The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-27
"A .Dis.astrons Failure.

3d.
oing the Confederates to submission by
starvation % ton has Iatterly been most effeetu-i
saaliy exploded. The. evidence Of: people
arriving % from the South, and Of. those,
who have penetrated the Coniederacy du-i
ing the 9perations Of IT. the present cam.
paIgn, is unanimous to the effect that
IT 4a sYeFs depart ment of the
Il has also bSSeaai q thought BY n: many ~ that
with: financial ruin, would come the. sub
mission of che States IN II rebellion. In
reaching this. conclusion, people we're
equieted rather by Their. hopes than their
jud Z ments ior IN arriving at such a re-
suit, they ignored. e'll the, hs9, teachings of
history, The arms of France were Tvietto1
rious against combipedI Europe at a, time
her; currency was Iwertar only. the two
huadredth part of Its nominal value, and
at about the same, time,the American col
ories were, cwaging successful war against
Great Britain, with a currency that was
practically worthless So ct the, Confed-
eraey.. Ii, is some time, since, the curren-
cy Of, the, South, reached Q depreciation
that approxiIates very closely to abso-
lutte, worthlessiess,s And, yeti the ! rebel
armies fight as well, are as well fed, we'll
lel6thed and well armed as in, the days
when, "a tEfsonfederate3 shin plaster was
worth. its, face 10 gold.s f..,.,;..,4.r,G Teus
h 1t; has ALSO been thought that the CON
Lstant attrition- OF The rebeharmies through
4 the processes of Decentralization from de-
feat, and the length Of the, conflict ,s-and
the apparent hopelessness, of their cause,
would, in The end go eIedpee them that
their ieffectiye fierce, would ebecomee no
longer 5ayailuble Tor successful defence
In addition to this, it has been believed
10y many that the. mercilesse CONSERVATION
would soon exhaust thelfghting material
of, the South SO that, in a little, while
through sheer weakness. the rebellion
would be fcempellsd ID to cease, its efforts
4e,l This idea, ike all ofherss has been pro
Eed, : to have. been false, The, rebel ar
mics arc nowhere dempralized j.. on the
contrary, they are seYerywherejfa "a upit il
their resistance to the .North u and in addi
| tion,5 present at every point alsrrength al
numerically great, ip spite of f. cnntinitr3
and enormous losses, as that with whlct
.they have opposed US at ANY time during
Titus it, will, be seen that the, thre,
/ main causes upon which: the administra
! ton aud its adhersntsi haye relied fer ma
Ilterial assistance in.the su suppression of th'
.I,rebeilion, siz: starvation, financial ruin
and :. rderb eralization, have all failed I,
!. Gender the Union cause the slightest as
Esistance. With ample supplies, with ar
] mics that are a unit in their resistance
/ the South oppose US. eyerywbere to, rda.
with as much adeterminaticn n and in q
j great force as ever, Practically, we ar
not, one rood nearer the subjugstion o
A the rebellion than we were one year o
i two years ago. We lhaYe capture'
4 few forts and other stropghplds butlw
1 have not eenqnered the people; WE. d
4 mot iholdo the: country. nor hays9 we sup
lpressed to, any extent the spirit of the, re
0ellion.-Chtcogo Times. z,aF