Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-06

former. We arc relatively stronger nov 'nsh -,
f,rmer psr,oa of the var; AS 10 the latter We can
ca, Tho, we lk not believe there is the
ION in the resolution N our people TO continue
,h contest until its object shall be achieved lfele
No less srsor but there IL, perhaps, even more
,,.r,oina sn than during those first mDnths when
- tr;Iir,t victory was followed BY so Tong and so
,i,nccroua A period OF langisS and ietharsy. :: /.
One thing is certain, that while he area 0l terri4
tory and consequently the emoGnl OF population
subject to our Jurisdiction have been more or less
circum. ufeed by invasion and hostile occupancy,
We have commenced each succeeding. 'Esar: WIN.
larger forces and greater resources, In the aggre
uate than eyer before. This tact may engUie W 70
estimate the; strength or at least, s9rsiuIty Of ee
original impulse. 1t shows, at al! eTeht pa' q mas
suffered no material deelhe. =. = - :
With the Yankees, on The other band, The ease =
very different We have been ~ the. habit " ylria
ing. without question, 90 their annual anaQri'ce'
,b,,t ,f Immense sAd unparalleled forces TO DC
Gathered together for our DESTRUCTION. sohtentihg
ourselves With preparing for the conflict and meet
my and il possible, defeating, Il,e enuEhnaS hosts
or the invaders. But We think IL is nn9nest4SHabiy
true that each succeeding spring has w!ssessed
marked dec Lne III the military STA sngth.dT tue enc
nay, fhey have never since succee ded IN hiasslng
so NAM meu as during that campaign Which Wiz
nessedthe capture OF hew Orleans tue iall ~ furt
oneis0u and Nashville, thu retFe"t from CUrinth
and the evacuation OF Southern ATkaiisEs' LaSs
1Iiug although they concentrated imu'en'e toFceS,
m ,t,l al their forces was below silat Of lIhcI u
. ure,iou, wears; sud they ahle 70 ierp Iilei
,rm,s, IN the neld daring the 5umiueG only'sy tho
uss o, hundred DAY volunteers, and 10y the sbanVn7
meut oil garrisOus and the evacuation OF Large pof
ZION, OF our territory previously held IN state ~
,u, c.n,ucst. 1t now reIuains- 10 be seen whether
tb., viii be able ii conineiec the neat campaign
Nth forces equal iii nulneatai strength 10 Ihose
hitherto employ cd. g.
h.lie,, they must fail ia TINS effort, aud II ttH
c.u u will show that the strength OF tht original
,,nrI,r impulse at the North has been altosether
vh,,st.J. and that II cannot De replaced eNeG BY
,h. almost Unlimited power at command of tie
V.sbingtop despotsm. rhe 800 OOO neu called lot
Ia, Iinroln would barely iii the lankee ranks Is
the standard or last August, after the disastrO9S
campaign and enormous losses Of the RappahNunock
md the lanes and Red River But these 5OO,Op0,
who IT is 10 be remembered, are only To nil de
.;encir, IN the previous draft, Will never be OBJ
Ea,neJ Already the great city OF New York, Which
was assessed Tor 1851 men, Is scaled down 10 ess
than OUU and may believe that similar process
viii eriel an equivalent elimination Throughout the
country Ia this proportion Is, 900 VIII lie about The
number obtained il response ~ the call Tor 500 900.
But what sort OF an army WIN the Yankee army be
when it receives these 49, 900 recruits in its races
A.. Ia. a.
u holiday soldiers il comparison. a corrsspCl-
lent f.Jhe New York Times gives us some o.
formation from which We may judge both %,
the prospect OF geTang together a new Yam
Kec army aud Of It's prospective character when it
i, raised. - The papers" says this correspondent,
" tell Ia g,eefuy OF the rapdity with which enrol
ments are being made presently We hear every
town and village boasting that it has iped up its
quota But, lie asks, - where arc the soldiers?'A
The bounty has been paid; the men have been o,
rolled the lists closed che draft is comnIctoJ
but the soldiers about substantial hs the sha
iowy hosts that wander by the Styseaa stream br
rs useful in combat as Tdlstad's bucram.c clad war
riors. BY way OF illustration, the correspondent
giSes the case Of single regiment-tle 9Th n. Fl
Volunteers Since August last there have been sent
to that regiment '62S recruits. or these. Ia7 de
serted on the passage So deserted to the Confede-
rates from the picket line, Sc deserted to the fear
were discharged as utterly worthless, and others
have been seat back-leaying only S5s TO fight for
the Union and tho Old Flag, oC whom many more.
the writer SAYS, viii probably initiate thSexample of
their fugacious comrndes Some of the re-
cruits furnished, we are told, were iucurabk
and gariIgy diseased confirmed cfipples
aud tie like, which is clearly robbing the grave
others were boys of fourteen, which is plainly
thett from the cradle and others were rnaniacs or
hots which is an invasion of the right. Of Bedlam
il is OF such stuff this that the Yankee army is
now in part composedi and of just such stuff it
viii, before very long, be entirely formep Let the
great Ulysses think Of this when next lie WHITES an
essay on the composition OF aImies If We have had
to the young and the old to repienish bur
armies, pt least set our troops ia, drable in
contrast with the confessed thieves professional dc
serters, escaped conyictS unatlcs, idiots and Grip
pie who compose the enthusiastic hosts now rally
ing to the defence of the '.best Government the
world ever saw, and responsns so n6bly TO their
country's call,