Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-08-10
Northern Peace ITEMS

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| We copy the following from a late mum.
Der of the New York Neaos :,.s..or .u1
So far, we repeat, the campaign has.failed
at all points; the Federal armies have been
hurled to certain slaughter with q cold heart.
lessness worse than devilish. NO general
ever exhibited 30 great an Indifference I'd
the lives Of his soldiers as Grant; no gen.
eral ever achieved as little by suoh. sacrifice.
It is impossible to say that his;army has not
fought we'll, and endured all the hardships,
dangers and labors of the campaign with
heroism and docility. They were directed
by.a butcher, and opposed by the greatest
general Of this or any other age. Posterity
will rank Gen. Lee above Wellington or
Napoleon, before SAKE or Turenne, above
Marlborough or Frederick, before Alexan:
der Or, Caesar, Careful of the lives of his
men, fertile id resource, q profound tacti.
clan, gifted with the swift Intuition which
enables a commanderto discern the purpose
of his enemy, rand the power of rapid com.
bination WHICH enables him to oppose to it
prompt resistance; modest, frugal, self.
denying,,void Of arrogance or self.assertion;
trusting hothing to chance; among men
noble asshe nobfest in the lofty dignity Of
the Christian gentleman; among patriots
less self-seeking, and as pure as Washing.
ton; and among soldiers combining tie re.
ligio1s simplicity of Havelock with the ge.
MUS Of Napoleon, the heroism Of Bayard
,and Sydney, and the untiring, never falter.
ing duty of Wellington. .s,.
+ If this. great soldier had at his command
the forces and material against which he is
called on to contend, the superiority on land,
Fand the supremacy on water, in six months
ths,whole Federal States would be PROSTATE
at his feet. As it is, he has made his own
name, and that Of the Confederacy be serves,
ortal.-Montreaz Telegraph.
The LAST MAN AND THE LAST DOLLAR.
The meaning Of the Lincolnites who 30
glibly use this. pet phrase is, that they will
be the nlast man" to 60 to "tbe front" and
that they intend to steal the 'last dollar
from the Government in the "prosecution''
Of the war-on the treasury. :,
"a - Cincinnati Enquirer.
WHEN SHALL WE EHAYE PEAoE.-When
the WAT is successful on our part, the Lin
coin organs tells us, that that is no time to
make peace, because the rebellion will be
speedily subdued if we 60 on with the car.
mage. When the Confederates are success
,ful, the same organs tell US that our national
honor and dignity will not allow peace.
Tie question is, when are We to have peace
under these conflicting doctrines?
ti - Gt:.sz,,pse Cincinnati Enquirer
REVENGE is SwEET.-nSeymour," an
intelligent correspondent Of the; Daily NeSs
is somewhat apologetic because the rebels
destroyed bridges and private property in
their march through Maryland. We con-
fess we see nothing to apologize for in this
act, even though they had razed every
house to the ground, and destroyed every
vestige of property in their track, that they
could not conveniently carry away. Gre
:yenge is sweet" according tothe old adage,
and consequently, if they had burned and
destroyed, leaving naught but the blackness
of desolation and ruin wherever the feet Of
the invader pressed our soil, it would only
be the mildesf retaliation fof:the. unnumber-
ed outrages and crimes which have been
committed against dsfenceless, unprotected
women and children in the South by our
armies during the last three years Of terror
and dbloodshed. Bergen (NJ. Democrat.
> Bow THEY DO IN "LoYAL PLACES. ~
Says the Pittsburgh Chronicle, in speaking
Of the draft in the Twenty-aecond District /:
nOf the number drawn, 'S12 have thus far
paid Ic6mmutation, Ts have furnished sub
sstifutes, 13'have obtained exemptions as
aliens, 2for being under age, 62 for being
over 45, Is for non.residence, 1l5 for disa-
bility, 8 are dead, 2 in the: service, and l
has served two years" Out Of 54l not one
enters the service, snd but 16 men are Sc.
cured for the service. Pretty we'll that for
loyal town like the HSmoky City" -
After war of sixty.four years duration,
Russia, With population Of $4,000, 900,
has at last subjugated Circassia, with a pop
ulation of 100000 If it takes 75,OoO,-
600 Russians sixty-four years to subjugate
400, 900 Circassians, how long will it take
20, 10000 Americans to subjugate S,0O0,-
900 Americans.
How to save the country: Stop the war,
proclaim on armistice, call convention,
and consider terms of peace.