The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-02


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nearsst rain. Tue people. VINO nad 0een Gu
thnaaastie In support o. the Waf, nao sel'
generally cooled down. IDey had become
slck With hope deferred, ana urea o. aeon
test which had. apparently, no end Their
cusroacy vas In . checking condition, the
coutinental paper being no better than Mr.
Nsmmingcr's aseignafs. They nad ou'lt
xseat expectations upon the French ali'ane e
and hid coasequently relaxed thelf own ea-
hstlons. They he'd been greatly asappoant
-, having Witnessed the failure OF the on'y
two Joint operAiions which were unde'-
taksn-that, namely, against Rhode isiane,
.'aad thax against Savannah-both OF which
mis0auied through the Dull-headed stuPldhy
ii the French Admiral d'Esfaing, and from
no fault Of any American officer. From the
pinnacle Of hope they were precIpIsated Into
the abyss of despair, and began to undcrrate
the value Of the French alliance as mucn as
they had over estimated II before. 1Aey
tanned out 20 meet the zoe WIN re'uc'ance'
and they gave Of their means as gruoglng'y
now - they ma zone hneIaAy ~ 1nc COZ"
msncement Of the WAT. lei, alter al, they
Tousod themselves 10 the TASK oeiole t''e",
and proved that their despondchcy was out
tho lAnguor consequent upon over excite
: ment, not the apathy which goes Deiore
death.
The public mind OF the Coniederacy is
Just 1t this moment In condition similar
70 that Of the Colonies in IT'D Like them,
we have been engaged In war for three years.
Like them, We have had our state of violent
excitement, followed by o collapse in pro
portion. Like them, We have trusted too
much TO foreign aid, and are now chewing
tho cud Of disappointment They got it;
but, at Arst, they found 1t Of very little value.
We have failed to get It; and thus far, al
least, VIC are no worse of than they were
They reused themselves from their momtn.
tasy apathy. We can and must DO the same.
Has any man ever considered what must he
the consequence ii we do not! MI. Wlgfnll
told MS the other day what coLfscation
meant. and we ought to have known il be-
fore. Il means that the Yankees are to take
everything in the world we have. We ale
not to have a house to shelter US, or bed
TO lie ON, or blanket to cover us, or piece,
OF bread to eat, or anything at all. And
subjugation means still more. 1t means OUT
negroes masters over us, q proYost-marshal's
ONCE at every cross-road, ana no freedom
lot whlIe man 10 waih couplc ci huhareu
yards witnont passport, 10 De examined
py negro sentineL Ina' y what saoJuga-
tion means-that II Wnat SUBMISSION means
And We cannot AVOID II save py resistance
Inefe 10 no aise.hA''ve. LUG euenly seeS
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a.ca,eds WHIT i n to . man nrov;1eJ h.
Gain the whole world. If he lose HIS own
soulY What Is It to man If he gain millions
nrovided he have n master who can taxe II
away from him whenever he NAV please to do
SO The currency is but secondary conside-
ration. The Congress of the old Revolution
got rid of the Continental currency without
the fAintest approach to CONFUSION, al
though 1t was done in the midst of the war.
The French Council of Five Hundred repu-
dated debt of ten thousand millions of
dollars 10 the midst of war only little less
gigantic than THU. We are not driven to re-
pudiate, but only to postpone, although,
should Reputation even take place, the war
would go ON as hriskly as ever. The tact is,
We cannot stop il we would re cannot turn
back If We desire 1t. Like Macbeth, we have
waded 30 far In blood that it would be as
tedious to return as to keep on.
MANY peonle are discouraged bv The ,aro.
nronortion Of Confederate terr;torv which
~. fa,len into nossession If the epa,ny Ia.
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