, 1863-02-11
CONDITION OF TIE REBELS.

The rebels are fighting, it is true,
with the desperation of n1admen, and no
doubt they are mad enough. Day By day
they are gradually exhnusting their re-
sources both Of men and treasure, without
adequate results, without being a whit
nearer the goal Of their cherished hopes
and Taunted ambition.
They pretend not only to be unconscious
OF their approaching fate, but to believe in
quite another destiny as their portion and
it is the game Of the rebels -in-chief to
make the army swallow the lie. They
catch at every straw Of encouragement
which d successful ekirmish or drawn bat
tie may furnish, and when they are badly
beaten, they bruit their defeat as VIC
tory, and so contriyc to keep up the
steam Of the rebel army, and the dropping
spirits Of the people.
But all this cannot last, and no matter
what courage or brilliant tactics they may
display, their doom is sealed as nreYocably
as if It were already accomplished
The universal voice and feeling Of civil
lied humanity is opposed to them; they
are firhtinr not AGAINST the North alone
but against the spirit Of the age, and the
Omnipotence which fashions and controls
history. What is II that THEY seek as the
great end Of their strueclea The indc-
nendcnce Of thc Confaderocv "a e1ava
power and its recorn;tion hv tbo orc,t
Tree Governments Of the world as t,,cir
coual in sovereignty and civilization,
Astounding. and cvcn nonstro,o ao +1;s
claim mrst anncsr IN all froa ,,ao,,,oa .n,s
+o ererr mn, ;ndooa -,,a r,, r.. ..'u
ripht barbarian u ia nero,+ho,aes - w" 49,,
total of the sou,bcr1 den,rd ,nd - tl noaaa oaa
to rct it Acknowledged abroad w1,en Il hos
WIRING # from tho 7nud.s;1,s ~ howe
To this end the Government s,,,rne
the protTers of aruisticc-which ito l;cl-
srittle friends, the Corpcrhcads, have made
to them from time to time. They vii,
have no compromise-will accept no terms
Of pcace-which will not issue in their
absolute independence.
We need not say that this is al1 an illu-
sion Of the clliyalry-that it cannot and
will not be realized 50 long as there is q
true man LEFT on our side to battle With
them. There are abundant indications,
however, that Secessia is totterine as we
said, to its fall Already the people have
begun to rebel against the Conscript Law,
and in Northeastern Georgia, and South
western Carolina, they haye a regularly
organized opposition to the dcspotism Of
its claims. Deeerters are continually es.
capin from the rebel ranks. and IN MN.
bcrs 60 alarming that Col. G. II. Jec con.
manding that Department has ;.erod ;,
,roe1amation ca1l;no rn,, tho,, ~ -.
and threatening them with n,,rs,,;t oas
death if they do mt ohev 1ntha a.:.1.
,urc ~ 3corr;a The HIM sonotor ca -.
"A hnother NJ +ho v3co pro,;aa~. ~
ro,,pced I'm conscr;,t;,n :, ,,o,- -
1ncnaee as a 1;o',t;on of tba Ta1a.;
t,,t;on and tho so-arn;,n -;a,'. 1885, =.
+ha ct,to ,ro-oo.o. 49, -
o1c,conor ia omntr-,he neon,o .ro +a~as -
at life and dea1,, nriccs-;f re ,,,av saoo,.
co ana ,,,ar. i . .rono-,, sn.,a;,- - " ,s~a
visions Wa csn eoo II ia 1;tor,1,r :.
death s,r,,ee1e With them and that tbev
have ALREADY n,t firth tbo;r 1,est efvnrts
War cannot be conducted witbo,,t money
which is The sinevs th.,oof ond tho -ohai,