The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-07-24
Saturday, August 9th, 1852,

Lancaster, on
Saturday, August 9th, 1852,
for the purpose Of cleciing 81 delegates to
the Congressional Convention and six to
the State Convention. OF Columbus on
the 91sl. la
ThI COnscriTt Amy Of the South.-The
Last EHoit. H
Several statements have been made Of
the enormous levy Of the South. and the
immense number Of men 10 it's armies
We have no doubt this in substantially
trIe, and. that there was Ia Richmond q
force superior to McCIellan's army. and
that there are now large levies cfmen 10
the Southwest preparing for an onset on
various points. But while this may be
true. there is an aspect Of the case which
Is Of great encouragement. This is that
The last great ttort has been made, and
VIC can now estimate their whole strength
and see exactly what we have to do. 1t
may be taken for granted The proof d
which We will presently give that the
rebels have now exhausted their las! re.
sources, and that they will never have at
one time as many men in the field as
they have now, While anything is in
doubt about an enemy's position and re
SOURCES. we may be much mistaken in the
preparation we make 10 meet it. Such
has been our case. We uniorrated the
South because we did not believe il posi-
ble to bring out all their men and resour
ces. But they have done il, aud now per.
sent tie spectacle which no community
but that Of Sparts ever presented, where
the last available man Is drawn out. The
rebel leaders studied thOir system Of pol
itics and war 10 Sparta and have succeed
cd in an imitation. which presents both
the strength aud barbarism Of that extra.
ordinary State.
Taking into view that Texas, Arkansas
and part Of Louisiana are cut of, and that
Missouri, Kentucky. Maryland and Ten
nessee have furnished but few recruits
recently, and also allowing for the old
leyies 10 tLose States; we find the utmost
possible result Of able bodied (and there.
fore Of The whole rebel s,rcngth) is
800 900 men. We may safely allow one
hundred thousand, then. for he N, cessa
ry exempts from various causes, and
more than hundred thousand more for
the wdStdge OF the war--viz the killed.
wounded sick and dead Of sickness.
The utmost strength Of the rebels, when
the last able bodied man Is drawn, and
The plantations worked by old men, boys
and slaves, is 100000. This 10 on enor.
nous force, however, upon which Is The
drawback Of being comparatively poorly
armed and disciplined We know, then.
thai wo must have 10000 in the field
and let the navy and gunboals cas-. the
balsnce. which they will more than do.
80 great has ben the wastage of the army,
that the new levy of30O, 900 will not more
than make the GOO, 900 of active field
soldiers. II, however, We can speedily
bring this whole force out, there is no
possibility Of the war lasting much longer.
Every mao in the rebel army now lost, 10
loss not 10 be replaced. The last effort
has been made. Napoleon. in his con
scription, divided tho able bodi men
in to classes, and called out one class al
time, But the rebels have drafted the
whole. They have nothing to fall back
upon. Ilis tho last great effort. Let
the nalion come up now to tho crisis. and
tho rebel drama will GrAw 10 an eud.
Our Generals 10 the South will now arm
the negroes, which will strike two blows
a, once; take laborsr from the field. aud
put soldier in the army General Dumont
recently stated at indianapolis. great
truth derived from observation, that the
plantations being now worked exclusively
by negroes, while the white men are 10
the army, it follows that If We take the
negroes from tho plantations. it will
break up the rebel army. Thorc is moths
ing left to subsist the army, or protect
the families. The men must lay down
their arms, or see universal destruc ion
take place. This looks like a hard alter.
native; but ono step has already been
taken, and the next will be. unless there
10 speedy submission. Take it, as we
may, Il is certain tho rebels have cas,
thsiI last die, aud il necessary. We must
meet thom with the came Spartan firm.
ness they have exhibited, and crush them
by superior force aOd superior resources.
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