Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-04-09

Had the OF tho army OF the Potomac during his
pro corfespondct With the oi oaf arms 10 other
nar;s - til cruht'y here 10 eve that the
t.rm.n tl cAu,a x Of 49, wold have seen the
rebc!ion wei Oh. " mt nlg, oserlbrown Had Not
folk bsen captured during tho winter Of o5i-U2 aud ihe
M.rrmaek taken possession OF desr,Je ed the way To
Richmond by vi the James river would have been
Up and the fatal delays Of tire Peninsula avodsd bad
The enemy when at as spDe time during tho autumn
Of 1861 winter Of S6l-6 been compelled to have
from hs entrencbmens aud give battle he might
have been BY threatening actually Dterrupng his
nuncation between r chmond aud Manassas which he
wholly depended for suppies-a line long and difcut
to that we did not deem
for could have met him with army greater than
it proposed TO take aganst Richmond and either
have opened the way to tho rebel cPita or made it
u n 'csssary to 60 there.
Ia military movements do ay 10 generally bad-ndecson
10 almost always fatal In our movemsnts we seem 70
have too often forgotten that momentum y made up OF
weight and velocity; that the force OF the blew may
depend much upon the celebrity the movement as upon
the weight Of the BOY moved The worlds history shows
that the successful has met his enemy the day be
fore he xpectedBOt the week month alter. Some
OF points Of attack have ben clearly Indicated to
the enemy b.foreh md and movements made with so
much delay and hesitation that he has been abb not only
t. orty and concentrate his forces but even to
call into tn@ field now armies to meet US At such points
We have failed.
Iii par cuarly worthy Of note that In the reverses
whch followed the failure OF the Peninsula campaign, at
the time when the army Of the rebels had reached ito
greatest strength aud it, highest state Of enthusiasm they
dill not permanently regain any terry or recspture and
hnd any of tho important controlling points before held
by rebel coil Their marches upon Washington,
Maryland, and also Louisville little than raids
fem VIII CD they obliged to retire before our opposing
forces THIS fact clearly shows that VIII 10 1t ID impos ibe
for US to constantly retain mi tiry SECESSION Of all the
vast rebel territory which may be called upon to
operations agant their armies still the territory
once held occupied BY us cannot DO permanently re-
gained by them-a indication Of our ult mate
The past. not wth,odng it's and Is full
at encouragement aud gives full OF hnal success
al k.o
eminent without great Misunderstanding TO the critics of
the time and those Of succeeding generations wide and
ample fed for herabors. No people earth were ever
called suddenly into great war more totally epared
than the loyal peOpe Of this Government We felt
well assured of position among tho Powers OF the
world that we had almost concluded had fought our
last battle aud army and navy hd to be regard
ed by many useless appendsgs to the Government We
had concluded that dong justice to the nations OF the
world, should receive justice in return aud the loyal
pc ton Of the people deyotng all their energies and
tie Of peace the advancement of civza-
ton the development Of the rich and varied OF
our sad gra at c0uuty and in these every man ud
fun occupation for his t,-nts and wide field for his
bon-no man even dreaming that the parricidal arm
would be raised against Government mild in it's
sway, benignsnt in is influence all its subjscs
1t indeed difficult for people thus engrossed sud-
denly and almost without TO tur0 its utten to
The rebels believed tn be entirely devo ed to
h. pursuits Of peace that should yield to their de-
mands rather than be diverted from them and hence their
neiar0us attempt overthrow this fair Government and
erect iis ruins that horrid deormy, free Govern
m-n with human slavery for its cornerstone How ter
b they have been mistaken the past has already sho.n
and yet the energies, and pow and Of the
oya people have hardly begun to be applied t. the sup
OF the rebel ion Thy must meet ant contend in
battle with that strength, and power, and int lgence
which has built factories and workshops railroads and
steamboats, covered the ocean with ships and led the
kets Of ths world with the product Of it's brain aud
hani.; and they will find these less powe fui for de-
structln than for production when once fully applied in
that direction.
All great industrial Interests Of the loyal States were
never IN IRE active mre prosperous than at this time All
hat has been lost BY the supply OF mn 10 the army
made up by increased activity and energy, AID the
adaptation of machinery to work heretofors done by the
human b nd Thee is only this marked difference here
t. all these great oces have been applied for the bene
6t Of the arts OF pence thy all look primarily the
secuton of and years would have to eapse-fsr
tn would be required to crush the brllon-
before we should develop full strength for war
Within l,ss than two YEARS have thrown into and
sustained in the frld army Of q IN lliou Of men We
have created navy with which have bockadd coast
greater in extent than attempted by any Govern
neut before and by inventions and improvements
completely revolutonzed naval warfare rend-r tho
navrs and saacoast defeRces OF the world wellgh
TIL. efficiency Of this blockade is atested only
by thu dstuon Of the rebels in every article Of 70 egn
produc on but by the cry that to every day from
al parts Of the world in any degree dependent the
produce of the bocksded terrific stimulating us to still
greser to crush out this rebellion that the block
AIDED ports may be thrown open to the Legitimate
merc- OF the wo III.
And while. in our efforts to maintain our Government
and Wind cate Tree institutions neither asked de-
sired the aid Of any foreign nation Government did
least expect Of the leading Powers Of Europe that they
hould refrain from extending aid and to
rebellion against friendly Government, thereby proong
ing struqge which only bring misery and suffering
upon the whole civilized word aud may the end lead
brtween Government and OF tn Powers,
he full eff of which the future alone can disclose
We have carr ell shall carry and conclude this
without touching dollar Of the accumulated CAPT
tai Of the country We already atonshed at the
being raised from the tsxation OF daily pro-
ducons and Yet we d. not begin to realize tn. amount
he yedsd 10y the fyem ady adopted the extent
t. when that system may be enlarged without imposing
any Rrievous burdens upon the people-any burden to
which they will not cheerfuy submit to accomplish the
object intended
No Government can long carry q which must be
sustained by tbs accumulated capital Of the country and
there scarcely limit to the me may be prose-
CITED by Government whose credit sustained BY the
derived from the accommodating wealth Of the
o,uutry Every dollar the rebels have expended or An
expent in this rebellion has been and continue be
drawn from their accumulated capital Their intercourse
with foreign nations h. been almost wholly suspended all
their industrial nerrr have been paray aud there s
source from which they can derive venue
people Of their property, day after day, and year after
year. long the shat contiuu thus reducing
10 pov, rty aud w,nt Thsis truth which the people In
toe evul ed states already begun TO realize They
hal been made bseve that export duty on cotton
which the world would be obliged pay, would yield
them the richest realized by any Govern
ment and that the Federal Government should attempt
interference with its expectation they could command he
ARMIES and naes Of Europe to fight their battles for
How bt-r must be their disappointment az they apply
with their bsnjs the torch which igns il ashes
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