The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-15
r,rnxFsDAY MoRN's.. JULY Is. 1896


mis-. w.ll known fact in the history Of the
,,n.p race, that those who are most subject
,hs extremity at terror in the presence OF
sl danger are precisely those who are
.,.t noisy nost boas,fsi, and raoss sxtravs-
.u, when /. has disappeared. We might
many illustrations Of the fact from the
60. If history ss we'll as romance But ws
.onosiv. it unnecessary TO look farther for an
.,.n,le than TO the exhibition which the
v.,,,es are now making Of themselves, to
=. sc.pdal Of all men who hold the human
so.s;es in any sort of regard, and the con.
,.-,.i If the CIVILIZED world Bn. one fort.
VI, ago Sl Ysnkeedom was trembling in the
rs,, agony Of mortal terror, because their
,.rrsorY vas Invaded aud they could not pluck
a. The sIlr., to meet ths invader and try con
,i,si,os with hin In the held Of deadly strife.
a .,~aacle 70 dsspicsbls az ths, presented by
yspsssdom, we will venture to cay, never ye.
rrsssptsd Itself to contempiuous world
Yet no saouer do they obtain a short respite
tam, the fear Of imminent danger than they
v,ss 10 to all the wild ext-ayagaucs with
u
,,sss their gratitude for deiivsrancs from what
they p@rcsivs TO be peril Of the nost porten-
toas magnitude. Hsi the las. spark OF life
been crushed ont Of the prossrats Confede-
rsey--hsd Meade presented the heads OF JET
Davis and his Cabinet 10 Lincoln IN basket
as the mead Of John tie Bsptist wac presented
0! old to Il tyrant not mnch more cruel, and
far more respectable from his abilities, the re-
joioings could hardly have been grester. Like
the Chinese, TO whom they have been more
than once compared. the Yankees are but lii
tie more than foil grown children III every
thing bat avsrics and fsrocity.
We are confident til more ext ,avagaut de-
Isots.rations were made on the late occasion
Of Gsn, Lse's retreat in the smallest town Iii
Pennsylvania or New York, than have been
lnsds throughout. the Southern CoDfsderapy In
hon1r Of all The Victories we have ever gained.
And yet 10 nation, of which there is any az.
count 10 history, ever ran snch career of glory,
al the difficulties under which it has been run
heing taken Into consideration. The cause ofthe
difference is obvious. Suecess to ths Yankees
IS ia thing 30 nuueuai that they hail ii as they
ha tho arrival Of a Prince or japanese en-
b4ssy--as an event wholly unexpec.ed-as q
Intimate occurrence which might never hap
ron again, and of which it .s therefore proper
n make The most while it il still fresh. The
,,opfsderares on the other hand, look for vic
tory ~ thing to be expected from every gu
counter with the enemy, and they are neither
sarprised nor startled out Of their pT0priety
when il oecurs reverse Is to them the ex
eeplou to general rule II makes far mora
Lnpfessou Oh them than 4 victory, because It
d not vshst they expect.
pfondNs tho Yankee mind i'd To ny oil at Il
tangent the prcpeDsity Is stimulated 10 tha
utaosi by the press. All the lies that have
bten told shout ettyaburg are merely de-
sl.ued to Keep up the war fever among peo
ne who know not how to bear either su1eesh
Ur ieteat with even iolerabls eqaanimity.