The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-29
ruP ASSES or TIE WAR,

tt1heQ IN +SSp1efc"S "''' '
lard writes as follows:
"va desire on,y 10 tei:' clone. "--5EFrET
toy DAVIS.
CONGRESS o. Montgomery, Ala, +" President
Davis undertook tue defence OF the rRnt Q
accession, aud crowned AZ elaborate arGl!
yncut With the declaration quoted above. |
vas on unfortunate and weak expression
very vulnerable, and ea.il, twisted I" H.
ou.roses of carica,,ue. II cane, indeed
10 bc extensively caricaturcd, and thu
Obtained popular quotation. much 5ga'is
the dignity Of the southern cause
Every rogue "dcsi'ed only to be lie
alonen: ii WAS the ludicIous excuse
for All sorts Of crime, when the newspapers
wanted 10 make o laugbing-stoCk Of m!
scspegrace, 10 situations Of embarrassment
HthS way from the police court to the bis
a u drama. 4 popular print in the shop
torc - Of northern cities illustrated th'
N-,'on and lampooned its author rs {
sr,nn,au, 20 OF with his pluudcr, al
EnryIsr max. rre foltrcs2cs, and shipSot
.y,rful of m;nia, money, "tnclc Sam
war and hscs Of 'ail$. and the detained
c)ingiug 10 his coat. 'reu innocence cN'
victim, with IN air Of inJ, escape ont % =: !.
claiming, az lie attempts IL &c '"s "'oi'e
window. II desire only 10 soutnci u
The aspiration of Mr.. DAVIS ~ "A a ,Ji'
ioacaudence could scarcely nav =" 'n u'
1,nfortunateIy expressed. II gave " -" "
.p.1 ;a;','I" ,,:,,;rI, WAS long used against
s,,,,i nnd wl,icl, vet occasionally sef'cs
TORN for popular deriS!on. :. c,.,vy,,
e r5scicd a chGage Of bns@. --'' h''A"A''
Whsn General Mcclellan was beaten De
fore Richmond and mad rctie'teo " ii', ,hn
sons landing he disguised. or rouse"' III.
disaster ly felegraphiug TO washington ,h:'
be b,d :. effected q change OF past ~.
o,,;;iaI STYLE Of expressing retreat i'i'
,,;shnd much laughter to the South, ana sup
,I;rd ipnumerablc witticisms and bC"'"'0lS
70 the newspapers. The polite e'iph,'is'il lol
all the fugacious displays came 10 W
81 change of base" II II general re'reatcu:
If a rogue dccsmpcd. if any one III cihoui,
,assinc circumstances "nIadc Dlln-eH ,o''tN'
McC1cllan's words came into u>c-'ie iuSt
two had only changed his ni>e' Iu'
Charleston .Ncrcury had the following S4"'"'
,.JIcre.,cr when scoundrcls ficicd on 81 ""orT'
lie need never rescn. In" disgrace,
Eut saw, Dear sir, Pm ctcrnniiE your
t'cl YOUR Kindness IN changing III! '''Se
whip 'ena riht c0ra.stGhS' -GESkRAL
WISE. .,o
Tue above was used to represent Tue
spiri: rather than the eNac; "ofGs ol He.tta'
Henrv 4. Wise in Al "lntervi'" wiz, ~,
Philade phiaI on the exc OF INC "'y LA!
V;roinia ,mss,.f! her ordinance CT s@'"19.gh
,ha ,n;,;t;a General. under his n0dt!lnG:
nlnmcs which he had mounted that day, aua
with I1ir of fint-luck r..ssolS In his hanas,
was assuring knot OF admirers, gathered et
the conversation, Of az easy conquest "
yankees" The amount of the iIerFieM
WAS that the South needed 10 Ml1sJ nu'
would make the Yankees run WIN 'os
old scrap.iron that country pI;'cAsLl.,l
might fashion into weapons or llley ih'S4lS
twist of the C0rn-Sta!ks IN ID" hciQs, atA'
with these drive of the paltry crew. mus
,,:nerrycr EASY victories were prophccica
In southern newspapers, or there was !"
