The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-10


H,rald, of the 9th, has ono Of its character
,.ie articles on the present aspect Of affairs at
the North. If We can believe Bennett, a pow.
.rfal reaction is taking place in Ysnksedom
On the subject of the war; At the prssen.
,omsu, all looks confused because the public
mind is in transition state, but order will
aeon come out of the political chaos, "and the
counter revolution will stand triumphant aud
ssknowledged BY all
The ball is fairly set in motion in this
State" he goes on to proclaim, land any vio.
len. opposition to it viii only serve to demon
srsie the impetus 1t has received. The
peace men, being q majority of the Demo.
as,ic party, will claim the right to shape i,s
policy, and, for the sake of harmony, and in
order to oust the Republicans from Office, tho
minority will acq quiesce, and the same will
take place 10 every other State, for like causes
will produce like effects, to say nothing
of the influence of the Empire SAte.
The platform of the Democracy in the Presi.
Dental campaign of 1864 will be peace; aud,
what is more, the candidate will be elected
no matter who he is-ths principle controlling
all other considerations The people Aave lost
all fam in tie efficiency Of the scar to restore
tie Un,on They are preparing TO try tehat
rrtue here as 1a peace. The new Pre- es;dent.
whatever might have been his opinions or an.
eesdents, will, upon assuming tfice, be com.
pslsd to su spend the operations of The war,
proclaim an armistice. and propose Convsn
ton OF all the States. State rights will be
,indics.ed North and South, and the cause OF
strife and senation-the slavery question
will be finally settled by return to the p;iuci
pies on which the Government was founded
aad the old fabric will be reconstructed "a a
white man's Government. Negro slavery will
bs established more tis mly than it ever was
before, and North az well as South the whole
race will be enslaved or exterminated All
the trouble the country has seen has arisen
from emancipation"
The Heralds scheme Of reconstruction is of
course one of those ad captdadum appeals to
the ignorance and national vanity of its patrons
whi,h no one knows better than the writer
himself to be entirely out of the question:
But there may be something in his statement
ef silent revolution going On in the popular
mind on the subject of the war; the results of
which time only and q succession of Federal
Disasters, can fully disclose. In the meanwhile
let US devote our whole energies to a vigorous
prosecution Of the war, as the best means Of
bringing on that great Northern revolution
which the Herald sees loon ing up in the fu.
,ufs. A succession Of disasters such as the
Yankees have lately experienced, the expul-
son Of their armies from the Mississippi VAL
10y, and the reoccupation by our troops of 90
much Southern territory as can conveniently
be held, would place us at the beginning OF
winter in the most favorable position not only
as regards nsutrals, but also in relation to our
enemies. An armistice and peace can only
come in the wake of victory, and to Southern
buets-not to Northern ballo.s-must we con-
tiuus to look for the establishment Of our ia
dependence and the vindication of our rights