The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-02
FAIrm MIrmouT MoRKs.

From Ne rIJpHo
The faith Of our loyal millions in the ultimate
triumph of tho Union over It's Confederate enc
mies borders on the sublime. It ioleratcs no
doubts /. admits of no hesitation. "Wbst a Re
public Of thirty millions, rich, intelligent, ener-
getic and intrepid, TO be yanquishcd by three
hundred thousand slnveholdcrs-aud this In the
middle Of the nineteenth century As well might
a Pop gun dismount and silence ll.nch Dahl.
gren or Panottl No. the contest can have but
one result No terms no trucc-no parley-
down with the aCcursed Rebelon"
IL is veiy tue that the disparity Of the forces
pitted against each other is very great though a
defensive position and attitude 90 FAR to equtlze
them. II tho Rebels could only be cOaNed as far
north OF the slave line rs our armies are now
south Of Il, we should make short work Of them.
lfthey would tight piiChed battles, Ou open fields,
We should very soon finish them, even wnore they
are. But they carefully avoid these, aud fight
behind eHrthwurks, or rush suddenly upon as
from dense wuods, striking a wing or exposed
division Of one OF our armies with the great body
OF theirs, and 30 neutralze or overbear any adj
verse disparity Of numbers. II requires moro
than double the force and outlay on our side that
would serve for theirs.
But the vial difference lies here They wield
and use tht entire fighting capacity of the region
subject TO their sway, while we employ ag inst
them but fraction Of ours. For example,
The ngiOu now subject to the power of JEFF.
Paws contains just about seven millions Of
people not one morc-ot whom three millions
are sluves-not one of them at heart for the Re-
bellion most Of them intensely though mutely
hostile TO IL.
The rrsiduc scarcely exceed in Number the
population of this single State of New York.
Beside htse, they may have at the utmost one
hundred thousand men in their armies who come
from regions now under the authority Of the
Union. They caR barely have half a million
able-bodied whites this day within the actua al
limits of their Confederacy.
HlaaN gk.aa
the whole putting into the field besides many
thousands of immature boys and Old men who
can be of little real sorvlce. And SO with regard
n 10 property well: The South is far poorer than
tho North, but the Confederate authorities claim
b and take whatever they need and can find. Fojd
forage. cloth, leather, sugar, cotton, tooacco-l
are taken by "the Government" rccciptod for
and used or sold as may he deemed advisable.
No demur Is tolerated, and no audible grumbling
Is safe.
The North is "careful about many things"-
industry, trade, pleasure, speouldtioui at the
4 South, there is for the present, one bu ,iness-
war. Look through our fashionable watering
places, and cool mountain retreats and bathing
resorts, and You fud them about well filled as
usually at this s. ason, and scarcely less gay aud
. snmptuOus. Though the earth Is parched with
heat and drought, the dinners are perfect aud the
vino well cooled; the viol sounds sweetly from
spacious halls by night, and young feet fly
merrily in the dance, as # unconscious Of whole
sale carnage and agony. We are doubtless o
great people, our selt-cOnceit IS superb but this
Is not the way to make and end a war.
But 10 the application -
, Country Your Government needs not
men cnly, but money-needs great deal OF il
and you must supply it. Prices are eNorhitantly
high only because your failure TO lend your
country all she needs compels her rulers TO OK.
pand the currency when they would gladly con-
tract IL. OF course, expansion raises the price Of
4 every ration, every cartridge; aud your Sccre-
tary OF the Treasury must do as ho can not as he
would. To-day, European capitalists are buying
1 the bonds OF your Government-y0uT obligations
| to pay so much gold-fOr about forty cents on
the dollar, though they will be worth par directly
after peace. Your sangIlinc faith does not suf
fee to prevent this ruinous depreciation.
| Your armies are unpaid the money that was
due them a month ago. The heroes are dying
/ by thousands uupaid-dying for you -unpad
because you do not lend your Government the
money for which IL offers you generous interest
And there are thousands who call themselves
loyal-who wax indignant at the thought thai
the Rebellion can possibly succeed or at the sug
4 gestion of granting 1t any terms-yet who have
ntver asked whether they co1ld lend anything 70
4 their Government III they only would.
They rest in blind faith that the needed fund
will somehow lie bad--a faith that is dead, being
a'tne.' Hundr, ds of thousands might lem th
Treasury 800 TO 100000 each f they would
some ftTb ar through thoughtlessne,s other
| fTGm CoWaroice more from avarice We are IL
greater peril To-day Of financial than of militar,
dissst r; and the war is costing ilfty per cent
q more than it would cost if every loyal citiLeI
would lend the Government to the extent Of hi
mcaEs.