The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-31
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guase.
II Is the fashion TO accanpt (ar the suoeriof an
ergy aud desperation Of the fekeis ky saYins that
they nave everything az sss9s. i Il almost time
disamcns. No people IN htsensy has snbMitted e.
sacrifices greater than thosc the Snltf --whpihpf
willingly 0r unwilliaglg, T. 3xaatesiai ~ 70 psaG-
icai rcaHlt. With a ouS sHpesforitv OF resources
we must fail unless We are Aniaatcd with a sisnl
lar split. All that has vaur 10 the eyes Of ffao
people hangs In the balnnee. and will Inevitably
be lost unless rise 70 the magnitude Of the
occasion.
Large a. are the armies which we have pu, in.n
the field, they are not In themselves sufficient.
Constant recruiting Ia necessary to preserve their
effectiveness. The waste ~ war "a fearful and
reserves nrc Indispensable u we are to stsikc q
final blow ut the heart Of the rebellion. Herein
has been our error previously and Il IA a cheering
sign that Gen Grant intends noe IN allow himself
% be crippled as OMr other commanders have here
tOfore been, unAhe to follow uFan adya laxe or 10
prop efly retrieve Q disaster.
The order which we publish In ansther coluun
ftom the Provost Marshall Gcaerai shows that our
palicy henceforh Is 10 keep fAe national forces up
IA the highest mark, and lnas when this Is not ac
ceMptIshcs by volunteering, the efficacy OF the
enrolment law Is to be vigorously and perse-
veringy tried But little mDte than q mouth re-
mains In which furnish v0iunteeSs, and II IL for
our ciiizcns to determine wtsther they will aid
their Government now In the most effsctuat man
ner, or by inacton force the aaihorties 10 obtain
Men BY drafting, afier delay which may have an
unfortunate influence on thcs RESULTS Of the cam
paien.
The rebels are now plsfsxa their last cards.
They have not the material WSA which 10 repair
inevitable losses. On the other han4 our strength
Is Virtually unimpaired. II successful at the out
set, we thus have the Means of rendering their
defeat Unbelievable. II we shoaid be wOlsted VT
can, by eyertlng ourselves In tima. convert mis-
f0ftuue into eventual triumph. Every motive,
therefore. GummulJ tO unYei4XinQ pttOft. and
time should be lost In raising relnfnrcemcnts to
keep In fighting trim the regiments OF the gallant
Army of the Potomac.
An ANNIVERSARY FpIT0RiAL~THR Rs7rtTs OF A
YEAR.
The following editorial, published In the New
York Nees Of the 18th instant, is very readable:
To day completes the twelve months since tho
publication OF the New York Ned5 was Tesumcd
after its suppression BY the Administration. II
was suppressed for those attributes for which Cali
leo was prosecuted. that Is, for dsprecattng error
and preachiog truth. Its public alton was resumed
not because Its Perseeutors reiented or repcnted
hut because public opinion mad, TO a certain de
gree, recovered Its Independence, and cried shame
upon this c0wardiy and unprecedented assault
upon the liberty Of the press la this Republic We
therefore not In debt 10 Government officials for
the privilege Of exercising vocation valuee5s un-
less untrammeied. What WAS taken from us by aThl-
trary power was given back to Us wheL the popular
sentiment demanded the restitution: and our subse-
the strong hand has moi been purchased by any con
cessIOns part 10 despotlsm, or yany sacrice
Of principle, or by any shameful bargains To sub
The will OF power or the interests OF faction
st the expense OF the cOUn'ry's welfare We en-
dureJ twenty months OF suppression, under silent
protest, virtually placing our cause In the hands Of
the people, ana awaiting In tall confidence that
Judgment which they ultimately awarded beyond
our expectations We have nov enjoyed for
twelve months the full liberty OF oppression OF
opinion, and while we have no. abused II, the his
tory of our career during thsse ,tweve months
shows that We have used il neither feebiy nor In
yain
We enter, therefore, to day the second year of
our resurrection from the bonds 0t tyranny, and
looking hack into the ye1r that is past We gee that
time has everywhere traced the confirmation OF
those doctrines that we have advocated Ii haa
been as we pronounced 1t must inevitably be, II
the mad appeal TO arms were persisted in, Blood
enough ha9 flowed 10 blot out OF existence every
bsnd Of friendship between The sections One
barren campaign has tntowed another always with
great loss OF life, but never with decisive military
result. In The beginning G! these campaigns, the
war journals of the North have been b0astfdi ut
anticipated tiumphs, and exuavagant in their
prophecies of the immediate crushing OF the re-
beiltOn.
