Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RIGHTS
Gbt 8itgnJonb M!ig.
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1858.
Yankee Reioieinss.

The Nor.h exults over the tall OF yiCksburg and the
assumed repuse of Gen. Lee with the voeiisraton and
abandon Of people whose occasions for rejoicing are
few and far between. II has been more than twelve
months since, 10 the capture Of New Orleans, they
we're Afforded substantial reason for jubiatiOa Aud it
i worth recslug that at tat time they rrjOced fog
Vieksburg as well as for New Orleans, since they die
not doubt that the occupation Of New Orleans carried
with it the possession Of he entire river and II the
ties and tosns on is banks. Tie present shooting
over Vieksburg then is all for Ouly the partial realization
now Of what they believed they possessed a year and
two months before. They have VicLsburg nov, but
they have not the Mississippi river and without the lat
ter the former will be found 70 be miserably meagre
return for sll it has cost hem.
As for their corgra,ulatiOrs ard hurrahs over the
"e1pr sion" Of Gen. Lee Gom Pennsylvania We think
from the tone of heir latest journals, they have begun
to suspect that these premature. Instead Of the
complete rous aud wild and dsordery retreat with the
hot pursuit Of Meades army which they first pictured
TO then seyes they ars finding ont has after battle
in which their position alone saved them ircm 6i'a-
trous defeat. Lee withdrew his forces lesurely and in
perfect order With no attempt at ecneCaent and that
Meade followed a. 50 slow pace and safe distance
that he has not within tie days that have inter-
vened uavereed the thirty forty miles that Lees
army passed over and the end OF which they halted
and nov rest in unmOested quiet.
Such are the events which, after lOrg series of re-
verses and disappOntmeats, and dismal tWcvemOnths
OF down hcaredness have set tie YanHse race crazy
with delight They do not consider what relation these
events bear to the great end they aim a.tbe suuga
ton Of the South They do not ask themselves: if il
has taken Two years and quarter Of var. on ianic
scale with hundreds Of thousands Of lives and thou
sands Of millions Of money, sacrificed, to accomplish
these results how long and how much will it take to
ovsrrun and conquer the Confederate States They
take no account Of tie fact that whereas they to
subdue Us in three months they nov, in the third
year Of the war, ringing bells and lighting up bOufres
becaus, they are apparently able to defend themselves
from invasion by US They fet the need Of something
to shout over, and nothing better Offering itself than
the feats Of Grant ard Meade they Immediately broke
loose with TIE Insane ard barbarc demonstrations Of
which no other people are so fond as they.
Well, let them rejoice We will see Who is in the
bes. humor when the war ends Il would lot have been
snguarif with therinenSe superiority Ofnumbers and
resources they had Won nearly every battle Of the
war Still, NC should have conquered, for time is our
ally They could not hsve held out always, even
though always victorious The British beat our revoiu
tOnary fathers on nslry every Geli, but they were
themselves beaten by time and extent Of territor-. 1t
would have been 10 ogan. But it has been our good
fortune not only to have in view all the time the GER
tainty Of FINAL success, but to have been oheered by
triumph after triumph Tie progressed untilcOm
bat ard victory we're TO Us almost synonymous terms
The rast secure to Us, and the FINAL issue to
US. We can, therefore, without dininution Of glory
already wOn or risk of ultimate success witness the
lunaie eareTs ard hear the bowls Of gee with which
the enemy smuse themselves end The world It is the
end that Gro Ens the vosk and ztcn the end
will see whose turn Z is 10 rejoice.