Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-02-04
Hopeful and Enco uuragi8g.. uura iiy. .

Croakers and men who despair or the
Republic,,' should read the following hope
full and encouraging article from the Rich-
mond Exaniner-a paper which 4s91 some ne. of
them have affected to believe agreed with
them in the opinion that all was lost
that our cause was a hopeless one. Let.
them read from q journal which they have
hitherto professed to believe in, and gath
er courage and strength, and fesolve to-
stand by the cause and the country
Though the horr has been dark, now the
daylight appeareth:
.~ From the Richmond Examiner. 81 Il
With the spring will comethe last great
struggle of Lincoln to overthrow the Con-
tederacy. His term OF Office draws to a
close, and the gathering elements of OPP
position warn him that he, at least, may
not have much time left in which to finish
up the ''Pig job, he so recklessly under~"
took. Should the approaching campaign
give him no material advantage, and
should the present Confederate line Of de-
fence be maintained in its integrity, he
will bequeath to his successor a legacy of
embarrassment and difficulty. Should
another President resolve to persevere in
the insane attempt at conquest, he will
find that all the immense efforts that have
been made in the last three years have
not penetrated to the core OF the difficulty,
while they Lave materially diminished and
crippled the offensive resources OF the
North. '.s -. 7fs.s s}e> e-''" {.
So fearful an accumulation of debt in
so short time is unprecedented III the
history of nations Nor does it promise
to diminish in vigor of growth in the fn-
ture. The tnonstrous plant has struck its
roots far and wide into congenial soil,
and expands with rapidity which threat
ems socntos spread its black shadow over
the entire land, chilling and dwarfing tie
growth of industry and damping the spir~
it OF enterprise. Financial alexpeiientsllave
a limit beyond WHICH they yrcannot go. Can
ming a:tifice may, for q time, delude the
people and throw deceitful veil over in>
terror rottenness, but there is an Inevitable
fate before it which silently approaches,
and which, at last, like the Fiend in the
Fable, will bear no further delay and
snatch his victim. off to peroEtien..s With.
out aasubstantial basis to restupon, an i'm ;
nfebse system OF ational debtis sure to
terminate IN ruin. Every interest and ey-
cry individual III the Stale is is drawn d,v into into
the whirlpool, and every pillar Of the So
cial edifce buried in the universal cata-
clysm. Precisely snchis the condition of
the people of the United States.i The arts
OF banking and the monetary facilities of
a commercial nation have, SO iar,s SMOOTH
ed Their, path and enabled. them to. make.
extraordinary exertions. But it is, evident
this course Of expedients cannot continue
indefinitely. Confidence in success has
sustained their cause 50 far; and in the ex-
pectation of veonquering ,theisSouth they
have found az imaginary basis for their
nationaIdebt b4With the postponement of
this desired iconsumations ti1eirs bolstered
creditsm sink. II they rtterly T. "a com
plete bankrn I'm s soy er ri 1th e.n-r-5
Should they succeed, after 80 long sstrugr
gle, they will3fnd that ttheyahaveexpend-
ed more than the fee simple Of. a. prosper
Gus county to reduce into a sterile
unity region devastated by war and de-
pnved OF all recnperative power. -
The army with which the work of con-
quest Is to be carried on is another /. terris
Die o5staeles which has 70 be faced by I.ip~
coin and! hssnecessor.is Thisatoo, is close
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