Daily national Republican., 1863-01-08
Tn. city Of CharIeston.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 3


With all their blathering about Richmond,
we believe that the capture of Charleton would
afford even more exquisite delight to the North
ern heart than the downfall Of Richmond. It
is true that the latter Is the Confederate capt.
tal hut Its capture, except In name, would
prove n barren victory. If they could take
Richmond, that event would be probably fore.
seen by this government In time to remove from
the capital everything Of value. Virginia and
the South abound with natural facilities for
manufacturing purposes, and the workshops
already in existence In the interior would be
increased and multiplied to an Indefinite extent.
The government archives could be transferred
TO another locality without any difficulty, and,
In the language Of President Davis, the war
conld be carried on In Virginia for twenty years.
After the first Inconvenience Of the lORs of
Richmond, our national defense would proceed
with fresh energy, and we should still possess
the only means Of Transporting we have ever
had-the railroads-for our rivrrs have been
and still are Of use only 10 the enemy.
Moreover, the frequent dlscomhtures which
the Yankees have met In their "On 10 Rich
mond," and the increasing probabilities Of ac-
cOmplishlng that object, are beginning to make
the grapes somewhat sour In the estimation of
those amiahle foxes. But the Charleston grapes
still hang in tempting clusters, and the grudgc
they oweSouth Carolina is older and more ven-
omous than that toward Virginia. Their Jour-
4
II that ladders nest of treason,' and breathing
forth burning desire TO measure conclusions
between their feet and the bite of the adders. "
South Carolina committed the objectionable
crime of lighting the flames OF this "unholy
rebellion" and Of first causing the United
States flag to trail in the dust. Moreover, she
Is an old offender, having for thirty years been
chatting in her chains, and loathing with intense
! and unConcealed disgust her compulsory COM
paniOnship with Yankee Doodledom. Besides
all this, her proud and pure character is u
standing affront 10 inferioF natures which can
never he forgiven. How they would delight to
humble her in the dust, to tread her in the mud,
I to jump, and halloo, and whoop over her pros
/ trate form.
The condition of New Orleans would be an
elysium, compared to that Of Charleston, II II
should fall into Yankee hands. There s no
| indlgnlty It's people WOuld not be made to suf-
| fer; no atrOcity Its enemies are not capable of
pcrpetrating. Il would be better that not one
brick should be left standing upon another in
Charleston; better that Its whole population
should be driven out hOuseless and homeless TO
the Interior than to surrender to the Yankees,
and be governed, probably, by Butler the Beast,
! who nigh: be sent there as the most efficient
agent TO make Charleston drink to the dregs
the bitter cup which the Yankees have prepared
for her lips. But we have no fears Of any sur
render. If Charleston should be destroyed, It
will be only the loss of few acres of Carolina
soil, leaving intact the strength and independ-
ence of the State. We are satisfied, however,
that Charleston will drive hack the invaders in
ignominious confusion, and come ont of the
conflict with all her banners flying.
There 10 In command Of that coveted city an
old acquaintance of the Yankees; he who made
Fort Sumter bend its proud head, and who tirst
sent tho Yankees to the right aboyt an Manas
sas, with a velocity unparalleled in the Rnnali
of war. He is a man whose heart burns with
an intensity Of patriotism more than equal Il
the ardoT OF their fanatical passions, and who's
military genius Is equal TO any emergency o
the war. With Beauregard at the head Of Car
ollna's Chiyalry, there will be such an enter
tltnment ready for the Yankees, at Charleston
as will satisfy their appetites for invasion 70
generations 10 come.