Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-23
Thu situatiOp-P Past and Present.

= n IN. h.hit neither of asknE nor Of EnsWtriI 8.
nv. t.ok eeo.slon Yssts rdsy 10 shOW that the sc:uA
physcal resources Of tas UOniedeTscy are iuiy aae
a,sts 10 pIoss cution Of the war, even should ths
saamv oOutiuus TO wage Il on that gganas scale
,h,.b h.s hitherto character d their nOrA for OR
suoiuRsdou. We showed, in 'Hses, that 80 lar ircm
DslrV exhausted In this Fespse', the Conieeesaeh
no, r,,,,ysly stronger now Than 81 any previous Po
IA, NJ tas sar can make hssssh relatively stronger
IN Tia a than she has ever ysi bean. os 70 fPfss
an fact With acre pFteslen vale Es hAys PoE'f
"A demonstrated b. oar ssulsl0ns ~ Pus 10 the hsa
a a,ay Of 4, least $50 90 met, uhish Goals be
Il, or pun bsf than ~ have ses lai Under arms
=, o.s lima. ,esrs il no reason " believe that The
S,-,s g rts Of The enemy Will enable hia 70 Assem-
he for ths soans year Al AIFAy-As Srea1as Us sven
ssSsOaesus in magnitude, shO,e enormous hoa's
vh el be IauBshes sga Rt as IL each OF the iAsl
thrse years fusrs vas . lime in the history OF tina
var, when DO claimed " have actually snGef Arn'
10000 men; AID il would bs liberal estimate 10
snopOss I.Ai, tie tams time, 70 hAa 100000 men IN
che fsld
From II eye premises iJ follows that If No raise Our
army 60 the potential standard OF 10000 men, tie
,..my. ali other elEegnsaLees beng equal, n ss
raise his IN eo,rst pOAdng degree, or ~ sVOOOo
man in the aid, to maintain even his past IsuO
.uee,,s. II be canGol this, aud We believe that
no one inASinss thai he fan do it, for no one BE-
Nevsa that mdhon even aalfa million OF armed
Yankees ull ,YJr again stand on Southern sol, he
cannot maintain h.s rsladSe military power, nue.
.ss sdyA, CO towar the sabjugAtOa OF the country
that ia 10 saw looking AZ the question fec m pureo
ahv.ioal poin. Of vieW, end considering the other
.lar.nts of rbs p,ebleu, 10 be constant Quantities.
w. Conscious that other considerations enter
fn,o ,hs a ,sstiop, and haze very Important bear
;,s an liz solatiOu These combinations are pArtS
Of moral and partly Of material nature. In GO
"A tbty are material they are susceptible of al
snnrsxuau " accurate auaiysr; and &c shall ell
-, Ia fntu,s article 10 show that in this rec
=, "a o,itiv,I, "A N "A rela;iy ,ly. strong
a., :, .ov fo,nsr Ds,ioJ Of ,bsvar TIL
-, 49,, ,..,ioo ,n,ol,ss ,hs c,ns,,iv n rs,a
-,s,,s "a A. ann en-, military fo,c cas-. and We b..
sVs 10 be dsnOnssraSle shat our ability to accOa-
pl.h these objscts is greater nov than
sny previous period. II, then, these iva important
elements Of the questou-lhAt is 10 say the capacity
"a raise 40 adtQ sss force AID the sbiy TO stppOr
that iOes In The 6ld be satisfactorily ssItedthe "h0
statistical b-aroa Of the problem vii have b'sn Ga
hausted, and there vii remain TO ID saksl into tie
sasoaut orlJ the m)fal elem at. Tae mofsl slemeu'
.ds,sto be simply the Will TO continue tie cOntesi;
,s,hs 40 u.l strength OF TIE cpp25il "a We fer h
IN h, ina l.F.,t ratio 60 the inteusl.y Of
'-o - "A h,i., Ia bear on our pa1siesl aul
fT--, - cs,oA,ssd with the dszrss Of Il II
M d., Fs,ouress are combined aud direct.
=. Eorass Of tLis k,aI on b. esGinitsd oaly ty
80, A., "a can have no other method Ct oalou,a
,',.rns.,usss Of cur people In this war than b,
-. ttsy display. the saer 6oes they msks, and
ra,iog. tb,y srd dare ia prosecu log il. TIE lat
'- ,hs,sfo,s cannot nos bs taken into acocua
,a,,I fan Of ,bil,lisa in our f,yo,
in e'An'''D mai, ,,tio, of on, n ou,.,i,r.h,.
s-0'S' -. satr.ly upou .hs oil and pu,nss.
fe-0,ls ~, a. thsss again are gsea IN II al,ne,d
" o1 - IN vhlei hops Or DESPAIR. anlie,e,,i,,
" mani. nav prevail In the public mind. +
" - .,..t impoFtsIcs 10 ascertain Hhat rss
~ ,,i., for the devil pnent of thai
ssii'''-'. -...., o. ~, ,,..,;,D -,,h -,
We "'.' 81 shonJd "a, nsool. ba ,isoour-
We eoliu' -, 80, q, .F'i,.s, I, &C.,
sssd " 'u' ?, IN -. a.. -.
log this q4@s-.''' '.,.-,, - '''.'
ourselves sr''lJ " ''a e''e -
as 10 other eeaf'ogsi 0P'o " 'I''''
We say, th9n' ma Oh 'n' "lO''' v
years. operations are Ds,'r '-s,. - 'l'
soatiefn elu''' a. - a.. -,
e1mpAs0s INC -, =, A.. o.0,,.;,, +,
tary sHuS'0S = ~ - 80 t,s p.o;d., s,,h -
March IAS'' uIAu' ,..o,5;a. 70 No,,bs,D c.Icrl,-
sFmyl5o sr'us 'uN =, - ~, -.
tons, II ooH ''Ai',U - ,'-r..s g., g..
to march srAEa' 'l'V h...S,b 80 49,.
having twice .'A.ss'1o nd of The Federal army which