The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-10-04
The Rebels Last Hope,

The fact that Lees Army cheered
Justify when they received the news
of McCIellan's nomination cannot be
gainsayed. They had been assured
By their misleaders that "Little Mac
is all right his election would
end their perils and privations by in
suring their triumph-they knew that
Pendleton had stood their friend in
Congress and elsewhere-they saw
that the Chicago platforms was al that
they could ask-and they eheered as
if they had heard that Early had ia
ken Washington, making the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet their prisoners.
Lord Lyons wrote officially to Earl
Russell, in November, 1853, that the
removal of Mcclellan from command
had taken aback and frustrated those
'Conservative" leaders in our city
who were meditating a surrender to
the Rebels. Of course, those Rebels
are now cheered with the fond delu~
sion that their friends are about to
put him back again. But they viii
be woiully disappointed.
Mr.. Thomas 0. Harter, a member
of McPhaiIs U. S. Detectives, makes
the following statement through The
Wabash Qnd.) Express:
'On the 26th of Aug, 1864, I had
an opportunity to get into conversa-
ton with colonel attached to a brig
ade commanded by an officer well
known on the Potomac as Mud-Wau
Jackson. At the time, they we're en-
camped at Shepardstown, Virginia.
I fortunately came into possession of
a Baltimore American; and received
assurances Erom the commanding Of
fcer of their pickets that I would be
granted the privilege of exchanging
papers and my return to our own for
ces. 7 readily accepted, and during
this time had the following interview
with the above colonel: His first ques-
ton to me was, do you think that
the recent nominees for President
and Vice-President, rim other words,
do you think that Lincoln and John
son, will be elected President and
Vice>PreSident of the United States
this faIl?' My reply to the above
was that twasmy opinion they would.
To that reply he remarked that, if
such should be the case, then the
cause in which he was engaged would
prove hopeless: that their only hopes
were founded in the delusiOn of di-
yided North and change Of admins
tration; ifsuch did not occur, that in
his opinion there would not be- a gun
fred after the lapse Of three nor tbs
after it was made known to the South
ern Confederacy that Lincoln and
johnson were elected.
"I remarked to him that the Presi-
dent had called for five hundred thou
sand more men, and that they would
be forthcoming soon, and as many
more if necessary. He replied: You
may raise that number of men, but
we could not add to our strength five
hundred: that they had conscripted
all, or nearly so between the ages of
sixteen and fifty, capable of bearing
arms. To his last expression 1 wish
to call your attention. 1t may ap-
pear small number to raise, but, not
withstanding, I can truthfully say it
is correct.
81 have travelled nearly all over
Virginia since the Rebellion, in all Of
its important cities and towns, and l
know that what I say is true; and haV-
ing seen others that have had similar
opportunities to ascertain facts in re-
gard to their hopless situation, l can
say, as one confident Of saying what
is true, that they are at present
stronger in force than they can be
again, that all that is required to in
sure the success of our arms and our
cause, is to answer the Presidents call
formore men, and prevent the election
of the So called peace men to any po-
sition whatever either in County,
State, or United States. Their fac
ilities for getting news from the North
ern States are of such nature that
they would not be kept in the dark
long after the result is made known;
and they expect no other assistance
than from the reported division of the
people in the Northern States. Let
them know there is none, and the
cause is ours, and once more will the
Stars and Stripes, the emblem Of lib
erty, triumphantly wave over every
State in our country.