M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-07-21
From w ash,ngtOn.
W AsnINoTcN July I 1861,
0 the EIltOr OI Tie EnQnlrer:

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/ 1t is conceded by Mr.. Lincoln him.
self that Richmond wiII not be taken
this year, and he Gays we must have
anu,l.r years sharp war b4iore this
rebellion can be put down. With
three or !our hundred thousand more
men, he is sur ine South can be con
,quered IN another year. We have
had that sort Of talk from tho COM
menctmenl; and are farther of 10 dav
irOm conqucring Il peace by force e.
aims, than when the battle OF Dui
Run WAS fought MIR. Lincoln says, to-
many mocious lives have been sacrl
feed to permit the war 10 end uosuc
ceso.uliy. That is Ike the prayer ut
the gambling table, who hai lost the
mpst vt his fortune, and WAS deter
mined 10 ri.k the balance, in the
hope oireganing what ho hal airaa iy
lost. Mr.. Lincoln, having brought
the country to the verge OF rain, Is
determined 10 RISK tAe las. dollar aud
the last man in hopes OF recovering
what is los! NJ! but If rc cluctin :
himselito the Presidency, AID put
ting the negroes Oh mn equality with
The whites Moro mcG by :h! hnn
dreds Of thousands, and m,re money
| by tke thousands Of millions, are de-
manded for tho purpose Of benz
:quandrTed in the accompli,hm NJ OF
an mpo,oibIl'y. Tno SJu,h cannot be
conquered, and the suoueg the people
Iot the \ RIB makJ w then minds -
that the better tor themselves anl
their children. Whay tho armies wo
have already raise have taiIcl to ac
comp,i,h, it is criminal folly to sup
pose can he accomplished by any
that may be raised hereafter.
The Army Of Pot0mAc i, II It what
| it was when it crossed the RApdan
IN May, either in spirit or in nun
bers. One fact is significant. rne
ISnrgce& G.nceA! has communicated
to tho corp Commanders thar sral'
Inumbcrs Of the soldier HW;iIAto than
selves ior the pGrpy51 Of getting on
OF the service. Genera Burnside has
been foolish enough to allow tina fact
to be mado pRblic. After the Rus.
sian Campaign, Surgeon G ,neral
| Dumas communicated similar fact
to Napeolelu about his troops. Na
poleou rujoincl him not 10 MAKO the
L ct public, as It's publication would
injule more than the loss OF II battle,
This circumstance shows that the
spirit Of the army is failing it that
its enthusiasm has died out, and
that the troops are tired OF the war
The disasters that have attended the
army siuce it crossed the R4piian,
and the unhealthy location Of the ar
my, aad the apparent hopolcssncss
Of taking Richmond deprive the ar
my Of much vi lis ctficisncg.
Nor have the late raids by our
troops been calculated to inspilit the
army. Shoridan'5 was disastrous;
Hunters WAS more 50, and WIson'e
worse, it any thing, than either, vii
some and Konrz together lost were
eight thousand, besides these Wilson
and kantz together los; nearly all
their command, nearly eight thou
sand. Some 0! the laGsiR5 may yet
| find their way back 10 camp. The
defeat was a bad one; and the object
OF tbe'cXpedltion wss, in its main f1a
lures, failure. The Danvjll5 Road
was not cut; nor were the other roads,
reported to have been destroyed as
much injured as has been represented
Exaggerated stories Of damages done
must be gotten up aud circulated 10
relieve the disaster Of its bitterness. -
The Fitzpatrick raid is fair sample
of the who.e. 1t is reported We
brought in (as some of the points ot
the Kantz expedti ny some three
hundred negroes. That can hardly
be possible. since it was with the
greatest difficulty or troops could
themselves escape, having to cut their
way through the rebcl lines. l!ul ii
true, what a dear exchange! We al
nit a loss OF at least oLe thOusan
killed. These were white men: and
we GIT ior them three hundred ne.
groes. We may be destroying slave.
ry in that way, but what OF lhe white
racel Besides the men, Wilson and
KAntz lost seventeen cannon and cai.
sionS, two hundred ambulance way-
ons, about one thousand horses, &c,
am informed the cause Of The dsas
ter was the want Of discipline among
the men, who Left the ranks and roam
ed about plundering private houses
rapiDg women, and driving off ne
groes. | venture to say that nothing
in the history OF the war (not except.
ing Sberman's raid into Mississppi)
will compare with this 70. disregard
OF all the rules OF civilized warfare.
No one seems to know much abou,