Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-01-15
4 Richmond View of the Rebel Situa-
The Richmond Examiner Of December 81
contains an exceedingly lusubri5us editorial,
from whic1 the following l. extracted

The Richmond Er11tiTcr % Decemner oA
contains an exceedingly Iusubri9us editorial,
from whic1 tbc following Is extracted
To-day closes the clJomicst yelr Of our struy-
cl, No slu-uiue hope Of Intervention buoys
up the spirits Of the Coufeierlte publ, as
NJ the crd of 1851 " brilliant victory
Ike tha- Of Fredericksburg encourages US
90 look frv irl Go q speedy and successful
termination 1f the war as IN the last weeks 20
1859. Nclic has been filej, ami L0ngstrcet
hus had a partial success in Tennessee; but
Neaic's advance was hardly meant iu ernest,
and Beams Station is poor set of 20 the loss
Of the gallant men who iell in the murderous
assault on Knoxville. Another daring Yankee
raid has been carried out with comparative I'M
puuity TO the invaders, and tim0rous capitalists
may well pause before they uibhle at eligible iu-
vestments u real estate situl-el far in the inte-
rior.
That interior has heeu ieirtuliy narrowed by
the federal m.rch through Tennessee and ov-
/ ing 90 the dafciences 0f our cavalry service
Lncolu's sqyalrons " horse threaten % be rs
universal n terror, as pervEsive 4 nuisluce- as
his squairous of guubolts were some months
since.
The oauic,ieracy has been cut In twain al0r Z
the line Of the Mississippi. and our enemies are
steld'ly pushing forward their plans fr src--
ins the eastern InoictY. No wonder, then, Tint
the annual advent Of the reign Of mud is hli'cl
by al cl1ss-s with sense Q, relief
Meanwhile the financial claCs is hcconin g
wider and willer. Hosrlers keep more reso-
lutte arlsn than ever on ucccsslrles of life.
Whltcvcr number ct men, or whatever
amount Of money shall BE- really VENTING, VIII
be flrthcoming. Whatever economy the
straitening Of our resources may require, we
shall learn 90 exercise. We could only wish
thrt Congress was not IN such fcverish mool,
ard that the government wUulI 10 something
towards the Csn5lislm-nt OF 4 Satisfied Bu-
reau, or some other agency, by which We could
Z apprl xinatcly ascertain what We have 20 con-
tribute, and to what extent VIC must husband
our resources. Wise. cool, decided, prompt a1-
ton would put Us in good condition for th'
spring campaign Of 1864, and the close Of nexi
year would furnish a more agreeable retrospect
than the cu1us mirG5ilis Of biunders whi-s
We now cousigu 70 the dead past.
Nou-producers, who are AZ the same time non
spoculators, are suffering more and more
What was orce competence has become poverty,
poverty has become penGry,a and penury IS lapsina
( into pauncrisn, ANY mechanical occupation Z
more profitable than the most infelleciuil pro
fsssion The most accomplished scholars IN th'
coufederacy would be glad to barter their ser
: vices for food and raiment, and IN the comp,ei'
upturning Of our social relations, the onl!
happy people are those who have black hearts ol
black skins
Unreasonin- confidence has been succeeded b
depression ~ unreasoning, and she Yankees ar
congratulating themselves on the result, whicl
they hawk about ~ the "beginning Of the end.
We all have heavy score to pay of, and VIC know
it, This may depress rs, but our enemies nee,
not De Jubilant over our depression, for We az
determined 70 meet them