The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-10

The New York WoviA, under the caption
sshali We have an eight years war, haa the fol-
iowiae nrtieIe:
Is the l'nien worth an eight ysars' war; Excelt
s llnsir1tian, this Is Eite tniefraxatosy; for Il
= es1sslo mat .se war cannot iast sieh. yeare
IT, present gigantic sca. without euaulphiie the
country In hopeless hankupsey.
The war has already tasted twO Years and sir
m6nsts, and In that time wr have accumuIased 4
rational debt amounting u about 80 0D0, $40 qOa
Eacn year ~ the War must cost more than the year
next presiding. for the constantly increasing in
nation fe)se currency will caitse corresponding
increase IN ehe c0si 6f military kmppdfrs. With the
same nsfher Of aenjn the field Il Is pvobMSle that
taking our year with an0theF, NJ least thirty per
eeat vi De annnaIiy sd1sd 70 the cost OF sup
porting the war. simple calculation will show
thr Ihpossiblity Of she war containing eight wears
wfthaut bankruptiRs the mati6M. y may taiFly b~
doubted whether 1t can continue fse years from
It's commencemeWt NJ, ~r double tta present durati0n
without prosisaitns the credit OF the dnvernmsnt.
II IL clear that war even fnr the Union cannot
be indefinitely prolonged, and consequently that
mn Administration which spends mach and accom-
Idishes little will II continued In power. baDksups
the natiOn, aud fail to restore the Union nj last.
stThe Union at any cost.'' Is . wen sounding
cry tiii you come 10 examine II. Do we want the
lA,iOn nj the expense Of national honor: Ought
we TO purchase The Uaion BY national bankruptcy.
We Afe ahOcked q sHch question:; Ws ree0it from
the alternative they present. But n the thought
Of either part of the alternative Is intoierabe
what shall we say Of an Administration that is e0
managing the war as 20 threaten us with the a,-
cumSlated horrors OF both: Ii the war eontinaes
to ae misnanaged as II has teen--that IL 10 say, Il
the Republican party continues lu power another
four years-we shalt have a nation bankrupt ana
dishOnored, without the compensation Of a Union
restored.
ssBui the war has made considerable progress.r
ff you look only the credit side Of ynl,r balance
sheet, ana shut yOn. eyes to the debt sde you may
easily fancy yourself rich. II may be satisfactory
ID have an Omelet on your breakfast table, but II
you have paid enough for the Omeef 1" buy house
and lot you have really very little to show for yhi
money. In proportion to the number of men
called into service and the amount Of debt nccu
mulated, the Administration have accomplished
very little. ssWashingtOn Is safe"-and 30 l.
Richmond. tsVieksburg Is onrs''-bIt a cry comes
from all the Western cities that the Mississippi Is
no more open to commerce than when ticksbirg
was in possession Of the enemy.
ssTne Army of the Cumberland river Is in Chat
tano0gao-but Ii was driven there defeated and
stands on the defensive. The Administration has
called successfully for $1,000 men; for 500 .00u
men 10 end the war early by single OveTpOWerin
effort for 310,0G0 men tO save Washington and
repel the invading rebels; for 10000 men again to
serve nine months, and end the war within that
again TO replace the nine months men who Were
mustered out, with Washington again menacsd
and the North again invaded ; and now the Prest
deNt calls for still another 300 600 men, to be allow
ed for, he tells us, on future draft!
Unless the war makes q more rapid progress III
proportion 10 the colossal scale of our expenditures
our resources will give out before the rebels give
up. We shall have lost the knife, and have fuhg
the handle after IL.