Washington telegraph., 1864-02-17


is not only making var upon the Southron ar
mics, but that it is making war upon the
| Southern mind. upon Southern feelings AS well
as Interests; that, in fact. il is doing all it
to consolidate and strengthen the whole power
Of the South, mental we'll physical, in
deadly antagOnism against, not only the Adj
ministration, but that portion of the country
which it is supposed to represent. If any one
can see in these facts ground, for hope of a re-
constructed Republic. then he mu be enaow-
/ ed with most sanguine temperament
| ". The amount of debt created by the war
up to the present time is estimated At about
| three thousand millions of dollars, and as Mr..
| Lincoln will probably, to make use of his own
eloquent language, be obliged to .'keep reg
| ging away" for the remainder of his effcia
term. it will, in all likelihood be increased to
between fsur and five thousand millions. Now
astonishing rs ii may appear, this SUN repre-
| sents the value of one halt tho real and person.
| al estate in what are called the ''loyai" por-
tions of the country 7hus IN the b. ief space Of
-four years, the Administration utH have actually
| squandered one half of the property Of the loyal
| States How the taxes upon this amount are
to be paid it is difficult to discover, We serious
| ly doubt if even Mr.. Chase's 6naacisl abilities
are equal to the solution of the problem We
are aware that the rapid growth Of the country
j. regarded ., sufficient for al prssent ss,d fs
ture demsnds. But, let us ask, can is bear the
expenses OF an army OF sub ugation aud Ocou-
patton amounting to half million Of men7-
Will the West be satisfied to remain in Union
in which it is taxed for the supp rt of Eastern
manufactures! The prospect does not look so
promising As those ssnguine aud se may say,
sangunsry advocates of the war policy could
have us believe. We can nothing tO justi-
fy such expectations; to US the future appears
only pregnant with financial disaster and ruin.
V. The condition OF affairs at Washington
| taj, lv do thah ttlt tnna q "A
manner in which the war politicians speak of
reconstruction. The policy OF the A Ian M ira
tion the policy of fanatcism; II is inspired
| BY the very spirit of discord itself The Pres
| ident and his advisers are dsstruetjves; it is
their natrre to pull wn, TO destroy, not to
| build construct. The party 10 which they
belong from its very inception inimioal to
! the Union and the Constitution; Its purpose
was to rule ruin, and that it has succeeded
| in its purpose the present eondItIon OF tns
country affords the most irrefragible tes,imo-
! ny. Are we, then, to look to the Adm istrs-
| ton for release from the dire Affections with
which the country is beset. Let its persis-
tence in the insane course Il has pursued since
the beg ming answer. Sufficient has leaked
| out in the reports of the departments to prove
| that there is az little union existing in the Cab
met there is between the North and South.
| If Gen. Hlllecss report of the war can be re-
| lied upon, there is neither head nor tail TO the
comma d of the army for 1T appears that Mr..
| Line oln aspires TO be the actual as well the
nominal Commander-in- Chief. Under such
| circumstances. even q coufned mihtary despo-
tism is impossible, for the edIhce which the
| A administration has built up E r itself out #
| the br ken fragments of Constitutional free
| dom is already tottetipg 10 its fsil, thrsatnlrS
| to bury eneath il those "srchItects o. ruin"
VI. Tn Indifference aud apathy Of the peo-
| pie prove that the enthusiasm is utterly
| taI rft Al
mind that it is the backb me Of the war which
| is broken ard net that 0f the Rebellion. Inc
! Northern people are by this time satisfied that
| the conquest of the South is an iInpracticablc
undertaking, and that further waste OF blood
or treasure is useless and criminal eXpsndI-
ture. 1t is the height of folly to urge IN re-
| ply that the South is tired of The war. What
can the Southern people do but hshG with
| them it is war of self preservation, war A.
gainst invasion confiscation, emancipation,
and for indie ependence and Site rights. The
difference between the object for which the
war is waged constitutes the difference in the
| feeling between the two sections. The result
| depends largely, if not mainly, upon the IN
tsnsity of the feein, with which the struggle
is continued on either slie. In our estiination
the advantage in this respect is very decided
| ly in favor of the South and against the North
! Such are the circumst tances aud conditions In
which the warning sections find themselves at
the beginning of the year 1864. The victories
of the North have been barren in their results,
and . i'll, we have no doubt, continue SO to the
end. We may take possession of portion oil
the South and hold il for time; but we will
eventually be compelled to leave it. We may
defeat one or two of the Southern armies IN
battle, but we have not yet succeeded IN vim
ming back single refractory State by con
| ciliatory policy. What, then, have VIC gained
| by the war? A debt of thr.e thousand mil
| lions, and the loss Of eight hundred thousand
| to the Industrial ranks The county, the
overthrow of constitutional freedom, aud con
solidation Of the power Of the country into one
centralized despotism.
| But this despotsm can be of only Temporary
duration, for the material on which 1t relies ior
its co itnuance is pretty well nigh exhausted
| 1t has souandered in three years enough ih
| men and means to last even mil tary power
for nearly whole generation II Is therefore,
| upon the wane, its day is nearly at an end
| and when the people snce more got tue power
| into their own hands, then woe to the authors
of their calamities; it would, in the language
\ of one If our contemporaries, ''be better that
| they had mllstoncs hung about their hecks,
and that they were cast to the bottom oi inc
| sea.
| say- The st. Louis Democrat OF Friday Aoth
ult saws: "Col A. Cummings, l9th Pennsyl-
vania cavalry, passed through the city yestsr-
Law on rcnte for little Rock Ark, clothed with