Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-10-31
Decline Of the Rebellion

If we cannot gain victories we can make
hopeful prophecies and comfort ourselves
with the hope that the rebellion will die,
some time, of its own inherent weakness.
The following paragraphs from the Phil
adelphia Press are "good reading = and
there is enough truth in them to make the
satisfaction they give legitimates.
The quarrel between Wise and Floyd is
not The only smoke thai conceals the boil
ing and tempestuous volcano now working
in The heart Of the Southern Conf.deracy.
You will see many more signs Of dis
agreements and divisions. There are al
ready two great parties in The Seeded
Siates-one composed Of violent and pro;
speclive men, like Davis of Mississippi, Ma
son, Wise aud Pryor Of Virginia, Cobb OF
Georgia, Slidell of Louisiana, Reagan aud
McCulloch Of Texas, and Zolicotfer of
Tennessee-and the other Of politicians like
Governor Brown of Georgia, Summers Of
Virginia, Magofiin and Powell Of Kentucky
George w Jones of Tennessee, Sebastian Of
Arkansas, ,Soale and Bouligny Of Louisiana,
who are supposed TO be in favor of peace
ful adjustment, and are free IN the express
sion OF their opinion that the war ought
never To hase taken place. Only a few
weeks ago the r chm nd Examiner d.
nounced Vice President Alexandei H. Ste.
vens as the pe,ied idol and hope Of every
corrupt spoiler aud jobber in the South.
Davis does not conceal his contempt for
the camp followers who We're forced to run
from the free siales 10 Richmond, and are
now there, either starving or poor, or ut
terly dependent upon such contracts as
they NAV be able Is extorL from him. Al
though there is really no money in the tres
urv of the traitors-their whole currency
being deprecated papers-these wretched
emissaries having no other resort, beg and
plead for employment of some kind. .is'i
% The poetry of the revolution is passing
away. The rich planters so willing to con-
tribute to the rebel leaders are beginning
to appreciate the folly Of the whole expert
ment, and the politicians who shouted so
loudly after Manassas look gloomiIy upon
the coming winter and wait in fear for in
telligerce from the Gulf and the mouth of
the Mississippi. ltis said that Governor
Aiken of South Carolina whose fortune has
been set down at n fabulous figure denoun
ces the heads Of the army and the mana
gers of The Provisional Government with
much severity, and such men as Governor
Manning of South Carolina, Duncan of
Alabama, the rich creoies of New Orleans
and the rich cotton, and sugar kings groan
with bitter agony under the burdens heaped
upon them. saw southern man yester-
day, who predicts if Mcclellan defeats
Beauregard, the whole traitors conspiracy
will fall like card castle, and that thous-
ands now held as it were in chains, and
forced to sing hosannas TO men and to
measures they despise, will break into
loud and irresistible complaints: Nothing
is more confrmaiory of these general views
than the tone Of such of the secession pa
pers as l have been enabled to glance over.
Although filled with brutal articles against
''the Lincoln army" and "the Yankees"
it is common thing to see in the, col
umns of the Charleston Mercury, the New
Orleans PicayuEe and the Montgomery
Advertiser the most malignant sneers a;
the want of tact, system and integrity in
the self-constituled administration OF the
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