Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-27
opSrrNe OF THE oAnAHE.

which was observed even dur:re the winter
Of ls6l-'2; that disastrous season Wssch
Witnessed tho reverses of Fort Doneison.
Nashville, Roanoke Island, Memphis snd New
Orleans. Yet there 10 no cause for desPen-
den.y in the military situation, nor does any
exist amongst military men. It 10 the peace
abl trading citiz,rs who exhibit shis s't'o'e
gloom. An officer visiting Richmcnd from
the camp near Fredericksburg. declares thai
4 It makes him sad to ses the ioGg connte-
asnoss, and he hurries back to his ressm7ns'
From the a-uv Of Tennessee, from 'ieks
burg, fredericksburg, Charleston, The &C
counts Of cur armies and of the stale OF our
dsf,ncas are eTery day moro ana more
cheering. What, then. is tho meaning OF
this civilian dsspcndenoy, if am there &c
1: is dus, n the fi,ss pisfc. tn toe f.'gnsd
.sisrme Of these whc seek to Iata.e prices
{ still fr-,h:<. nn,lv, th- influence OF D s"re oi
! g,ae:aI psnic, so tbs: they may amass sua-
! dee, fortunes. Th. greedy wage Of speeula-
ton has increased in intensity Fllln
Twelve months, and se'z,d upon a.! classes
{ Uocning spectators have found. 10 the dig
: ordered condition OF the currency, while
Copgress hsd not yet m4tured plans of CUT
t,s the evil, initiate faeijisics t ga@ble in oil
5 Sos ofproducts, asd NIX. prices to suit
themselves, During tho preceding winter oil
we're patriotic and the spirit Of self-sscIr rice
: wa stronger than avs-i' e, both amongst
R,!6iers md civiIisns. These last ft~ r'""thS
grccd. msduess b.s Sc zea ON mes. OF the
latter cl.sa, .ri that nonle patriotism 'nndG
refuge in the saGS
Another cauGe Of ,tc present c"l;sr3e o.
: public spirit nIoangE. merchants -..d p"itl-
s class ia Ia hurs.ing VI tho great North
than a7en those two previous he'Iuc'nstiops
wh:-h did US such dssdly ha.m-,he King
CoNon deiusinn first, and then rhs F'ench In
ssr7eu:i,n bavl of Tsnts'us. Singuls. So it
nsv appear, many thousands OF persons OF
in diligence did for a while dresm snd Cote,
th.t Vausndigham aud the Intelligent lady
would somehow bring us peace in thirty
daya-or say thirsy-fra. Tho future histc-
rian o! the struggle will h,vn to relate bow
this Iqaiy Fatuus danced and PLAYED before
mons ayes fer sesacn leading them away
from III, righ: and struigb. road, until at last
i, -s"n, nut euddeulc, leaving them Up to the
eyes iu :he disroal swamp OF disappointment
ARD di-gus. Happily, the Amy hsd 60
CONCERN &ish this D!u.ioa e;her. Their po-
siticn right opeooi:e = malignant ard power
full foe their daily duty Of ss'chirg his
pr, j.cts Of plumber and murder, gave them
too rs,l m appreciation of the actual posi-
:ior Of afA;re. Thsy knew noting Of oil
this dwelling sooe' peace in thirty
days, save when they from ,ine to
.iu,. say the Amazing ronseus, in nswsps-
psrs, .-rd ~onde-ed VIVA. i! was all about
5 As eur soldiers did not share the excitement
Of tbs debauch, % they have escaped the re-
Gc.ion and debotre. They did net hope, and
are no, disappointed
Leaving, then. the spectators Aad po!it-
clans to those parss inseparable from the
hours # returning sobristy, and consoling
Ourselves With the reflection thEt most of them
wiIl fad nssns to indemnify themselves
some 10 tho enormous pricea which (shey will
say must naturally eusus on such sad
seate Of thlpgs-cthers in hunting out
the person or persons who are to blame, and
eloquently Soothing those unfortunate
wYetches-le. ~ SEQ what substantial reality
our Confederate rce8 have in front Of then,
aud take glance along the whole line
And What line It is! From The
snowy pino-woods Of Frederiskshusg all
round 20 tho pIlm-t:ess Of Galveston ar
lard through Tmgiuis. Tennessee, Atkans.s,
Louisiana, Tsxs7-snd again all round by
ssa from Galveston to Prede. .ck>burg again,
by tho mouth Of every river add across the
front Of every harbor! Since first sword
was drawn upon this earth, has been no such
long lipe asssied At once by tremendous
;orces. Tho inrssiens of Greece hy Darius
and Xer1es, Alexsndsr's grand campaign
against Persia and India, Nspoleon's multitu-
dmous advance upon Rusaa-not enc Of
those movements had anything like the giant
prcpor tons Of this monstrous Yankee cru
sade; th-y al aimed ut penetrating tie in
vsaed cou TRY from ono eing!e direction and
Though ono only entrance. When thu Persian
ho.ts wec, - NEST the Maredon ans II Ar
bella, If The Pe.ei.n monarch had he on Oh ICED
al1o to nTogids agAiDa. simnit .uenus ate oks
By sea and iaa5, BY river and road from the
side Of the Caspian sud the Oxrs ard the
Indus and me Sss of Oman, and if. to make
hsad as ainst it al, b. had in sll Psrsi, but q
population Of six millions, besites Slaves
tsan the case Of Persia would have been
s1mswh.t like ours. Eyeu j, modern times,
when Napoleon with the all-copqnering ar
miss Of France, marched WITH sevon hundred
thousand rsoa TO the invasion Of Russia, che
Ruxi.ns had only to defend 'hs line of the
N;e,aen, AMI the Beg, and the Bsresina-All
on on" Of the trootie-a, and all on line
SHORTER than the State O. Tspnessee. It was
child's play in comparison. If there had
heen At tho Same time pow srfui fleets in the
White Sea-, in tho Euxine, aud in tho Caspian,
grand armies breaking through tho passes Of
Caucasus on one dde, pouring over the Ural
on smother; countless swarmrof gunbosts,
aso> nding the Volgs from tho Caspian Sea,
tie Dwina from the Baltic, the Don and
Dnieper from the Black Sea, up into tho
heart Of European Russia, then the case
would hsvs been somewhat similar to ours,
but that RusSis had ten times cur population
% resiss tho invaders- Never was land so
seset ~ potent and vindicsive foe with all
,ha f,nnnorad an1inAa Of alannl4a. -. 49,. =.