The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-05-06
THE REBELLION DOOMED.

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THE REBELLION DOOMED.
Our national sky is truly frightening.
We sincerely believe that the present mon.
strous rebellion against the most benefcent
Government on Gods earth is fast drawing
to close. The powerful arm Of tho Gov
ernment is too much for it. 1t is already
staggering beneath tho blows it has re.
ceived, aud before another twelvemonth has
rolled away, we believe the last vestge Of
opposition will have been eftectuolly
crushed The reasons which lead us to this
conclusion are many and obvious. The
news we hear from every quarter of tho
South 10 Of u moro cheering character than
formerly. Every fresh arrival from tho
Old World confirms us In the belief that the
rebellion is convusod with its death throes,
and that ere long, Peace-an honored Peace
will resume her genial sway, and the be.
loved land of Washington will have passed
through tho dark and threatening cloud of
the past two years, and again stand among
the nations Of the earth tho peer of them
all In strength and power
Let us review q few of the "signs Of the
times, and see if, through the breaking
clouds, we can not catch a glimpse of
the blue sky beyond And first it is well
to remark that the rebel press generally,
from Richmond to Nicksburg, are of late be-
coming quite despondent in their tone.
They are oil urging an extended culture of
provisions The numerous bread riots in
the South, occurring almost daily, have
aroused the rsbclious leaders to a sense Of
their danger. Like Belshazzar of old, these
Belshazzars are quaking and troubling with
fear. They SEQ the handwriting upon tho
wall, and have already reached tho desper-
alton of despair Tho Charleston Courier,
in an editorial upon the cultivation of arti-
oles of food, gives uttcranco to the follow
ing significant sentence;
One grain of corn in the earth is as bullet in
the heart of Yankee soldier auda ridge OF po-
tatoeS is worth any mile of breaStworh from Nicks
burg to the Rappahannock.
The following remarkable warning was
posted up in tho most public places in Mo-
bile on tho 9th of last month. 1t speaks
on untold volume of suffering, aud shows
unequivocally the desperate strait to which
Southern citizens have been reduced
BREAD OR PEACE.
II has not yet come to be question OF bread or
peace with MS, but we are fast coming to it, II
our Government can compel man with family
Of children to fight for it for Sll per month-it can
compel, and must, those who stay at homo and en-
tNy t,ntr. nv,l nYts., tpA.l
when achevcd-to feed the poor children of poor
fathers--the widows whose only sons are fighting
the battles aud enduring the terrible hardshps of
the march and camp, tcodess, clotheless and shoe
less. Furbsarance will soon cease to be virtue.
Our wives, sisters and little crying for
bread! Beware lest they cry for hood also /! !
We have had enough Of cNtortion and speculation;
il is time the strong arm ot the law was extended.
The people will rise, sooner or later! There arc
lamp-posts and rope enough TO cure this worse
than treason-and the remedy will bo supplied by
BRuTUS II.
England is beginning to retrace her steps
in the course she has heretofore pursued
against us. On tho 9th ultimo, a large and
influential meeting was held at Manchester
called to protest against the fitting out of
rebel privateers in British ports. Alder
man Harvey presided. Strong speeches
were made by George Thompson, the Mayor
OF Rochdalo, Mr.. Pore and DR., Watts OF
Manchester, Professor Newman, Professor
Goldwin Smith, and others, and tho fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
That this meeting was heard with feelings Of
humiliation aud deep concern that certain person,
in England and Scotland, including members o.
Parliament, are engaged in the Illegal enlerpris,
IL
wise aiding the Southern Saveholders Coniederac,
and the meeting earnestly calls on our majesty
Government % evince its good faith toward friendly
power and yindeate the honor of the nation by put
ting an eiiectuAl stop TO these netarious proceed
ings.
Laird's famous ship-yard, at Liverpool
where the Alabama was built, is to be
watched The Government of England ha
put this yard under surveillance, aud ha
already seized upon one piratical craft, til,
Alexandra, intended for the service of tn
rebel Confederacy. Much excitement wa
manifested among gentlemen of Southern
proclivities.
Slidell, writes from France to the leader
in the Southern Confederacy, telling then
that the cause of the South in Europe i
hopeless. They need not expect forcig,
intervention nor foreign recognition, o.
the contrary, much care must be exercise,
in speaking of the Federal Government il
France-for the people are with us, an,
Louis Napoleon fears the people, and wi
say or do nothing contrary to their feeling
and opinions. In conclusion he advise
jeff, Davis and the heads of the rebel oligal
chy to RETURN TO THEIR ALLEGIANCE AN
MAKE THE Bksr. TERMS THEY CAN FOR ruE IA
CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNION
This is the diroct and legitimate fruit q
the Emancipation Proclamation, On tn
first day of January last Abraham Lincol
struck the most terrible blow to the rebe
lion that il has received. Beneath the ei
feet of that blow il is reeling and must fal
The sympathes of the Great Powers of Eu
rope are with us and have been since ia
issue of that Proclamation. In u speech a
the meeting in Manchester, above allude,