Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-09-08
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Fromthe Riehnond Sentinel. August 90;
4 We have arrived ct q very critica
stage Of the war, and calm eircum
ispection, canton, and patient en-
durance are needed to carry, rs sue
cessfully through it To weathe
the next six weeks will be most diff
fcult task for the North. She il
well aware of this. and will, no:doub
be very busy IN endesvoring to en'
trap US into hasty compromises, con
cessious, or admissions that may de
prive US of the vantage ground which
We are likely to attain in less thar
two months. Within that time, &c is
not at all improbable that the armies
of Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, by
losses in buttIe and by other causes,
will have been almost snnihila. ed
Within that time it is almost certain
that the approaching Chicago Con-
yention will have thrown its apple
of dlscord and destruction into the
already discordant and distracted
ranks Of the North. 1t may suggest
terms of honorable peace. Atleast,
it will be sure to battle rather than
promote the peculiar war policy is
equally directed against the liberty
of the North and the independence
of the South. Let us await patiently
the results of that Convention, before
committing ourselves to any specific
terms of peace; for they have much
to fear from that result, we nothing
to apprehend from it. 1t may i'm
pede. thwart, or embarrass the plans
and purposes Of the war party at the
North. 1t may make their situation
worse, but cannot affect ours.
Let us a,caa, TOO, the experiment Of
Me impending draft If it fails, the
North will be almost without an army
and we should be sure of better terms
of peace than we could now hope for.
That it will fail, at least partially,
seems to be expected or apprehen-
ded by all parties, even among them
selves. 1t may give rise to mobs.
riots, revolutionary outbursts, and
civil war in that section. 1t will
certainly increase and exacerbate the
hatred of New York, Pennsylvania.
and New Jersy, and the Northwest
towards New England. The form' r
States and section sustains this war
as mat er of honor, New England
as source of wealth. She is grow
ing richer every day by its prosecu-
tion. while they are heing impoYer,
ished by it. We believe according
to the duello code. the requirements
of honor are satisfied when blood
(however little) has been drawn
These States and that section have
she'd whole oceans Of it. Neither
the code of honor nor the dictates of
the most generous magnanimity re-
quire that they should shed more :
To do so would be savage brutality
but generous chivaIry. They should
say, and might say most truly to
New England. You brought on
this war 1t is your war You have
made millions of money by it. We
have made common cause with you
for we felt that the storming OF Fort
Sumpter was an insult to the whole
North. But it was a mere insult, and
one which New England. men and
measures compelled the South to Of
fer us. We have shed enough blood
and lost or expended enough treas
nre to wipe out thousand such in
suits. We can hear and suffer no
more to satiate your hatred and build
up your health. whilst by so doing
We are wasting our own lives, was
ing our own treasure. running our
selves, and entaiiing hopeless power
y on our posterify. This, draft We
Tiii not bear! Even if any one State
'hould take the stand We suggest.
he further prosecution of the war
would be hopeless for other States
you'd soon foilow-the example.
But suppose the draft succeeds
t will only put in raw, undiseipiined,
eluctant recruits and mercenary
institutes, to supply the places of
oiunteer veterans. We shall be
etter situated to treat for peace after
he draft than now, even if it succeed.
there will be long interval or gapJ
f time between the enlistfng Of
RATED men and the making soldiers
f them, wherein We may carry on
be war to advantage or treat for peace
n fair and equaf terms. In the
lean while, the expiration Of the
erms of service of their three years ,
eterans aud hundred days men will
e continually weakening them, and
strengthening us. Their
urrency. too, is sure to grow conin-
ally worse. sad without money
aoney that Is readily current--they
annot long prosecute the war. Our
is steadily improving, I
nd Congress, at its next session, |
as only boldly to proceed with the .
tringent measures it has already ,
to relieve us, in short ,
ime, Of all difficulty ss TO money !
latters. ~" ''
Six weeks hence we are almost
ertain to he in much better condi- (
ion to tLeat for peace than we are {
ow. and our enemy in much worse {