The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-01-27
ESan Sisza.1sK3

From the Richm mond Examiner, Decemb. 81.
To-day closes the gloomhst gear Of on,
struqqle. No ssnguins hopo OF intervention
buoys UP the spirits OF the G Moderate pub
lie as at the end OF 1861. No brilliant vic
tory like that o. Fredericksburg encour
ages us to look forward to a tpe,dy and
| successful termination OF the war; as IN the
Lat weeks Of 1852 .Mead3 las baen {oled
/ and Longstreet h,s had q par lal success in
Tennessee; bat N ado's advance was hardly
meant in earnest, sni Beams station ID q
Door set off to the loss Of tha gallant men
who fell in the murlefous assault on Knox
Vile. Another daring Yankee raid has been
carried out with comparative impnni'y to
the invaders, and tinorous capitalists may
we'll pause belor they nlbble at eligible in
vcstmtn,s in real estate situated far in the
interior. That interior has been toarfuly
narrowed by the federal march through
| Tennessee, and, owing To the Deficiencies ol
our cavalry service, Lncoln's squsdrons OF
h, rse threaten TO be az universal terror,
as persuasive nuisance, as his squadrons
of gunboats were some his since The
advantages gained at Charlottesville and
Chickamauga have had heavy connterpoises.
Tho one victory led to the iall of Jackson
and the deposition of Hooker, ths other led
first to nothing and then to the indellibla
disgrace Of Lookou. mountsin. The Conied
eracy has been cut in twain along the line o.
the Mississippi, and our enemies are stead
Iily pushing forward their plans for bisoct ne
the eastern mo ety. No wonder, then, that
the annual advent OF the reign Of mud is
hailed by all classes with q sense Of relief
by those who think and feel Alright a. a
precious season to prepare lpr trying another
tall with our potent adversely. Meanwhile
the financial chaos is becoming wilder and
wilder. Hoarders keep a more resolute grasp
than ever on the necessaries of lie Non
i producers, who are at the same time non
Spectators, are suffering moreand more
What was once competence has become poV'
erty, poverty has become pcnury, penury j;
Elasping into pauperSm. ANY mechanical
occupation is more profitable than the mos
intellectual profession; the most accomplish
ed scholarly in the confoderaey would be
clad to barter their services for food and raj.
ment; and in the complete upturning OF our
social relations, the only happy people are
those who have black hearts or black skins
The cry OF scarcity resounds through the
land, raised by producers in their greed foI
gain, re~ech0ed by the consumers in thsir
premature dr., ad Of starvation and naked
ness. We ere all in the dark and men are
more or less towards in the dark. We dc
not know what our resources are, and nc
one can tell us whether we shall have q
pound Of beef to eat at the end OF 1864, OF
a square inch OF leather to patch the las
, shoe in the con ederacy. Unreasoning con
fidence has been succeeded by depression a!
unieasonirg, and the Yankees are congrat
ulatipg themselves on the result, which they
, hawk about as the beginning OF tbs end.
Tbeooeians will tell us the disasters OF tn,
closipe year are the punishment of our sins
4 This is true enough; but cheap pen'tenct
I will not save ,us rom the evil consequences
There Is no forgiveness Tor political sIns anc
, the result will as certainly follow as if there
had been no repentance AS all SINS are, il
, higher sense, intellectual blunders, W,
, must strain every snue Of the will il WI
wish to repa the terrible mischief which
| our folly and corruption have wrought. Th'
universal recognition Of this imperative dut,
/ is more certain earnest OF our success
the high spirits Of our men in the Gsld, o
The indomiable patriotism OF our women a
home, from which newspaper correspondent
derive so much comport. The incompetence
and unfaith'ulness OF government official
/ have had much to,de wlthakhs, present an
sad sad state Of affairs, but ths resaapsibilltt
does not end there; the guilt does NOT ssses
0 there alone. Every man who has suttere
J himself, to be tainted with the seab Of spec
+ ulatlon has, done something to injure tn
credit OF Confederate securities; every ma
/. who has withheld any necessary OF he ha
/. done his worst. to ruin the country; ever
} one man or woman, who has yielded to th
solicitations Of vanity or apps tite /, aud r.
/ fused 70 submit to any prlYaton, howeve
. slight. whica an expenditure, however grea
could prevent has contributed to the geners
q ls,uoraIizatious 1t may be said that, wit
/ the present plethora Of paper money, sue
! virtue as we demand is not 10 be expects
!, Of a any people made up Of merely humaa be
|, ihss. But some such virtue is necessary lc
any people whose duty it has become to wag
such q contest as ours, and il, the virtue
! not spontaneous, it must bo ipgtafted by th
ua;nf,,j nYocess through which We are no