The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-08

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!, Bosrox, Feb. 2.-Three hundssd and eighty
ok Rebel prisoners, rank and file, at Fort War
rem, 90 tomorrow 70 Fortress Monroe. Com
Barron not included smong them.
why he War ahsul0 - Short.
It ID occasionally remarked that We should
prepare ourselves for long war, and that Il Il
folly 70 think Of putting down the rebellion By
sharp and quick blow Tes years, Il Is said
this struggls may last; and We are advised that
IL 10 the part of wisdom TO make up our minds
for duration Of hossllieles at least a. long a
the War Of the Revelation. VIZ
y We believe these idess not only wrong, but
mlschisvious. There ere many reasons Why the
struggle should be made a. short q possible;
and there Il no reason Why u should dfdg along
for years to waste our substance and divert our
Su0BkASU bBOU1 t00 WOUlSOO10S C0UUuStD VI US0Ces
able industry. Il 10 . mistake 70 Judge Of the
progress Of the future BY that Of the past. Ia
i the last nine months We have had to organize
war; We are now ready 70 make war. There
vas time for patient preparation; Il IL noW
time for an energetic use Of our immense mate.
rial. Certainly. lack Of strength cannot bs Civ
On - q reason for Asprolonged struggle. We
have probably l00, 900 moro men ia the field
than the enemy, and while our forces can DO In
creased At once and without difficulty at any
point, the enemy Is unable 70 move his armies
with anything like the quickness be will need
for succeesful manouvres.
| Why, then, should the war last lonsf Why
should il not b sharp and short, 20 General No
Clellan has several times promi.eds II is ab.
surd to expect that We can either starve out or
weary out the rebels; nor would Il be advisable
to attempt tbis were It possible. The southern
aristocrats forced the war upon as, from the con
viction that northern freemen were merely,
"cowardly mud-sills." and their arrogance can
be thoroughly cured only BY free application
Of the bayonet. Moreover, all history proves
that rebellion grows more robust with every
day 1t 10 permitted to exist That which regi.
ment of regulars could have quelled year aso
without firing gun, six hundred thousand men
are now barely holding in check. What force
will be needed TO put 1t dewn In another yearS
To delay vigorous measures is 70 strengthen
the rebels in several ways. Our defenssless con.
dition has already reused the cupidity and am.
bition Of European nations, ond nothing 10 more
certain than that very few months at farthest
will, if We have not in the meantime pushed the
war forward to some decisive successes, bring
about an alliance of some kind between our en-.
envy and England and France. Again, the long.
er the rebellious government 10 permitted to ex.
ist the more will 1t gather to itself the moral
support Of the conservative sentiment in the
South. That large part Of the population which
is constitutionally averss to change, and which
at first looked coldly upon the rebel movement.
becomes daily more reconciled to the existing
state of things, and will presently regard the
re-establishment of federal authority as only an
other change from an established order Of af.
fairs. Again, many of the disabilities under
which the insurgents have labored they are get.
ting the better Of. They can equip and feed an |
army more easily next year than now Their |
manufactures are improving fast Their wheat |
crop will be vastly greater than the last. In |
this regard, as IN all Others, they can only gain
by prolongation Of hostilities.
But there 10 q reason more powerful than apy |
of these; and that 10 the injury that will be done
to the national habits and tone BY long var
We are to-day the most peaceable people on the
OF civil war would materially, and we believe in
juriously, affect the future Of our people. Il
would wean our young men from the love of
peaceabe industry and enterprise, and turn their
thoughts and hopes to deeds Of arms, Il would
90 divert certain branches Of industry from
their natural channels a. to make It the interest
OF large class to keep up . warlike establish
ment It would deaden within NJ, to a certain
extent, that respect for law which De Tocaue.s
siiie noticed - ono Of the most remarkable
of American society, and which
IS he says. enables us to maintain law by the
mere force af public opinion. 4
II was BY prompt and unintermitted blows
hat the sepoy rebellion was put down. From
he day when the British were able to assume
he offensive the adherents Of Nena Sahib were
PRESSED increasingly at all points. In that des-
'erate struggle no battle stands alone--no COM
nander came home With despatches-the fight
\ today was but prelude of that Of tomorrow
: was by such q swift successioa of blows that
ne morale of the sepoy movement was broken
own-and when that was done the rebslion ;
'as virtually crushed. Can we afford TO do dif.
erentiy With our sepoysf It Is true that the e,
British were not only prompt, but savagsly en-. u
rgetic They slew the enemy without mercy.
hey gave peace and protection to all who aided
nem, ana who remained quiet at home, but they /,
pared not either life or property Of those Who
'ers N arms against them; and tie verdict or
10 world was that thereby they saved great
nd populous region from the most cruel and
asteful bioodshed and destruction. Had thew
TODD dillydallying and discussipg the best vsy
put an end to their war without ser,opsly
urting the enemy or alternating the affections
the population, Nena sahib would have laid -
ss'e province after province, just a. Davis and +
o helpers have devasted Missouri. Virginia. i
70 parts OF Kentucky, destroying important y
'blic improvements. robbing and numbering y!
.aceabie citizens, and breaking up every branch 81,
industry In the fated sectiona We
But, It 10 said, We are not yet ready; our great.
army u but poorly trained; they are not such II
idiers as general can trust to in an impor. ID
nc acton. Perhaps not; but do they improve sey
the quiet Of the Potomacf Most of them cou
We been longer under arms than men who have ~ ~,
ined our victories in Western Virginia. at Ga
en- Mountain, Cainifex Ferry, Belmont. Mil Ma
ring, and 10 dozen engagements In Missouri. ssf,
opie wonder how the western men fight 40 a
y; out clearly, the reason 10 that they have
IN trained in the field and not In the camp.- =
70 army Of Western Virgins have become &
ferans In the same time that the army Of the =.
tomac, II We are to believe those Who proph. =
long war, has become little better than rsv II
'rol'' IN: 7: Evening Post. =
ien. Prsntiss arrived In tals CITY yestArd.v -.
n me command Of the Palmyrs Military Dis. con,
u everything 10 reported quiet In thar quar-. vos
|, a1n probability OF lie remaining 20 A
OFT, which obtained some currency veste,d.y J.
the day before, that the rebels had burned
ridge on the railroad near PALMYRA ha. M pon
ndation whatever. The time for bridge burn.
10 this State has passed BY, considering the
oas aspect which it has recently assumed-
saoni Rspsblicsn. s1s.s'-- : A
HRIs'R ALLEN,