Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-03-06

drink and sleep in a hurry, and everything
Nc do Is usually done in a hurry, and now
we arc impatient because this civil war has
not been finished up in twelve month, We
forget and overlook the magnitude of the re.
bcllion in it's commenccment-tha it was un.
Jertaken by all the Southern States, that the
dagger had been raised by the assassin and
that it was as with Caesar who only saw his
beloved Brutus among the number of hi
,nurderers after he had been stricken down
We had had our high places filed with trait
ors and they were put there by some Of these
same men who now arc crying that our con.
stitutional liberties are being trodden down.
But in spite Of these traitors and the length
Of time the war has lasted, need we feel dis.
couraged? Let us look over the, field for a
few months. ,. A year ago, or nearly so,
the rebels were boasting Of their impregna-
bic Notifications at Columbus, of their COM
mand of the Tennessee at Fort Henry and Of
the Cumberland at Fort Donelson. In Mis-
souri, the rebels held a large army in the
Southwest and even boosted that they wo'd
soon capture ST. Louis. In eastern Ken.
tucky they held large army near Bowling
Green. In the East they held more than
they now hold. ..a..amgH 4g. .U.a..a .,.a
What is our situation now? Missouri is
freed and comparatively tranquil they arc
driven out Of Northern Arkansas; their boast
ed strong holds upon the Mississippi, ,atC Colum-
bus, Island No. 10 and Fort Pillow are all in
our possession; on the Tennessee we pass by
Fort Henry and hold possession beyond the
line of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
Upon the Cumberland We hold possession
OF the river and our army has advanced to
some distance below Murfrcesboro In Vir-
ginia we hold not less than we did one year
ago, and all along the coast from the mouth
of the Potion nc to the Rio Grand we have
scattered navy that is now double its
strength last spring. Our blockade is now
efficiently kept up, and the enemy now find
themselves crippled upon every side. One
year ago it was evident that severe struggle
must be made for the possession of the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad. 1t was 70,
that purpose that the expedition up the
Tennessee was planned, and which resulted
in tho battle of Shiloh and the evacuation ol
Corinth, together with the abandonment by
the rebels Of Cumberland, Island No. TO-
Fort Pillow and Memphis. In all candor and
honesty looking over the field and rcmem
bering theimagnitude of the forces used on
both sides-haye we not accomplished much
toward recovering the territory held by the
rebels, and remembering that to-day we are
stronger than at any time before, what may
we expect in another years service? There
must be another great struggle this year
Last year the trial in the West was for the
line Of the Memphis and Charleston Rail
road and with it the Junction at Corinth.-
This spring it will be and now is for the line
leading east from Vicksburg to jackson, Miss
issippi, and from the last point on East to a
line in conjunction with the army of Rose.
Grams, which will be pushed forward in due
time. After having obtained possession OF this
line what will be the condition of the rebels
Arkansas will be cut off, and whatever force
the enemy have in that State will be at our
mercy. The numerous supplies that have
always been drawn from that State and Tex.
as will be cut off, and the armies of the reb.
els will be confined to narrow limits. In the
mean time, their armies must be supplied
with provisions. Their stores are now grow.
ing less and the supplies from the territory
they will then be able to command will be
inadequate to furnish their army with pro-
visions, and the result must be demoraliza.
ton and disorganization. .......4.- M
Let us all be hopeful that tho contest will
soon be over. We have the troops to do the
work with, and lack nothing in the shape Of
arms and munitions Of war. Let the patriot
and Union man of the North sustain our
S"eSooy "oiN fsNNs uiiu put uON u tuOSC
rebel sympathizers who are now prolonging
this war by holding out to the rebels the idea
that the North is divided, and that if they
continue to fight US we shall soon give up
the contest and acknowledge the Confedera-
cy. If the gray boards at the North will
take care Of the rebels in our rear we, the
soldiers, fear not the rebels in front. Let us
all give another year Of hearty, earnest sup,
port to the Union and the old flag and all
will be well. ar - RS. ,a.asgls EfIH II.
....f,. ,-.-,s... .ssu,.ar.r sf., ST. CHARLES.
THE GRAND LoDoE or VIRGISIA-A SIGN.
We learn, through source We deem en-
titled to credit, that at its last session the
Grand Lodge of Virginia rescindcd tho reso.
luton Of 1860, forbidding intercourse with
the Masons under the Grand Lodge of New
York, thus again uniting in the bonds Of the
fraternity the brethren of the two iurisdic-
tions. We are glad to learn this fact, OF.
pecially glad to have it take place. when bv