Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-21
The End Drnwa NiaIr.

The st. Louis Republican says that the res
bellion is ended in Missouri. General Price
has retreated into Arkansas, and his army is
cut up into remnants, disorganized, demor-
allied and despsiring. Kentucky, too, is
almost freed of Secession troops, only the
south west corner remaining in their pos
session; and already we have rumors Of
evacuation there. Tennessee will, ere long,
be reclaimed to the Union, and Arkansas is
now within the grasp of an invincible army
pushing forward. A foothold has been
gained in North Carolina and Georgia, and
it is difficult 10 see where the rebels are to
make their last desperate stand in the South
ened-disappointed alike by the courage,
enthusiasm and resources of the loyal people
of the free and Border Ststes, and by the
"idolatrous love for the old Union," which
still throbs in the breasts of thousands upon
whom they relied for succor and assistance.
Peace and a united country are at length
within the scope of immediate events. We
dare say that very many who have been
willing to try the experiment of Secession
are heartily glad of this prospect.
Not the least cheering in the train OF re-
Elections suggested by the recent decisive
successes of the Federal Army and Navy, is
the observation that the republic is to be
restored without the adoption of those vio-
lent revolutionary measures which have
been so persistently proposed by the Aboli-
sata Wa hall fbat Of fho 6s az
agencies in disarming our fellow-citizens of
the South has been the firm resolution of
President Lincoln not to make this war
crusade upon their domestic institutions, but
simply determined effort TO maintain the
Union, preserve the constitution and enforce
the laws. AS the campaign progresses, and
the hope of an early triumph over the rebel
lion continues TO increase, the administers
tion will grow more and more conservative,
for we have noticed that the tendency to
radicalism has been in the ratio Of the tenn
porary successes OF the Secessionists. Much,
we doubt not, Of the fsnaticism noticed in
certain quarters has proceeded from exas
perstion, and not from any broad principle
of craftsmanship. But Viotors can always
afford to be generous, and as fruition draws
nearer all such motives as revenge and
hatred naturally disappear.
II must not be thought that all is done
when our triumphant columns shall have
dispersed the insurrectionary pdnds which
so long impeded their march. Victory il
not always synonymous with peace. VIZ
must remember that after we shall have
drawn back the misguided Southerners into
the Union folds, we shall have to live with
them as brothers and equals, and that il
some sense their allegiance must be volun
tary, in order that the connection may b
mutually beneficial. The aim ought to be Il
conciliate rather than destroy--to show tina
while resistance to the authority Of the Gov
ernment will be vain and suicidal, the Gov
erI ment is not tyrant as designing mel
have said, but political organization to pro
tect all rights. Let it be shown that the OBJ
jectS of the leyal people have been slanderet
by the disunion leaders-that we never in
tended, never wished, to oppress the inhabit
ants of any section, or render their citizen
ship burdensome or distasteful. Above al
should it be demonstrated that the Unionist
are not gang of slave-robbsrs or Abolition
incendiaries. So will the erring soon se
their error, and brotherly cordially, frater
nal harmony, seal the permanenee Of the re
united States. ---