Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-10-26
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Soon or Late.-An Appeal.

VINO mas made gold his god, and who,
therefore, will do nothing for his country,
but, if interest SO bid, will work treacher.
ou'ly against her, There is. now and then
a cold. petty spirit, shut in by its own
daily narrowing walls, and whose heart
the slow fires of seldshness have long since
shriveled into ashes. He too, will stand
aloof. There creeps, here and there, a
natural coward, who, like Morrison in
Rob Roy, would, under any conditions,
hug the "poor boon of life III live any.
where, live anyhow, though life wss not
worth living. Let them all 60! The
vretches are not wanted.
AL others, we Judge, while confident
Of her success, are willing, soou or late, to
strain their strength to the cracking of the
last sinew--to pour out all their means
and surplus to the susteuance of life and
if absolutely needful, to lay down life it.
self as holocaust self.saori6ced to the
freedom, aud happiness, and honor to their
land. Yes, soon or late" there's the
rub" The great, the urgent question
the question of to day-is, shall it be soon,
or shall it DO late Soon, is our fervent
prayer ; soon, is our heartfelt trust. The
chief hindrauces to quicker or stronger
action appear to be three, viz ;--diffcul.
ties inherent to the case over confidence
and au ignorance of the value of celebrity
in economizng labor, means aud men.
None but the experienced can tell the
hindrance. existing, even in cities, in the
way of collecting, organizing, supplying,
marching even single company. he
men halt FOR the officers the officers wal,
fer the men two or three companies lin
ger TO become a regiment regiment
loiters to swell into Il brigade and, per-
haps, all tarry for orders or supplies from
the higher authorities. These hindtances
are still greater in the country, and in
crease the farther one goes into the far
interior. But We need not dwell on these
delays. They are easily overcome or
shortened by energy and zeal.
The masses Of the people, and many
others also, having seen and heard of so
many troops forwarded, and of such vast
preparations made and making by sea and
land, naturally think the cause already
safe. And SO it is safe in the long run
for even another Manassas disaster, we
believe would only swell the popular spirit
to higher food though it is hard to say
how many of them it would take, cause
lessly incurred, to produce great discour.
ngemcnt--if net worse. But do men re.
quire disasters, to arouse them =! Why
not foreshun them by instant preparation!
Besides, we are not to stand on the defen-
sive. This is war of attack on Rebels,
to recover a revolted third Of the country.
10 attain the objects of the war, to punish
the traitors aud restore the Union, We need
two hundred thousand mere men, and we
need them soon.
1t is ueedtul, not only to hold Western
Virginia, but to seize Eastern Tennessee,
and succor its distress d patriots. With
our hand grsspipg, like vice, the noun.
tam ridge from Maryland to Alabama, we
hold tight the backbone OF rebellion -
This requires at least one hundred thous
and men, where there are now not fifty
thousand. II seems Idle to speak of how
essential is the retention OF Kentucky aud
Missouri. They aud the regions around
and below require fifty thousand more
.r0Ops. II the people ony knew OF all
,hese necessities, they would rush to he
'escue now, and not bye and.bye.
But, more than all, if they realized bow I
much they would save i'll toll, means,
grief and blood, by making the struggle
hort as we'll as sure, they would be
prompt, both by humanity and economy,
o do all they propose doing today, and ,
rot to morrow. They are lending their
money freely to the Government, expect,
ng it TO be economical. They themselves,
letter than the Government, can econo-
nize their money by doing the fighting
his autumn, which else would be done next
winter or next 'pFing. The Government
5 now ezpending some .hree.qunrters Of
million dollars daily. How long is that
o last! The louger i. lasts the heavier
he cost not merely by the added days,
'ut by the added cost per day. For each
dded day more men must be had more
!ificalties met The Rebels are daily
aiming more arms, dailv strengthening
heir positions. Two men mustered now
will be worth four next January. Their
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