The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-04-09
THE WAR MUST BE- ENDED.


ratner earlier than any "ne expected. but
already We catch The expected phrase, b,rne
in confidential whispers across the Atlantic.
1t has fund birth ~ Walt street, il stirs
genlly in its Grad e, aud it is ssathed in un-
convertible rags M me yrt dares 10 own
il openly. The thousands of ,ullures who
are living upon tneir prey Would -cteam
horr bly, and attack with beak, and claws
any one Who ,h,ud wi'hout adequate pow
er, interferr with their banquet Du .ill the
phrase il heard. and il Is gr6wng into
more patent voice" La soms way or other
this war must be settled"
"Wait while; wait Just ninety days,
and the rebellion will b. crushed, ri is still
the cry; as 4 ha. been for t,rice ninety DAYS.
ii cry It the contractors, the Government
officials. the fanatics. aud ali who End power
or profit or distinction in this civil war.
The merchants ani bankers and trading
classes have waited, AM what do they see ?
They see the Atlantic cities wiihering from
hour to hour; they see the warehouses emp
ty, the larger dwelling h"uses untenanted,
property valueless, and trade dying. They
see wasteful and corrupt expenditure Of
half million sterling every day, and no
results except an accelerated pace towards
NATIONAL insolvency and general ruin. Still
they are tuid 10 wait another ainety DAYS,
and all will be we'll. II may be well for
those smart individuals. who by thar time
will have gathered all they can hope to gain.
have realized their plumber, and lodged il
where waste paper is not legal tender.
But will il be well with the owners Of house
property in the East, who are now letting
their stores renr-free TO any me who will
pay the ratess Will il be well with the
pour and thrifty producers Of the West,
who are condemned by the Constitution to
be taxed in ratio proportoned 10 p0pula-
ton and MT 10 property? VIII II be well
W th the holders Of STATE bonds. which were
hitherto hnling a rrspecraufe positiss as
securities, but must now be oyerlaid by the
mountain of National debis Will il be
well, either, with the holders Of the Federal
State securities and the pussessors of-paper
money. who will look around in vain for
some sources whence their claims may be
met, aud will awake to the reality that their
property is but an illusion and dream 7
This is all that those who wait will ever see.
The very JOY and exultation which the "suc-
cesses," af the past few weeks have caused
IN the North show how little the promoters
Of this war really expect thar absolute con-
quest which they promise. The capture OF
an earthn ork On the Tennessee river, even
if il be followed by the capture Of the
stronger neighboring fort upon the river
Cumberland, IS only one Of The first OF
long series Of military preparations tor a
camp ,lgn in Kentucky and Tennessee. i
the invaders should obtain this success, its
use will be to enable them TO feed the army
which has advanced through Kentucky, aud
10 keep Il in working orler Tor operating on
theatre 500 miles distant from the oppUs
ing armies on the Potomac. A year OF sue
ccs.es would only give them military pos
sessian Of two States which we're never a.
mnrg The most jealous 10 the Southern
cause. As u the descrnts upon the coast,
they are ann yances rtlher Than wounds,
They are bu, like The burning darts which
thr Spaniard thrusi- INTO the TANKS Of a
sluggish bal TO sting him trum his defensive
posture. A hundred such victories aud
such inroads as these tell unihing towards
the conquest Of country II as large Is
Europe, II that country he really earnest in
its nMn defe ce. l'he Southern States be-.
fore they rryolted must have expected all
this aud much more. We have always IN
Europe giyen the Narth credit fnr first sue
s,es very gre,tly superior 70 these, and
have reck med thar heir real dlfticuItie.
would only commence when they had mss
tered The great strageiic p .ini> throughou,
the south. AZ The rate al which The war /,
now proceeding it will take. not ninety
days, Dui ninely years e. crush this rebel
linn !" sud the respective grand.ons OF Gen
eral Mct lrlan aud General Beaureg rC
may a, last tight out the battle Tor Manas
sas.
Wal street" begins 10 see all this NOR,
CLEARLY. Ii was worth a costly experimeB
10 retain that rich Southern business, ant
New York will be hard put 10 il either e
4 win il back or 70 do withoutit. But the CAPT
tsiists have now come TO the conclusion ina
the game Is up, aud that the experiment, i
passing out af their hands. The suggestion
t. raise $3.50. .000. 900 yearly. by direct taxa
tim. does not deceive them. They know
very we'll thai. even IL the sovereign people
would submit TO endure taxation as he,vy