coufsaeracy is baing panued. Thus,
amid doubt, disappointment, suspicion, aud
wraugling, the North is drifting heiplt saly on
ward, and no man or body CT meA seem -
| have either the capacity TO conduct the war OF
lA,., txNa ain