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The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], The lines East of the Blue Ridge — affairs in the Valley. (search)
ict wholesome punishment upon them whenever they undertook an adventure. In short, our foe is more than ever embarrassed by the magnitude of his attempt to crush the rebellion. He is in a cul de sac--a blind alley, and cannot see his way out. Our recognition by Europe will no doubt come to increase his confusion and his difficulties. Coerced recruits may fill skeleton regiments — Lincoln may boast and bluster, and Seward he and spin his artful webs — the satraps who emulate Butler and Slack may essay to crush the spirit of a few communities by cruelty and brutality, but it will be all in vain. These things cannot mend the dislocated vertebræ of the most hideous monster that ever shocked mankind. It is for us, by our energy and bravery, by our constancy and vigilance, to complete his destruction, now so plainly foreshadowed in the signs of the times. A consummation so glorious, so beneficial to humanity, is worth our most powerful exertions. Government nor people should paus