The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-09-11
when Will the War End !

We hear this question repeated almost
constantly. and the answer Is. that
when the rebel armies arc crushed. the war
will end
From present appearances. the res
toration of peace Is not near at hand But
We trust that the present condition Of public
affairs will speedily undergo change for the
better The great thing. Is now 70 beat the
armies of the rebel government II this
result cannot be accomplished. We viii be
compelled. of course. to yiela our nationality
and recognize theirs.
But We believe the Federal Government
has the resources 70 crush the armies OF the
Southern Confederacy. II they are judi
ccusly and vigorously applied. To break
and defeat the gigantic armies opposed to Us.
we must fight them with armies larger and
we'll drilled and equipped. Ii is a hard mat
ter 20 mob we'll drilleds and veteran troops.
This experiment was tried recently at Rich
mond. Kentucky. and il proved expensive
failure. The time 70 mob the rebels has
gone by. We must oppose to them larger
and better forces than their own, and .hqat
them with such forces persistently and con
tinually This i the only inanner in which
We can achieve the result for which we
struggling our forces must be masscd 70
ge,hef and made % fght BATTLES a. great
aud powerful armies do when skillfally han.
died. before we can have an end 10 the
war
10 far We have fought with only small
divisions of our forces. and "A a consequence
have suffered the enemy TO beat us in de-
tail This kind of warfare is a disgrace to
good generalshp and blight 20 our cause
and should be stopped. The largest force
or our side engaged in any one battle. has
mot exceeded forty or fifty thousand men.
while in striking distance were immense
forces not usel at al With a repetition OF
this pole, Ne can never overthrow power.
fal enemy Our numbers will do Us no good
ii weefc beaten in detail The circum-
stances of the country require that our ar
mics &c combined As Ear as practicable. and
then 10 persistent and continual fighting-
Under the present. management "SroNEsALI
JACKSON with force Of forty thousand has
but little trouble in going wherever he
chooses. lie crosses the Potomac with thu
force IN the presence Of two hundred and
atty thousand Federal soldiers. and tho ,els
graph tells ~ that the Federal Government
regards his movements A. vets "aadsciaas
and s#Hadsnf." But such an opinion a.
thst. expressed BY any officer Of the govern.
ment. viii not make Sro>rwAll, feel much
ashamed Of himself A decisive defeat to
his forces would make BIN feel much more
unpleasant For hi< impudeuce and au-
dseion<nesi he shea'd be whipped gu, Of
Marylardsnd rs army DESTROYED He i
nevertheless teaching me Federal Com
mAnders MANY beneficial lessons. ani even
he Administration has had the conclusion
lu~csd upon u. sh4t ne are ahsolgiei, a
war With powerful cuemy The rebel
commanders are forcing eur armie, 10 battle.
aud may in this manner arouse the powers
that be, % a Consciousness 81 the peFil> thai
surround them
we have before .sAir,s our loses All
iA'ieTes Z" ne ear. s. the enemy
sEs m; Attributable &c 1s l. any wA..
The wsrts Of lie l.. sr-.r--t have All hc.,.
ssPpliei. Bat IA eo..a.s.l q our fsr,e.
there are naus bad Generals. Who .,iu r.
tain their commando. lot~isAstanliux their
iacompetency Is taliy expressed. 4 change