Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-25


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military Poxer of the Rebels Ex-
hausted-ou rsnotyet Called Out.
It's most singular fact that the vary
ing fortunes of the war should be attended
by such depressions of popular feeling and
such agitntions of the financial world as
we witness. mot one man in ten thousand
Of all our people doubts the power of the
loyal States aud their nnyielding purpose
to suppress the rebellion, though the effort
should cost their entire available wealth,
and demand the service in the field of every
citizen who'll is capable of bearing arms.
We know that if the whole power of the
Republic is put forth the rebellion must be
overwhelmed. e5
The discouragements, then, that come
upon the country, are simply owing to the
inadequate measures that have been taken
to meet the danger that presses upon US
With the, ability to put million men in
the field, and to maintain the ranks full till
the end of the war, we have stopped at half
the number, and taken no precautions
against the wasting away by battle and dis
ease, The rebels began by boasts of pit
ting successfully. one soldier against five of
ours. In practice they have been forced
TO outnumber US in every fight in order to
obtain victory, or the slightest advantage
over us. at the present time the rebel con-
scription law makes every Southern man a
soldier. Tile newspapers recently enumer-
ated their male population ut over zoo, 900,
who could be counted on to bear arms
Clearly, then, the rebel Government has
played its last and its highest card. Itcan
bring no more men to its aid If we can
organize 10 ibeat their present forces, the
day is lost to them forever.
But under no circumstances is it likely
that more than two thirds of the rebel ar
my, volunteer aud conscript, can be put
Successfully in the field. Disease. deser-
tion, natural disability, and class exemp-
'tions, will diminish their census army of
100000 by fully notwithstanding 45O,
600 as the utmost number that the rebel
Government can force into its army. The
question is, can tho loyal North meet and
overcome that force2
We need not argue the proposition. Its
bare eistatement is sufficient We know that
the loyal States can put an army into the
field quite equal to this, the utmost stretch
of rebel conscription-and then, with COM
parative ease, add one million to The number.
= 1t is, with our Government, simply a
question of effort and of time. The fault is
our. o0p that tAe trdr fingers. If the Gov
ernment call into the field, at once, half
million new and fresh men, the rebels can
do nothing to meet such a levy. They
have already strained themselves to the
uttermost. Conscription has done its worst,
and lender youths from Southern schools
have teep allowed TO fillup their thinned
ranks. Every man that now falls In their
columns, leaves us one less to encounter in
all future fights. Their candle is lighted
at both ends, and between disease and bat
tie, they must rapidly melt away from our
front.
Here we have every encouragement for
redoubled efforts to push the euemysto ex-
tremities. Our new soldiers are full grown
and ready for their field. Their new men,
ifthey get any, have yet to grow up. They
have them not; they have impressed all
that are able to serve, and even drawn
heavily on the second generation Aud
these are petishing daily by disease and
the sword.
The effort is all We need, tonake the war
brief aud disastrous to, the desperate rebels
in arms. The Government should otneed
prompting to that effort; but it does, the
people should not hesitate to dictate its
will.
We are sure that a half million men could
be had as easily-shall we not say more
easily-than the three hundred thousand
called for. The reason is manifest. The
people would feel and know that with a
/, ,,tflif6ip fraeh fanSainsf uhiHh fhp
rebels could not muster fresh ten thous1nd)
the war would be practically ended-end-
ed, perhaps, without fighting. Having this
confidence in the resultof instant success
and immediate peace, men would flock into
the ranks more freely. Who would not
rather be one of half million men, going
to war, than one of three hundred thou
sand2 sq3s8iit
The Government can give the country
heart aud confidence, and abiding peace in
It's business Interests, by simply calling out
men to overrun the rebel States, and push
every traitor into the Gulf. Lett be done:
The,Crops MT Home and Abroad.
It is now tolerably well settled that the
European demand for American grain will
not be as largo for the coming as it has
been for the past year. The grain crop of
1sGlsini Europe was, on the whole, fall
iure, owing TO unusually wet weather, while
the American crop, although not as abun-
.daht by perhaps twenty per cent. as in
1850, was large enough, with what was
left over from the previous year, to furnish
an immense amount'for export The good
service it did us in the failure of cotton
remittauces abroad is. well known, butewe
fear. that this year ogr export Of grain can;