The sun., 1864-09-06
The Pence Question At the south.

IL the Richmond ExASrSra of SEPTEMBER ist-
We and the following Southern view OF abe stua-
tion," - Il is looked upon In the Coniederacy.
Pluck 10 an excellent remedy for tit OF the blues.
and It remains to bc seen 4 "Brag g-s" and buster
will help the C1n'cderates any better at this time
than when similar tactics employed ut the
commencement Of hostilities;
The campaigns against X ohmond and Atlant.
not promising well, and confidence in Generals
Grant and Sherman growing weaker every day, the
Yankees uro throwing Themselves back on Their old
consultations persuad.ng themselves that the re.
belllon "muat De-" ere this time, exhausted VI
men and supplies, and reposng their hopes once
more upon The powers Of General Starvation. The
recent unlucky schedule OF the Virginia COmmis-
soners OF Prices attracts exuling attention, and n-
spires . world Of hope. The Lincoln journals
over U joyful clamor, bidding the people to cheer
up once more, to pcrsevcre IN the war, and conh-
IDENTIFY procalming the rebellion to lie On the verge
of collapse. In these delusye hopes, Grant aud
Sherman ere encouraged to peg away, ard It Is
much more upon tue rading energy aud success
| of General starvation, that these oommanders now
rely, than upon the v'gor of the own operations,
| in which they had confidence, and which they are
| prolonging only to svoid q confession OF defeat.
| Tie enemy, Ne usual, is feeding h,s hopes on =
\ vain d.llson. The south is not starveI or eS-
haused Of mon. II will lie ~ able TO resist . crush-
ing campaign in 1865 as 1t has proved itself able TO
Withstand the formidable onslaught ol 1904. Our
town populations are s,raightenei for srpples Il IL
| true, knu IN huotutf year u pOTIol Ol ttm
will have to 20 INTO the Interior, anu from consum.
| err become p oducers which ~ . piece OF ccon-
| omy ~ obvious and feasible that they will requite
| no persuasion to adopt 1t. But the population ~
| large finds no d tfculty In subsisting Go through
the country and the people look ~ hearty, robust
| and well 20 do az any population under the sun.
There Is no profus on, there NAV De = little alst-
uence, but more frequently than rot lbs latter .
found to proceed IRON spirit OF self-sacTiice and
| sympathy with the struggle, rsthel than from any
absence Of the essentials of Life. 1t is only within
the last twelve months shat the people have elt III
Importance VI econom ling their supplies and this
| very economy is found equivalent " than the
difference between good and bad crops.
The crops Of 1854 which to supply subsistence
/ for the next twelve months are unusually good.
Certain localities have suffered from drou;h. but
the evil has teeu partial only. As general rule,
the crops Of 1856. are better than those of lJ3 aud
| promise abundant bread tor another year.
| There has, in tact, never been any lack Of guam
,i,y. The difficulty was In distribution. BI, our
| railroads have held oui wonderfully well. Their
own ohcers have been surprised at the facility wish
which they have been stle to keep them up. We
are better prepared ~ IL aintain our railroad stem
| at this hour than We were eighteen months ago.
Every month increases our capacity u improve and
| maintain these essential public works, Necessity
has proved in this matter me mother Of Invention
| The people have found that they could live luxu-
riousiy upon y quantity Of supplies which they
would have considered four years ago approximate
to starvation: and great manufacturing enterprises
have bee impruv iscd without trouble which every
body in the south thought beyond our capacity
" sccomplish, even In the time OF pace.
| Nor are our armies nearly destroyed the
enemy persuades himself. That Of Northern vir
| ginia Is sti onger nov than when Grant began the
battles of the Wilderness. We have lost few IN
killed. and the wounded are nearly all recovered
and returned to their places In general, the Afuiy
grows stronger rather than weaker, lor the loys VI
tanning to the military age ouinGmOer tie Killed
and sho discharged old men. The proSr.ss Of nc
| tive operations thins our ranks but lull Of N,
| strife recuperates the disabled and restores III,
/ n, a,.11 Tl..l lNNt.f .f.l.
me easursby s,rongerton the irs, Of September 1854
than it WAS the rst OF May, 1852 1858. l. cal
| place As many men IN the field. and each man IL
| veteran, when before he Was u raw recruit.
| The Yankees may well dismiss their peasln Nc
| visions of Southern exnaustion. IL was thu
| very mistake which lured them into the war, auc
the same deluslon has Leon the csuss Ut all theil
Nssupoptsasav. u shsy isisrH.ias " ssuy VI