Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-01

8. But do not believe that il win be
needfal to wade through such an ocean Of
blood as this. All that is needed is Q blow
that will disrnpt the two main rebel armies.
Il is worthy, ,Of note, that the merciless cOn-
scriptfons that have swept over the South
have even simpiifed the problem for MS.
The war has no longer those thpusand-told
embarrassments that attend . nGtl0HGt war,
or war on populations. There q no pOpu-
Iation, Our task is eoninedo beating the
armies ct Richmond aud Atlanta, For the
rest, the Southern people are tired of the
war, and are signing for peace.
4. 10 q military point ofyieW, such ts the
situation held by Gen. Grant and Gen.
Sherman, toward the insurgent forces oP-
posed to them, that the reinforoements
they wiz receive by the draft viii certain
" enable them to complete their work. In
addition TO the testimony of Gen. Grant
already given, take the impressive asse-
Veratichs Of Gen. Seymour on this head
aIf sherman had bnt $1,000 or 10000
more men near, the South would be lost,
because Hood would. be annihilated. II
Meade had moved Ia the Spring, with re-
serves of "a, 600 to 10O, 900 men Lee would
have been hopelessiy crushed. Even ct
this moment q third column Of 10000 70
OU,VUUt tButtS MONSul MouAu BNo uuOP-
posed blows 70 the confedeFacy, from
which she could never rise.
There is but one course consistent with
safety or honor. Let the people awake to
Q sense Of their dignity and strength, and q
few months of comparatively trihing eXer'
tion--0f such effort as alone is worthy Of
the great work-and the rebellion will
crumble before u.s. Fill this draft promptly
aud willingly, with good and true men:
send q few spare thousands over rather
than under the call, and the Summer sun
Of 1865 will shine upon q regenerAted
land"
3. This silE be the last drtff. There will
be NO more calls, for there will be no need
of more: The reinforeements 1t will give
our armies will end the war. This rehec-
tion should evoke the heartiest efforts to
make it productive of the best fruits,
which will be realized when our people,
coming to view it not as an arbitrary inn
position of force, but Q solemn call Of
duty, aud its elections not as q misfortune
to those on whom they may fall, but as
sacred laying on Of hands, respond prompt
ly and personally to its demands.
If ali the considerations, both Of the ac- |
tual presentment and future prospects Of
the war for the Union are such as 70 en-
courage those who have Ct heart the tFi-
umphSut contamination Of the one end
that adds to this war all its halo Of glory |
and freedom; It must not be lost sight OF
that these inspiring hopes may be banked
and brought 70 naught by our own weak /
ness, pusillanimity and folly. Is 1t not
solemn monilion that while it is in our |
power to terminate the rebellion almost ct |
q blow, it is also in our power to indef-
nitely protract it, cr,. worse still, to see it
end in a hollow peace, which can be no
peace at all, butl endless Uar--the nation, |
like the mysticsI body pfOsiriss torn limb
by limb, and the one humiliating reflection |
left us that there was Q time when little
courage, little practical patriotism would
have saved us. WILLIAM SwIHFoN.