The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-30

compromise, and give and take. On the
'ntrary we must gain all or lose all: and
the Cnnte.!erates will, indeed. wu The
giant game, we take to he as certain "a
any future event in this uncertain wo.lJ
Me;ide's army AMI R''secra,,,' once seat.
tered, l.iir'.n can get no uore armies
Tho draft tur"S cut Inanl'tsily fui,l.ss.
Both The German aud | isl. Z en.uts ara
i:"w Tor peace! The Yankees Lave 10
bear the brunt of the war llen,sel es;
but, IN the meantime, their inevitable
bankruptcy Is advancing Ike an armed
i;'an; hungry ruin has them in the wind"
ii cannot he long before the cabinet of
Washington will have indeed to consider
seriously "pr"po>;ils of peace" under
auspices and circum stances very ditferel.
from the present
For tile present the war roll and thuns
ders "n-and may God defend the right.
From the Rici mo- d sentr el, Eth
LLNCoLN's WANING ARMIES.
The reduced state OF the enemy's mill
tary force has become soapparent that the
most timid Of our people are taking en-
couragement from it. Time was that the
enemy far Outnumbered us at all points
that we could only approach his strength
ut any by concentration which would
cause the abandonment of some other 30
sitiOn. Thus We had to abandon the val
ley to Patterson and to Fremont when we
fought the first MANASSAS aud the battles
around Richmond. Even after thus con-
centratng we always had to light super iur
forces.
The enemy are no longer thus full
handed soldiers. Look ut the shifts to
which they are now reduced, in order to
reint"rc. Rosecrans. They are either
abandoning many minor positions, or great
ly reducing their garli-ons They have
been compelled to strip Meade to that
point which has placed him on the de-
fenslvt, and put him upon retreat.
Such Is the condition to which the in
! vading power finds itself now reduced. 1t
deems itself happy if it can maintain an
even tight, in Virginia and Tennessee,
where the great armies meet.
Ii such he our enemy's condition now,
Mt the close ct the third campaign, what
will it be at the beginning OF the next and
fourth? His present soldiers were enlisted
for three years, and the three years will
expire next spring. He has long ceased
to obtain troops from volunteering, even
under the seduction OF great bounties He
has tried the draft, and it is pronounced a
failure. The north, in short, is showing
great signs of exhaustion. Lincoln has
got his last army, and it is not likely he
Can hold that beyond its term of enlist
ment. The negroes and cOnscript substi.
tutes are otherwise his sole and slim reli-
ahce.
the Confederate states have been the
weaker but the more resOlute power in this
con est. Welave been the more resolute
because of the greater stake we have had
in issue. The Yankees have fought toi
advantage-we have fought FIR life. They
can stop when they choose-we canBo'.
We have thus m',re tlan made up for
! inferior numbers and numerous other dis
advantages. twas natural that the north,
fighting Voluntarily, would break down
sooner than We, tishtng from the conpul-
sion of self def, ice, and ever animated,
even t" the eXertions of despair, hy the
vengetul threats of our foe. Let US strike
on and strike hard, and strike with all GU.
might; our deliverance draws nigh.