The national Republican., 1862-10-02
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The military position assumes more cheer
'ul a'pGct with each passing day. The Union
!ause touched bottom when the beaten army Of
Pope bad TO fall back under The Notifications
i Washington. The rebels relatively can never
e 20 stroDg agaln-we never 80 weak-as at
hat moment The conscriptiop, rigidiy en-
forced throughout the South, succeeded several
nohths ago in placing in The teld ali the relia.
nle lighting material within the dominions Of
JET. Dawn, while with us, owing partly TO the
reluctance Of elective governors to incur the
unpopulRrity Il draft we are still only re-
3e'viag the ird, lnltalncn,s OF the new levy Of
IA hundred thousand mon demanded by Gen.
usisck, a. essential to the prompt suppression
i the Rebellion.
such being the state Of tacs, we find that In
lei receut raid into Maryland the rebels lost,
1t the lowest calculation, more than twenty
Eve ,tonss nd n@u ot .helr only veteran and
:a"c'ivc army, while oar loss il killed and
svGaded was more than ten thousand short Of
bat amount TIE rebels, moreover, lost and
tLese are their boaviest losses--Ahe prestige
acq Tired by theft arms il the Sey en days battle
On tue Peninsula, aud 10 the long, desultory
coutIct which resulted In the overthrow OF
Pope. They aiao lcst-and this Is the mos,
nportan, gain OF the campaign 10 the Union
cause the strength, both military and political
| he derived from belief that Maryland was
in arlivc sympathy with their movements and
taa, It only needed the raising of the Contsde-
rate Dag on Maryland soil to produces general
ipsrrrection OF her people aud the isolation Of
the capital OF the Union, With Baltimore, as q
Con sderate stronghold, In our rear, aud Q
rebel population 10 arms cutting of all sup
pliea by land, both Of men and materials, from
Washington. Lees Maryland ioray has dissi-
patsd these illusious forever, and we may now
count on receiving no more trouble from tn,
ouly State ths, could have caused serious en-
blrrassm mt In the problem Of defending OIL
capital.
Ia the West aud Southwest, rapid conoen-
tr-iion OF scattered regiments, brigades ant
diyiaOns into effective armies is being carried
out and under the lead Of the able generals
assigned and TO he assigned to their command
we need entertain no further apprt tensions o
any serious trouble from the efforts of Kirby
Smith, Earl Van Dorm, Braxion Bragg ant
Sterling Price, In that regiont TIE policy o
" concentrating to conquer is In the ascend,
ant, aud the fatal error Of breaking up our owl
: forces into fragments, and allowing the enem,
: to move against us on interior lines, will pre-.
vail No more. Ege,ywhers IN The West ant
Sout hsest, the eaemy will lad themselves on.
posed By superior GumbEs Of superior men
better clothed, better armed and equipped
better fed aud cflcered-our troops holding
the strategic polns Of the country, and moving
no longer simlessiy or disc0nnectedly, bu
with a settled plan and irresistible purpos,
upon the objective points, which, If carried
must terminate each campaign in q single
battle.
The business OF croaking seems TO have
charm for certain Of It's professors, but thei
oecu patton will soon be gouo. Their continue
rst.ration oi tie sug gses,iou, that If II has COS
us eighteen months merely 10 rffsct q !odgnen
and partially hold our own 10 the borde
states, hOw long will II bV before we can bop
20 peuetrate TO the heart Of the rebsliion ant
di:ta;e peace from the centre Of the ootto,
States, ouly be,rays their ignorance, or some
Chlpg wors.. The I.bels La"o made ss,sctior
Of Virginia, Kentucky, Tenusesee, and Mis-
, sCuri as the hattleNgrouuds Of their cause aut
beaten In these viciuities, they will be beater
alto gethsr. aud the ftg Of the Union will b'
restored 10 its supremacy throughout the lsrgtl
,rd breadth Of the laud.