The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-03-18
From the Y. 7. Tines.
Hon u, y 7 lIL14os
The Time Halt Out, aud the ask More
Than Half Done.

than Hair Done.
The FIRST half Of President Lincoln's term OF
Office vas completed On Wednesday Ho" Is II
VIII bis Dusinrss ia Id d
Ev,ry rejecting man. we suppose, will admit
that considering lis Intrinsic difficulties aud
tremendous consequences. The suppression vi
this bsllou, II actually accomplished Will
have ben work eAOu d aud glory enough for
any single Administration Inc beIliOu Is
By lar the most < gaaLc history las ever
knO~n. It's OsertlrO" wall produce Results IA
Ia Or o. free government Doth IN The New
World and ia Tie Old. which VIII extend
thrO b centuries aud probably through ali
time. Inr period vi iOur years Il but mere
haser iealtu ia The great -tretcn VI our Ia
tOnal * II Ice. IL, ia tuls PRESIDENTIAL term,
t1l- terrible revolt j. put down, tue lat Oh :
life saved. tie lauO4s authority vindlcated -
II, tao years ITom 10 Day, Abraham Lincoln
shall D. able 10 hand over 10 rs successor, the
reunited pieces Oi au uuDrOken Kepu lie,
which twO years 40 dropped INTO his hands
dlsunitrd -tbe perlod "ll surely stand out III
future history a.. VI ali Oth-rs, UNNECESSARILY
the most sers lceaJIe AID Luc most pra.se worthy
l. tni- ~ Je realLedf
Positive prediction, Of course, is idle. We
cannot Absolutely kuOw TIE future. Me Can
ouly Judge it AID 10 Judge Il There Is but Ole
true va, AID that Is ~ tue past The un-
knO&n, said BJlapalte. can Dr reached Gully
thTO IN tue kuOwl.' Ne must estimate the
Likelihood VI PTca.dent Lincoln completing
the 40 h desO.scd upOl hun. 1T Is &c would
calcIlair tle prOoaDiity la any agent OF ser-
yalt alll accOnpl., u Tie la,k gwen him Z
take uole Ol uls plO-Trss. Ne look 10 what b.
has done 10 dctcflnlue what he viii do.
Ny~. 10 is not possible Tor any TAR man u
deny that tn lIsl half VI the DOrk has been
Completed duIAs the nrst hall Vi the term vi
serve. Ia every point vi yIew, shis estimate
more tAdA holds -OOd- Let us see.
f.r-t, a. 10 accomplished results. To deter
niue tnl- there b. 40 nrccssiy OF reverIing I,
particular battles anu campaigns, though a
would o. very easy 10 -hO" Thai the great ma
JOrlty Oi these have gone against the rebels
OIe broad Tact b. enough. When Tie rebellion
started, Tie National banner q u not aud could
not boat upon ON ten -thDusaudth part VI tn
sol clam. Il by The COuiydrIaCy. Jrn. Dawn
exercised DOMINION Substantially every where
from Tie baAk- OF tn Potomac and OF The OHIO
AID tile iO~a liuc, dOSI ~ tue cult. and iron
Cape natt,Iaa 10 tn uttermO-t Limits VI Nev
Mexico. The National hag nOw floats unmO
le-ttd O.er taO-thlrd- Of tbs area 30 lar a
substantial results ar concerned. that tells Tia
story.
Iusn, a. 10 penis from abroad. Two year
ago ll- Louied. rates held implicitly that cotton
wa n AK. aud Wound dIctdic ~ The POAeIs U
EUROPE a sp.e dy recognition and active utter
ieIcuce 800 tle.r D.hAli. Iue Northern pcopl,
haI jas. reason 10 appreh-nd. There Ma, IL
deed Vast ger. Nothing excited 50 muci
III sgiFlDg aDOlt tue huAl result. Bat this leop
ardy ha- OecA reduced 10 almost nothing. a
/ at ld-t virtually settled that EAglAnd, th,
Power h.ch me ua1 principally 10 lear. wi
MT uhlie "i,h France n ANY demonstrate.
against u,. and viii remain q passive sp-ctaiOl
To tur cud Oi The ~ar. Any Interference o.
