, 1865-03-13

! Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunal
| WASHINGTON, Saturday. March Ii,
| ING RICHMOND papers Of Thursday arc received
| me loAo"1ng Il an abstract OF the PRINCIPAL con
An .on+;.t From the Dispatch.1
All coniInues quiet on the lines obont pe+er.
burg and Richmond. The heayv Tafr" nr rest ss.s
aay oealn rendered the grounds nnat for III
scnn oeeured ~ datsns snaiE I'll rhe enemy on tbs ars
mostly negroes. 0A "1o'' aoops
lFrom the sentinel.1
s,IsHt t'o5s s1ans Is 20 exposed to superficial and
narre f9o az ours None Is better defended
unr tast Interior is almost fnacceseable and IN
PEE PIegnaoie. Our ocean and gull c0a.ts and m1r.
sra ooo u 1eilloIy along onr many navgable rivers
~ up:u 20 invasion and occupation By anY enemy
Especially was this the case when lie present Yar
ariIIe,v sra me 9aa no fey forts and but little
fsfu p ~ NE best navy and mercantile marine
mose; to- TIE pnrpcse Of invading the
OF war than Frame OF EnrIsnd: hi moazesaed -
more nser steamers than both of fnose nation:
combined. Taking proximity into account, they
10 cspar fp ess as either Of those nations
lal potter prepared than either to ascend or de-
eSena our hundreds Of 1aygable riyerp, to capturo
teflnss a}n Tn tns,s oapsa and to re-occupJ the
Norfolk; New Orleans, Nnehvllle and Memphis
econ 81. 10 consequence, into their hands. Nosi
~ " 81 na ~ "eIe prepared to SEQ all otheEs, and
The dttt eight months OF the war We had made up
% our minds that this would bc The case, and had
aeEse4 eh 4. o1selgs9 gs t1 the pEobabe
be strong and difficult Of accees, aud the enemy
co comparatively weak; where the advantage wonld
81 m ber ae 0p Our sl,nt sdas P ss
years delayed the necessity for those sacr1dca4
which We have lately msde. . Va should consrat-
n,. nai ,ht ths sy thus
OF supply, and acquired Bu1lciency OF army am
munition and other stores to carry on the war on
Is iii anSsp @eaatsny ns sasy + + as5F
difficulty OF recruiting hts exhausted ar
mles. We are now delivered from ali disadvsn-
of what vi. 1hen anpropiIioas and W valaerabo ] in il
cur territorial position. We hare exehan ed
weakness Of position Tor strength Of position;
posed for Inaccessible and 1mpIcgnable; and yct
1' ,ay md attfSsi3s wSins,a that few insonsde
baek and knees. That that vast intelior Is IN. ~
conquerable, few wlll deny; there arc no
Mea1srs, t.s ne gorgeous churches, no magnificent
q T. 1 ho Interior
may lire: We may he subjected to lead life that
nans-tenIhs ia q nanknd have ever led, and must
}sad natsad Ct repintn We should
present aid look bopefnliy to tie future. sach
an ordeal will make men and women OF m1ny Who
ase now bat well fed ANIMALS Instances and ex-
IN modern times, and H. contemporary
transactions teach M. The transfer Of the scene
ae hsh T. our 5s 5s
modern Or ancient, ,swcil and caretuliy esaminca,
ali @ae and lie asa avan,ee
Of ss1uatlon That renders some countries H.
[nost TO- IN. .,nsincth1e, and aisadyantaEe Of sitas-
Frcnchmen and !rtshmcn are *'among the very /
best soldiers. Yet It has alway. been an e1ay /
hey arg level. open countrlee. with no natural
'iIength Of locality to reslat invasion. The sig-
,al exception to this il La Veudce, In France,
narsh, r. country, and rendered almost iny1nclblc
The dykes Of Holland are memorable in history;
nd to them she owes her existence az q nation.
'asion and from conquest hy their monntata fast-
,eeses hnd surrounding seas. The te1y sands and
,eseri hills and monnsains Of Arabia, hayo made
,er ths cradle S Of liberty tsst b.. known no in
Southern Africa have rendered inytnctble popu-
alton that exhibits nan In his very lowesttyps,
whilst Northern Afrlea haa seen the last Of tie
ands. To invade England has ever been to con-
laer he5 because she Ia plain, level, open couE-
5ssn I'D
s1rcas slams In their mountain recesses success |
ely resisting all the force Of Rusaa, and Juarez,
*lth Ma little band oI Reppbltcans standing up In
Mexico nsu1nst the combined power Of Fraure
md MaNmllltan, are contemporary proofs |
= hat ..,I;nA nature is superior to the strength
handed. Nor is America without instances In |
hiEtory OF the efficacy Of natural ADVANTAGES or
,ositton: She has seen them conquer a Brad
lock. Burgoyne, = CORVALLIS, a packenham,
md defy IN the everglades Of Florida, for more
ian twenty yeafe, the whole power OF tho Unlpn |
3ut enough Of proofs and examples. God is q !
sod Of battles and it is he who axcs thcir condl-
ihons and determines their Issues. The SHOWS |
Il Russia, the sands OF Africa and Arabia the |
Mountains OF Switzerland, the marshes OF Wales. |
nd the expanse and fastntsses Of America, are
'ut fnstEuments in Ills hands. IL has bestowed |
ron Us the physical guarantees of independence. |
nd we arc certain to win It, unless nc choose to |
arn dogs and lick the dust under the feet Of our
cedly enemies. |