Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-01
The Exhausti0n Of the south.

Wo now solemnly warn the country To put
no faith in the theory of tho downfall of the
rebe hon by tho process Of exhaustion With
all the signs Of panic and confusion which
reach US from the South, we believe that when
the spring opens il will find the three great
Southern armies-IIse's, L.ongstreets and
Johnapn's--lRrger, az we'll fed and we II sup
piled, Rnd animated with mora desperate
resolution than eyer before The outcries we
hear dt the South are from the wsAlthier and
more Influential class Of Southerners, who are
willing enough that the war should go on, but
who have no stomach for fighting in the ranks
a. common soidiers Tho newspaper editors
who oppose this wholesale conscription are in
the same boat, Writing for the rebellion is
all right, but fighting for il is not in their line
Then there is q diseOncerted party in North
Carolina who talk very loud against the Con
fedeTAle Government, but who take their CD
position out in talking
The .trnth il, J0lf. Davis is still master Of
tho sitpaton as far as the control Of the South
is concerned. All the military and civil ma
chinerf Of tho Government is in his posses
sion, and nothing but State action or armed
resistance will check him in his designs. As
we see no evidence of an open revolt against
Davis at the South, We take il for granted he
will be enabled to get all the men and supplies
he needs TO open tho spring campaign with
tremendous vigor.-NeV York World
ne3-The frequent appearance, in different
forms, Of unpleasant truths, is exceedingly
annoying to administration newspapers.
keep II before the people" is maxim
whose practical application affects them very
much as water does person suffering from
hydrophobia Their negro policies have as yet
been productive only Of mischief TO tho whites
and misery TO the blacks. They look to the
future for iastifcaton IA ALI their rredir-
tions concerning these measures haze been
faAiiied by results, thero is slight hope for be
lievng that the future win afford them better
reasons for advocating Garrisonsm than the
past has done Rev. A. s, Fiske, Chaplain
Superintendent of ContTabands in the Depart
meat Of the Mississippi made speech 10
Buffalo, M. Y !, on the l7ih inst in which he
portrayed the present situation OF the sniran-
chised negroes, and said
"fhe suffering Of this people ia our nation.
al dishonor. II they were not rescued, history
would write something thus The American
people enticed within ther lines tens OF thou-
sands Of slaves, alluring them thithar with
promises Of liberty, took from among them
all able bodied men to reinforce their armies,
huddied the rest together in great camps, and
leit them to perish OF nakedness by the hun,
dred How will thst rage Of history read 2
Suppose those who aro left Rre rescued.
Between tho 22d day of September 1862,
and this 26th day Of January 1864, not ''the
American people" but the abolition party,
headed by Abraham Lincoln, have "entieed
within the lines Of our armies items Of thou
sAnda Of slaves, alluring them thither with
promise nfliberty, and have taken from among
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armies have huddled the rest TO together ia
great camps, and left them to perish Of naked
ness by tho llundred.a a How will this page OF
history read IL is unAdu lterated trnih, and
II history shall be truly written, must appear.
Loyal newspapers are Of the opinion thai
"loyAl men are indisereet in stating such
facts aud asking such questlons.- - CAieagO
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