Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-07

H., ,.,A.s has been brought 10 90 emo AnNeipas
-, .oo II has always been at is lASt gAsP- Some
hsa has always been in progress OF execution Wnicn
=. "a be as fatal to it as slryohDne to rats when
,ha seventy Eve thousand men fist called for BY Lin
coin had got IN striking distance Of It it would be de-
moIshed in thirty days. So again when the next and
larger call was made, and SO upon eaoh sueCeeoins
rrouistOu for troOps The fall Of New Orleans Was to
be The last of and, again, that OF Vicksoug; Aho'
ssain, that of Atlanta. Last year DAhlg'en ana uh-
more we're TO destroy it at Charleston; this year Far
agut and Candy at Mobile and at this very time 1rsh'
is supposed to be giving Is It's finishing strokes ~
mold.
r, sueh false promises and dSlusve hopes as these'
the srtful managers Of the war have oonNeo AesP
.Tv. the confidence OF their silly people. BY starting
sr, rev gnis fatuas as soOn as the last one has deo
-, NV kssu the eyes Of their victims always ahead
and prey,ns too close scrutiny OF what Is ABOUT
chem and behind them. When the hrss Napoleon was
,old ths. the people Of Paris we're becoming disoon
tainted and mu,inous and was asked what should Do
done to quiet them, he replied; "Gld the dome OIL
IN. low hides The people who were to be 30 easily
amused were not more meIcuri c1edulous or childish
than tho Yankee race. Always Rg0S for sdme9hns
nav something exciting and sensational 1t ID the easiest
hlns IN the world TO lead them on from one dsusion
"a sno,hsr. The failure OF any plan from which they
rad been led to Sxpec. the 6nA iulhlment OF their
hopes, lie immediately tupPlAn'od BY some newly de-
7red lsAems, in regard TO which they become equally
sAnsuiue. TuGr imagination is thus kep' Snuy or
,a Qua we and they LETT no line 70 Look about them
aud rea.oG Taey i've In tho future Al'oS s1ner ana
srs band 20 the present and the past.
noIs rhlOsOPhiC and Ihougntiul people would have
found IN lie prGl,uga failure and lngled dsAsArs
Of the Wsr reason Tor reviewing shs hJpotaases on which
Il, vas undertake.. Thsy would have seen that AAsur-
.ncss for the iurrs stood rpan no hther oaais o.
tsu.a OF probability than thoss OF the past arc
soaA have 5arlt irom pIsE dsAPpOnmsnts TO receive
s,,a dSrus new PLEDGES tTom tue same q0ArtST. TIE
pcm,ss 70 end the war successfully this year has no
bs.tsr iouu daOn thRl the one 10 end last year, or
the var bsicro-And the promise 10 end 1t next yeAl
Will stand upon an equally msy and deceptive basls.-
Giant has no better gls 70 believe Low that he cal
,aAe ch nond than Mcclellan had in 90. and bis
,urapcgs - ths. effect are W1Ith than MsOe-
aus. But Io amount OF deception or dis pPonsmenI
cures the guuAblity # the Yankee. prophet whose
predictions are never III 6lsd would lose credit Will
s.n,r people, but this Is not IN tsucsed by eIp,
reaee They lend ready cara 70 Seward now as t-ey
lid be ore the first gun was fred, when he pledged
niustl 10 dinner speech at tae AsLof House. thai in
airty or sky days the whole difficulty would be ami
.a0ly arranged. Tney are fond Of being cheated in
everything bat 9 bargain. Tney hold in high admir-
ton q skliul and successful inpOster. Tleir CHIEF
o;essiOnal humOuggsr, BArnuu Ihsy dignity With the
alto OF "PinOe."
HoV, Than, will they ever b,coms enlightened as TO
he hOP.ssaess Of their undertaking. aud consent thai
. sAr shall close When its burdens sh, Il become
700 heavy to be borne when there is mourning in
every house for the Lost, and lest her victim
70 be lirsd when treasury issues will 10; buy
provisions, and hunger gnaWs the heart of wife Ano
children when fortunes dsso.vo like fos-work, ana
he nlbob o. yesterday is the pauper OF to day; when
i.rcJ mobs sweep the streets, intent plumber and
ttveng when the authors and encouragers Of the war
gith ali its woes torn to Piso,s by The Infatuated
masses they had made their instruments the body OF
Diomedss was deVoured by the horses he had
Uglt to cat flesh than the var will DO ended 60 far
~ We are concerted, though, fOF them, the Day OF
horror lever before imagined may have only begun
Tat s1eh tino Is in the not very distant future,
sssad not sem, unlocked for use sooner end the
Tfs is far more prob bic than the fuRent of any OF
he prom sea which now animate only to msead, the
Y,Ikee people.