Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-02
From The Louisville ou-nal.
Give Us Vigorous Prosecution OF
The war.

Such is the demand OF the conservatives of Tho
country Under this very head. the Buf 10
Courier, the leading Democratic organ of IVES
tern New YoLk. has a forcible article. which We
beg To reproduce here entire. "The substance
o. Richmond editorial" saws Democratic
contemporary "was telegraphed The other day.
in which the editor discovers feeling which We
believe must be general n the Confeleracy IL
is that the North, unbleSt as we have been by
good Generalship. is nevertheless throwing its
Overwhelming weight upon the rebellion and
threatening To do 10y dint Of sheer brute force,
what has hitherto been unSuccessfally attempted
by brains or strategy. We do not doubt the
truth Of the remark made by Times corresp0n-
dent that the military system of the Confcderates
il rapidly becoming something like "a mere she'll
with nothing in it, The Rebel front every where
is strong but exhaustion and hamilton are mani
fest To those who have been favored with look
beyond Col GrersOn. who with nine hundred
men, recently rode through eight hundred miles
eff the enemys country, made brief address on
his reception at New Orleans in which he sid:
In passing through the Confederacy | have
had good opportunity 10 form a correct opinion
of its strength That strength has been overes-
timated They have neither the armies nor the
resources we have given them credit Tor. and we
have been greatly deceived in regard 10 the means
and mower of rhc Rebels. Passing through their
country land the passage was not very difficult
one ) found thousan ds of good Union men who
ready and anxious 10 return to their allegi
ance the moment they can do so with safety IN
themselves and FL miles They will rally around
the old fag b, scores whenever our army AL
vances could have brought away n thousand
with me. who were anxious to come-men whom
| found fugitives from their homes hid i'm the
swamps and forests. where they were hunted like
wild beasts nv the Rebel c6nscriprng officers
with blood hounds. Hav ne Wis It'd them in Their
own homes have founded nv belief upon what
! heard and saw there and the dly is not far dis
tant when we shall witness the downfall OF the
rebellion and the restoration of the Union as il
The view thus given is full Of hopeful sugges
tons OF peace and restored Union If the mani
fest advantage in our hands is vigorously followed
IN Nor. amid much that is disc0ura ging in the
mismanagement and procrastination rather than
prosecution at The war, are there lacking eviden
that the valor of our troops and the superior
itv of our resources are beginning to tell against
the front. even. of rebellion The news from the
Mississippi IS as bright as it is important If the
telegraph speaks truly, Gen Grant has at last
obtained the kew of Vicksburg and not only is
the river virtually ours, but the forces of the re-
belion are cut clean in twain. The communica
ton between the east and the west of the rebel
lion was severed by the noble blow which gave us
possession Of Jackson. and the whole trans Mis-
sissippi region must speedilv fall into our hands,
for it will he impossible for the Confe'lerates to
keep organized army in the field in those
States with the rivers that water them under the
CONT o cf the Union gunboats General Banks,
toe. j. making substantial progress in his Depart
mont. his capture at 4 exl ndria on Red River be-
ing an important point gained
We believe. therefore. that the rebellion. in
the dreadful wreste OF North and South, Is tail
ing. and that vigorous prosecution of the war.
in u, aitv and not in name, would soon bring us
The end of the first in rebellion, that, we
mean. which will close with the breaking up Of
the military power of the Sonih Such vigor-
such prosecution % ho@tilities the people of the
Nrrth now demird from the Administration
With the unlimited resources Of men and money
NJ its disposal the should have been virtually
endel last wear II j. m ithematcal. demon
strahle fac, that victory, with the adequate means
at our di>pos,l can BE- attained and that. too, IN
one camnaisn well a in FIVE Failure ia the
past has been due either to the lack Of shi'ity
ofdiSnostion. on the nart of the directing power.
But II the breach that seems now 10 he making
in the walls of the Confe1eracv. shall not be
speedily widened and the citadel Of rebellion
srOrmed thereat with all the force and fury of
the loval people in arms. shall be forced TO
think that the Administrators does not wish sue
cess rather than to believe that such faulty as
will permit failure il possible 9"