Daily national Republican., 1863-10-01
EXTRAS FROM THE RICHMOND
EXAMINER.

We hafcceivcd a copy Of the Richmond
Examined Sept. 30, and make some interest
ing extra from il. The following leading
editorial &ains some significant points:
A battih the Rapidan is not the necessary
sequel Of bfict on the Chickamauga. Meade
Is one Of bse leaders who risks nothing. He
has gaind reputation above his merit by tho
affair OF 4ysburg; and will not lose II II eau
tion can cservc his laurel. The belief that
his army ) been rapidly depleted to reinforce
Rosecranppears 10 be supported by all intel.
ligcnce otn authentic character. No doubt
can be dcrtained that every available man
will be Hdly concentrated at Chattanooga,
and thatbc second act Of the saneuinary
drama oRnnesscc and Georgia Is yet to be
| seen.
The bad of tho Chickamauga Is finished.
II was a1nquestionable victory for the Con-
fcdcrates. Yet there is little rejoicing over IL.
What ardc results, the people ask, except
considcral number of dead men There are
others. ~ of all, the greatest design Of the
war has In defeated; the Confcdcracy Is not
cleft In twp; Georgia and Alabama are saved,
for the tidat least. The second and chief
gain Is pbly moral, but IL is Immense. II
has satist Europe that the Confederacy did
not die at ktysburg, and was not buried In the
Mississippi II has proven to the North that
the SouthS cause has not collapsed; that no
disabling bund has been inflicted on our or
ganizatioIhnd that our armies are still fight
ing machiis Of tremendous power.
so far, good. But 1t cannot be denied
that the butts arc not all VIC had reason TO
anticipation the success In the field. The
enemy holChattanooga and East Tennessee,
which wcikhc prizes of the battle. II Is true
that he c'tlot remain long In Chattanooga.
The possclon of Lookout Mountain is the cs-
sential pdession of Chattanooga, and Gen.
Bragg douless expects to conclude the cam.
paign by eeiving a capitulation which will
surpass It'd of Ulm. But another battle must
be fonghtbnd another victory gained before
that concl1on can he reached. II Rosecrans
can only Iiintain himself iu the town ill his
reinforcenhts reach him, he will endcavor to
redeem hill fortunes by an effort Of the first
magnitude But then hc must be the attack
ing party, nd the choice of position will rest
with his atcrsary.
In the rebrt Of the proceedings of the Legis
lature of rpcl Virginia appears the following
which is Pecially commended 10 the consid
Grafton ofhc Northern peace men;
FARLEY WITH the NORTH.
"Mr. Mler, of Lee, Scott and Wise, Offered
a preambll and resolution, the reception OF coa
siicrdtion n nhich mrs refused by a w,dminiou
"Ote Of h1HomSe, that body indefinitely post
poning thSuhject, nan. con.
The prcpble and resolution arc as follows:
Hhercust has been represented that man
oi the pcop of ths United States are 10 favo
of termiDlD the war now unhappily exist
Ing betwcn the Confederate States and tn
United Sles, end have sd expressed them
selves In ,hmary meetings and conventions
and that sino ofthe Northern States, through
their Legislatures, have been proposing an,
adopting ieasures looking to term mjnation o
the presel war; be ii, therefore,
ReSolced That a committee be appointed 10
the purpot of inquiring into any action on tn
part of ant of the people of the United State,
whether i primary meetings, conventions, q
through legislative bodies, relative TO termini
ton of thlpresent war, and whether such a,
tinn has BIN taken by any part of the poop
Of the I'm led States as would justify the Sta
of Virgini In adopting such measures and re-
ommendaIons not inconsistent with the hon,
of the SITE or of the Confederate States,
would ten to bring about an armistice betwet
the two ations and fair and honorable tc
ination oAhe war.
Mr.. Mogan, Of Marion, moved the indefni
postponetent Of this preamble and resolution
,cherempo' they ~ere swnmdrily squelehsd,
above stacd."