Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-09-02
The Rebellion from Rebel Point of View.
LIE evidences that the rebelIion is i

ertren'is are rapidly accommodating. JEFF.
Davis now considers his case so hopeless
that he diseards all hypOcracy, and, for
almost the first time, himself reveals to
the world the terrible situation of his
bogus confederacy. The damaging eff
feet of his recent proelamations, both at
homo and abroad, cannot be overestima-
ted. 1t has been the fashion in Europe
to laugh and sneer at our accounts of the
losses and the generalization of the reb-
els, and to pretend that all the reports of
the Northern press and the Union gen.
erals were either gross exaggerations or
base fabrications. What will these SYM
pathizers with treason say when they
read JEFF Davis proclamations and the
general order of General Lee2 What
will they say when they find that the
rebel President himself acknowledges
that his fortunes are even worse than the
Northern journals have ever painted
them? What will they say when they
see the total failure of the rebellion even
from a rebel point of view2
In bis proclamation appointing day
for fasting and prayer, JEFF Davis speaks
of his suffering country" of the "tri-
ais and reverses" which have befaIlen
him, and of the anguish and suferings
of defeat" In his address to the soldiers
of the rebel States he describes the I'm
ion forces as "unduly elated with their
recent successes" and as gathering
heavy masses for a general invasion"
The rebel confaderacy he depicts in any
thing but attractive colors, and pertinent
! ly asks in his proclamation - Has not
the love of lucre eaten like a gangrene
into the very heart of the land, convert
ing too many among US into worshippers
of gain, and rendering them unmindful
Of their duty to their fellow men, to their
country and to their God" Again, in
his appeal to the people, he says" The
men now absent from their posts would,
if present in the field, suffice to create
numerical equality between our force and
that of the invaders" What sort of
cOnfederacy must that be where whole
army of sO-called patriots have descr-
ted their posts, and where so many of the
people have become such "worshippers
Of gain and so unmindful Of their du-
ty'' that a just God has Withdrawn His
protection from them and visited them
with His righteous displeasure?
The indiscriminate conscription which
JET Davis recently ordered, and the cor
der of General Lee begging his desert
ing soldiers to reiOin the army, ought to
satisfy foreign eulogizers of the Confed-
crate enthusiasm and discipline that they
had better reserve their praises for those
who better deserve them. What will the
sticklers for military etiquette and hon
or think of the course of the rebels in
using their captured soldiers before an
exchange is effected? What will they
think of the order limiting the furloughs
Of PembertOn's men, who canRot be ex-
changed because the balance of prison
ers is largely against the rebels? What
will they think of JEFF. Davis general
pardon and amnesty to all "deserters,
to all men and officers "absent without
leave" and even to those "who have
been accused and those who have been
convicted and are undergoing sentence"
for those heinous military crimes? This
is not the discipline of a regular army.
1t is the discipline of desperate bandit.
It is the last effort of a petty tyrunt, who
scrapes up the refuse of the nation and
opens the prison cells of malefactors in
order to make a final stand with some
thing like the semblance of an army.
We have already beaten the prOudest and
best soldiers of the confederacy," and
now we have only to contend with the
deserters, with the skulkers, with the un-
willing conscripts, or with poor boys,
from fifteen to eighteen years of age, like
those impressed for the defense of Rich
mond. The remainder of our aask is,
therefore, comparatively easy. Our vet
eran armies will scatter these new levies
like chaf. The army of Lee and the de-
fences Of Charleston are now the only
bulwark8 of the rebellion. We can trust
General Gilmore for the latter. VIII
General Meade and the Army of the Pc.
tomac take care of the former?
"The anguish and suferings of de-
feat appear to have turned the minds of
the rebel leaders towards peace by sub
mission. One of the most singular points
of JEFF. Davis appeal is his angry and
bitter assertion that "the men who now
rule in Washington" do "not dare to
make peace, lest they should be hurled
from their seats of power" This evil
IDENTIFY refers to the mission Of Vice Pres
ident Stephens, which, as it now seems,
was not to be confined to "humane meas
ures" alone, but was also intended to in
clude few attempts at peace measures.
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