The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-09-15

effieaeiously, or with lame and impotent re-
suits, as the people shall elect. 1t is Inomerl
tous issue which hangs on that election IN &.
-y-.l s.4 ya.g3amgb VI .7tI.. seL 1tTE'
CONFIDENCE AND GROUNDS OF COURAGE re
There is, to a people battling many cause
D force, purely metaphysical! in its character
which is yet Stronger than tile sinews of war
stronger than the sinews of mems arms. 1T
is courage. Never has it been more2needed
than Of late, when a fatal paralysis has be:
numbed the public sense aud in the, eclipse OF
faith, 1.-THE whole noise Of humorous and flock
ing birds, with those that love the twilight
Autter about, and in their engious gabble
would prognosticate d year Of sects and
schisms." -. o.. q
I'beiave we have already touched the ma
dir.of our fears and our tiesbondechy, and that
a breath of patriotism and hope is HOW vivj-
flying the nations pulse. But eachman can
swell the rising tide. To difiuse the inspira
ton Of courage is the duty Of every patriot.
And happily we need draw this inspiration
from no Elusive fountains; Tor the more car
nestIy and honestly we look at the situation.
the more grounds OF hope we find.
Some Of these grounds can be briefly set
down: ~ --lJ@ A!,-A i-t" L-+1e" 3f5il t--"
3 Il. The body of the rebellion is noribundo |
General /. Seymour, whose critical habit OF
thought and conservative temper, well known
to me, add prodigious weight to any decla-
ration he makeson this head, states as the
result Of his three months observations Ill
the interior of the South, that the rebel
cause is fast failing from exhaustion This
is profoundly true, Whether it has regard to
the material resources of fhe South, from
of.which it Is now cut off by the |
lines held by our armies, or to its still more I
vital resources III men Of which the field is |
now reaped and bare Every man and every
boy is now in the field; there is nothing be-
hind The whole South therefore Is IN the
armies confronting Sherman and Grant. OIL
the army opposing General Sherman, forty |
thousand men have been sitbtracted by the !
losses of the great summer campaign Ofthe
other army, commanded by Lee, one half its
force have been put out OF the tight since
General Grant crossed the Rapidan.
q 2. 1t is true, IN inhcting this damage we
also have lost quite as severely-perhaps ev
en- more SO; but if it is lawful to speak thus
of so grave matter we can afford it. We
can stand to lose man for man, till every
man in the rebellion is put hors du com
bat and leave behind untouched a force
equal to all we nave lost IN the war; ~
, 3 But do not believe it will be needtul /
to wade through such an ocean of blood as
this All that is needed is a blow that will
disrupt the two main rebel armies. 1t is |
worthy of note that the merciIess conscrip-
tions that have swept over the South have
even simplified the problem for us. The war
has no longer those thnusamd-fold embarras-
ments that attend a national war, on popu-
latons. There is no population. Our task is
confined is beating the armies at Richmond !
and Alfalfa. For the rest the Southern peo-
pie are tired Of this war, ahl are signing for
peace. @'-'i t'i+.. "Nt -'+-
4 ia military point of view such Is
the situation held by General Grant and
General Sherinan towards the insurgent
forces opposed to them, that the reinforce
ments they will receive by the draft will
certainly enable them to complete their
workout In addition to the testimony Of Gem /
eral Grant already given, take the impress
sive asseVerations al General Seymour on
that head -.,,,,t
"IfSherniati HAD But 10000 or rs, 900
more men near, the South would be lost be-
cause Hood would be annihilated. sai If
Meade had moved III the spring, with re l.
serves Of Is, 900 or 100, 900 men Lee would
have been hopelessly crushed Even at
this moment third column of 10000 on
80, 600 thousand rightly moved, would give
blows to the Confederacy, from
which she would never rise. go
'"Phere is but one course consistent with
safety or honor. Let the people awake to
a sense Of their dignity aud strength, and-a
few months Of comparatively trifling exer-
tion-of such effort as alone is worthy Of the
great work-and the rebellion will crumble1
before us--FiIl this draft promptly and
willingly, with good aud troe men; send a
few spare thousands rather than under theI
call, and the summer SIM OF 1865 will shine
upon regenerated land.
5. This will be the last draft There Will
be no more calls for there will need no more.
The reinforcenents il will give will end
the war This reflection should envoke thed
heartiest efforts to make it productive Of the
best fruits, which will be realized when our
people, coming to view 1T not as an
arbitrary imposition Of force but solemn
duty, aud its elections not as misfortune
to those on whom they may fall, but as 9
sacred laying Of hands, respond promptly
and personally to its demands 2# 9h1 &
IfaIl the considerations, both Of the act
ual presentment and future prospects OF the
war Of for the Union are such as encourage
those who have at heart the triumphant
consumrnation of the one end that adds to
this war, all its halo of glory and freedom,
it must not be lost sight of that these
hopes may be banked and brought to
naught by our own weakness pusillannity,
and folly. Is it not solemn monition
that while it IS in our power to terminate
the rebellion almost at a blow, it is also in
our power indefinitely toIprotract it,or,worse
still, the it end in hollow peace, which can
be no peace at all, but endless war-the
like the mystical body of Osiris,
torn limb by limb, and the one humiliating
reflection left us that there was time when
a little courage a little practical patriotism,
would have saved us: iL q s1oa. 3.-.t4 qua
: y-9. ..- WILLIAM SWINTON.
s8- 1t is officially announced by the gov
ernor that Rhode Island has, by volun Eary
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