Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-28

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ltarior ts so and hollow because Vt "
matter aud soiiFs have gone from ne eeliff
20 abe cisc iFniSEe4ee h9Yld Deysse IN, n,
fQls tie RsgihheH Pi H "lne M f an
soon Sspses b he's ,agsSqape y 4S eh q i, an
esa, II ilfsson 80 found 70 ssarp with gusll1ias
or with mora ioTlndsble bsnds. LSen shostp ,. a
pa6iiication Ike that 9f Poland be efected} tlo
perInaAeDt occupation Of, the country " -" r.
arlnies may be Indispensable tor maintaining ~,
the South is made soit ana houon "a Wv ,,r,% how
reason of the bone and MUSCLE OF the country nay
inc gone to fight on the borders, We can easily IoIe-
see what will be the state Of things Wheh the! re-
turn whether of their own accord OF D!
We don't know what may surprise Ihe ,e Guy,
but we do no, think.that any impartial weh-hiorm-
eJ snectator will he at all surprised TO lind the
greatest dilenltes Of ,he North begin " 'ie 'er!
moment when the sanguine American temperament
has Just taken for granted they are a' an nus anu
the Union restored Mere military Occupation Is
not Cancellation, any more than the helpcssnee VI a
people under martial law is paciication or sotude
naace According to the theory OF the federal them-
selves the dispersion OF the Southern armies on
the borders only mean the crea'iVh vi a, Nes'
and formidable guerilla force all over the oou.heIh
States Even if these millions Of guerllas Shouiu
L. ,Ved into state of inactivity, and merely latent
hostility what sort of "lOyal subjects oil the Union
are they likely TO make viii the state Oh tsrpld
stagnation which military occupatioh-Whch Is an
that martial law is capable oil prOdueihg-pe worth
IL e.
Tbsse are the difficulties which the North does not
seem To dream Of Their character Of mind recalls
that which Bacon SO well describes as mapliestlng
itself in setting about building ship before mate
r;sls enough have been collected TO make boat
When they tell us that they have only TO crack
the she'll OF the South to get at the chicken, one
is reminded how eager they are to reckon thetr
chickens before they are hatcfed This peculiar
sanrune temperament may be happy one under
some ircuInsi ances bun 1t is one that IS doomed 10
nernetuaI disappontments. ut as the prize Is be-
iey,d 10 be within reach it melts into thin air and
vauishes aud whole vista OF tOrpldabie dliheultes
rise lip and take its place. we have Jusl seen ac
counts Ia the Northern papers OF now shmPt
the Federal army Jared on its march OF 800 miles
The breadth of country il covered was about fifty or
fsixty miles These figures multiplied into each other
give an Area of Is 900 or Ia 900 square miles enpt
led of their wealth ana substance. TINS sort of
filing will have marked effect on the Southerners
of course, but 1t may be doubted II 1t VIII make
them feel any stopg friendship or affection for
the FederalS. But before the southern states
can be overcome and occupied such marches will
have to be made all over the Contederacy, until
every pont of il is like the broad belt Of deSolation
swept by Sherman's army. We are assuming that
there is no wanton destruction, for distinctions
sake but only that the armies live on the country
and make the war support itself 1t will probably
be found that though the Southern shell may be
pierced here and there, it will, as whole, not be
broken but contract under external pressure Unto
hard kernel that will prove impenetraole OF ut
least quite unmanageable.
the s'sHENAND0AH' -ESPO9cENEST OF THE FOREIGN
ENLISTMENT ACT IN ENGLAND.
LryrRpooI.. January 5, ls65.-Capt. Corbett, who
commanded the steamer Sea King now the pirate
Shenandoah on her voyage from London TO Made
ria, has been arrested for violating the Enlistment
act in enlisting men for the rebel navy.