Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-17
TIE sTRENGTH OF ARMiE..


authority, for believing that the race is not
always to the swift nor the battle to the
strong,' But it is Il truth hard To he real
lied by men vino arc swollen up with pride,
and driven on h the blazing fires Of revenge.
The dclulrd despot who exclaimed, lis not
this great Babylon, that | have built by the
might of my power and for the glory OF my
maiesty?" was taught this lesson ut last,
when all his miyhtincSs crumbled, and left
him to share the fate of the beasts Of the field.
have seemed to he especially blind to this
rule of Divine providencc, that the battle
is not always To the strong" The passion
sIguso of Lords scorncd the warning
wor.s ot' the great and sagaciops Pitt,
wneu Ie ,i,urdcrcd INFO their ears. My
LORDS. >an eamu"t conquer America :" But
t;..c and d." late ~ #S'les settled the bust
r~-s quit n"o-he- way .a-@ rhey would be-
i:s:" ra'j, the tai '.a>isi n.i.,inns of trca-
n,e, 40. .oAny brave British lives to boot
R,.,.- 1ritir ID. many ut ;Gc :.rcatest men in
Eng. war, Is" government. that the course
it was pursuing w5',I; sH"r> result in its own
humiliation "ri shame.
Now, is it not tgc t" INK If these things |
little, and, mcasurIn. he events of the past
terrible year. take council OF History and
our own experience, to see whittier we may be
drifting on this tide OF blood? May it not he
possible that, in the end, we shall have Moth |
ing to show, for all we have suffered, but the
blood VIC have shed and the debt we
have amasscd over our own heads May
it not be possible that we shall come at last to
acknowledge the wisdom and patriotism of the
e., g | ~, I,
inaugural address p
SUPPOSE YoC 60 TO WAR. YnC CANNOT
Plight ALWAYS; ASD WHEN, AFTER MUCH LOSS
on BOTH SIDES, AND MCCAIN On EITHER, YOU
CEASE FIGHTING, TIE IDENTICAL QUESTIONS AS
TO TERMS OF INTERCOURSE ARE AGAIN UPON
Yot"
Has not our experience satisfied us that,
ROssblv, there NAV be something in these
words worth our hee,lins? Have we forgotten
how soon we were to end this horrible rebellion
with the IS, 600 men first called into the field ?
G were sure that it WAS to be all over in
three months. and therefore our first army was
only enlisted for that time. Then came the
demand for 100000 more! That was to do
the business in no time. Soon the world was
astoundcd to be told that we had IN army of
100000 brave men in the field. That. surely. |
hcllion! But no; wc mad soon to make anoth- |
or cal : so that all the mon we have had in
arms since the beginning OF our troubles cam
not be less than 100000 Alas, two wears of |
battles Of blood have passed, and we are soon
to conscript 100000 more! Where shall we
be able to stop? When these COG. 900 are
raised, and properly trained for the service.
will their addition to the army more than sup
ply the loss we shall suffer between this time
and that? Isit probable that. with this adii-
ton of 100000 more. our effective force will
be grcater.n four months from this time than :
it is at the present moment:
The way we are going on. we shall need
new enlistment of G00,000 men every four
months to keep our army up TO the standard
Of its present effective force And even then,
if the policy and spirit that now rule in Wash
inston continue 10 the end of the present nd
we shall have sent two millions
more of our brave men to die in battle in vain:
for the Union will never be saved while this
war upon the domestic institutions of the re-
rolted States continues. Before Secession will
be conquered in the South, Abolition must be
in the North. AS long az We
put our trust in nothing else but the
might of the sword we shall fail. God
Till surely teach US this hard lesson,