Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-04-14

pened auspiciously, and victory had al
ready been given us !; that our armies ev.
t cry where were recruited and strengthen
led, and were full of hope and confidence !:
that they were held well in hand by the
ablest generals the world ever produced i;
and he gave 1t as his opinion, that If we
even held our own, or were victorious in
| the pending campaign, fighting would he
virtually ended by the time the leaves be-
gan to fall in autumn, and finally the war
would languish and die out from the utter
exhaustion aud heartlessness on the part
of our foes. Negotiations would then take
the place OF warriors, and the North, dis.
pirited by long and continued disaster and
ill-success, would then listen to reason and
the dictates of wisdom and submit to terms.
He based this opinion on the evident indi-
cations OF the times. Our foes would soon
be plunged into the whirlpool OF another
presidential campaign, and the prize the
various parties would contend for would
be the rule and patronage Of a govern
ment which makes millions of money
and the we'll known yankee prociivlty and
thirst for the almighty dollar, their minds,
now centered on the single idea OF our
subjugation, will be bent on securing the
spoils, and in their eagerness for gain and
place, dissensions and schisms will arise
which will paralize the governments eff
forts and defeat their medltated intentions.
There is, too, already strong peace party
at the North, and, as the yankee begins to
comprehend the main fact in his mind
the billions of dollars his government is
fruitlessly throwing away in this war, obs
serves the rapid depreciation of his green
back currency, and the decline of their
commerce aud trade under its influence
that peace party will increase in strength
until it is fully successful. They have, al
SO, at last, found that we are in deadly
earnest. They have already begun to re-
alize the truth, and despair is gradually
sinking into their hearts. Their leading
men and newspapers declare that if their
arms do not ''crush the rebellion" this
summer, they never will, and they openly
proclaim that the Issue is staked on the
approaching campaign. They are already
dispirited aud scared, and the waning
strength of their exhausted efforts is de-
monstrated'in their vain attempt to recruit
their forces, for which even enormous
bounties4are of no avail !; the numberless
drafts that bring no men, and the NUT
terihgs and dissensions that are observed
in their councils. All this betokens flag
ging on their part, aad it is an historical
trnisin which asserts that "an aggressive
warfare that once flags never rallies"
Old Abe and his counsellors are begin
ming to see the end, and they had there
tore sent their last hero, Grant, to confront
lis, and they have determined to make one
more mighty effort to crush us. We must
whip this hero and his army, said the
Governor, and our work is done whip
him, and thereby maui grace, peace into
their unbelieving souls. 1t would do it as
sure as we whip him, and he felt sure that
the result Of this campaign would send
him into the shades of private life, to keep
company with the other heroes OF our u,.-
making. ''>se 50 4sf
The Governor then reviewed the past
campaigns of the army OF Northern Vir-
ginia. At the beginning OF the war, when
the hero of Lnndy's Lane and Sally Cor
der (Cerro Gordo) Scott, was put in COM
mand OF the yankee army, the Governor
quaked III his boots with fear, and thought
that Gen. Scott would march his army
from the Potomac to the Rio GraEde in
one campaign but a man by the name of
Beanregard met him at place called
Bull Run, and old Scott had not been
heard Of since. Mcdowell was buried in
the same grave that covered Scott. Then
came Mcclellan the Little Napozeoqs' p
who took things easy and slow, and who
moved ponderously along until he gained
the banks Of the Chickahonainy then p
man by the name Of Lee opposed him in