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The Daily Dispatch: May 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], An English view of the war. (search)
which we presume that the water is not deep enough to float the gunboats. As the river is now at its fullest, and will fall with the advance of spring, it may be predicted that the ingenious scheme for avoiding the fortress will prove of little service to the invaders. The most remarkable part of the intelligence which we publish to-day is, however, the new Conscription bill which has been hurried through Congress. As the days of the Republican majority are numbered, and this very 4th of March sees many of the most warlike Representatives sent back to private life, the extravagance of their proceedings seems to have increased with the near prospect of Democratic ascendancy. A week or two ago we heard of a bill for enlisting 300,000 negroes; in other words, for raising an army out of a population which does not exist. This notable project has, for aught we know, become law; but, extravagant as it was, it hardly exceeds the new bill for the enrollment and conscription of the en