Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-04-16
hEBEL DRFEscEs.

Every uoliar the rebels have expended,
ror can expend in, this rebellion. has been
and must continue to be drawn from their
accumulated capital. Their intercourse
with foreign nations has. been almost who'll
1ys suspended. all their industrial interests
have been paralized. and there is no source
from which they can derive revenue or
means for the maintenance oft war, ex-
-cept by depriving people OF their property.
! day after day. and year after. 40 long as
the war shall on inue. thus reducing them
to poverty and want. This is truth which
the people in the rsvolted States are al
ready beginning TO realize. They had
been made to belive that an export duty on
cotton. which the world would be obliged
to pay. .swouldyield them the richestrevenue
ever realized .by any Cover nment. and that
IT the Federal Government should attem ut
! Interference with its expectation. fhey
would command the armies and pavies OF
Europe to fight their battles for them. -
How bitter must be their disappointment.
astheya apply with their own hanls the
torch which cousighs it to ashes, and then
are compelled to supply to their leaders.
from their other property. the means to
sustain the rebellion. Their currency has
almost ceased to be regarded. even by
themselves. as the representative of value.
COnscription has exhausted their people.
and the wealth which long years OF unin-
terruPted prosperity under the best gov.
ernment the world ever saw. has placed in
their hands, has already been expended.
and they are now struggling Oh with tho
vain hope that discussions among ourselves
or foreign Intervention may save them
from that ruin which they see. clearly i'm
pending over them. Every day must show
them more and more clearly that on neith.
er of these sources can they rely for help.
The utter scorn and contempt with which
every man in the loyal States who pro-
poses any adjustment Of this contest ex-
cept the absolute. unqualified. and uncon.
ditional snbjugation Of every rebel in the
land to the Constitution and the laws, is
held by every officer and soldier in our ar
my, and every loyal man in the country,
must banish from their minds the last ray
of hope from that source. The reaction
which followed the recent slight manifes-
tations Of a willingness on the part Of a
few secession sympathzers. to offer terms
OF compromise. must convince them that
they have no allies in the loyal States on
whom they can rely; and the present con-
dition Of affairs in Europe must forever
crush that false and delusive hope which
they have heretofore entertained. that the
intervention Of European powers might
enable them to accomplish what they know
full well they can never attain unaided.
THE TASK BEFORE Us. grlleq
| We now see clearly, What we haveto do
We must obtain uninterrupted control oi
the Mississippi. We must reach those
great railroad arferies-the one bordering
the Atlantic sesbosrG. the other stretching
through tho Virginia and Tennessee valleys
I to the west and south. We must, as soou
as possible. take the few fortified seaports
remaining in possession of zths bels. Gu,
il off from all external sources Of food and
arms. and have surrounded it by force.
which can press upon IL from any quarter.
at the same time severing into isolated
portions of the rebel territory and destroy
ing their means of intercommunication, by
which they have hitherto been enabled to
meet ns in force wherever we have present
ed ourselves. aud by which alone they
have been able to feed and supply their ar.
Itnies,l to v-sis,.so r eds lstgo ns.si7u
BY possessing ourselves Of. and Keeping
open, the great natural highways alone
and possession ofs navy by us should
have early suggested this). we'sever part.
of theirterritory mutually dependent, and
while crippling them. enable ourselves tc
speedily concentrate our forces at any
point where it may be advisable to strike
These decisive measures we are actually )
executing or preparing to execute. The
successes and conquests we have already
described have carried us through the
| preliminary stages, and the blows we nov
strike-e6ch one Of them that succeeds
/ viii reach the very vitals of the rebellion
Let any one cast his eye upon the map
and these truths viii be apparent. e,da
4. 1t may be in the future. as in the past
! we shall meet with reverses: they are tht
inevitable incidents of great war extend
| ing over so vast territory. and requiring
great armies at so widely separated points
! We have already seen that it 10 not ou
true policy to attempt an actual military
occupation of the rebel territory, except a
a few and important controlling points,
We must destroy their armies. and to de
this we must concentrate not scatter, oul
forces, 1t is better to operate successfully
:; against one stronghold, or one army thar
!. to attempt three and fail. The indication
now clearly are that, both in the East ant
! West, the campaign Of 1863 will give u
4 brilliant achievements--decisive victories
4 Cur Generals now in the field have the full
confidence Of the soldiers. and the people
and the armies will go forth. knowing lha
their ranks are to be made full; that ever
day that passes will add to. not diminish
their strength. or numbers., Never, befon
/ did the world see such armies in the field
1 never before did Generals lead such mel
to battle. Each man goes .iorts feeling
not only that he has soldiers reputation
Ito maintain. but also that he has q coun
J try to defend in which his interest is q
great As thst, Of the highest officer in tn
land. Such an snrmy,, With its energy
power, intelligence and viii. properly, di
rected. must be inyincible. The, past rha
ALREADY Demonstrated that the true Amer;
can soldier can be, relied upon, to dare, ID,
and endure oil, that human power can. ct
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