Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-22
The Situation and Prospects

The Situation and Prospects
The New Yoik Times, among the most bOlsiul And
uneandd Cf ere Yankee press essss "a widespread
dependency" among the people Of The North, aud a.
tempts to count for it. The mAin eAuIs t Ihilk Ks l.
that tn Yankee armies shave as yet accomplished
no.hirg in their spring operations" The F.OIiiA cI-
ysdtOu ended in disaster the grand cavalry raid in
Alabama, under General smith, Wa4 Interrupted BY aP-
pAently ,ry Inferior force; the mysterOu invasion
Of Gen. sherman's flying column brought beck only
lev thousand mules and negroes and wasted the enc
my's territory Charleston, 100, 10 as FAR from our
grasp as ever Mobile has hardly been at aeked. We
hear no hing Of any success in Texas. Gen. Meades
geat army lies inactive in Virginia" Behind all these
'uafavorabs aspects" says the Times, 'IOOms up Ii
D, rous question of finance. The debt is seen to be
inereas NJ enormcusly every day, while Congress 10
NO AJAX 10 the duty Of corresPondiDgly increasing
the TAXATION The currency, besides its apparent eI-
pansiO,, il believed TO be expanding in modes Which
are ret sseu BY the constant paying out OF certificates
of indebtedness and I've per cent nOtes And, wont
90 OF all, the eIsraVssAnce of the people is srOWhg
=, frightiul rate"
l. Is thus Iba; the Tines seeOun,s fer the vide
spread dependency" which it is compelled 10 admit
t1ss greAer cause than all, the one indeed, which
eSmpIeSeods all Others Is that three years Ct gigantic
tlrt5 have not only failed qusr the South, but
have demon tratsd all dispAsilnAte minds the mPcs
Eblity Of accomplishing u undertaking. The thirty
DAYS three IN nths, si1 mon.bs, and every sueceedn
ninety days that Wers witness the overthrow Of ne
rebellion" have row ilto three years, and the
thousands Of man required for the work have muld
Piled into millions, and yet 70 sign Of weakness, o.
fAterng failure in those whose destruction they SEEK
i, anywhere apparent. Crazsd, as the Yalkee nation
has beel 70 degree thai the min Vt entire PEG
pie ever before they cannot fail 70 bow uOiul
all their expectations and plans have miEcAi ried,
AMI loE hoPelessly far they yet from the u-
possible goal for which they set out The TmsS tAk,s
very limited vie when il locks farther than "SpTI
OperatOnsp The operations of the las eshteen months
have mplished but little more than nothing. Tie
capture OF Vioksburg is row seen TO be empty nj
uIph and the victory OF Chattanooga leaves those Vho
wen il without the ability to Advance. EIeep; these
Advantages almost entirely bOoLsss 10 comparison with
VIA: vas expected 10 result, Wha. have they gained
within that periOdI Look a. Virginia, where hoIo
as much territory We did two years ago. at Nor
Carolina, at South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Flor
dA Louisiana and Texas, Of which the tame may be
said except as Texas whore their fcOtbOld is mer,y
nominal Arkansas remains WY much as it vas year
ago and Tennessee AMI Mississippi q century
moved from subiugsIiOn.
A new eAmplign ia nov a5Cu; 10 open, Wi,A the Goa
fedeIase forces enlisted for the war in better eord
ton relatively 10 The enemy haa they hav. bsen at ely
time since the arst months OF the They have
passed through winter in which in contradiction OF the
opinion that our resources we're falling they be-,
ter fed and clad than in any former winter, and they
are nov physically and morlly all that is TO Do d..
sired. They arc sustained and oheersd BY the
LIBERAL A-d patriotic spirit among the Ople, who ale
wonderfully 6uOyans and cheerful aud confident as IL
supernatural revelation hal assuIed them Of -
umph. While this Is casa, the army OF the en M
Is app OAehng the period When its veterans are TO DC
disbAndsd, and when most OF them vii jlJfully ava
themselves OF the opportunity TO escape tom service
where suffering add psrils abound ald where gO W
gain Is noe to be Won. There will remain a molly and
mo0gre herd Of disSoatsntel eJuserlpt5, of unprHe
pied foreigl hirtlngs aud Of unHll ng aud WOlt5
negroes-aod back Of ibese, AZ home, people over
come By "Eids-spread despOn4Sncy." Tue end Cf
elmpA 20 made under suc circumstances will recessay
zee our condition much better than its beginning An1
ths even Il the question were persly military
but We have arrived az a Stage OF tie nov, Ell
political AMI moral Influences Nnl come powerfully 70
our aid SO mush certain failure 10 the past snl 50
much probabs failure in tie future Is Obliged opera
with the mos. dishearsea ng elect upon the publ,
mind. This in in turi will bsIr directly upon al
tle interests and agencies Of the var. but especial
upon the public .eedts and 6na ees, where eollsP'e
viii be fatal In addition 10 this the time must be per
esVed 70 be near hand when the heartes3 policy Of
European governments towards will be alb ndon q,
add the Judgment Of civilized Ions viii be reLd rid
that We are, and Of. right ought to be, fee and
Independent" Such judgment would palsy the aim
Of the enemy like a hAt IRON Heaven. Tue coming on
If their Presidential election is another ereumstAi &c
fAt.ly antagOnistie to successful military OperAtOnS
snos the policy OF the opposition viii be 70 prevent tho
administration from making credit in tina. way, aud they
vii therefore do whatever they safely 70 emoArTa
AID thEnt uhateVeF the admin stratiOn may altemP.
every point Of view, aud ar-und the whole hOri-
EOi our skiss care bright aad Frightening" ". lie
mOss Of brave endurance and heroo EFFORT, and this
ZINE Of trouble will end, and the glorious rest that ie-
nal . for those Who have fought good SIGHT wiz be