The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-13

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JILL - s.9ssssss s.. : "a s :sS
- pA0es = aass - snalt
1lnaADussaslne C1ntasuA.
X1n1cDNrelsn on the Potomac is
e1es1 = - n lepes q our army are
hosoa nu1kH III, ~ courage nndAunt.
- i 49, ~ eonlshla Every man de-
- - lamDe19 - confidence in h,s
eee - l1ows 1T Ae VIII be sustained
NnssusaasA T1ay have . General who
- nsvG su14alnsa . dsfsA&, and an enemy
uAoa tAaV 1--we lsvsr met bat TO conquer.
31ag - o1e and q, o6Acen and men, int
pss1se9 W1tA H. belief that the Yankees are
a1e1t - nAke their 1nAl effort, and that II
80 "a ~ wil no longer have anything
xneEe 70 te1r 1eM them. They are eager TOT
- commencement Of actlvc operations, and
lmpuofent a The unavoidable delay.
GATH eeAs hAnd the Yankees will open
- cAmpalg1 With much smaller compara-
NJ sosee than they have been accustomed
- WIN an their boosting, and all their
1ylne. ~ ere con6deot that they will not
eroatav outaumOer Gen. Lee when the hour
foe action shau have arrived They cannot
aad greatly TO Granite force without detract-
- Rrea&ly from the force Of some other
0muNl . paaia proof that their resources
- % Tho vane, II not already approaching
10 point q exhaustion. At what point so
ssw q Gen Lee's line-in front, IN flank, or
In reaf-tAsy may make demonstration,
tAey wifmnss sasuredly be met with forces
v43 nnRly equal to their own. and we DO
not believe e possible for Yankee force,
however well commanded aud appointed, to
6ent n equal force Of Confedcrates, let them
beappointed and commanded as lily rs they
WaE. H. chances arc therefore vastly In oas.
hsos, and there h but one circumstance
which readers their chances a. good as they
were when the elnpaign Of 1868 opened.
4hat carcumstance h the possession of a
General superior to any they have ever yet.
had That Grant y man { { far more ener
q md ability than any that has yet COM
0anded the army Of the Potomac, cannot
"a 0snied Bat, then, what sort of men
hsve commanded IT. The imbeeile Mellow
ell The lying chaxlatan Mcclellan, the low,
brutal, ooasting poltroon Pope, the murder
NJ coward buTnside, the drunken braggar'
Hooker, ths timid. but gsntlemanly Meade.
That 0Eant h much superior leader to a!l
theee, cannot be denied. And yet, it may
BE- denied that he IL great General, since
he has never done anything to prove that he
= %. Let % eco what he has done. We
Ant hear OF him at Belmont, where
he was Gignally defeated and driven
% hia bos&s By Gen. Polk, and whence |
Re 1sted { lying bulletin claiming the
yictosy. He next appears before Fort
Doushou, where, with eighty full regiments, |
m enormous Aeet, and every advantage that
Z yast superiority in arms and equipments
could give them, he contzved, after des-
parste conflict Of three days, In which the
Coufedesates were uniformly victorious, to
capture the place with 1000 out Of e garrison
originally bat II 900 strong, having himself
Lost fully - many men IS were in the fort
A Few weeks after, with forces not more
than one.third - strong a. his own, he was
attacked BY Sydney Johnston at Shiloh and
routed % completely that. had not that great
laader been killed, his whole army would
have been destroyed. When reinforced by
Buef, cad while one-half the Confederate
army Wa dispersed In search Of plumber
among ne Ants Of the Yankees which they
I'D captured. he attacked Beauregard, and
was repalsed In every attempt. With 100,
msn, and the most powerful feet that had
ever been seen upon any river in the world,
no captured Vicksburg, after trial Of six
moaths. solely through the Incompetence of
Al 10 hnA hut
end divided them In such way as to present.
on the battlefield but fourth or fifth ofthe
enemy's force, and who persistestly dis
obeyed every order given him by his supe
yioc-Gen. Johnston. At Missionary Ridge,
hswas enabled to fall on Gen Bragg with an
army three Or four times - Numerous as
hs own. Repulsed In the pursuit by Gen
eral ClebuIue. he never afterwards dared to
make > movement In front, feeling himself
es much oSeEsHeo. In the presence OF Gen.
Johnston - Antony was in that of Cesar.
s9ueh b the man with whom Gen. Lee has
- contend, and such his career. His per-
foemances bear no comparison whatever to
those Of Gen. Lee. lie has hitherto cue
ceoaed by dint Of brute force. He has al
ways bad vastly superior numbers when he
hse bean victorious. The man who, with
suaaa uumbes and weak resources. contrives
% pessosm mighty deeds, Is the great Gere
N. 6nch SsnOt Grant, and sue 1 is General
Lea The latter has always fought against
immense odds. and has always been yictDri
Qua. Tsus, the Yankees tried to claim a
victory q 6harI sburg; bat the very fact tina.
they yere unable to pursue, and that they
aade no demonstration for three months
asw, proves that the claim was false. They
claimed mighty victory, too, at Gettys-
Apng; yet Il paralSzcd them for nearly o
year. Gen. Leo aos, for the flrst time, fights
nth pnmbess somewhat on AN equality
Can there be any doubt about the result p
For orr part, all We are afraid Of Is that cur
tropps are too full Of confidence
Gseaa Dsilain asa tho Iriah.
TIE hest commentary upon the pvofeesed
4sulsaalty 0fshe British Government In this
MH = ~ persistent eonnivANce In the large