The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-12
MONDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER H. 'ses

49,. ,nc NV York Times pull |
~ ..,,;,s forth thai the capture OF |
NJ; ,,n,,ns t4en confidently antdpatea ny 'e
y.,h.,,, no,a,. would have no eiiest IN uas'"s's
,t. ,,.,.sit,on" unless II was also aeeo'P's" ~
,b.. .a,,u,v of General Lees army "''''
need saw tbs w,th great distnetnesa' anu
,,s snread his nets IN such way u'a' '"' amy
ah is the real capital OF the rebeinoa' shoh'a h''
escape. 40.
I, n.-ea no, he ss,d that even Richmond has he'
.yazsu,iea 10 Grant, mach less the army ""'e'
,o, only bids lm defiance, but Is naineno""s
strung as when Grant fTst crossed the fapidh -
!; .ba ,,,,th euugc GATED by the Times J. ,h"' 1s
.u n this Confederate stronghold or that does "''
,sa. the vita, energies Of our defence SO long 80
.,a great arr,es Of the Coaiederacy remain in''''
\, - this that should engage the serious re"ee''o'
=, ,ha neools of the United States. Ihey are luA'
,,ov IN state of absurd citation over the fh OF AT
,n.a h,,, the fail Of Atlanta, they ought never 10
,,r,.. s,s n,, involve the fate Of General iioods
am army ms large as that with which dehef'a
To- now eontrouts the enemy in Virginia. On tue
.,o,,ra,v General sherman is unable to advance at
,.esen, and his success is only one Of those hide-
.;s,,. su,cesses which have characterized thus war
az, both sides from the beginning. Whether IL can
a, called a success at all is predetermined, ana
remains To be dste,mned by future events
There is food for rejection to the Northern people
in these things They promised now, as they
hay. been promised all along, speedy teiuna',oi'
Of the war. What reason have they to put conf
{ senoe IN such promises What have they accom-
,,,,,shed with the million and half Of men they
have already raised Not even the capture Of
Richmond which is mere outpost Of our Immense
Territory and which the Times eonfesses would not
if TAKEN affect the strength Of the rebellion Scott
Mcclellan Burnside, Hooker Grant, have each sue
eessively hurled Immense armies upon our capital
and have been beaten back rs the sea-girt rock
beats back the ocean in empty froth and foam
Guuboats by water and raid after raid by land, have
been signally folei. The hand of Providence has
been plainly interposed i'll our behalf. And what II
the North does raise more men! They will still lind
us IN Overwhelming numbers, and with new and
more powerful Notifications. And then, even sup
posing them TO take Richmond, after an expen'
sitlre Of life which will clothe every household IL
the North III mourning, their work will be but JUS
begun We can fight out this war; President Da
Wis truly said long ago, twenty years in Virgins
before IT will become necessary to fall back upoI
North Carolina The Black Republicans oil thu
generation will have gone to their own place beior'
the work of our subIugation Is accomplished.
The history OF the invasion thus lar shows that fit
conquest Of our territory, where 1t Is effected
extends farther than the spot IN actual occupatioi
by the Federal armies great part OF 1t once heie
by them HAS become our own again. The grea
State of Texas has scarcely Yankee upon its soil
The same may be said Of large portion ct Louis
ana Arkansas, and even Tennessee The Mississippi
did not become free river with the fall of Vicks
burg The advance OF the invading army has bee1
likened to a ship, which can call no place its ow
upon the ocean except that beneath its keel As i
goes on its very track becomes oblterated and thu
waves unite again and rage angrily behind it. Thi
invasion, more than any of modern times, make
ats most implacable enemies wherever Its armle
penetrate. Ii they observed the rules Of elvlilze
warfare, the effect might be different but robbeT,
AMI house-burniIg, the universal law OF this inv2
SION, supply irIitant which kinjies the mos
lukewaTIn patriotism into flame OF eteTuai hate
The consequence is, that the Federal troops mus
not expect to hold, occupy and possess anything @
THE land but what then feet stand o. And unles
The foot of each man is as big that of Lincoln W
can easily spare for the next fifty years the fe'
acres Of territory they hold
When, therefore, the usuIper at Washington
promises that this new draft will end the war, lac
only promising what he does not himself believe h
Is able TO perform. What reason has the North t
believe thus more than any OF his former promises
Can they be stupid after all their experience as
believe that this is 10 be his last draft We are no
given to prophecying, but think it would be muel
safer to predict that next year will a call 10
another halt million, than that the South Will b
subjugated. Moreover, II he cannot conquer u
before November, and even lie has not the lmpu
dence to Venture that assertion, he will make &c
nous efforfxo accomplish IT during the remainder c
his Presidential term He will keep the war up
he for the benefit of his party, and bring int
the field occasionally numbers large enough to pre-
long, but not large enough to decide it. The Mort
may expect to be harassed by successive drafts g
long as Iincoln>is in the Presidential chair; but
cannot, if he would, make drafts large enough
conquer the Confedcracy and establish peace
He has undertaken, in his own choice vernacula
ga big Job" and the magnitude of it, instead
diminishing is increasing every day. For ourscive
We acknowledge that We want peace, but We see tn
we are not to have it except at the price Of indepe
eence which, incredible as it may seem to lgnof
minds is dearer to high-spirited people than pea
with all its blessings.