The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-02-05

itAl. This is no fiction. Hs fact .,
positire that none can deny H.
Nor is this all The President tell
w. IN his message, that the troubles viii
the Indian Iri5es have been removed, anC
no further diff Guilty 10 anticipated. Til,
intelligence we obtain from private
trustworthy sources does not coufrm th,
Presidents ssnguine assertion. Th'
troubles with tie Chsrokees was in part
due To the fac! that some seven or tigI,t
Thousand Of them now 10 arms, had no
received cent Of pay Tor fourteen
months. 1t is true that paper money hal
bsen sent them. apd ere DOW, it is to b,
hoped. has reached It's destination. Bu
Indians do not like paper money. Still
Il would answer the purpose If Gen'l Al
bert Pike remained to disburss il. and L
tsllsy the: prsjudices, which be Of al
man in lhs Confederscy is bes
able to do. Pike, however, hos resigned
for good reasons. doubtless and person
sail to be not the least competent is left
10 his stead. Under these circumstances
we shall be fortunate indeed if we escape
further trouble with Indians. Morrow Ell
We get from Missouri mem bers. and 9th
srs. distressing accounts OF the condl.
tion of affairs in Arkansas.
General Hindman is very far from be
ing favorits,even among bis own people
and so destitute are some Of tie new lev
les who have volunteered to come ont o
Missouri 10 Join our armies, that whole
battalions Of Il EN- have ben seen march.
ing barefoot through snow three inches
deep. Add to this the fact, iha. So far
as the public are permitted to know, New
Mexico and Arizona are. for tie time
being, los, to, and that the state Of dissat
isfaction in Tennessee and Mississippi
(growing out Of the appointment Of in.
eompeten, officers and the fancied neg
lect Of that oouuirp by the Confederate
Government not from any lack OF f-ryoI
in the cause, which President Davis
visit was intended 10 heal. is likely TO re
vivs under the depressing influence o.
Bragg's retreat and his continuance in
command add all this 10 The foregoing,
and i, will be seen that tue Yankees have
much TO encourage them 10 the prosecu.
lion Of the war, and We not little to ex
cite serious appreheusiOus as to the fu'
ture. ... .... ...
The remedy inr this state OF things is
obvious. II lies in the extension and ris-
id enforcement Of that law 10 which We
owe our salvation. We must bring oui
the conscrip's and diminish exemption
lfthis is done the chapter Of failures IN
the Southwest will cone to an end. The
history of the battles in that region
has been sufficiently uniform TO Justify
a conclusion which shall not be charge.
able with the vices Of basty general.
ization, 1t has been as much for want
Of brains as for want of men that We
have been compelled to lose the fruits Of
some OF the best fighting that has been
done this war, At Donclson, a. Shiloh,
at Perryville, end at Murfieei boro', the
story has Leen always the same-victo.
ries achieved agsinsI grea. odds. snatch
ed away by overwhelming reiniorcements
to the eLemy.
Al the past has been 30 will the future
be, unless something is done, and that
speedily 10 Gil up the shattered ranks o.
our armies in the West. Exemptions
must be diminished. Tho system Of de-
tails must be adopted. Young men
must not be permitted to evads their
duty by slipping into safe places. Com
plslssnt hiends must turn deaf ear IA
their enreaties. Ablebodied men mus
not be allowed to stay M home on the
pTetext Of attending to twenty negroes
Here in Viginis there are. in many pla
ces, contiguous plantations numbering
in the aggregate hundreds of slaves will
out solitary while man left to guart
them. The gentle authority Of Ladies
has been found amply sufficient TO Con,ro
The obedient African population.
With the FIRST opening offspring Gomez
The last Tremendous shock Of this war
Mary Of the Yankee troops are min,
months men. More are enlisted for tive
, years. their time expiring in May next
, Up to that time they will be available
aud We may be very sure that all tn,
fighting that can possibly be COTTON OF
Of them will be had before they are al
lowed to go home They oulnumber u
two to one. There is limit to the endu
rance of the brave men al Tullahoma
Grenada and vicksburg. They must b,
sustained strengthened, reinforced. |
within the next two months we do not ad,
seveutyfvs or hundred thousand mel
to our force in The Southwest we shal
come to grief. If we do add them, W,
are safe beyond peradventure, and mex
summer will witness the final triumph Of
our arms.
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