The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-29
THE GATE CITY


u. t,.ss shae /. a. pidss q ths cheer
ins intellirsnts hat ~ 49, lately pour
ipa Il upoa y, tvo items hsye - g -
capped the Asteptioa y the psShe; yes
Of thee isseAe oedes lsem the war -
partneat calling fos the seturn 70 the y.
nv of all absent soldier oapaSIo ct ree'
ds, mn ssrvioe; and tho other = ne
snnoun cement ~ 10 Ssesetasy q Mse|
thasH arslb fcs S00, 900 ffoop1s = nske
M the defoienoy occasioned b eredits On
the last Ill, hae .baon ordered By the
PreSid1d 49, nsy nj - 50 agreea-
able = - nSuso u Does1 a uiumphso..
march from Atlaats % eavo.ssh, o. o.
Thomas csushiss expulsios q Hood ron
Tenoessee. Bot they announce the only
vav bv vhich ~ sas turn these victories
10 sccouot. or follow them up to the CHI
max Of the final and complete triumph OF
our cause.
Why have ve not already come nearer
TO effecting the overthrow OF this rebel
lion? Il is because We have not sui
fciently improved our seasons OF success,
and made them continuous. We have
raised and disciplined our great armies,
and then when their efforts began to tell,
we folded our arms as If our duties we're
ended, aud as If the men we had put into
the Geld we're as durable as machinery o.
ms indestructible as Milton's angels. Ba
after important successes. the armies, a
armies always will, began to fall short
important positions began to be exposed
and probably reversss followed. The,
came months OF arduous effort, in th
midst perhaps Of public detection and des
pondency. to raise new troops and begi
over sgaiu-the enemy also employing d
interval to recruit and strengthen his d.
lenses. Now, if we are rational being
capable of pro6tiug by experience. it
time that this shiftless policy were abai
doned forever.
We are glad to see that the Cover
ment has so decided, and we expect Il
people will crown the reform with cor
plete success. We are now on the foo'
tide Of victories. The rebel army of Il
Southwest, it's second best, { it has on
two) is being broken up piecemsal- &c
Sherman has gone at will through Il
heart OF the Gulf States, and is moral
certain Of capturing the two chief Cit
Of the Southern coast. The haunt of d
blockade runners--of more real value
the Confectionery than a half dozen Ric
monds-is about to yield. We trust, to
long. deserved fate. In the meantime L
is held as in vice, without power to st
the havoc going on elsewhere in the re
ell dominions.
To this array of Union successes not
ing more is wanted than chat they
kept up; that is. that our armies be ke
to their full maximum. Those of t
rebels are not only palpably weak, b
rapidly fading away, with no means
recuperation, except the calling in Of :
slave element, which is an expedite
fraught with far N re danger than hoE
Can we. then, desire any jancture mo
favorable to the triumphant prosecute
of our cause than the present, provid
we make the most OF Is? Recruiting
volunteers ought to be easy. but it is NJ
the draft should be Instantly enforced.
Every one should spring to the aid
the Government, that our Generals m
have noW all the men they desire.
little effort, a little sacrifice, laid out
this time. will be repaid thousand f
10 the advantages aud blessings of
future Boston Journal.