The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-30
THE DAILY REBEL.
THURSDAY MoRNING. JULY 30, 1863

a0e dovofnfnent, fEOm the moment VIE
Mr.. rope Walker made the foolish declarAlie
about the triumphal entity into Washington, Z
this time, has wasted its energies not go muci
in preparing for long war as for speed,
peace. Thee have been mammoth victori.
N perspective, which have never come Z,
pass there have been Intervention rumor.
| without number, aud also without foundation
..ni there nave been Northern revolutions
%hOee Dimensions thus far have reached n,
o.ier consequence than may he attached t.
tie rietoGs expressions of mere discomfort. u
deans Ike these the Cabinet has deluded il
sell, and the country has slept. At his mo
cIent, succeeding serious reverses in the East
AMI in tile West, dead calm rests upon -,
heart of the and. 1t broods with the summer
! mists upon the valleys, and it chngs. like sun
ct clouds in sweet fantasy about the noun
isIns Out OF il shoot the Elusive rays ~
hope. that balm to the in spirit, hut tiras
equally false monitor to the needy Of pnrpAe
and now--when of all other seasops We SO rid
he UP and doing-we are FRUSTRATED by th-
Ia--;- sen,in'en'aiisrn0tha are waited US i'"er
the sea.
OF the action OF England and France, y
have no doubt Our belief is founded IN TIE.
broad principle that consolidated, contiuen
tai military power can never be suffered to be
built up by foreign nations in this county
But supposing-.for no conviction is altogether
infallible--suppose we should, by chance, he
in error--what then? Or suppose-which is
highly probable--the conditions of interven-
ton should be disagreeabie-whatt then -
These are worthy queries, and teach, without
expansion, the lesson of unabated zeal and
vigor.
We publish elsewhere, quite rigmarole
from the New York Herald. Individual we
we believe it all. But we 10y no means, coun-
sci cessation CT energy thereby. On the
contrary our earnest appeal is for renewed ef-
fort That man is fool who allows himself
to I've lulIsd by the promises of succor, which
may come too late, contain poison he dare
not accept II the first telegraphic operator
Who dispatched the FIRST telegram concerning
foreign Intervention" had been hung on the
spot, the country would not have been the
loser by il.
Steps ara being TAKEN says the New ork
Herald. to end the Immediately The
steps meant are, we imagine. the capture of
Richmond by an overwhelming force, derived
from the West. Such steps would be well
chosen, ard we haIieve will he chosen If thev
s.ii. 'h~- p-.s->-
Us our CHIEF duty to see sha1 aley do fnL
We can only prevent them by one universal
concert of military and civil action by prompt
CONSUMPTION /. by INN cdiate organization by
a resolut- hand and viii; by last, despair:ng
God-sen shrek for freedom and for peace.
We have no charity ncw for any man who
holds back. There are thousands OF specula-
ands Of greedy farmers who would fain do 80
There are thousands of idle loafers who
would fam do 50. Let these be pns together
and We shall have fresh army in the field.
Read The call of Governor Harris. Read the
letter Of his Adiutant General. Read the sigus
of the tines. And act, men Of TENNESSEE -
an example to the Inen of other States
n6- The country, which always had a right,
has now a need for every true and loyal man.
No one can doubt that the Confedsfacy has
within itself anp.e means Of realizing the OBJ
jects it set out to achieve, if properly develop
ed. We grieve to say that thereo are those
here. as eisewhere-but especially in Sec
tons where the pressure of war has been
less violent--~ho have been 80 long used to
regard their exemption from service as "per.
petuAi legacy surviving the ravages Of time
that they have become encrusted in their own
ideness sloth and pride. MANY Of these have
gotten seriously to believe that a call uron
them is an entertainment upon some special
perogative vested in them and are abundantly
moved with lofty swell of indignation. ThesS
mock patriots are, for tie most part specula.
tive philosophers upon the laws of trade
blockade and war and practical spectators
upon the needs Of their fellow men. Each en-
braces one of the hundred and thirty three
Thousand exempts by substitution recorded at
Richmond and well they can afford to re main
40 at whatever cost required. Bat the time
has come when substitution must go by the
board Of the number above named we ven.
ture TO assert, ut least three-fourths are daily
operators ON the vitals of the land, and the
idea of such persons successfully Sinking the
periis which are hourly spread before worth
Ter men, is absurd in the extreme.
A&In Pit;sburg last week three Of the Cath