Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-04
Snlrit Of tha MorLipp Pies.

Spirit OF the morning EIStS
Alter giving compendium of the Fremont platform,
-, Eraisr comes to the conclusion tia. 1t does not
indicate high degree OiatellseOOs among the North
EN- people yet there may be two theories to account
for The phenomena Of the Fremont movement.--One,
th, tho FRI uronters really mean what they say and 40
taay count en- tae speedy suppression OF toe "rebel-
lion, thus making i csssary 10 Cuoid neolu in
the direction OF fansesm ierOciy, and the pol OF
e1 ermnA ion ard punier = the other that the resolu
tons rsar really only 10 tks North separate couu
twin which sense they are ,jscdonAble to Us
IL. OcBolu.iOn:
According 10 tos second theory then, although FIRE.
mluts friends hld iy sun sIry 10 repeat The old
pops nse about crushing u rebellion and inguishirg
svpry yet the relt bojy OF their resolutions, and the
o5Iy practical pM refer 20 the Eorttern States as a
al tircs coa,ry. Eggn those stereotJ ped vtsou Ions
bsu,s,vss .uis tina. sA.e Of thugs eeHer than any
otbel; for the Oly way ct they Will eTtr get rid
Of sav ~ ana reb ION, slaTehol'ers aud rebels, VIII
IA by cutting Cif tnsse Southern Staes, By vsshi'
heir hands Of al responsibility for cur misdeeds, snd
isnherrg Of sIare IL the hgh dsstnies OF The
Yankee nation forever.
sreb j, the second theory Of F.emontism; bat the
ost robaso Of al ia shas those OlSi intend htif words
q mean The one "a NJ, Ell the her, precisely 40
cordng 10 the fortunes Of Grant aud Sherman IA the
crescent campaign IL is almost an utprOhsatlbtssk 10
tudv tho oGCidfalOib q tHt9
TaeJ mean roshicg id events shsl give them mean
ING.
Ga the suffice. Of the Gaorga campaign, the Exam =
,sr ocpbas the IDEA tat Atlanta place absolutely
,,ssndll to our conmuncaliOrs. Tue real lines are
f1 south of Atlsna. Yet Sherman seems to be re
daeed to the radng policy, which has failed 30 signal
" in rgnia and seems TO have been equally dsf s.
lrous 10 the YAnsees in Georgia.
The Sentinel gives summary of the Argueles Gaze
in Neu Yask Tae main fact is that Seward, sthough
No sx n diion trea,y exs between Spain and the Uu
ted States, had Atguses arrested and deliversa to
spani h Ulcers, by whom he was tskenbaek to uba
Al this ,nt intervene tie New York Safe authortss
Toe u s Marshal and his assistants have been arrested
OF charge Of kidnapping and to be tried before
J,dVe REssn 10 the mean tim, many Spaoish pa
n "a coud.mu wards course aud eIpsess "Astonish-
nsn. that the Cabinet minister OF great people could
lead himself TO so disrepu able an act"
Tae Enquirer ccIjags es the verb "tO kill" as tee
pGsc,cL amman OF war. l. s'ys that 1.-THE country
viii be pleased 70 hear that Son and his raiders
have been cAptuisj; but the oornlry would have Ie-
iced had the Telegraph announced SsOnemAn aud iii
raiders had been killed" says The Enquirer;
Wilson and K,uz raidst over the SouthiiSe, bu'
when they proposed urn 70 Grant, they iould AZ
el,my IN TIER pah who did DO some kaling emu the
beauhipg bores Of tbese dsrS nov Whiten the soil
,auy Of Ire counues 10 the SoGjhside. Since that last
nnuiment an has kept his cavalry Nsoin Bis forti
5cat.on bus We now hear of another raid being on
feos Should il prove tGct, hope cur soldiers will
not take any IrifoneTs. Already We Lave several
thousand prisoners than the enemy, and more ore
NOT wanted They can never be used to exchange ioT
oar captured soldiers because tue enemy refuse 10 t1
change To suud them Il quIes large force, and 10
ICED eul heavily taxes our re'OuIe = Dead Yankees
n ours 20 guards end cat no ramon they never escape
ana Goey 61hg 10 more tstues. WGen ouca "iost,
they are never found Tn enemy ave shou:ed no
quarter" over yuus wounded comrades, aud gave mo
lartsi" to the manned s,Iiiers they had blown u?
E.th their mice.
On the "m'nicg" preston the Enquirer thinks Cut
Engineer corps not to bame Tor failing to die the
enemy. sab.srraneAn approach. deeprlvine, paral
III 70 our line, give him facilities for mining a. any
depth tired 70 avoid cur transverse galleries. The
energy OF the YAukess in ava ng themselves Of a!
schs1ioal and other opp nces in the war is eontras-
led with cur Hardness is ths'reapec'; bui
We are on TAXI, z meaIuses 10 meet these formidl
BE demons ous, and 70 equal ~ THIS great disparity
Oar ugiuezr corps intelligent and energetic, end IL
force ba- been much increased. We have bbored I'M
der W Mt Of may thi1.s which more sklliul io'
employs in sou4 da c. but Wh US - pIcsiVe DEL
/ SENS to have ,en to ICp ir lt.
The Dispatch Is pleased wish "The siusiOa," aut
considers appearances greatly in favor in GeOrg
| Hood has Shcwl himself TO be not oily 6ghtrl
man. but maa who kloas hOW 70 fgb.." he It
yOupg to DO go laig, command, bat not too young
He Is digit ysSrs older than Give was when he com
meoced his carter in Irda; seven years older thai
B,pararte was when he took md OF the army ,
Ialy; and the sam5 sc, WITH WI wien be fell o.
The pl .ins Of Abraham l. ia not age, but mili1ar
! Ireretes and genius lhss is resdul in
General Tnis possessed, the you gor tse man is To
better Nearly all the gesateas nerals Of the wO!l
have been young men when they made theif first cam
Iusigrs. Aexsndsr the Great Bas'tEeniy; HannibA
.venty.s yer; the Great UOnde, iWonly-,Soi Charlie
Kill eighteen, at the opening Of their several careers
4, TO Grsat, whose 'iaiutes have been scandal,u
bsyOad bel e" put for hi1 navJ "h' wou be beate
ou of his en- reuchments and comps.d 10 surrender
.ss thoa q week"
The Dispatch warmly spplauds the action Of tn
Commissioners reducing tie schedule Of prices.