tn part Vi fraIce alone, even were 10 o. n 3.
client cldraet G. could not prevent our eject ~
prO-tc4IOI 90 ,nc War. The Chance. OF IN,
COn.edrlacy Tor 'h.clual help from abroad
have, dIIu- the two Years. almost eatlreiy d4s
app, ard. How Ia tbs l. owing 0 tie skillfu
diplomacy Oi cue Administration, aud how Ia
10 Tue -il-It iuhIeIce of evcAts, 1t Is needle,
4 inquire. 10 Is enough 10 know that lhe lw,
years aase more Ihau nall vastly more tha.
halt 40 tni- reliance OF tae rebcl-.
IN "a "a, g. mr.,u- In I'D. vi course these
have Drru vastly Increased on both sdes, Du
on iich has lac ad .anc- been the IT .ater, =
Two years az, tle rcOcis had at least twice Oul
nunO.r Vi -oill r.. Twice our uumOer Ol eau
non, twice oar nam ,er 81 ml-krts Now Ia
ratio 0, vrry n,ary tb- reverse. Tnen. bot
sides were almost without shlp-. ava liable 10.
II d-- red uul cts uuN W. have tOrty sucl
snip, 10 the II Juc. No man vii saw thar.
far A. TIE mer- material of war is concerned
We are not relatively ten tunes better prepare
TO cop wiih tnr RIB iliOn now Than We were &,
cope with q, existed Ia the early part u
Pre- d.At t-.l. ... Adm ui~trat.on.
Finally. "a Co .,vu.u .e resources. What ha'
been the compa at.Vc drau made apOu there
Two year ago the sou was filled with 70 d;
bOugut without limit ron tn North. aud never
PAID Tor. NON. by the armed occupation o
every ,lutnerl port Dat three. aud a gOrou
blocAaIe, the lald OF the r brllion has been de
prlved OF nearly every necessary OF lite IL,
import. Wh cl were then 80 large. have beel
reduced Co almost notnmg And 20 have Il,
exports Oh Wi CD 10 calculated to build IT, cred
it, While very depar t.neat OF Norther iu
dustry has lived aui tbrivel. no department o
southern inlu-try ha- escaped partial OF com
plet- a .strucuOl Most OF the material r.
sources. without which 10 is impossible, IN thn
age OF the world. t. maintain war have beer
diminish "a we VIII not say 20 a half. but ever
to a twentieth. or a fiiu-th. of what they wrr,
originally. The drbt of the rebl government
has been run up % over six hundred millions
and Ingenuity IS tortured almost in vain fOl
new mean- OF credit II gold here brings sew
enty cents above TIE par Of The National paper
il brings there three OF four times as much
above tue par OF Confederate paper. SO Tar a,
regards the p cuniary -suews OF war there
fore. thy are three OF four times nearer TX
haustOn than ourseives-even allowing tina
our present price of gold is legitimate. and not
as Il actually is. the result, in great measure
Of speculation. In respect to soldiers. tht
available resources left are quite a. much 10
our favor The rebels have already brought
into the field nearly all of their able bod ed
men. Their supplementary conscr ption re
Gently imposed l. the las one poSs BILE; aud il
cannot at most supply more than two hundred
THOUSAND additional soldiers. Coming 10 this
their exlryms limit is reached TN the other
hand. the Conception b u which has lust pass
ed Congress can. 1t necessary. put two millions
OF fresh mel under arms ani even then sub
Ject the loyal population Of the country. to les
depletion. comparatively, than the renel pnpu-
latlon now Experiences. IL Is plain thar a. far
as relates 10 The available resources OF the bel
hgereuts. the two years have told with vastly
worse effect, relatively. upOl the rebels than
upOa the loyal people
Now. IN this general view. we believe we
have taken every element into account save
one only. apart from that. the cOlclus on
seems inevitable thai tn half Presidential term
has half. AMI IN fact vastly more than half set
tied the task in hand. The omitted point We do
not believe can at all affect the final result
We refer 70 Northern detection. The rebels
when they commenced business relied much on
a divided North. Soon after Mr. Lincoln IN
tered office. the North became. apparently AZ
least hrmly united. and The rebel expectations
in this direction failed aftarlv fs,,,o. -.