The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-04
SAINT. PAUL FRIDAY. NOVEMBER l. 1864

" 800, 900 more" was all the General in
command wanted to "crush ont the re-
bellion and restore the Union. After the
victories of Forts Henry and Donelson,
even more than this was claimed. The
job was finished then. No more men cere
wanted. The War Department .eould re-
ceiue no more volasnteess, as they would
not be needed, and recruiting was stopped.
It was with difficulty that our patriotic
citizens could get regiment or 3 battery
:" accepted" .et,li -o' .,ois' I" al5
. Mr.. Seward notified European Govern
meuts that our Southern ports would soon
be opened, and our citizens that the writ
Of habeas corpus was no longer suspended
as 'sthe danger was over" After the cap
ture Of Vicksburg, twelve months ago,
this was the case again. The Oonfederacy
was cut in two, and was every dead. I"
Under no possible circumstances could
they raise over 10000 men by the most
searching and vigorous consumption. Ar.
kansas, Louisiana and Texas were sre-
stored to the Union," and there would be
~ Aip0 HSnAAe SnSAO' Auoy w0A0
dragged in the imagination Of 'sall loyal
men, "and would require no more ammuni-
ton. Since all this, however, the enormous
and almost fabulous levy Of 1900, 900
men has been made, to kill deader that
very dead rebellion -" cut in two I"
and only able to raise 80, 200 men. Draft
has followed draft to raise 800, COOS and
200, OOOs and 900, COOS to whip the 9O, 200,
and still to-day our intelligence Is insulted
BY repetition Of the stale and worn-out
slang that "the rebellion is again on its last
legs"- and "Grant only needs 100,0 900
more to crush il and restore the Union. /"
We are amused with Stantors lying bulle-
tins.of paper victories, as false as Gen. Ma
glee publicly brands Stanton hi,ssey all
for the purpose Of again h0odwinking rs
into voting for Lincoln, with the fond but
delusive hope that he can conquer
peace and restore the Union. "
As if the "victories he published for
Grant from Spottsylvania to the Ohioa-
hominy were forgotten by Us =" victories"
Grant never gained and never claimed
&c victories" which nearly ruined his army
by the slaughter of 1OO,00 men. -2.
Be not deceived by any hopes Of Lin
coins victories restoring either peace or
Union: Richmond may be taken, Charles
ton may be taken, Mobile may fall and
every principal city in the South be occu-
pied by our army, but like mirage in the
wilderness the rebellion will still retire, as
it has been doing for three years, and take
other positions intrenched az strongly as
Richmond, or Charleston, or Mobile, and
defy and waste our armies in the same
protracted sieges, requiring more calls for
three hundred thousands aud five hundred
thousands to fill up the ranks depleted by
disease and the shock of battle.
Spain was overrun BY Napoleon, every
city taken aud occupied for three years,
but Spain was not conquered aud she re-
mains Spain to-day without hostile foot
upon her soil. ~
Prussia, nnder Frederick the Great,
maintained war for seven years with her
5000, 900 people against combined En-
rope, with 100, OOO, 900, and remains Prus-
STA to-day, sovereign and independent.
Thirty years OF war failed to conquer
Germany into the adoption Of q religion
against her will, while two hundred years
Of war and persecution against Catholic
Ireland leaves her Catholic Ireland still,
as stubborn 10 her faith and "a. implacable
in her rebellion as ever.
There was one intrenched city In all
these wars witch was not taken. 1t was
THE CITY OF TuR HEART. There was the
last impregnable stronghold Of the oPpo-
sition, which force alone could never reach
the fortress whose walls could only be
battered down by morsl power. 9a.
And to-day, 10 the heart Of the South
ern people there, are yet other Richmond,
and Charlestons, and Mobiles, and Attain
tas, which will never fall by other force
than the still, insinuating power Of moral
means, welded by craftsmanship and pa
triotism.
Until this is tried, al victories must
continue as frultless as New Orleans, and
Vicksbdrg, and Chattanooga, and Atlanta,
and scores of others which have only en-
larged the theatre of our operations, length
eued our lines of communication, and re-
quired more men and more money to gar
rison towns and protect communications,
while THE HEART OF THE REBELLION, which
animates all its armies, supplies all its arms
and munitions, negotiates all its loans, and
digs all its entertainments, has not had 9
shell thrown into it, but has rather been
strengthened, fortified and case-hardened
by policies and practices disgraceful to
civilization, and calculated to irritate, in
flame and protract the rebellion. sefA'
All history illustrates the truth of Mil
tons words, f5si go s..@ 5ga ''s
Who overcomes by force,
Bat half o'ercomes his fOe." asAs.
Wehave overcome Tennessee and Arkan
sas and Louisiana, but they are to-day as
much out of the Union as ever, although
overcome two years ago, and require as
large armies to hold them as to overcome
them.
And SO it must be with every other State
as long as Lincoln and bis policies rule,
and We uphold them. The rebellion is