, 1864-02-22
C:)ila9o Gtlbnnt.
WHERE THE BATTLE Is FOUGHT.

= We arc accustomed 10 think Of war as .
-ancro contest between two armies in the field.
But the truth Is It is a contest between the
countries themselves which supply the ar
mics. This war Is not series Of battles IN
which our soldiers are the partic1palofs eo'e-
ly. But It is one In which al tho individuals
: vino compose the country, arc eneagea. ane
man nj his anvil, 1low, or in Ills stsre selling
goods. or driving Lis team, or any other use-
Snl work is a party to 1t as really as the man
With = bayonct. He may be doing: less or
1,orc to carry II on, but he is still party to
II, Nc countries themselves are at war and
csch country is made u2 Of persons.
True, the armies are necessity, for they
nrc instruments Of the fight With them the
blows are given and wnrded of. They must
therefore, be strong. Taking the pugilist as
ono Illustration, they are the fists and arms
with which he gives blows and defends him.
ec1G Now The fists Of the pugslist need to
be hard, and hf6 arms to DO muscular and
well trained, else he cannot strike or keep
from being struck. Eut 1t 10 not alone tic
fists and nrms Of the pngliEt that fight. he
fights; he fights all over. There is not a
bone, nor muscle, nor vein or artery, nor
nerve Of all his body that Is not concerned.
Bis fista arc his tools and nothing more. If
his heart faf,s to send pnt the blood and take
IT regularly hack, he Is beaten. If his brain
reels lie is gone. II his legs do not hold him
up atis all over with him.
just SO is 1t with countries at war. The
whcla land IL locked in the tussle and Is fight
Ing the. battles: To what end are these tru-
tsns! 7Thcy have several practical applica-
tiopB and conclusions
First, there IL class Of men and boys who
are an1ious to g to the war, and who think
they arc dolng nothing to carry 1t on unless
,thcy take the field. Now VIC would not say
word TO discourage any fit man from enlist
ing. Oh the other hand we would urge every
such ono to come forward and put himbelfin
tho ranl1a. But there are those who are not
Ut for the field; those who cannot bear It's
hardsldps, and who will only I'LL hospitals
and encunbor the rest, If they go. Tho Gov
eminent docs not want such men. It wants
real. hard-boncd, muscular fellows, who
;:tht1ve on hard tack, and improve by sleeping
oul Of doors. Nor does it want all the boys
in the land. A certain proportion Of boys
may do Some such stand exposure as well,
or better than others. But 10 nation can af-
ford to put all its boys in the army nor does
1t avail II It doce. .::
And where persons are not ht for soldiers,
let them console themselves with the rehec-
tion that a person doing useful duty at home
Is a. trnly-though It may be, yet not neces-
saraly, less ef6cicntly-supporting the coun-
try and helping 10 carry on the war, as ii in
the field with a musket in lis hand.
Then there is another class Of persons, dis
loyal In heart, whose fancy is that tl,is Is not
their war; they have nothing to do with it.
They are egregfously mistaken. They are
parties to It whether or no. They are fight
ing On one side or the other, and often upon
both sides-a fact which their 1nole-eyed yis.
ion does not discern. Their talk and sympa.
thy arc with the rebels; but their property
and industry 60 to aid the Government, No
thanks, perhaps, to them; but 10 1t fs.
They save money; they help In society;
they pay taxes; and their aid thus rendered
is really worth something, in spite Of them.
selves.
Now where nc arc beating the rebels Is
just hcre: At tic beginning Of the war they
put all their strength into 1t, SO far rs they
could; and TINT policy theY have followed,
and arc pow. Of necessity, following. Boys,
old mcn, .decrepit men, everything went, and
goes, 70 tue neld. As the result, al The ways
OF INDUSTRY are 1orsaken. Schools arc
stopped; chufchee are ehut up and neglect
ed; shops and factories, such as there were,
Win Inc solo exception Of those which man
ntacture for army purposes, are closed; agFi'
culture became a mere 1ortihcation against
starvation. >. The sole business Of Secesssa f
war. Inc png1uet Is al turned to hsts md
arms. :.
on our sac the case Is dihcIcnt Here al
KINDS OF business arc AMENDED 10. AgHcul-
9nre ana manufactures aorr'sh' schools,
cnu'cnes, oehesolence, Iaae-sefy normal
1htefest o. soc1els-2re cafeo 1or, SUSTAINED
ana aontn1stefed.
Nhat must be the result In such case
War is the science and art Of seoHs- Armies
are mere wasting machines Who can hold
out longest, when one side wastes all, and
produces nothing, or 1t least but little: while
the other produces faSter than It wastes :
Such war Is decided before It begins. VIC
might lose ten timcs as many battles as We
have, and yet by continuing the war beat
them In The end; while their idea OF pro.
tracting the war is to result only in more
complete destruction of themselves.
A1Uef L4CIG mu6L DC NEQLluTf huQ LIE
harder; sharper, more vigorous and contiuu.
Gus it is, the sooner they are run down and
pulverized.
Another thing is to be looked at. Thcwnr
win not continue always. What is to be,
after 1t Is over: Mettern1ch used to say.
"Our day, the. De. .Douqen Most c.nphati.
ca1lv Is this motto for the xebebe]lion. eyeu
were 1t to succeed. The South could not
recover in twenty wears. were II a milton to-
tced. -:
But there is no visible reason why the
Eorth shnn1d mt keen stra,rht m in her
career of nroRncr5ty- At the most she can
only need some reauetion Of her plethora.
She has nothing to rccfeate Her armies
win return to the ways Of industry, and cap
ital 20 again into the channels Of business,
Ill the while kept open and healthy.
Tie conclusion Of the whole matter is,
that while our ablc-bodied young men nrc
wanted In the field, md will find their SCOPE