Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-08-09
THE FUTURE.

The prevailing impression among those who
are beet informed Is, that ws are mersly ON .bs
thresholdSo Sof great struggle, and that our In.
dependeuce can only DO achieved by the los,
| of many lives and the expenditure Of much
trensure With regard to the result, not q
! doubt is entertained; but as to the final con-
! summation, the glorious achievement, the feel
ing is one of exultant confidence. Six millions
OF freemen fighting in defence of their altars
and hte'ides are inviscible by any force that
the enemy can bring against them. But the
future can alone disclose. at what price the
victory is to be purchased, how great are to be
our sacrifices, and though what scenes of ra =
pine and of blood. We may be called to win
our way to Independence. We have to deal
with an enemy of great resources-.strong in
money and in mon-proudly confident in his
own strength, and in his ability to suLdus u,
That enemy has been ignomiuiously routed
but his strength 10 yet unbroken. his spirit un.
subdued. and defeat perheps will only quicken
the Preparations to retrieve it. The reputation
Of their Statesmen, tho honor of their G enerals,
the character of their soldiery, tho spirit of
their people. are all smarting under tho odium
Of dsgraceful rout and they are more or
less than men il they do not make another
effort to retrieve what they have lost, and 10
win back victory to their standard. Congress
has committed TO tho Executive the purse and
the sword, aud We may we'll believe that as
long as Lincoln 10 able to fill the one by forced
loans or direct taxation, or wicld the other by
nn army drafted into the service. 40 long will
the war be vigorously prosecuted. Tho re.c-
tion may come. but the eud is not yet-the
spirit OF the people is yet unsubdued, and
nothing but disastrous defeat will be able to
quell their mad fanaticien,, and luss fo, cen
quest. Let them rally their forces-our prep.
aration shall be commensurate with theirs.
Our voluntary contributions shall distance
their forced exactions. aud FIVE hundred thou
sand of our hardy sons will defeat
ga multitude, like which the populous North.
Pour'd never from her frozen 1ons, 10 pass
Rhene or the Dannw, when her barbarous sons
Came like deluge on the South, md spread
Beneath Gibraltar TO the Lybiau sands
1t is probable that the Confederate Congress
will increase our force in the field to 500 900
troops. This number has been recommended
by the Secretary of War, aud We see that Con.
gress has already passed bill providing for a
largo increase of the army-the provisions of
which have not been disclosed. The Confcd-
ernte States can asily raise 500. 900 troops-
10 per c.nt. upon their white population will
give the number. The white population Of
our State is a little over 100000. and 10 per
cent. upon this number would FIX our coutribu.
ton at 10000. large army must be raised,
nd .oo6 -.
is only in this wny that tho conflict is to be
brought to speedy close, and our Independ-
ence achieved. Let no one among us capable
OF bearing arms calculate upon exemption
Our country calls for it's strong arms and stout
hearts "The Phil is.ines are upon u.s." and
we must strike for our liberties.