talk about difficulty q arms, luck q, war hlI'-
terial, etc, in the Confectionery, II nc'ult
customary 10 ray. con, Hf WI Whil' vi
with corn-stalkS.' The sam" rep! ""'
ready to all that was told OF great prepare
lions in the North TO carry on Tie way IL
WIS tbn fashionable rooh-pouh whenever u
fearful Or calculating spirit h&d TO be re
!ukcd. Afterwurd The huaStlul Iuo!all"l
continued some time in Use n sc!!-dcrlslon
smcug southern men OF tl.cir own lpiiv-a
lud;c:2us reflection upon what had been
their expsc!uiions at he beginning OF lie
w.r. Gradually, howclcr, IL both an!!:cv
tions. the words fell INTO dsuSe az tie &r!r!i
o; the war bcC:llne more acl!nii", ana 80" ~
sppoiu.ments of the Soul: ii il a;c" 40 ~
Pheasant for even lhc r!Grlut de:Ljph .! I
scli.iniictud joke,
Bo,n3crA and Re d--a '---t'"'S"!cR
LE-caEa.
When Mcclellan, ii i.C1. We coming ny
';tno penin.ala" 10 !nEt-: Nithaoud ti!efe
WIS il that city 81 day q; excitement WHICH
has fiuCc become historical. 1t was ab-
rourccd one afternoon thar the Federal Heel
was ascending thc river, and ~ ,hc WnteF
avenue 10 the Confederate cHr'tal WAS thcn
aimoat open, ia. expectation Was imminent
nj q v,utse oi jrvu.clads appearing OF hock'
cts and hombardiu% the city. lhc hci's
were r,ng for general alarm. ana hlst,
and excited ccncoursc Of people soon n'lco
the CITY Hall. Manor Mayo addressed tn,'n
in tremulous tones, but wiiha spirit TO "hlct
his age and gray hairs afforded Il RENAL kab,'
contrast, lie said that no doubt Richmont
voald soon he under the ire o! the eiicny :
feet. AS there was M military communities
of the place. lohns'ou army being yet dls
t!ut, the demand ior Surrender would prob'
blv lie made upon himself, and his rcri,
would be to take Il m,lshCl MISUNDERSTANDING:
the near eighty years on biz shoulders, ail'
20 into the ranks of the defenders OF Il cll.
Ipat his ancestors had founded Great ~
phusc eusued, in the midSt Of which Gov
eruor iCtchcr arose. lie said lie bad hc,
ter reply IN reserve for the enemy than TIA
which "Cneic Joe" Uhc mayor had SUI
gceted They would probably make thcl
first demand OF him, rs chei magistrate ,
Virginia, when they had thtir guns trontc
on The capital anu Threatened tt open thel
fire. Well, he has his rcady-hl> andlenc
was strained 10 hear il. 1t should be brit
enough" Bonhard and be ID"
The energy with which these words wei
delivered was as Understandable Us the shout
which huiied them aud the popular admir-
ton which perpetuated them. II was the
the heroic period Of the war on the Soutller
s:de when scf-.acrGce WAS abundant an
wheu the spirit was very different from tn;
in which Richmond finally sunk and Win
pered. John NJ. Daniel. the editor Of IL
Richmond EromiRcr, was accustomed 10 81
that LetcAcr's laconics on the occasion rele
red to was The most eloquent speech that Il
South had YET produced, aud he lorsaye ii
Governor, who was otu,rWlSo his c>pcci
aversion, much on account OF this iplicltOl
specimen Of rhetoric. The FcdcraiS then
selves seem to have remembered the f,mou
defiance of the Virginia Governor 10 Ii
damage, for two years thereafter his own pr
vate house at Lexington WAS laid in n>iit
while the homes Of his neishborS wen
spared.
:" Ne cannut escape History. '-PREslpEN
LINCOLN.
This sentiment occurred in Que Of Pres
dent Linco!u's annual messages to the Coz
gress nj Washington. and il obtained IN ca
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