The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-12
WAR IN EARNEST.

General Truman Seymour, captured In the
battles of the Wilderness, passing through Char
lottesvillc on his way to tue Libby Prison, i'm
proved the opportunity u give the cougre gated
Rebels "picce of his mind" with regard 20 the
cha acter asd duration of the war. 81 hope" said
he, "tbLt your armies may soon invade the Free
Stres, anu traverse them ne least 80 far as Phiia-
dGlph'a, plunderiug aud burning as thry "a, in
order thuJ the North may be wakeI 40 aud ma
TO 7. alze IN 4 we are at war. What W. need Is
rnitet and determined North and ,his will in-
sure IT," The Richmond Erlminsr mlrvsil5d
that SO much was eBdured without the applica
ton OF the buck and gAg-whicn argues th4t
uuth Is unpopular or unauthorized in that ldti-
tudP.
The Rebels are now on their ,hird annual raid
across the Potom &C. pparently 10 far less force
thbI ut ei her ot their former excur-ions; bus
tbeu the Army of the Potomac Immediately con-
fontcd them, Nhie /. is now N iuly in 'front.' of
Petersburg end Richmond, and likely TO romain
there. The oijecIs OF the present raid ap lelc 10
be, lst, Punder, especially in tho liue OF horse
hesb and canlej "a, to compel G1ner Grant to
let 90 his hod on the throat Of the Rebell.Ol on
the James. We trust this latter end will not be
atlhiuedi yet it msy be II the Middle States fail
to 90 tGtir GutY.
They are now urgently called upon to send
fOl ward tn,r militia; aud we trust .ne call will
be promptly and la, Rely responded to. There
should be one hOnured thousand Union militia
in Mary lauu before tue close of tne ptesent week
That the Rebels viii he driven oil, We nave no
manner of doubt, provided they 40 no' speedily
run back 10 their Vlryina Businesses Blt mean
time they may do gr, mischief, unless large
bodies OF Nor,hern militia be hurried forward ~
the n8cue.
Tba tie raid finds tho militia Of tho endang red
Suites drRr cttulis unorganizsd Hud inefficient,
lisa Inipshle ruth. IN the fourth year OF great
ard terrible vii war, scarcely "a lOyal Sttte in
the UnICn hHs her militia even enrolled, much
less oTsAni2ed and disciplined. Why this is,
esptciR ly Witt Stale 80 exposed as Maryiind
Il were idle now TO inquire. We hoid Juat at
lta.t twice NJ many men have been running oil
thtir nov bic properly from the Rebels as would
have sutlctd to run or the Rebels themselves
Can We ever lie cnught 80 az inl
ILts lava ion sweeps over Central and West
eTn Mary land, the most loyal p3rJi "a Of thc
Site. Yet even this portion, lying dirr1tY
across abe Potomac from OLD NUginit, aad oppO-
sie ~ Valley of the Shenandoah, whence Rebel
Eoroes have 70 Ui en Threatened ana thrice in-
yat eo II, has no militia organization, aud no len
ShHnTeniiy) OF rcTsuug such raids otherwise
then ty ruLLiug before them. Is not this the
sheer st int ,uaIion
The Rebels are desperately IN earnest. Origl-
nRlh lew, they make intgu.Ty OF venom atone
for Iruci OF numoers. They clutch their Uwu
HciiOn, ComlcIbg every ~h,te uan or boy 20
hgtti every black mau or woman % work, fJr the
uluHlh OF III ir n asoI. Tncy tolerate no s.
keL ar Ceuut whtfe tbey have power 10 suppress
g. Their consrripIers rnd hloodhnund' Gas an
Akh ni1r quain.ly said) take every one who
h6sL' ItSn de more w IA two days"
1he eoiscript'd must e! her march ~ bc shot
--iHhe your choice, bur NO words! They pay no
bOp;iirs, wake no provision for tber sO.diers'
fani ier, and have given over toe far,e Of pre-
. tendbg To pay tier men. Once in their ranks,
there is nO release I'LL the end vi the war. They
have ceased 20 have fnances; they regard all
private property as Confederate, ana take what
ever they wHnt wheroye. they Hud il. There Is
4 no buslness--itlle tfade--nO speculation among
, thtns-rothiug but deadly war.
Il Ire North rrepHei 10 emulate this
IL yeS, ht Us eall out all lie men that are
wRntyd, inan cur Government al tli. money iL
needs, anu put the war thInagh by daylghi. By
t.is n!eabs, success ~ cet,sin otherwise not Is
tie North at length prepared for war in earnest
This question l. fairly H. order. and must be
LnsweTtd forthwith. Tifing is perOus; equivo.
cation is rum. Let the North now arise, or be
forever fallen