The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-02-26

An excellent and timely pamphlet. by
Charles }. Still, shows how free people
conduct "A long war. from a chapter of
English history, during the Peninsular
campaign of Lord Wellington. 1t shows
ip very timely manner that during that
struggle against Napoleon, 1t was frequent
ly thought by the first statesmen of the
age that success was impossible, and that
the country would never recover from the
effects of the privations then gone through
with. Sir Walter Scott speaks of 'salmost
disbe6eving a Providence, so had the
news sunk his spirits. Sir james Mack
intosh said that while believing in rccov-
cry, because he believed in the immortal
ity Of civilization, 'sbut when, and by
whom, and in what form, were questions
he had not the sagacity to answer ga
dark and stormy night, q black series of
ages, may be prepared for our posterity
before the dawn of a brighter morrow
The race of man may reach the promised
goal, but there is no assurance that the
present generation will not perish in the
wilderness Mr.. Whitbread thought the
war with France must terminate in the
subJngatlon Of one of the contending
powers. They were both great, but Eng
land was a country of factitious greatness
France Of natural greatness. The Mar
quis of Wellesley retired from the Ministry
IN disgust because they would not support
his brother, or prosecute the war with
sufficient vigor. While, on the other
hand, Sir Francis Burdett said no man In
his senses could entertain hope of the
final success of the British arms In the
Peninsula
Englapd was not at that time anything
like as we'll able to raise money as We arc
now. No person, at the commencement
ut that struggle, would have believed it
possible for the national dett of England
to be carried to a point OF upwards of FIVE
thousand millions Of dollars, as it actually
was. The only mistake England made
was one which we have since fallen into
but from which England has recovered,
and which we shall after little expert
ence.
The discipline of our volunteer army is
and has been, on the whole, far better
than that of the Peninsular army over
which the Duke of Wellington had the
command. After the disordcrly retreat
from Burgos, the Dake published, in
genera, order, that "the discipline had
deteriorated, during the campaign, to
greater degree than he had ever witnessed
cause Of this was to be found in the habit
ual neglect of duty by the regimental
officers" This arose from sprigs of the
gentry and nobility purchasing commits
sions without training IL any military
school. But Wellington trained them SO
that, as he afterward said. "he could go
anywhere or do anything" with that army
and he did accomplish everything.
The great secret of successful war is
to keep on pounding. and to pound longest.
lie who can hold out beyond the other
must win. The rebels give the most
desperate symptoms of exhaustion; they
are losing their temper. Executions are
becoming SO common IN Richmond that
they are ceasing TO produce any affect upon
the feelings of the people. In the norh-
ern part OF Georgia, rumors come to US OF
Instructions against the conscription,
which need armed bodies to que!l. There
now appears to he every prospect OF a
hearty co operation of the entire North
in the prosecution of the war As soon
as the Mississippi is opened, Arkansas will
be where Missouri now is, and 6y gradu-
ally circumscribins the territory in re-
bellion, the present frantic efforts of the
South will only the sooner exhaust its
strength, while our army will, We trust,
get into more perfect discipline, and our
means of conducting loans become so
steady and equitable that no danger will
be felt or feared IN lending the Govern
ment any sums it may require, provided
only it be economically and honestly
expended in putting dowL the rebellion
LesiYcr.