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MONDAY, JULY IS, 1868.


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MONDAY, JULY IS. 1868.
- TIRE SITUATION AND PROSPECT
'.;'' Immense as is the advantage to th
Union cause, In taling Vicksburg; prom
isfne as are the retreat Of Bragg, and tn
adyance Of Rosecrans Of still further an,
':decisire gains over the rebellion; and dis
:astrous as the battle Of Gettysburg appcan
TO be to Lees army, and inevitable u
1T seems their overthrow and rout mus
BE-: before they could cross the rapid ani
<swollen Potomac, we have not Jet reached
:. the end of this terrible struggle; and it il
well not to feed On empty rumors, and fill
ourselves with vain and great expecta.
tions, ending In pain and bitter disap:
pointment. Certainly, the gains we have
. made in the last few weeks are very great,
hut, so far as we can Judge, there remain
still much work to be done, many sac1i-
fees to be made, more energy, persever-
ancc, determination, valor, and life to be
expended before this conflict will close,
, The foe is stubborn, fierce, and desperate +;
The great chiefs and leaders Of the rebel
lion are SO hardened in their pride and
hate, and hive their all SO stakcd upon,
and bound up In the fortune of the war,
that it isnot to be believed they will think
Of yielding, 60 long as any chance or hope
is left to than. They will not give up the
struggle, SO long as by any means they can
find the men and the supplies to carry it
on; not, until they have employed every
resource Of military force, and every de-
vice Of fraud and craft to fill up their shat-
tered ranks, and keep of, by desperate
. and bloody fighting the crisis 30 fatal to
all their hopes and ambition. g..
= The: experience of this war, il We have
not forgotten, should teach us, that we
are too prone to expect far larger results
from both victories and defeats, than we
fnd.to follow. We hare been cast down
lower in fear and gloom By the disasters
that have from time to time befallen our
arms, than we should in reason have been.
: We haye thought the Union almost gone,
= and the country nearly lost, we know not
= how often, during the war; and full as
:; frequently We have been sure that the
Confedcracy was now oyerthrown, and tho
rebellion had received its death blow,
= To have taken Vicksburg Is great
achievement, worthy Of all the enthusias-
: tie joy, shouting, firing Of guns, and deep
thanlfulness that it has caused in all loyal
hearts. But Port Hudson is not yet taken =:
the Mississippi River is not yet open !;
We know not how large an army Joe
Johnston has been able to gather; nor
how obstlnately or long he may be able to
contest the further progress Of Grants
force, and prolong the struggle for the
possession OF the great valley. TIE have
no doubt ms to what the end will be, but it
is not impossible that by bad luck on our
side, and good on theirs; our relaxing in
!. effort while they were maddened to fercer
:, onset; or my Of the unaccountable acci-
: dents 50 proverbia1ly common in all wars,
the end may yet be deferred long enough
to put our patience to severer trials. j..
~ Il is grand to sec the firm and steady
columns that guided By Rosecrans have
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Il seems from the Inst accounts IF +ba
fight at Gettrsburr. onite donhtf,1 ihov
much Lees ar1ny WAS demora,;s sed.
whether. far from being badly beaten he |
did not, having failed to drire Meade from
his chosen position, fall back to strong
ground with al his guns. and having en- |
trenched. and taken the defensive .v;}I mt