The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-04
Cannot be Subjugated.
from the London StanGardf

The South seeks for dsunion. 1t wishes TO 6e
left alone As separate people. Ii doee not desire
the conquest IL d no, aim at the humiliation of
the North II will never he satisfied with anything
less than disunion-with the complete and unrc
served recognition of the State rights guaranteed
By the Consiituion oi the late United States. Di-
union is inevitable. Ii every array Of the south
tisPers"d; il the Nortli"rners Were To gain
hundred battles; j: every cty III me snatd Were
earrisoned by N"iihern troops, every Heef swept
hy Northern armament. IL would bot delay '0r Il
| time the accomplishment cf the emu, "hEh l.
about cenai that the sun ri5 ana sets. In
| the war Of Independence the English drove the
| Americans about like sheep. aud occupied every
strategic point in the states Tor months together.
| They were obliged in the end to give way 10 the
indouiiahie will of people ae'er'nih"d 20 De Tree
The Americans nf that time were but ~ handful
| In COMBAT IL the sGu;iefnfis oi tu gay. on
| cannot hold down by any known iarct, ten mil
lions pf people who have sworn To aeh;f"': ia"T
| independence. The armies of Lee aiG johnston
! might be disbanded To morrow 'hay might go,
| lik" Israel 'feyery man t" his tent" ana all The
| military operations OF the tohtcdtfat9 GOV fi-
| u,.nt b,. s,,spendpd The fcdeTas w"nd hc as far
| a. ever from ihe conquest ni the south There
| would still hc enemy III every cottage, fehtl
| in ever field. 10 reduce this wi"l" population
! To condition worse than that OF ne2f" slavery
would he task beyond the strength ot tte might
est nation on earth. II is not in the power nt thr
North 10 make the South the Poland oi America,
nor, If it could hr done, would IL ever prove pFott
able o. pleasant.
The time has now arrived-Rhe the 81 ,iieian.
of the North alive to The truth of what IL to.j
,s by every man uf Southern blood, that there is
now between North and south 80 iinPassabIe bar
rier Of hatred that never under my crcUm
stances can they be reconciod and reunited. Ills
perhaps within the powP. OF the Northern bel
irrrcut. 10 drive their antagonists To such last
extremity q! despair that which nIddruci lic
nropr ui Carthage wien their determination had
been dccr3cd by the Roman s-enale. When every
city has been sacked, every village given TO III"
ftncs every farm laid waste, when every South
,rO man has been slain In battle, every woman
offered herself up on The altar her country wi.
every Sta south Of the Potomac is desert OF
ashes and ot coIpses-then, and i}icn only, may
the North take possession. Those who think that
there is Providence iiii rules iitr world VIII not
,iirve in the possibility oi such q catastrophe.
The y OPT" ul the H".'h are all iuh:!aEi just now
at ilc ia:e successes OF their armies. The d!sas
lrous defeats Gf the armies OF NcCiclliH, Pope
Burnside ard Hooker plunged lhcnt not very long
rgo iHto the depths OF de pix. In rresuming Oh
the Suiju.aii.'n ot til" Soujh because Lee has re-
tired and Nck-hur. hl fallen, they mulch in
the wrong they were In scgal ding thCse South
crn victories rs decisive of the war. Wllh such
power ot reis!ug armies, and with 80 vast an cx
tent OF ground on which TO dcploy them, the
must go on indefinitely, so long as either y ofh or
south choose to continue 1t.
The fall ot EickShurg, Of Port Hudson, and the
0p min. Of the Missi sippi ~ the Federal arna-
mehtS great cdlauitcS IN the Confederate cause
in the West because they cut OF FROM the rest oi
the South those States which are west 0f the river
But as in contests where naval forces are
brought into play, the North has an immense ad-
vantage over the South. thes. occurrences cannot
br said to have been unforeseen Ihc defence OF
Wick burg l. ouc Of lie most heroic irats recorded
in history. II l. one Of those struggles which, sue
ccsStul or unsuccessful. 90 Ii form The character
and mature the spirit of a pc pie. IL il perhaps
we'll Tor i..t. : uth that it should meet with ms-
Eriluurs AID u dergo heavy tria :. Ii .aght have
presumed too much on an unbrohcn tide ct sue
cess, and, in its presumption, rushed upon It's
rain. Its manu struggles have earned for it the
y mPathy cl Europe and place in history.
Centuries alter il has emerged rom It's baptism
OF tlrc and taken its proud place among the nations
tie Southern father and the Southern mother viii
narra.c to their children by the reside i'll burning
words The story OF their ancestors proves, alid
bid the III emulate the deeds OF ttt.r fathers in the
olieu time They vii tel. their SONS OF those con
queIing veterans OF Nlr4ibia, those dauntesS de
tenders of Tie blood stained AliSsssI pi btstnns.
They viii tell their daughters how wom,n Of
Charleston ~ Gi thrir Jewels for The war, how
the women OF New Orleans hurried defiance al the
Northcrn ,yranl u The midst ci his tio ps. Those
and daughters .iii then gtoW up into people
that will he worthy OF tiiOS, irUtn whom III \
sprung. 20 Us here in England there viii be an
abiding regret.
We did not once stretch out a band To aid lie
conibatns il this noble struggle iDr Independence.
stopped the long 2go by the sin! pie recognition
Of the Suath. We might have made these brave
n,;h brothers and friends, de&ChCd them for
ever from thcif selfish lilnsmrH ot the North As
partners i'll commerce, "" should have became the
providers of the world wien New York an philg-
del uhIa were As dCsoiat" a. Tyne and SEdnn. We
have left tle South alone 10 win il spurs. Our
neutrality Is designated rs selfish. II rightly un.
dei4tood, il il Uascii,ii IN the Catreme-but II is
row uuwi&c and cruel.