The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-19

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Wnen this war began, there Wa adiapafity
Ia the means d war. between the Two bel
uxsrcat countries that made, IN the eycs Of
the -cutaide world, the reslstance Of the
south something like madness. Tue North
hAA 10000, 900 70 our 1000 900 Of popu!a-
tton-it had WELL established Government
with ell the means Of Administration
whether In peace or wsr--lt had an army
sad navy lit had manufacturing resources
OF ell klnds hardly inferior to any nation on
sarth-AnA the whole world open to II from
which to snsist men to Increase its arm sano
60 import arms and ammuuftion. Ine SCUM
had neither army nor navy, nor the means o.
eouippiue them-she had few manutacto-
rise. snd . comparative small population Ct
maehinists, the North having manufactured
for her bsfors tho war everything she need
"a, whether for public defence or nousenoio
economy-her ports were blockaded, and che
could only communicate with the world
shrosd, 1t great peril, to procure what she
had not the skill or capacity to make At
home. With oil these disadvantages her
Government was Just created, and In the
slow process Of being systematized and made
efacieat, with resources for administration.
It 10 wonderful to contemplate. now, how,
with this great inequality the South not
only accepted the wager of battle promptly,
but repealed successfully the frat attacks Of
the eusmy-and further, how We have gone
on Increasing In spirit and strength with the
weight Of tho war until to-day We are
stronger and our cause brighter than ever.
II WAS not surprising that. considering this
inequality, our own people were. many Of
them, respondent, aud feared that We should
DO overrnn before We got ready to resist
Bat the sons o6the South In the OLD army
aud nsvy-who were, indeed, the flower of
both branches Of the old setyice-came
promptly to enlist under her banner. They
found On army Of volunteers composed Of
the most manly and chivalrous men Oh
earth; among these they took their places as
leaders, and We had An army drilled and dis
c,plined In time to meet the 6rst assaults Of
tho enemy and drive him back beaten aud
disp!rited. We all remember how, then, the
monster ct the head of the Federal Govern
ment called frantically for his hundreds OF
thousands of additional troops. as be has
continued TO do ever since, whenever the
brave armies of the South defeated his 2i-
gantic plans for our susjugaticn.
Our early successes made our people
overconndent In our own resources, and
they moderated those Of the enemy. As q
natural consequence, disasters fell upon US /;
but these have resulted In our saivation.-
Taese revsrses, and the contemporary mani
fsstations on the part Of the enemy; his
turbulence, his increasing arrogance and
ovsrheasing cr1elty, and brutality in sill
quarters where he had the power to exhibit |
those qualities, drove the Confederate Gov
eminent to those bold and strong measures
which have carried Us through the war to
our present position Of strength and til
amph.
IN every stage of the struggle, thank God,
the South has proved her capacity to elevate |
herself to the height Of the danger and peril
In which she was placed. We have seen how
every want has been supplied; If not ahun- !
dainty, certainly to the extent demanded by
necessity. We zee how powder-of which
man st one time supposed We could not OBJ
tain enough for defence before we were over
run-has been beautifully supplied. We
have seen how clothing and shoes, and hats,
and blankets, have been created for the army.
and how the people have been clothed
through the agency of home industry. We
have been astonished at the art and facility
displayed In tho manufacture of arms. and
how the South produced specimen OF ma
val architecture Of war, In the Merrirnac,
that surpassed anything yet produced by
the world snd II that vessel was suicidally
destroyed, Ne have proven our ability even
70 throw away such an engine Of defence
sud sttu defy the enemy. In short, We have
seen how, when It appeared that almost the
Last resource had failed, our wants and NE.
ceasities have beeu supplied to our own as
soniahment, and sometimes We may, In truth
say, withths appearances Of mystery.
The enemy has employed every article
md strategy that his ingenuity and malice
ooald invent, and every force 1t was In his
power TO command. The negroes were
AnAlly brought to swell thegreat odds against
u ofhis own greatly superior numbers. and
tAs Garopsans enlisted by him added to
thsn Bat the negro hAs not answered his
expectations. either BY being melted to In.
sufrection and the massacre Of our people.
nse b. his ssyvics In the Federal armies. On
the contrary. be hes only proved IN element
q wsaknoA The lat expedisut tried by
tAe brutal and barbarous foe u that Of
ysmina BE has sought, BY the destruction
OF provisions, and the burning Of mills and
agricultural implements, TO starve the pso.
pie Into that submissi3n which his bravery
md proves In battle, With Ill his immense
odds against %, had failed to drive ~ to.
Hut altef tWelve months exertion Of this
dlsabsHeal expedisnt, We are not only not
starved. bnt there IL no danger whatever Ct
asy such fate. This glorious Southern land,
tsemlng With the iruits Of the earth, IL not
tAe land for starvation. Until 1t IL desert
the question Of starving ID preposterous.
- svsn then the faithful and ttus might
look trastinsiy for the mamma from Heaven.
tos Just and mesciful Providence would