Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-05-06
A New Northern Calculation.

A New Northern Calculation.
The Yarkees. who at the outse,, we're TO have
"crusbed the rebellion" and burg JEFF Davis Co.
from the eupo of the Capitol at Washington IN three
months at farthest eOnsOlng themselves @'er
the following style We quote from the Fast Day ser
mon Of Parsou Bellows in New York. but what he says
Is now the prevailing tone of opinion IN fanAeedom'
D- Rauovs rroceeded to show the utter impOssbliity
Of success to the South how delay was their rum ana
how victories could only weaken and nnaly exhaust
them The time Of real danger 10 the Government hau
passed Our sole danger was that the reoehon "ou'u
succeed az once. Alter year it was only ques-
ton og time o. to hen il should finally We'd 20 The SD
er;or power of the North. TIE great necessity - a
vi nvnss on the part Of the loyal eopie 10 lhIo" oa'
OF tne calculation the elcmsut OF time they muSt &c
termip 10 prosecute the until hnal and complete
sucess is reaehed-be il one year OF i've years or ten
o. tor our national lives. The moment the people
abandon every ida bus this, shall remove the Cd
sacle 10 a speedy and successful result IL Is mere
sua, in moral and mental arithmetic IL does DOT even
depend upon victories To wait for US Is TO conquer
This is precisely the way the British talked IN the
Revolution Of 20. At first Ike the Yankees, they
Sors they would crush the rebellion instantly, and far
Jug in that they fell back upon the comfortable coneIu
son that il was only question Of time But as more
ep,ioe and dispassonae judges would have foreseen
Il Vas in the end. time that conquered them. Their
arms we're successful almost everywhere. They went
where thew pleased and occupied What positions they
chose, almost without serious opposition Bus they
could not 20 on forever cORquerDg people who would
not say eonquered-and so they were compelled to
abandon the contest Time and the extent of territory
10 be traversed and occupied, proved too much Tor
them. and they gave up the struggle.
The present contest in the principles myolyecr ana
in the false hopes and aacous theories that lure -
enemy on. is very much Reproduction o. that. 4Ison
hundr fold more gigantic scale, and aggravated by
far 6ercer anmosty but it has features Of resemblance
and coincidence that constantly strike the Observer One
radical derenee however that tail TO tell on the
duration Of the present struggle IS that whereas IN the
war of 70, our enemies generally successful IN
battle in this they defeated in nine out OF every
ten engagements.
Parson Bellows pretends to think now that IN the be-
ginning "he sole danger to the Yankee Government
was that the rebellion would succeed al once Did he
expec Us TO conquer the North without an army or
navv. when they had boh-V;hOut ordnance stores or
commissariAt, when they abuudauty supplied with
al that was ueedrd-wthout money or credit, when
they had an OVERLOOKING treasury No most shallow oi
Parsons the war has taken just the course that with
the early errors and shorightedness at Montgomery,
was obliged to take We failed to use the two months
Of O n trade allowed after the organization Of the
Gove ~, to supply ourselves by means Of cotton
with ,paterisl of war We found ourselves then
blocksIed, and thrown almost entirely upon our own
resources TO meet the ready organized, equipped
and advancing armies Of the North. We labOred under
every embarrassment and difficulty and took rs twelve
months or more to get in solerable fighting TRIM
Within that period as TO have been expected, We
were often taken at disadyantage, and sometimes en-
eountered disAsters-thsugh these we're wonderfully
few. all things considered. After We got ready for
work in earnest-say about this time last year-t he's
been every pop pigeon. It did not occur to this
Preacher of Politics ask himself how it Uas that 4
the danger Of our success greatest at first and grew
less as time advanced, We met our only serious re-
verses the rst year While the second year has given
IA an unbroken series Of victories Would t not seem
hat We grew stronger or the enemy weaker as time
moved ong Such Is really the fact The war fever,
which At first wrapped universal IGnkeedOm in fame,
Ia been gradually burning out in spite Of all efforts
including the energetic blowing Of this Bellows, to Keep
up the heat On the contrary the steady resolve and
uneonquerable spirit OC the South have known sbate
ment We have surmounlsd the difficulties aud escaped
the peris thai have, one after another beset Us and
have grown stronger every day in a. che elements Of
selEdelence We were in danger Ouce from lack Of
men. Couscripton has remedied that We needed
srms. Importation, manufacture and captures have
supphea Us We needed powder and prcjectiles. Nils
and maaactures came into existence and supplied the
want We gre uneasy about supplies The fOrbsar-
ance Of the army the Sountiulness of nature and the
patriotic disposition Of farmers a planters are carrying
Us safely through that emergency.
In conclusion, might, perhaps, with greater fore.
sight and energy at Montgomery, followed by VigO-
rous campaign of aggression and invasion in the begin
ming, have ended the war in a single campaign. But,
having lost that opportunity the history of the thus
far authorizes Us to look ahead with absolute certainty
TO ultimate, complete, lasting and glorious success.