At the close of these campaigns, the same jour
nails have been almost exclusively occupied In rS-
aiming the causes Of di-comtture, and in heaping
ashes upon the head Of some lucksess 9enerai
whom they had crowned In advance with the Tau
rels OF victory. And thus, from camPagn IL
paign, the war has draEgad Its slow length
along, its course marked Wit. blood, aud agony,
and desolatiDn, but the goal forever Tecedfnx
and never within sight We have now reached
the most desperate peTiOi Of the strife. Men
enough have been slain and wounded In Virginia
within the past twelve days 10 have decided an
European war, and to have determined an imperial
question. iut with 0nr list Of casualties counted
by the sixty thousand, We have failed to advance
ten miles beyond the point ot starting, and the
IeTribir Slaughter has been entirey In vaa. AS 1t
has heen with other Generals In VIgInis, so will
bc with Grant He is now exalted "a demigo1
he will In time be rallied at hound that misses
the scent. The war journals are as bitter Ia their
disappointment as they are eKtrlvngsnt in theif
hopes. They mns! have an object for their td0la'
tty or for their cnfsea.
we fore,n!d this waste Of life from the COM
Mencement OF the unnatural struggle. We have
-t hardly a day pass without an invocation tn
peace, an appeal 10 the true patriotism Of the peo-
pie 10 end this hntehery that has converted their
country into sham5ies. That we have been under
stood and that the great truths we have uttered
have been appreciated by the masses, is evident
from the iineSampied popularity that the Daily
Nrus has attained within The year since nur Fepuh-
iirali0n, that ended yesterday. On tis eighteenth
May, 1863, we resumed publication, under the par
alyztHg influence ct twenty months nf constrained
silence our part, long eaoush. in such unes ot
excitement and ofgreat events loFthe antecedents
OF q newspaper to pass almost away from public
memory. We started with small sheet. without
official patronage and with no means OF securing
popular patronage except the inhuenee OF the
principles we vindcated.
Thai was enough. In brief while the people
ascertained the attributes of the Day Ns''s aud
felt that II was the representative OF their own
creed. Our circulation, both Tor the Daily and the
Weekly Neig, increased with rapldlty that has no
parallel In the history OF journalism, and we were
soon enabled, and, IN fact compelled, TO enlarge
our paper and TO Improve all Its departments, un
I'll Il Is TO day upon equality In respect 10 SIZE
with the largest daiies OF the metropolis, while In
respect to Its value as chrOncler OF news II ex-
GELS them all Under these encouraging circum-
stances we commence the second year OF our re
lnks ~ ehnt hntn
principles advocated by the Daily Ne'ps SHAH nave
finally trlumphed over fanaticism and the thiisl
for power and that Its third year shall witness he
pure mInlstration Of peace healing the wounds OF
our war stricken country.
YANKEE GrNBoATs AT FRInHHIcEshuE6.
Fredericksburg letter in the New York Time
says:
The first Unlon gunboats ever anchored at Fred
| ickshuse came up the Rappahannnck Al A
yesterday and are now lying az me wharf oppo'it'
the city. Their names are the Jacob Bell. anptai'
| Schuze; the Yankee, Lit Hooker, aad the Fusehia
Capt Street They lett the mouth Of the river
where for a long time they have been on bIockad
| tug duty. Oa Monday mofniag. the 10Th Inst, drag
dos nS rs Ssy an su,
and tour more NOT yet anchored were found an
destroyed on Prowa,t's Island.
At this point an expedition under the command
Of Capt Street sent Oat some distance Into tn
county, resulting In the capture Of Acting Maste
ButIey. or The Rebel Navy, together with tire,
men. and the killing Of siI, incIudins Acting Mas
ter Max well, formerly OF The U 3 Navy, with tn
| loss on our side OF one killed aud three wounded
The rebels taken declared their belief that, la,
our Runboats been two days. later they would hav
been boarded and captured as were tae saielist
and Reliance last fall by parties organizing for tina
| purpose.
From information received from citizens AM
others II s believed that there are still more torpe
does in the river off Tappah8nn0ck and at seveSa
| other noipts on the liver. The weather ls yer!