The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-13
Things In General.


The great object Of all the Yankee taids,
At this particular crisis, 10 three foll. First,
they hop, to starve eight millions Of peo-
pie Into submission, as intimated by Seward
In his letter Of instruction to his Minister
at Copenhagen. Secondly, they hope 10
starvc the population Of Richmond into the
hamor for hailiag them a. dcliverers. Lastly
and principally, they hope TO starve Lees
army. aud thereby force him to abandon
h,s position. These are hopeful pr, jecss,
II mus. be confessed. and well worthy Of
the brain tha. conceived them. The only
fault with them is that they are altogether
imperative. These raids may cause vast
deal OF private distress; in some instances
they have already ruined individuals. Bat
instead Of making any man more dcsirous
of peace, they only excite the spirit OF ven
gcance, aud stimulate to continued eXer-
tion. They make the Yankee name more
hated than it was even before the war, and
that Is the very spirit which VIC are glad TO
sec excited. They teach the people that
war, everlasting war, is preferable to sub
mission or even to compromise. AS to
their effect upon Gen. Lees operations they
will have none whatever. They will not
gain Grant an inch Of ground or single
advantage Lee has him BY the throat, and
he will not release him, let him plunge and
kick q. he may.
In the meantime the truth begins to leak
ont at the North. The Times, for whatso
ever purpose 1t is not material, 90 tar as We
are concerned, has told the truth, in modi-
fed form at least. 1t has revealed the fact,
so carefully concealed ny Stanton, that
Grant was badly beaten on the morning ot
the 81 OF June, and although the Herald
came instantly to the rescue, it was too late.
Grant Was not nominated ut Baltimore, ana
Lincoln was Gold went up to l941ll, and
Grant stock came down to zero with run.
For our own part we are glad to hear that
Lincoln has received the nomination. When
some enterprisiug partisan off Ger of the
Revolution proposed to carry of Sir VIII
liam Howe from the midst Of his army,
Washington put his veto upon It at once
He had no doubt that it was feasible; but
Howe hal conducted the war rs stupidity as
1t was possible for any man to conduct it,
and any change whatever could not bat be
for the British interest. Let him stay, for
fear Of a successor who might not be quite
such an inbeclie. so We say OF Old Abe
1t wonld be Impossible u ddd another such
ass in the United States, and Therefore
We say let him stay. We, at least Of the
Confetieracy, on.,ht tn he satisfied with him
for he has conducted The war exactly as VIC
Ought to wish il to Ire conducted. He has
couRrme ed those that We're wagering, heated
red hot those who were luke warm
made those Jealous who were careless,
converted cold Indifference into furious
passion, and calculating neutrality into
burning patriotism. AS for the military
operations conceived and executed under his
auspices, surely we have no right to com
plain. No service ever had SO many blum
dering officers, and no campaigns were ever
conducted with greater stupidity. For these
reasons We are decidedly in favor of Old
Abe, and if We could command million OF
votes In Yankeedom he should have them
ALL He has made the South the most united
people that ever went forth to battle with
m invader; and for that he deserves the
lively gratitude of every Southern man. II
anything could add to the obligations under
which We lie to the Baltimore Convention
it would he found in the nomination OF
Andrew Johnson the man Of all Others
most detested in the South, and the most
likely to keep together the parties already
united in one solid mass Tor the prosecution
OF the. war. Convinced, as VIC are. that
nobody not In favor Of continuing the war
conduct it 50 foolishiy, VIC so for this
ticket.