Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-04-26

officers
J. c. Marquis, Captain; George A.
Armentraut, 1st Lieutenant Joseph 5.
Shumate, ID do. Chas. Stafford, Sd do.
THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
Notwithstanding, says the Richmond
Dispatch, the resolution unanimously
adopted by the Federal House of Repre-.
sentatives not s'to acknowledge a Monar-
chial government erected upon the ruins
ofany Republican Governmental Amer
lea under the auspices Of any European
power" we look for nothing beyond
words in that quarter. Having erected
a despotic Government on the ruins of
their own Republic, they can have no
conscientious scruples against mild
monarchy in Mexico like that of Max
imilien. The policy Of the thing will
be their rule of action, and they are
not fools enough to beard the mill
tary power of France. The resolution
of the House, as Mr.. Cox justly charac-
terizcd it, is a mere bgattasae fatlDae,a, un-
less backed by arms. And how are
they going to backit in that way They
have already more on their hands in
that way than they can attend to-.
Bullying the South and cringing to Eu-
rope is the extent of their capacity.
IF they had never driven the South
ern States from the Union the United
States would nave escaped its profound
humiliation which it now suffers. Or,
if it could conquer the South, it might
be in fair way of retrieving It's disgrace,
and sending back Macmillan to the
land of his fathers. By the aid of
Southern troops and Southern Generals
lit brought the whole of Mexico to its
knees without difficulty, and, with such
auxiliaries, what might it not accom-
plish against the few foreign troops of
Maximi1ian, unsustained by the ener-
gies of united people ?.But the soldiers
who onquerod Mexico are now defend
inc taaIAa exican empire as well as their
Z - Does the United States
ference? Perhaps Maxi
) Il pDre ciatesit.
nv lfNe CAMpA1eN--The
sapaign on the Potomac is
I9T. The hopes of our army
ase 's9oy ant, its spirit high, its courage
andaunted, IFS condition admirable
Every man depends upon himself, has
confidence III his officers, and knows
that he will be sustained by his COM
rados. They have General who has
never sustained defeat, and an enemy
whom they have never met but to con-
quer They are, one and all, officers
and men, impressed with the belief that
| the Yankees are about to make
their final effort, and that if they fail
they will no longer have anything more
to fear from them. They are eager for
the commencement of active operations,
and impatient of the unavoidable de-
lay.
On the other hand the Yankees will
open the campaign with a much smaller
comparative force than they have been
accustomed to. With all their lying,
we are confident that they viii not great
tly outnumber Gen. Lee when the hour
tor action shall have arrived. They
cannot add greatly to Grants forces
without detracting greatly from the for
ces of some other General, a plain proof
that their resources are on the wane, II
not already approaching the point OF
exhaustion. At what point soever OF
Gen. Lees line-in front, in flank, or in
rear-they may make a demonstration,
they will most assuredly be met with
forces very nearly equal to their own,
and we do not believe it possible for a
Yankee force, however well command
ed and appointed, to beat an equal
force of Confederates, let them be APP
pointed and commanded as lily as they
may.-Ric1smaoaad Dispatch.
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