Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-08
Tone of the Yankee Newspapers.
From late hles Of Yankee newspapers We make tht
following editorial extracts:
From the New York World jay 9dl
THE PREVAILING APATHY,


attack on Fort Sumter which set the country in flame,
or the retreat last year to the James river witch con-
yerted whole mass OF Northern property holders, IN
CITY and country, into recruiting agents, oerng heavy
hounties out of their own pockets. Nothing would De
gained by ignoring this contrast nor the great change
m uublc sentiment which it marks. The present want
of aacrity though confined to party, is more obser
yabe in the Republican strongho d. ike Nassao usets,
than in the Democratic States. Even Pennsylvania did
NOT move with sny spirit until large section Of the
State Vas in possession Of the invader and the enemy
threatening er capital These indie, painful and
humi Aing facts; bat "a they would not cease to be
true if we shut our eyes and refused to sc them,
seems more manly to look them fully in to face.
The chief cause is undoubtedly the disappointment
and disgust of all parties with the feeblerCss that has
souandered the resources profusey furnished the ad
minis.ration. "Wgst encouragement have we To oher
more men, this is What the people feel when the mil
lion and quarter already given produce no better re-
suit than formidable invasion Of the North in the
third wear OF the war;" We have furnish five times
the troops needed for Defense aud yet We are on the de-
Asnse with fears that whole states will b. Overrun by
rebel armies The logic of the public feeling, though
not very articulateT expressed is very slmple II 1t
defensive that Ne are Waging, the administration
has too many troops already for any other than de-
C.psiye var We need better guarantees that new re
sources would be sQuandered TO as little pun pose as
"those already iaishy given The disgust felt with
the cement OF the these general grounds Is
.trougly reinforced by immediate and particular con-
march TO the valley Why he not hsddedF Wash
neton being safe against attacks from the south side
ghy were MARYLAND and Pennsy lvana lett open to pill
hges Why was not Lee meet at the threshold Why
uer,d to cross the Potomac in force? Why have Gen
erals ID aud keyes been sent Il dangerous eNpedl-
lion TO Richmond when the people Of Pennsy !Sania
fleeing in terror from their homes? Why is it that
Il .nerAljn Chief and a Secretary Of War under whom
this dgracefusate Of things has come about are oil con-
tnued IN the direction of the war?
While considerations like these ell TIE public heart
With discourageu,eG, and disgust, may be thought that
the imminent peril Of invasion ought, neyerth less, 10
arouse the most Strenuous activity. So, in truth it
ought but the people mcreduous IN respect to the
possbiN Of the reOe armies penetrating far into the
North Tney bav, seen our own vast armies keR at
bay 50 long on the rebel frontiers unable to peuetrae
anyw far into TIE in eror except by the aid OF ma
yig,ble rivers that there has grown up feeling that in
hiy aud wooded country 1t "a always possible TO re
sst an Invasion Common sen pronounces It idle to
al4 of subiugang tie South il there is real danger OF
The North being cyerruu aud laid waste. at have
sunk so low that" he people will say Get the whole
army be used for defensive operations. II is at least
sufficient for that purpose" If anything could teach
the loyal States to question the value OF the Unon 1t
would bs the failure Of the Union armies TO give them
protection If each State has got TO protect its own
so with It's own soldiers il IS less after furnish
iSg troops TO the Federal Government than before.
When il comes such pass that the Federal Govern
msCt strips State oil soldiers, and then leaves it,
with dim nished resources, 10 protect itself against IN
yasion the Union becomes a detrmeUt instead Of an
advantage However it may be in tar Pennsy lvania l.
entitled in oe call home all her own troops if those
OF the Union fail protect her aud the same is tue OF
every other State.
[yson Ihe samel
THE PRACTJ5BILITY OF INVASION.
I, il now more than a fortnight since the light
hor-emen OF Lee first "ppeased upon his war-pah in
the SOU hern region O Peuusy vana. Serving the rebel
D.. d IL o., 81, n.f,,,,
eyed the armies of Russia the we'll mounted dashug,
adventurous riders of Jenkins and boden and Fl zhDgh
Lee the guerrias oil Virginia aud the cavalry Of toe
Confederate army have, since that me peissteuty
busy In securing the country between the uquebanna
and he Aleghauies, the MOuOcacy and the Potomac
Fronthe lines before Harrisburg to the very gates of
Washington aud Baltimore their trumpets have been
heard; and at five great points upon the arc OF circle
Sweeping from Washington in the east to Pttsburg IN
the west the alarm inspired by their demonstrations has
at different moments crystaized into the conviction OF
direct and overwhelming hostile movement against one
or another OF these points.
having gained over Gen. Hooker the IMMENSE and
IN most portant campaigns tie decisive advantage Of
the military initiative, Gen. Lee after firmly establish
ing his communications in the of his base Of ope-
ra1ons has mustered all that is necessary TO maintain
that base and may hur his forces wherever he peases
maaCeuvreing either to fall upon the Army of the Po
aonac himself advantage or TO compel that army
into Offering him battle on his own ground
Have We vet fully contemplated the importance Of
these results should they be favorable to the invading
hosty Its TO be feared that we have by no means
done So II is to be feared that very general msap
prehension obtains in the public mind to the leash
pility of formidable and victorious invasion OF the
Northern Atlantic States, should The Army OF the Po-
tomac be overthrow in the field. We talk vaguely Of
thousands OF militia sprnging to arms Of impossible
rivers aud even Of the very wealth which tempts inva
sion as a barrier against its successful progress. So
strangely deep and general are these haucinauon that
il ID time for the truth TO be told and retold ia all ina
gnable ways, that the Army Of the Potomac the one
real obstacle which can impede the triumphant march
Of the army of Rober, Lee into the very heart Of the
Fee States and in whatever direction he may elect to
push his campaign.
Machiavel one popularized the paradox that the
best rampant Of a Sale the Of its clZsus.-
But experience has n de this paradox, like so many
others, ridiculous. The history Of modern wsTfare
proves that u well disciplined, well.handed Invading
army of fifty sixty thousand men can only be pre-
vented from overrunLing even n kingdom Cf ten or
twelve millions Of souls by the resistance o. similar
army in the field Of fortified places strong enough TO
compel regular siege. 10 very remarkable article,
which commanded universal attention in England some
six years ago. highly accomplished Eng sh General,
Sir John Burgoyne, took the pains to demonstrate to
his startled counymen that all the teemug hun an mil
lions md all the fabulous opulence of London would e
utterly impotent that gigantic metropolis from
Il French expediuonary force of fifty thousand men
which should once establish itself on the Southern or
Eastern coast Of EOgland, and succeed in defeating
regular force of It's strength the march against
the capital In all opeu countries this demonstration
obtains In such countries matter what their wealth
or power single battle has often decided the fate OF
great war as was the in the splendid expeditions OF
Charles XII. a ainst Russia
Now in all the world there is not country more des-
tute Of frontier 0rtresses than the States which Gen.
Lee has selected the theatre of his invasion Mary
land Heights which, although not fortress, would have
been useful as fortified position in preventing his pas
sage of the Potomac have ceased be so in the present
aspect Of aairs; and with the snge exception Of the
Notifications of Washington, which, however, by no
means cover the north against the consequences Of
great victory won in southern Pennsylvania or Mary
land the North lies almost helpessly at the mercy Of
anv invading force which may triumph over the army
actnally in the field TO meet t. Hasty levies Of new
-. ~. u.a.tnr Mint their nnmhars. would In that