, 1863-01-12
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=, a DNSrEnATE CAUSE,
- -. It is evident that the rebels arc playing
tlleir last card, and that the loud hullaboo
! That comes ur for peace and compromise,
wherever dozen Coppcrheads are assem-
scnlblcd, is commanded from Richmond,
where the inside operators In secession
know just how desperate their cause is. It
must be apparcnt to them,
i. That In military power the South is 60
iar the Inferior Of the North that tie qiues-
tion Of supremacy must be decided against
them, and that the decision cannot be long
withheld.
II. That they cannot maintain their arm
les in the field for another year, and that
their failurc will be due as much to what
they suffer from our constant attacks Us
from the poverty Of their financial and
manufacturing resources. -.
III. That all hope Of foreign intcrven-
ton is at an end, and that, in whatever
strait they are involved, they must rely
only upon themselves. =.
~: That the blockade, not the blockade
only, but the possession, Of their sea ports,
will, as soon as our naval preparations are
complete, be undeniable, even By men who
can falsify rs adroitly as Davis himself
:: Y. That their rivers, from Cairo down
the Mississippi, and along the Gulf and
Atlantic coasts, up as far as Chesapeake
Bay, will be dominated by Federal gum
boats, and that not a pound Of merchan-
disc can 60 in, or an ounce Of cotton,
tobacco, rice OF hemp 60 out, save by Fed.
cral favor.
VI. That, when these things occur, their
armies must seek the interior, where, con
stming the time in useless and compulsory
inactivity, they-will be disorganized and
finally disbanded.
VII That the Proclamation aimed at
their human chattels will bo the beginning
Of a social revolution in their country,
which can only end by the political over
throw of the party by whose treason and
insanity it was provoked.
VIII That, shut out from the sea, from
the rivers, and hence from the markets,
their military supplies must soon be e1-
hausted, their finances collapsed, and all
further efforts rendered abortive.
To avoid these consummations which
stare them in the face, and which, with
ordinary wisdom ut Washington and pa
triotism among the people, must be soon
realized, the policy thai they are now pur-
suing with view to division and posi-
bly, revolution in the North, is q neces-
sity-a last Garland If that fails the war
is at an end We have no doubt that the
howl that We hear ut Springfield, at
indianapolis, at Albany, and at Washing
tou-or howl that has. its answer wherever
Correrhcad dwells-ist the result Of pre-
concerted action that the Richmond Junsa
j. has inspired, and that it is set up for the
sole purpose Of saving the rebellion and
slavery from the fate that now threatens
both. That there is correspondence and
: an understanding between Richmond and
the Northern leaders who arc conspicuous
in the outraging the loyal sentiment and
? insulting the patriotism and common sense
Of the country, every day. shows.
We see its fruits wheresocver we look; We
know the dangers that it threatens; but NC
know also that If the people arc not &C.
duced by promiaes made to be broken, or
terrified by threats that the malignants are
power1css to execute; that if they remain
loyal and still continue their c1crtions for
the good cause, their triumph, and thc h,i.
initiation Of treason and traitors in the
South, and the disgrace Of Coppcrhcadcd
sympatllizcrs In the North, cannot be long
postponed. We know the desperation Of
the rebels by the wall Of ngony TINT comes
from the catnp Of their abcttore in tho
Free Suites; und with TINT knowledge wc
cou Sec tic purpose Of wllat tho latter haro
undertaken. They will mot succeed.