The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-25

s"SA eHu tctlIeo 70 othHu0FIy fIalno. only
some fifteen or twenty miles ffom Hnor.
Vile. Thie retreat OF the enemy Les dise,.
pated, for the present at leaetsall prospect,
Of fight.
The Peace Party at ihe North
Analysis Of fits Congressional vo.
ting.
The victories Of the Coafsdesssss ere tic ou,
real and tangible 'spfinciples'' which ssppcs, chi
peace party a. the North. Their opposition to sub
jHeat:on, their abionsnes Of war; their syrapasl,,
wifoa "bfave people ssrus sling fnr iibefiy,n al
die out, 40 success following ssccess perchcs apo.
tie Fcderai-hauaeT. When the Yankee Ccn.rea
commenced its last session, the oeporifou TO Lin
cola, which bold. took LIE sisad on the ie cleo
tloA fcr Speaker Of the Nouse, numbered eighty.
ne votes, oil east aeaiHs, Schuyler Cofax, III,
Administration candidate. At ons time 1t seemet
probable that they would ob:aia the actual major
iiy and ths tespli was averted ol.g by the e!ec
t.ous which occurred IN few Of .he smaller State.
al later date. How this opposition changed sf;s 81
The Federal successes Of Las. yeas, may be gathered
from the following article in the New York 7ssss
No ons can read IL without the conviction that a
series OF Confederate Victories this year VIII civ.
the Opposition large mHjnri.y ever the now dis
trac,cd Administ ation party in the ne-t Congress
First--as TO restoration witaou. condition, pre-
cedcrt Tr. Rogers, OF New JeRey, Democrat. on
Jan. 8, presented reS1u ions, GfIlrHiug thn. thu,
rebels ohave f;sh: to return with their domestic
institutions as they were before the wsr and ~
elect Representatives to Congress. without any
conditions precedent" On the motion TO lsv On
tba table only forty tso, less than half of the party
voted In the negstire.
Second-as 10 the policy Of negotiation. N,
Baldwin, Of Massachusetts, unic5, On Janrayx
., presaated resolution That .'evcry rropost,io.
TO negotiate with the rebel Leaders should he ~
jected without hesitation or delayn 4piy yis,e-,,
of The party, less than 9Th, voled in the mega
tive
Third-Asto Federal emancipation. Mr. pS.s,-
ton. of Indiana, Democrat, on December lS n,a
sen.ed resolution condemaias The ciamst.ous
Of the President in rosara TO ealsacipatibn and
asser!i' the right Of each State To order and
c0ntrel Its own domestic Institutions acrO,dins
TO its own judgment exclusively Sixty. six nf
lie party about two thifds, voted against the mo
,i0n 10 lay on The table.
FOURTH As u summary arrests BY military An
til Ytv. Mr. Pendleton, Of Ohio. Dem ,craf nm
,sarct l, presented resolution tn.t n- military v
arrest and banf hment ~ 2 .shGipham = ere asc:.
of mere arbitrary power, Il paipane viola ion OF
the Constitution and lava Of the United States -
Only forty ser, bur little more than one half o. tho
party, voted in the affirmative.
Fifth--As to enlistiTg negroes. Er. Grnn-i Of
Iowa, Uni. n, on Feb 2, presented r-.o uiinn thai
"a more vigorous policy. In order to secure larger
ahRbcr Of persons Of African descaat ip The aUnv.
would meet the appsobauon Of the House, ODiy
foity sss. LITTLE over one half of the party yo.sd
In the negative.
siIti,-As TO conseriptlon. The snsoilsent bill,
IL tGaiiyperfscted, Including clause 10 enroll Ali
resident negroes in the United States. whether they
had been slaves or ROT. vas passed Feb. lS with
only stxy woes, trG-is!rds Of the paY;y, egan.t H.
