The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-08-05
From the N. Y Herald.]
The EuIu War

If the British government is deter-
mined to make peace in Zululand, and
finds itself under the pressure of an alb
Isolute necessity in that respect, but fears
that it would be unsafe to make peace
save under cover of a victory, then the
hattie gained by Lord Chelmsford at
Ulundi will probably answer the purpose
as well as victory that would stand a
closer scrutiny. And that is perhaps
the policy. Her Majesty's government
must appear to, the British nation TO
have Crushed the sayages, otherwise !,
could only make peace In Africa at the
peril of having more troublesome enc
my on its hands in England. And in
order that the British people may be-
lieve the Zulus arecrushed it is mainly
necessary that government dispatches
and newspapers in the government in
terest should clamorously and persist
entity declare that the battle just fought
is d victory, is q decisive victory, aud
that Cetywayo must make peace; or that
il he will not make peace it does not
greatly matter, since the results OF the
victory will permanently cripple his ope-
rations. II that IS the purpose with
which almost everybody concerned has
declared that Lord Chelrnsford's battle
ends the war It is useless to critclse it,
for the ruses Of statecraft may come IN
der the same rule as songs in their i'm
munity from the support OF affidavit
and from areumentative opposition but
If it Should be seriously pretended in a
military sense that the war must come
to an end because Of that fight the out
side world will have to be convinced
II Cetywayo had twenty thousand men
and lost eight hundred, that did not Grip.
pile him as to, bis force. He has sgvt
nineteen thousand yet, and for him the
difference between nineteen thousand
and twenty thousand is not the same as
the difference between victory and anni-
hilatipn For Getty wayo the, loss OF
eight hundred men is bagatelle, 1t is
afact that he will not consider as Of any
moment wha,ever-a mere trivial mis-
adventure Yet in what other respect
did this battle hurt him? In none al
all, for the pretence put forth at one
moment that they had destroyed his
magazines and Stores in the kraal "a,
Ulundi is found to be false. He had
moved his stotes months since to new
ly built kraal far away, and at Ulundi
ltbey burned only an empty she'll, One
in search Of particular, snake who
should find and destroy the skin out Of
which that snake crept last year could
not fairly claim that he had hurt the
snake; yet that claim would be about the
same as the one that Chelmsford makes
when he says that in burning the ,aban
tdoned kraals at Ulnndi he, has accom-
4 plished the objects Of his expedition. =
/ The facts OF the war now are these =
fChelmsiord has not reached nor touched
any vital part Of the Zulu power; be die
not find and destroy Cetywayo's force
| on his march he was attacked by Getty,
wayo and repelled the attack with q loss
Ito himself which he has ineeniously un
derstated in his reports. That fight lef
Cetvwayo in the field with nineteen thou
sand men, accepting on this point tht
English reports. Since the fight Chelms
ford has retreated to point thirty mile
south Of Ulundi toward the sea. And
there is q chorus that the war is over. -
But they are counting without the Zulus
and there are some reasons to believ
THAT peace made in that country with
f out Cetywayo will not be permanentI
satisfactory. .s,,;,4 vg