The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-14
MORNING. SEPTEMBER II. 1894

WEi3N ESltA akOhNt.Nps'tNssa
The lincoln party in Yaake dom are making pre-
,,Splx such a use Of the capture OF Atlanta as we
e,resaw and foretold they would. Bells arc rune,
cannon are fred. provisions are ordered, orStaons
delivered and the whole land called upon to rejoice
and be glad for that the rbehon, often slain and
buried before, Is slain and buried yet once again.
Lincoln Intensity the deception and add az much
as practicable to his owa chance OF reelection orders
aay az Thanksgiving to BE- set apart for the mighty
triumph at Atlanta triumph which consisted IN
the infection Of loss OF fifteen hundred men upon
General Hssaec-wita quite an equal loss on the
part Of the Yanke,s-aud the oooupatioll without
resistance Of Atlanta, which forces had aifead!
held many weeks longer than they had expected 10
hold it, The object IL all this parade ana fouiish
Of ;rumpets is too pilpabie to be mistaken IL Is
done to make the Yankee nalon forget 'he ii''"
nlerabIe bloody defeats its armies have SUSTAINED
since last May-.he enc hundred AMI MY thousdi'o
that Grant has led 10 slaughter or captivity ia var
einia.--tho seventy eighty thousand thnt nave
been slain wounded. or taken under shefinan-the
entire expulsion of their troops from Texas the as
graceful defeat of Banks in Western Louisiana and
the almost entire loss Of that Stntethe recovery OF
Arkansas almost entirely by the contedera,es-the
ilausitfafsOn OF Il ltifiouN Wa III t.''
feat in Florida-rnakiug altogether series Of dis
asters such rarely ever befel modern army
in so short space of time And it has succeeded.
The G;tle Success at Atlanta swelled and exagge-
rated by the mos: UNANIMOUSLY rnendaeous press that
the world ever bche,d, into mighty achievement,
commanding the most momentons results, has al
ready made the Yankee nation forget its defeats and
hanillatons--hss them mad with exuliation,
a, 4, l,,,1 Vro.,
pable Of being taught by experience, the people of
Yankeedom-as we knew they wouid-triIst I'M
pcitly to their lying oTacles, though they had
never deceived them before, when they tell them for
the teth TIME that tn rebellion is its last legs
and that they need only an expenditure OF a hum
dred thousand more lives to crush it forever. And
all this in the interest Of Lincoln and of the party
which is to profit by his election or, which IS the
same thing, by the continuance oil this war. They
play for high stake, and their dice are human
bones"
Such form portion of the devices by which the
Yankee nation is to be seiuced into continual sup
port Of Lincoln and the war; but these are not all
Tho Interesting people whom it is proposedto amuse
in this MANNER love war and glory but it is always
with proyso that they come i'll for "a share Of the
glory only. They do not greatly desire to take any
of the hard knocks that prcccde the glory and are
necessary to its acquisition. They have peculiar
horror OF the draft and there is great danger that
the enforcement OF it may turn to the disadvantage
Of the war candidate. Il is unfortunate, certainly,
for the prospects of Lincoln that it should come
lust at this particular moment. Especially Is the
great city of New York, which has already shown
symptoms OF determination to resist, subject of
intense anxiety to the war candidate and his party
tba$
deceive no other people on the face of the EARTH has
been adopted to keep quiet the multitude Of Gotham
They told that there will be no draft amongst
thenl-that their prodigous patriotism has already
gone far ahead Of the acquisitions of the Govern
iuent-that they will be credited with number Of
men fully equal 10 the whole number that they
will b., assessed with. Other portions of the
country are dangerous likewise, for they have
votes, and may give them against Lincoln
ii he presses the draft. THIS head of the Ger
berus must also be giatded with sop, and Stanton
throws it to them. lie tells them there will be 10
draft anyEheie ioT five six weeks, and 50 they
may ~ about their business for the present In
decd, he thinks if they viii only send Grant one
hundred thousand more men, he is sure that not
more than three hundred thousand viii be required
and two-thris Of these viii only be required 10
keep open roads ana rivers, re5taxe commerce. and
settle ether matters appertaning to conquest Grant
having by this time done all the fighting that is 10
be done. Last Of all, to hull the whole nation to
rest Seward tells them that there viii he draft
all-that no draft is necessary-that volunteers
enough have been found to fill up the ranks to the
required extent-tha is, to the extent of five hun
drel thousand, :! We hope 10 be excused for
marking this passage with three notes of admira-
ton 1t is wonderful, that nothing short Of three
could properly express alnazemcut.
These proceedings indicate one thing, atleas very
clearly. II is that Lincoln and his followers have
mortal fear OF this draft, and that they dare at
this time attempt to enforce it. Yet that it will be
enforced at the point of the bayonct if necessary
clear that the rises in the aud sets in
the west. Let Lincoln be first assured of SUCCESS,
and then shall how speedily ne will dispose of
all objections and what disposition lie viii make of
those who urge them. How completely soover he
may succeed i'll binding his people to his in
tentions, it does not become the people of these
Confederate States To be equally blind That the
draft will be executed, and that completely and
thoroughly we repeat hold to be absolutely GER
tain. That Grant will be heavily reinforced, al
though for the present he may not be able TO obtain
wise consider a certainty. We state our belief with
view of depressing the spirits of our people,
which, however cast down for the moment, have
always rsen 10 the full height Of every emergency
whenever 1t has been presented TO them. We are
fully able to meet aud TO master all the circumstances
OF the crisi, which is about to present itself to
Us, and cur object is to prepare people eor
DONG so.