II il impossip e 10 rccoaciio these votes on las
chief issues which they oilgtHa IN ia she
ADMINISTRATION, with h9sestdaScficn 10 urinciees,
maDy ...s party individually have been
Consistent bat the party Itself has utterly failed
In Ccngrsss to come Up to tae ground IL first as
sumed out Of Congress, for not taking which 1t
6fst opened its war upon the President. II Is t5is
u cay that circumstances have ahangsd. Tho
party made most OF It's Issues what it called in
vs0.eb.a to:;ssitasssisaf r,iae.rsea, aii
principies wers inviolabia year aid eighteen
months aso. tnsy are Just .. much 50 now One
or two Of its issues, perhaps, iHrned rather On
public policy than on constitutional vlinsipte-as
tho Hon employment sf ee!assa sreeas, ana the
ehow Of eonciiItoYy spirit. Ha. Ii negroes were
unfit to fight at that sstse Of the war when these
CcsgressiODai elections took place, they are no
more dit now, for the qualities of the race remain
the same. 30, TOO, II 1t be futile and mlssaievous
TO extend the "oiivs tranop now, il was jus, al
much 80 thcn; for The disposition Of the rebels tas
un6eYaens no change.
What s even yet more striking than this inability
OF II party in Congress to marshal itself in force
on any position whatever against the Administia
ton, 10 its general ehaDge, siaes the session
opened, In temper and spirit toward the war.
This h easily illustrated. In the second week Of
the session, Green Clay Smith, # Kentucky sab
United the following resolution:
Resclped, That as our country and the very e1.s-
tcncs Of the bsst Government ever Instituted by
man, Is iMpsYtiled by the mos. causelesa and
wicked rebellion that the world has seen, and
believing we do that the only hope OF saving the
country and preserving this Government 10 by the
power Of the sword, Ve are fDs the most vigorous
prosecution OF the war unit, The Consultation and
laws shall be enforced and obeyad In all parts Of
the United Statss, and to that end we oppose any
avmistice, or intervention, or mediation, pSopo-
sition fnr peace from any quarter long as there
shall be found q rebel In arms against the G0vera
men:; and we ignore all party names, lines and
Issues; and recognize but two parties 10 this wal
This resolution covered the whole ground Of the
necessity Of the war, to the exclusion OF every
other policy. Sixty four Of the party answered
"nO'' on the test vote. A month .aflerw ards, Mr..
exactiy tbe same import. IL read as .oews:
"WAwSas, A most dlspersts, wicked aud bloody
rebellion exists in this the jurisdiction VI the Cata
States, and the safety and security VI pasoaal and
national liberty depend upon iu nosOluts saa utter
"k.solrss, That IL the bellt,cai, civil, nssssi,
aud sasrel duty OF the people 10 meet Il, ryn! A.
aud forever destroy it, thereby establishing pe!fec;
and unaitefatis liberty"
Only sixteen of ~hs party voted against il. Last
HluSiuoy MI sCuCuSAS VI oulo, pSSeHtcu 'SSoiu-
tons:
"rhat the present war ssainst the armed insuy
gents, banded under tue name Of the Southern
Confsdefaey, was brought by 9 wicked and
wholly tBsKeusaAlo rebellion, and all those sn
gagged in, or aiding and absuins II, have incurrcd
the namsaof public enemies, and should be trested
az such.
"Thas in the s,ruzg;s now going On for the safety
Of our country and ffse gov1rn,nent there Is no
middle ground on which any good citizen or troe
patriot can stsnd, neutrality or indifference, o.
anything short OF hearty support OF ths Cove IN
meut, being crime where the question is between
loyalty and Rcason.''
Both Of these were ss0ntsse:ssly adopted, though
there had been sixsy four votes aaafusi II sm;iis
December resol ti0ns. which wore OF precisely the
same scope. Thus the original xcdaeiiy OF .hs
party against the dnfniss,aSoa has Z, adua,iy sni
sided, 60 far 40 general principles coassIaet,
into tue Olandest acquiesseuce.
DEvAsTATIeH Dy 5asRHAE.-The BraNlon {Hiss)
Repxolieam publishes . iist OF nearly column In
length Of the losses Of private citisens by the
Ysnkee's with Sherman They range range from
0l GOO 70 SI00000. among the heaviest osers aie