Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-22

t...,u.. han NIasourl YES noVsF 20 likely 70
=, ,,,.roAeA from their grasp when ct the sndota
o,mn.Ivn into which they had crowded ell their re-
,,u,o.. and energies, With the hope OF making de-
.l,. and auA, they can claim absolutely no advance
.ovvhers except In Georgia, which very advance
hesens 20 prove the most disastrous step they have
aver tsksn-at such time this, they break out ell
over the land into forced and false halsuah and bang
their universal mbres If the SuprsmeSs success had
crowned their tf,rts, and the Great Rebellion were at
last and forever under their heels. 10 tnphs the
language Of all writer's speakers and tslegraPhsrs, ON
cal and private There is no hazard in sayg that for
weeks past the truth has once been uttered BY
Lincolnits In any matter connected with the wal
There is no misakng the occasion for and import Of Gil
his The war party are in trouble from which there u
no so,ps but to lie out The most brsEen misrepresen'
atons the most frontless fAlsshoods AFFORD the only
shAnoe Of escape from the destruction that would come
upou them. at the hands Of their own oountrymen, Il
the truth we're known. The enormous drafts OF men
and means they have made on the country have 60
crippled its capacity for war; that they shuddsr ct the
thought of having It known how much remains 70 90
dons With the inadequate resources left to them, ard
.b.v have therefore undertaken BY Wholesale and syse
matte decepuon 70 proouOo eHS S0A'oA '-~' ~ ~
sr.ss States are upon the verge Of yielding.
Thee forts have met with only partial susosss, but YET
mariana sufficient to mi.lead the msority and postpone
their own day of nAl reckoning with the people, Wnion
1, all they really hope for. The very formidable opp
,,iOu which has sprung up to LncOlu TO hs mode q
oopdrc ing tn, var indeed to any further prosecution
Of thu war sVnces that In Ipe Of the deluss OF false
hood the real facts cannot be 90 concealed but mat e
hoOssssusss Of the attempt in which they are engaged
and ths desperate condition in which The war party
have plunged their county, are apparent me ASn-
i,vOn pGn for making the war short would nave Osen
via. one against people who could have been col :
uusrsd At aI-thAs Il, EuPposirg they hAd men Nn0
c,pd yield skuly and 70 the beat advantage the In
nspss forces and means Of war they eolscteG-ou1
.Fsins, people who lad deliberately made up their
mind, 70 be txerminAted than to submit, the
plsu VA that which was Turess to result fortunately
o, the ass.ed fJr Il CquAndeed the energies Of the
.,l,nt reduced the inequality existing between the
liRsrents and shortened immensely he duration Il
the war We are perfectly sAti6'd that nothing like
the dsproportion that was found St hrsI between the
Usr,los 20 the war, il row in existence. The enemy
has expended vastly moro force unProhaby than we
have He l. less able keep up the war on the scale
upon which has been Whged his eide, than We are
on ours BE has struck the heaviest bloWs he Ia cspa-
bic of without shsksg us Those that to follow will
be comparatively feeble and more certainly Intellectual
We have but to use our means TO the best advantage
and maintain the rmnsss Of our purpose, and victory
il a. certain e. tc.mouOWs sun.