Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-11-24
from the Brant tc:w) Expositcr, Nov. Ia
The American War.

from the Brant tC: W. Expositor, Nov. Ia
The American War.
Allowing the present equality Of men in
the 6eld, what have been the effects Of
the var on both North aud South, aud
what is the present position Of the tso
parties! The want Of funds BY the
South is nov beginning to be felt with
terrible severity. Taking tho accounts Of
Southern writer's 10 the Southern Fress
and We find that articles of prime nesessi-
ty, especially all kinds Of provisions, arc
bringing fabulous prices. That the prices
have risen from twenty to forty and even
hundred times what they we're before
the Rebellion broke out This proves
two things. First, that the Southern
money has wonderfully deprecated in
value, and At the same time the scarcity
of provisions has really become alarming.
The fact that forced loans and forced
seizures Of provisions are now the only
means left by which the South csn raise,
elothe, feed and equip its armies, show to
what straits they are already reduced,
This state Of things can not very long
continue. The people Of the South are,
doubtless, willing to endure oil that
humanity is capable Of enduring to accom-.
plish q cherished object. But there ere
limits to the powers Of endurance. They
may be brave and patriotic-they do and
dare and suffer, but all this will not avail
without money and without food. Their
commerce entirely cut of BY the blockade
of every Southern port, their principal
cities beleagured, their mesns Of supply
from the States west of the Mississippi
cut off by the opening Of that river 10 the
North Immediately after the capture Of
Vicksburg and Port Hudson, their power
of resistance has been proportionsbly
weakened. Add to this that they can no
longer draw provisions from the fertile
valleys of East Tennessee, and We need
not wonder that Southern writer's describe,
in graphic style, the suffering and the
difficulties the Southern people have 10
endure. Moreover, it must be apparent
that these difficulties must become greater
and greater every day the war is protractsd.
Without money, without trade or CON-
merce, without provisions ss starvation
prices, and without the means Of borrow
ing o single dollar, with an immense
invading army on all sides, living on the
very substance required for their own
people and their own immense armies, the
prospect must, indeed, be dark and
gloomy one to the Southern mind. They
may see some glimmerings Of hope to buoy
them up, but We can see mono. Il
Now, turn to the condition Of the
North, and what contrast presents itself.
They enjoy en- immense commerce With
tina rest Of the world-a commerce scarce.
" disturbed By the gigantic war in which
they are engaged. Provisions are sbun-
dant and cheap, the great West pouring
it, agricultural wealth into the lap Of the
East; not hostile foot on its free soil
money more abundant than it bas been
for ycars-prosperity through every in
dus,rial and mercantile department IN
exsmpled in their bistory-'hs war spirit
growing more and more rifs-the people
more united, the war 10 scarcly felt, or
.eemiugly only felt in increased prosperity.
Why, the longer the war continues, the
better it seems to be for the North. The
Federal Government experiences no diff.
Guilty in raising millions upon millions OF
money in a single day, and hence the Nor.
thern army can be abundansly recruited,
supplied with food, clothing, and oil the
munitions Of war. We say when oil these
things are onsidered-when the condition
Of the South is contrasted with that Ct the
North We can arrive at but one conclusion,
and that is, the South must ultimately
succumb. They may accomplish wonders
but they can 90. achieve impossibilities.
If both parties are left to fight their own
battles without foreign interference, the
South can have no hope Of success, no
matter how heroically they may fight or
how much they may endure.