Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-10-15
OLD SERIES, VOL. %, No. 4.

armies, useu up Tue WuOlc Oh tnelT hNallODle
fighting material, exhausted their supplies
of arms and of food, captured their guns,
destroyeCttheir prvateers seized their lorti-
fcations, driven them back upon tue Gulf,
and brought them at last to the very verge
OF military annihistiOn. Does this look
like Failure f'
Does this look as if the struggle was SO
utterly hopeless as to compel us to demand
"immcdiately efforts for Cessation of Hos
tilitius T. Are we reduced to that extremity 2
What say those who know most about it z
Take the testimony of the men who have
been in the field, AT the head OF our armies,
through all this long and bloody contest.
Ask them it they think the war has proved
Failure Read the
TESTIMONY OF GENERAL GRANT:
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED !
STATES, CITY PoINT VA, Aug. IL, 1864. {
Hon. L. B. Wasburne,--
| Dear Sir: | state to all citizens who vi
sit me that all We want now to ensure an
early restoratiod of the Union is Il deter
mined unity of sentiment North The rebels
have now in their ranks their last man. The
little boys and old men are guarding pri-
soners, guarding railroad bridges and form
ing good part OF their ga,risons for en-
trenched positions. A man lost them can.
not be replaced. They have robbed alike
the cradle and the grave TO get their present
force Besides what they lose in frequent
skirmishes aud battles, they are now losing
from dt scrtons and other causes at least one
regiment per day. With this drain upon
them the end is not far distant it we will
only be true to ourselves. Their only hope
now is in divided North. This might
give them re-cntorcemeuts from Tennessee,
Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri, while it
would weaken us. With the draft quietly
enforced, the enemy would become dcspund-
cnt and would make but little resistance
have no doubt but the enemy are exceeding:
ly anxious to hold out until after the Prcsi-
Dental election. They have many hopes
from its effects They hOpg Il counter rcvo-
luton; they hope election OF Il Peace caudi-
date. In fact, like Mcawher, they hope for
something to turn up. Our peace friends, II
they expect peace from separation, are much
mistaken. IL would be but the beginning
of war, with thousands of Northern men
joining the South because of our disgrace in
allowing separation. TO have peace on
any terms" the South would demand the
restoration OF their slaves already freed
They would demand indemnity tor losses
sustained, and they would demand Il treaty
which would make the North slave-huntcrs
for the South. They would demand pay or
the restoration of every slave escaping to the
North.
Yours truly, L. 5. GRANT.
Does that look like failurei When Gene
raj Grant tells You that the Rebels have
their last man. in the ranks--that their
fighting population is eXnaustcd-that all
We need is to hold on and remain united,
and the end is sure and close at hand-is
there any reason for the disgraCctul surrcn-
dc. which the Chicago Convention demands.
When Grant. who has fought more battles
and won mOIe victories than any other Cen
eral it the war, tells you that the last hope
of the Rebels is in the election of the Peace
Candidate for the presidcncy-that they are
absolutely hopeless Of success from any other
quarter, is it not perfectly clear that success
is within our grasp,f
Does this look as if the war had been a
failure Does this look rs il an immediate
cessation oi hostiiities' were necessary
Every General in the service tells precise
~ the same story. Here is an extract from
letter OF All officer who was with Ander-
son Mt Sumter when the Rebels fired upon
il and thus began the war--whO was after
wards taken prisoner, and spent some
months in tue Rebel States. Read this
TESTIMONY ov GEN. SEYMOUR.
; WILLIAMsrowS, Mass, Aug. 18th, 1864.
) Nix DEAR SIR: You ask for my imprcS
/ siou- oi the present condition cf the south
= ern COnIudegncy, and yuu shall have th,m
For the benefit OF our cause, | wish they
might be impressed upon every soul IN The
land, that the confidence bCguttCn in my
three months observations in the interior O
the South might be shared hy every man
who has the least connection with the re
; sponsibiitieS of this struggle. And | an
sure that these upiui"G. are not peculiar /,
myself. Every one uf the iitly officers jGst
. exchanged will express the snmc-eveIy unt
-of Our men, whether from the jails ot Char,
lcslon or the pens OF Macon and Anderson
vi.e, will confidently tell the same story.
, The rebel cause is fast failing from eN
haustion. Their two grand armies have
/ been re-enturced this summer from the last
, resources OF the South. From every corner
. of the land every old man and every boy
capable OF hearing rifle has been impressed
willingly or Uuwillingly, and hurried "a the
irnnt. Lees arny was the first so strength
I cned--it Was At the expense of Hoods.
, There is certainly no small proportion oi
the Southern people despite the lying de
/ claIIious Of their journals-as We had goot
/. occasion 10 learn that not oaly tayors IN,
! progress OF our arms, but that daily pray.
that this eXtermingtng war may very sour
be brought to tina,i,y 10y our complete ant
/ perfect success. Ihey had too much OF dies
T, potism--not enough of the triumph prom
. iscd them Many Intelligent southern gcu
t!emen do, inurrj, express strong hopes o
4 their ultimate independence, out such hop'
: Il not shared by the MASSES D,sappnipIv,
4 from the ilrst In not having teen uckuoN
= lodged hy foreign powers moro bitterly
, disappointed In their general expectation
4 that N0ithern clwgrtlce or o.,s.nalll
/ Nogld secure thcir o. ia--hut single ,hauc'
!. remains, and that 10 m the result ~ our neN
I, election Tor PTD-ideut, Ii ugmoCrAt suc
|. cteds a. SIR LiuS0ln, lhes prui,rs 90 l,el sur
0f negotiation and tAoir Glniedgmcy, The
lhsie,e Democrat will be ,lyelgd Ia Ml
= Liueo.us reelection they soc ouly suiyuga
! tion, anuihlal.on-tur The Nar must tbel
. continue, aud continuance Il their iailun
! and ruin.
|. In military ahalr. il 10 aa eNe,lleR, gul
: never Ca dn shat ihr tuemy d,slfeai u !
4 n0t equals true 10 pollllca
: (sTtaia II ls ths only FeViaining hope q
tbs soalh lice Ia hr Llaeo'As dsisal
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