The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-03-01

road to Bristol. 1t was rumOred in
Knoxville last week that a division of his
(Lcc's) army had already appeared in
East Tennessee. The expedition now
moving from Knoxville is to defeat this
movement, and, by again destroying the
railroad, render the transfer Of Lees
army west Of the mountains impossible.
TIE NEW YORK PAPERS ON TIE sITUA-
ssr1 TON.
The New York papers arc in a very
good humor with themselves just now.
They have completely corncrcd the
rebellion" in one of the "clbows of
the Mincio," and arc sitting down lock-
ing at the result. Tho Tribune finally
ssttles..us by this summing up:
Thus, day after day, and with capture
after capture, tho great game goes on to
it's elimination. Grant watching and
waiting at Petersburg, Sherman driving
on through South and North Carolina
with irresistible force, Schofield ad-
vancing from Wilmington, and Shcri-
dan ready to swoop up the Valley
This is the great picture on one SIDE;
and Oh the other, We have only Lee
trembling in his trenches, and Beaurc-
gard and Hardce stragslir. forward to
add their weakness to his. On the one
side, miserable, beaten, dcmoralized
mass Of men, perhaps sixty thousand
in Humber, and every man eager to de-
scrt; and on the other side, a confident,
effective and enthusiastic force of at
least two hundred thousand men, every
one eager to strike the last blow. No
one can question the result.
The New York Times is getting out a
series of Scwardisms to rc-assurc con-
qucrcd people. 1t wants. more than the
mere subugation Of the Confedcratcs
Whatever We desire beyond this, Sand
certainly we do desire a great deal
more.-must come from other agencies,
and be the fruit Of time. Cannon and
bayonets never yet won the love of any
people. no matter " neither the cause in
which they were used was right or
wrong. Whether the people of the
South will ever again feel strong afiec
ton for the old llag-whcthcr their hearts
will ever again respond with loving pride
to the music Of the Union, depends en-
tirely on the manner in which, as mem
bcrs and citizens Of it, they may hcreal
ter be treated We shall very soon,
without doubt, rc>cstablish our au
,hority over all the people of the South
crn States. We can, and shall, compel
them to obey our laws. But We cannot
compel them to love u.s. We can win
their confidence and their regard for the
National Government; and We can also
so exercise the authority We shall so
soon enjoy as to make them bate us to
the latest generation ten times worse
than they have hated us hitherto. 1t
remains to be seen whether we can be
wise as we'll as strong-whcthcr we can
take counsel of our judgment instead Of
our passions whether We can appcase
the resentmcnts of defeated foe by con-
qucring and everything our own.
The Herald is astonished to find that
the Yankee Congress has violated the
Constitution. It says:
Every day or two VIC have some new
evidence of blu1dc,ing in Congress-. 1t
has Just committed a stupid act which.
throws some Of its previous doin5s in
the shade It has by one votc-scvcnty-
two to seventy one decided to repeal
that portion of the confiscation ACT
which declares that the coniiscation Of
real estate shall not continue beyond the
lives OF rebel owners. The Constitution
Of the United States (artic!c three, sec
ton three declares that "no attaindcr
OF treason shall work corruption Of
blood Or forfeiture except during the
life of the person attained" 1t appears
incredible that legislators can be found
ignorant enough to pass law in viola
ton of so clear provision of the Con
stitution. But it may be that the Oh
iect is to repeal the confscation act alto
gcthcr In that view, such oddities of
legislation may be cxplainable.
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