Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-22
Hopeful Aspects oftI,e war.

The public mind is much more hopeful
than it has been for long time in regard
to the war. There are signs of activity
and of earnestness in various quarters,
which have done much toward meeting
the universal demand of the people for
yigor and energy on the part of the
Government The successes OfOur armies
in the West,-The expulsion Of the rebels
from Kentucky and Middle Tennessee,
the victories of Gen. Curtis, and the COM
plete reduction Of his Department to the
National sway, have been received as
proofs that kindred triumphs will follow
kindred efforts wherever they may be put
forth.
Everything indicates the purpose of
the Government to press the war with
equal vigor in the East The Army of
the Potomac received permptory order
early in October to move forward and
force the rebels to q battle Gen. Nc
Clellan was removed from command be-
cause he would not obey that order. In
these two facts we have all the assurance
we can require that the Government is
determined to push the rebel forees now
between Richmond and Washington with
all the energy and yigor it can command.
Hitherto the ruling policy has been one
of delay; hereafter it is to DO one of
aotiun. More hazard unquestiOnably at
tends the latter than the former. An
army which fights is more liable to defeat
than one which does not. But the only
use Of an army consists in it's fighting,-
and there can be no such thing as car
Fying on war without taking risks. The
country IS willing to incur hazards for the
sake of the advantages which bold aud
And it takes heart and courage from, the
indications that such a policy is to be
hereafter pursued 3al=-IllslaI saataf
There is little doubt, moreover, that the
attack on the rebellion is to be made in
| other quarters. tits 4 matter of notoriety
that powerful expeditions are fitting out 70
operate at various points on the Southern
coast We have formidable fleet of iron
clad vessels just ready for active service,
which can cover the landing Of artillery
aud Infantry enough 10 taksand hold every
southern seaport. Whether right or wrong
| in their coniectures, the country has come
10 believe that very early in the coming
winter we shall have Charlestou, SaVan-
nah and Mobile in our possession-that the
Mississippi will be completely in our hands
that the rebels will thus be entirely cut
of from Texas and Arkansas, from which
hitherto they have drawn q very large pOr-
ton of their supplies-and that We shall
put an end to violations OF the blockade
aud TO all questions which foreign nations
may raise in regard 70 it These will be
substantial resultsj and the people look for
ward with confidence to their speedy
achievement. ---t'.'
They expect, too, that movements will
be made to penetrate tue heart of the rebel
States by ascending the rivers which lead
into their most deusely settled and most
productive regions. GunbOats, which the
rebels are utterly unable TO withstand, can
ascend the SAutee, the Savannah, the
ChattahoOchy, the Alabama, the branches
Ofthe Mississippi, aud other streams which
penetrate the interior of the eotton-growing
States, aud promptly make themselves
masters Of the rich plantations which lie
along their borders, aud OF the million and
a half Of slaves by which they are eultiVa-
ted. There is bat one way IN which the
rebels can resist this movement Of invasion
and that is by recalling their troops from
their Northern frontier: and the moment
this is done their whole country Is thrown
open to our advancing forces. This is IN
Questiona6ly the shortest way 20 end the
war, and, therefore, il Il the most humane.
. There eau be no doubt that the result of
the recent elections has been TO stimulate
the Administration TO Increased activity
II has been rightly interpreted-not as 4
verdict against The war, but as q protest
f6gaiuBt the tardy, Ineffective manuer ia
which the war had been carried on. ETen
the Richmond papers, largely As they eoun-
ted upon Democratic victories atthe North
as likely 70 aid the rebel cause, fail 70 Ind