Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-12
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Prom the Atlanta InssIllgsnosr.l

The following is the article alluded to
in the above;
[From the Atlanta IntsIligsnesrl
oUR PRESENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS.
The Reconnaissance in force" which
the Federals recently made on our lines
in every portion of the Confederacy be-
ing quite over, all apprehension has van
ished, and We are enabled to look at our
present and futsre prospects without be-
ing obscursd or diverted by the move
ments Of the contending armies.
The present prospects Of the Confeder,
scy are gratifying in the highest degree
Not only have the spirit and confidence
of our people and army been restored to
the same position they were in the fall
Of 1862, but from the United States we
hear the voice of discontenta nd oppo-
sision growing holder every day. This
may be sign of returning reason to the
people of the North, for that il can only
be The mutterings of few disconnected
time during this war; there seems to be
some under current agitatiug our enemy,
which, if fostered up and encouraged,
would be likely to assume important pro-
portions, and eventually create an out
break of popular feeling in opposition to
the continuance Of this contest
The discomfort which has thus arisen
at the North, threatening to the war
party now in power, is principally owing
to the attitude in the South, the Political
trickery of the Lincoln Administration
and the unwilling confession of the
leaders of the war party, that after
three years of bloody warfare, the South
still possesses an element of resistance
sufficiently strong to continue the con-
test for many years more, If not for an
indefinite period This admission, though
made for the purpose Of inducing the
people of the North to lend more zig
orous hand to the prosecution of the war,
has had the happy effect of removing
in a great measure, the veil with which
the same politicians had covered the
magnitude Of the work they had under
taken, when they began their efforts to
subjugate the South. This admission
that the strength and resources of ths
| South are still formidable, comes upon
them with bewilderiag effect After they
had been led to believe that the "rebel
lion" was on its ''last legs" and only re
quired another campaign to witness it,
downfall and the CONSERVATION of thsil
work of suppression" they receive III.
contradiction, or rather the withdrawal
of these yaperous assertions in no spirii
of friendliness towards their war leaders
There is no doubt these causes com
bined, tend greatly to encourage tbs
people Of the South, and to give US thai
bright present which now iliumines our
cause. The failure of our enemy tc
End any symptoms of weakness in oul
forces, and the enthusiastic manner il
which he has been met, and his plans
thwarted by our brave soldiers, cannot
fail to have It's effects upon the minds oi
the Federal soldiers, and to dispel the
delusion that our conquest IS to be the
work of single campaign Every event
OF Importance which has occurred within
the past two months has been favorable
to our cause. Both in q military and
political light, the present prospects Of
the eonfedsracy win compare favorably