The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-01
A Foreign View Of the Prospects o
the COnfederacy.

the C0nfederacy.
in the a,pect of calamity, but also as novelty,
the people are apt to be too greatly elaed by sue
cesseS or too deeply depressed by reverses. In
Europe. where every nation stands, even In peace
In the atu 'ude OF pugiist eyeiHg his antagonist
with his hands up, war is tamil ar occupation, anu
Is examined aud criticised with ca,,nnesyof iuds
ment which eau only be acquired by long exps~
r!ence. The article which we copy below from tt Q
last London Times will be interesting TO EOntede-
rate croakers just Row. It comes from a paper
which is nobody's friend-certainly no friend of the
Conf dracy, except In far this nation by Its
strength may command that sort Of friendship
which muscle always command. II Is a paper
which follows the popular current, and thoroughly
illustrates In its conduct that beautiful character
istlc Of human nature which passes on the other
side of the way from beaten man, or makes
btier pause in its walk TO We him kick for hav-
ing been unsuccessful in the fight:
From the London Times, Jan,
The ANGLICAN civil war has entered into the
fourth year Of its duration So far ths predictions
of European observers have been verified and ii
seems inc J,nPreheHsAle how American al
tsiorites could have laken such inade qElte
measure of the calamity. Which side has suffered
most IN the conflict, or Is at the present moment
most capable Of sustaining the terrible pressure
all The resources OF the na ion s open to dispute
bat that pacific settlement of the quarrel Is less
possible than in the first year of the war is
cerLaia. Al! the evidence cOmpeis Us TO assume
that tHe struggle must continue. BY the last in
teilig, hce we can, NJ least, form estimate Of
how much of its avoWed objects has been attained.
The submission Of the Southern Confederacy 20
the old central power of the Republic Is the great
end tie war is To secure. The occupation or con
quest OF As much southern territory AS may compel
that Sijbmls the UY which the eucfd
ton is to re-estaDIh its authority. The abolition
of slavery was combined with the war as o"mi!i-
tary mea,ure'' only, though 1t is now made to ap
pear the principal motive of the hos ilities The
war cOmalenced in the summer of 1861. The
campaigns and battles of 1852 and 1888 are now
matters Of history. At the opening OF 1854, how
much Southern territory has the Northern Fede.N
ton gained; what has heen the effect of that occu-
patton on the policy of the Southern States, and
what progress has been made in the abolition OF
slavery
The greatest success OF the North was the cap
ture of Nick~hurg, which, it was asserted opened
the whole course Of the Mississippi, and divided
the rerocd states to the east aud west o; that
Tivtr. Yet by tue last accounts it is evident that
The great river of the West is not F.open' to navi
tiun The Federais hold New Orleans, al the
mouth Of the Mississippi, and many other points
III lis course, hut the stream il as much closed Tor
traffic when the COME rates g2rriSoned tickS
burg. Not Il steamer can pass up or down without
the risk of being attack by the Southern guerilla
bands on both bank The immense territory
WHCN inc liFSI NlEuS uJitEs an dtttbptN
to occupy it. The whole army OF Gen, Grant now
concentrated in East Tennessee would not saicc
10 ''conmand'' the Mississippi and keep ats uavI-
CATION open For the greater part OF It's COURSE
il runs through territory OF which the people,
cur correspondent says, are "htierv hostile 10
tie 3deraIs, and, as the actual consequence OF
such hostility, the river is closed. The same tiii
Gully is encountered on the inland lines OF COM
municaiion.
All the tr,-ps The North could raise would not be
enough to fight and protect many hundreds OF miles
of railway at the same tine. IL would require
100 600 men keep tie single line from the Mis-
81 .spri To Chattanooga in working order. The
distances appear to haiie all military skill, and so
diminish the value OF successful operation thai 1t
is followed by very slight results. Il country may
b. too tdrge far decSire Udy, dsd the .sde o tetoe
osntjtS iaterica seems ID pfocs the fat Napoleon
swept over everything between Paris aud Vienh;l
but Spain and Russi4 defet him and exhausted his
troops in q conflict with nature itself. Gen. Grant
Is contendug with the same kad OF diincn
ti-s while the Southern forces appear TO be rally
ing IN his front aud rear. II is evident that the
Federal occupation of Eastern Tennessee, even 1t
il b. maintained, will not bring the war nearer
tD copc Ision-
IN Virginia the sou,her.ers have lost 30 hing u
all tie campaigns. and every attempt tospenetrate
tiieir country in this direction has en deieated
The real task of the Army of the Potomac |, 10 de
fend W2shiu gton, which has as tr quentY beeu in
dagger of capture during the wara n. Richmond--
The siege of Charleston has failed and the fleet Of
monitors has suffered so much damase during the
operation, that ii venture within range of
the Confederate batteries. The blockade of the
Southern coast does rot deprive the people OF an
ample suppy oi imported articles, nor does The
depreciation Of their currency appear to disable
them from purchasing. Goods to the value OF
million dollars arrive in the port Of Wil,niHgtO
every four and twenty hours. The contra5rand
iuconvertibie South m notes. It seems also that
The descri tion of suffering and want endured in
the South given In the Northern journals, have
been grossly exaggerated.
The genera Stale OF affairs of the ConedeTacy,
and, what is more important, the feeling of the
people, indicate both ability and determination to
continue the struggle. They consider Mr.. Lin
lcon's last proclamation as a mere device TO Sc
cure political support in The NORTH It's tens they
regard with contempt Time enough has now
elapsed to test the effect Of his first proclamation
il reference TO slavery, From Mr. l.incoh's mes
sage to Congress, it appears that the toial numtsr
of slaves the Federal armies have liberated is @,
GOO This is The whole result OF tli;ee years tYlr
in the name of Abolition. Aud IL an aiptice
il has been 0biained For every negro thus Seed
il is calculated that three white men have been
xii ed in the contest ifte four millions OF blacks
d. ouIy be eniancipat at The SAME cost, the
calculation becomes something terrible, anu the
feelings OF humanity will be appealed TO OH behalf
of The sup riOr Tn. worst evil tina; has grow
out of the system of slavery is tbe Waf~carred on
to extiuguish it,
To be successful, the conquest OF Tie Southern
territory must be complete and, after all the waste
OF life aud moaey, most OF the task has still 10 be
done. What has been effected in tie WoiS OF abo-
liun is even less in proportion. The war has ii6e
rated onc husIdreh thousand negroes, leaving the
condition OF ;0iiiiens Of slaves uualteret.. Tan the
most bigote 4iilnihfopist assert that, as war OF
einauci patton, The conflict has been marked by
success? Or, taking IT as war OF conquest, has
the North gained territory eRoIeh from the South
to destroy its power Of resistance and make lis
turn the Union inevitable Ii either OF the OBJ
ects of the struggle had been obtained, the fourth
year 0fsihe war would not have found these ques-
tons open and unanswered.
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