The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-17

intoxicaiiou 10 some haxaTsloue entespsise,
thinks the same effect may be wrought
upon hls men rs the aana cause. II n An
old trick Of war, to madden ncn 10 deape-
rate assaults By administering strong drink
to them. There Is no doubt that very re-
erectahle commanders In former days enter
tanned tho idea that gunpowdcr and brandy
mixed would create sort Of con sage very
useful in hot engagement In the battle
aeld Graut, no doubt, is familiar with the
patriotic. naval song Of the "Constitutiou
and 0uerriere," we'll known In the war Of
1879. Tho latter vessel (Brltisb) was COM
manded by 'proud Dacres, the grandce. O."
Tie was understood, before going into the
battle With tho Consultation. to have tried
this ph5slc on his men. and the song records
the fact
60 TO the weather gauge, boys, get her,
Aud to mako his meu light better,
Cave them 10 drink suopowler
Mixed with brandy, o."
The stimulant 90 freely rescrted to BY
Grant, rrconbtedl bad Its effect. ana en-
ployed against less sturdy and determined
troops than tue soldiers Of the South, might
have succeeded. Failure, however, 10 fatal
to ouch rash attacks as Grants whiskcy, and
Grants desperation lead to. Gen. Lee's
GOODNESS, and the courage of his army, pre-
sent etonewall to that sort Of assault, and
when directed against them, 1t must ever re-
coil with ''terrible slaughter" upon the
assailant, as has been the case In every
instance on the Rappahannock.
Grant Is a brhte. Such strategy betrays
an utter recklessness of human life, for tho
qualification of his own ambition. His loss
CO have been immense, and nothing but ulti-
mate victory can save him from the unlver-
sal execration of even the Yankees.
1t is gratifying to the Southern people to
behold the contrast between their own
countrymen in war aud those riff-ratf null
titudes which they meet in the field, and who
are stimulated by such agencies a. we
have described to desperate lighting. The
8 Southern armies are remarkable for their
individually that proud spirit Of manhood,
which inspires each soldier with the feeling
that he has q personal independence and
honor to maintain, as well as o country to
defe nd, with his lie, If need be and az the
best mode of maintaining this high name
and right, and fulfilling his duty to his State,
he throws his whole force and courage into
the collective bravery and proves of the
amy, and this it is which makes it invinci.
BILE. He maintains his state and loyalty
individual, social, and political-against
foe Who has not one corresponding virtue
The Northern army Is composed of immense
hordes of foreigners, negroes, and Yankees,
with no individuality and no nationality, but
who arc in the mass mere mercenarics, Of aal
chimes and colors, hghting for pay and
plumber.
The issue Of a struggle between such ar
Mies. animated by their different motives,
cannot be doubtful In that pending cam.
phgn in which they have massed their
power for final effort las they confess for
our sntjugaiion, we have repealed them in
every field where We have met them. As
every point of country like ours cannot be
detended--that, with his immense numbers,
the enemy should infict local damage and
annoyance, shonld surprise no one Hia=
columns hang npon ne, let us be assured, but
to meet with further and decisive repuises
from a brave people, to whom honor is dearer
than life