The New York herald., 1865-02-27

20 The South undertook The enterprise OF secession
with clear knowledge OF the fact that their success
would depend upon their ability 70 cope with power
four i've times strong, and the gage gladly
taken up by chivalrc volunteers OF fighting
each man two or three or four 70 one II has now be-
como question whether small armies of the enemy,
numbering the aggregate less than two hundred thou
sand mon shall be permitted 10 roam at viii over our
territory the presence OF than three times their
number OF anns.bearng Southern The enemy
boldly making this audacous experiment Apparently
despising the pusllanmity of our quanto chvary
they have thrown aside all caution and with tenlerty
nsultrg ~ u has hitherto been successful are boarding
manhood In is very homesteads IL he spirit Of the
South does not rise up and punish this nsolence subu
cation s not far of, and Il win shameuliy bcfa
that neither sympathy honor will attend in our
calamity. II the Southern people were without arms.
and uGsecustomcd 10 the use them II they were, from
long and hsbital oppression, without the instincts OF
Freedom, with every remnant OF courage and resolution
crushed out u them, the taking place
would not BE- surprising. But when VIC remember that
each individual OF the Elk hundred thousand resist
ants Is superior IN every mark and quality to each in
divdral among the invading forces; that he is
well armed and well skilled In tho use OF weapons;
hat 20 ar om being gchooed and educated 10 subord.
nation he has been reared with ideas OF Independence
! habits of command and IN the constant exercise of
authority-wc say when these things arc considered
the tame Submission of a great community OF such
people 70 the present condition OF Affairs would be the
most remarkable phenomenon that ever exhibited
human conduct II IL not credible that the Southern
people do intend 70 permit the nsolence Of the public
enemy exhibited IN hts present audac.ous expeditions
into tho Interior Of their country to pass with
a mere handful Of Yankees, foreigners and ne.
groes, will DO allowed to pass at will through
the heart Of their country. when a small portion
Of It's inhabitants could by raying together envelope
oyerwhslm and extefminatc them II the present
of the enemy permitted 10 be successfully
cued then II viii have become manifest that some tn
hetent dcmert in the itself iucradcable
fault In the authorities which direct public aars exists
10 parayze the cnages OF the country and lay open
the mockery Of the neanest and weakest external foe
that NAV choose 20 assail u.
II would be ingidious Ct the present moment 20
ment with any severity upon the particular communities
now Immediately invaded. That the State OF
South Carolina should have been overrun ara
put under the heel Of invader without q
great battle, aud almost without the drawing OF
blood; that North Carolina should think Of submitting
10 similar fate at like cheap expense 20 the enemy
are events that certainly could never have been antc
paied from the antcccdents OF the present struggle n
these grcat communities viii turn their eyes TO the po of
Virginia which has been the battle ground of The var
almost every foot Of VIII ch exhibits of the havoc
devastation that attend the steps Of INVASION those
communities VIII sec that invasion Is anything but the
equivalent af suhugaon, only n people arc true To
themselves II is proud fact only for the credit OF
Virginia but Of the SOUTH that these very districts OF this
Commonwealth which have felt the scourgc OF invasion
and OF most severely the onos In which the
spirit OF The inhabitants In tho most unsulducd ard
indomablc IL Is with no presumptuous pride ofen.
sive vanity that attention In thus invited % The rsou.
ton which Virginia has exhibited under accumulated and
proraced afversty; but u Is for the audbe purpose
or Encouraging the newly States by presenting an
example OF 0rttude and unialing patriotism worthy Of
imta. on aud full OF saufary admontiou IL IN NOT i'm.
possible that six hundred thousand brave men shali
succeed In subdnng and expeng from their borders
third their number o mercenary soldiers rendered ands
cious by unexpected and unmerted success who would
Immediately lose all courage after tho first decided re-
II the country be depressed and cncrvaed from
despair Of the capacity Of its rulers conduct the
great which have been confdcd 20 their
unworthy Lands It's hopes will revive under the partially
auspices by which the old state OF things has been
succeeded IL requires but revival OF popular conf
dence the and In tho direction OF military one
ratons bring out again the strength of the country
and " conrons the invader on every held with the