Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-05-28
The Late Battles ON the RappaTan.
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Sufficient time has elapsed for us to be
able to- see clearly the effects of the late bat
ties upon the Rappahannock. And we may
safely assert, that at no time since the first
battle of Bulls Run has the national govern
ment been so strong and the prospects of fin
al success so bright as they are Mt this mo-
ment.
The battle Of Chancelorvilo is claimed by
the Rebels as a great victory, but we have
abundant evidence that one more such sue
cess would make their ruin in Virginia COM
plete. The tone Of the Northern press in
speaking of the entire movements of Genl.
Hooker, is excellent. Instead of uttcrances
of dependency or doubt, than which moth
ing could be more unmanly and Illuminating
under the circumstances, there is stern con-
fdepce in their language which eVinces that
the North is able to bide its time for the tri-
umphs which are sure to come at last. and
which, when they come will not be counted
dear, even by the present generation, though
they throw every household in the land into
mourning.
The solemn conviction has settled upon
the country, that the lives of thousands, nay
of millions of our dearest and best, must and
shall be given, if needed, to preserve the
unity of the nation. For in this nations life
human liberty is bound up. If it dies, man
will henceforth cease to he the arbitcr of his
own civil ard religious destnies, and the
hoary despotisms that have cursed the world
for ages, will be its curse and bane for ages
more. If the dcmi-savagc European popu-
lace of the Middle Ages could give their
millions of men to recover dead stones Of the
Savior's tomb, how much more willingly
should every family cast its lifeoffer,ng into
the wine press Of battle to preserve he liv-
ing stones upon which rest human happiness
and progress.
Another and better, because more scnsi-
tive index or the public temper, is found in
the stock market Not all the bears of Wall
Street, with hundreds of millions at their
coutrol were capable of magnifying Rockers
rcpulse into a national disaster. Gold in
deed advanced two or three cents, but as
speedily receded, while government stock
stood, unyieldrg as the hills, or improved
fraction. Said shrewd operator to us, 81
watched day by day for the smallest decline
in any of them, knowing that such decline
would be only temporary, but the golden
opportunity did not come
The fact is, the battle of Chancellorville.
including Stoncman's cavalry expedition,
was less a victory to the Rebels than was
Antietam to the national arms. By the lat
ter, Maryland was so well rid of its raga-
muffin .Liberators," and Pennsylvania and
tho North so completely spared the pains
and penalties of invasion, that the Richmond
papers instead of blatant clamor for Garry
ing the war into Africa" have since sought re-
lief in bowls over tie desolation which they
had SO much contributed to bring upon the
South, and in malediction against the cana
conda" which has at least the whole of Rcb-
eldom in its tender embraces.
But what are the results of the late battle,
or rather series of battles First and fore
most, the Rebel idol, jackson, has been re-
moved from theic sight forever. We do not
say too much when We assert, that the effect
of his name upon his soldiers and upon ours,
in any great battle, was equal to the strength
of a dozen regiments against us. That name
is now powerless to harm the right, to up
hold the wrong and future ages will write
him brave, infatuated man, who gave his tai
ents and his life Destroy government which
had become the Pharos of the world, that
he might re-construct upon its ruins the cd
pagan temple Of human servitude. His life