The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-04-16
Ffsm The london Tines, March IS.
THE IMPossIBiLITIES OF THE AMERICAN
WAR

WAR
All the intelligence and all the opinions
from America bring out into strong relipf
the existence VI very great pnaer and very
great spirit on both SIDES Of the conflict.
After the Federal reverses af last wear, we
leard Of nothing but the mistaken resolution
and unwearied energy Of the North, which
only wanted lllie more training and dis
etpttue t. ,io 81! II desired. The recent
Confederate reverses have the very same el-
fec ~ sending u renewed assurance # the
Southern determination 10 continue resis-
lance through al! i, possible phases, down
To tile guerilla warfare Ut pam and Mexico,
even though, as 10 the latter case. there
should pn,ue an interminable anarchy
At this distance il is useless 10 discuss
the expected operations, whlrh before this
will have been commenced with more nr les
effect. II is probably decided BY this time
whether General Mcclellan could torn the
left nf the Confederate lorce., aud, by rein
forcing General Backs and Stone. get 10 th-
rear 1T tie enemy and obtain possession ut
Richmond. 4 third victory 20 Trnnessee
viii have secured the western half oi that
State TO the Federal SIDE. or 2 defeat will
haze rendered fruitless an tile blood sled at
Fufis iitnr, and nouelson. The superiurity
nf the North IN numbers, IN wealth. AM ln
the means 1T lucpmotiun, makes il probable
that they have followed up their victory, and
established themselves a. thoroughly on the
west III the chef seeding States a. they
have, by means Of lheir fleets, on the east
and south. But. on the mu.l favorable sup.
position Tor the Federal cause, We have only
arrived al tie questions, whether We do IN
deed see the beginning Of the end, aid what
thnt end i likely 10 be. We see 10 antici-
patton or prophetic ,isiun Of that end IL any
oT the communications from either side OF
the war.
The Fedeals talk only OF present victory.
and seem 10 Look no further into the future.
Ihe Confederate advocates talk Of deSasta-
tinn and ,IcpopnlaIian, oI burning cities. de.
stroyirg food, tearing up rails, and reducing
the country a. a state ot nature, OF guerrilla
warfare aud mutual determination. This ls
not looking to any end. bit rather dwelling
upon tie horrid process Of war, as u the
snirit that had been reused found satisfaction
more IN the means than in Che end. These
fearful antitipations are probably only too
true. The tome on both sides is thai Of bat.
ter aud insultiug defiance. North aud South
rail al one another much as the lloTelc
combatanis did before tie fatal interchange
of speats. But ihete is this unhappy differ
ence-the poet manages 70 dispose OF one
combatant, ard 50 gives instant and entire
effect 10 the menaces on at least one side OF
the duel. In this case. the abuse, the threats.
the deGancrs, the determination. threaten 20
be endless. aud from both sides we gather
the Iamrnlsblc truth that, as far as the eye
can scan the American horizon, there 10
nothing but war.
But when both sides see no conclusion o.
war EXCEPT the exchange of one fern oi war
far another. aud transition from order to
disorder. from method to madness, II remains