Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-03
what More Could Have Been Expected.

What More Could Have Been Expected.
Il, on The Let Of October, 1868, il coSd Lave been
forsknoun that before the Iss OF October, 1864
than half a million Of men would be added 70 the YsL-
kee o.csoia the igd-that the best military men the
War Las produced on that side would be put in COM
maud Of gh,ig armies and be entrusted with the ealiTe
conduct o. 1alrs, free from al interference Of pOt-
clans and eiyiaas-thAt the mightisst effort Of which
the Yankee nation was capable would be made TO de-
sOy cur arnie OVSnua country, and force APeAOe
within lbe period mentioned YET that when the twelve
months should have passed Richmond would till be out
Of their clutches and beyond their reach, Hnd 10.
Richmond Alone, bu. Wilmington, CHARLESTON, sSyaR-
nah and Noodle ia. in North aud South CsrOLnA the
enemy uo1ld be dsiOcged from uuth Of The iOotdOld
ths7 had chained; thaI florida and Alabama would
DO Comparatively irse E,m SEER pressuOs; that Tex
nessee aud Mississippi W0ull b only uomnsuy held oy
them that tne Mississippi river would Do suh closed to
commercial nav g.tO,; Wlis IN tue whole m gli6oent
empire beyond, tle poser Of tho enemy would De bro.
ken and tfsIs CoeuplnOy rss'riIJed the narrowed
INIT, tts-, when October "a Cud come, our srmie-
would suH 90 ihVLe,oly sLo-g On, resources ample,
our ioUul,.l.u va .auny5C; cur, Loaf sCme huldreo
uHs 10 a lstyay iG G-Orbia Soul. % ogCup ed oy
eaeuy en- he IOSu Of Alan C ur.- rnO is t1ers
t1,r sou O. Lave been satisfied and uurt than sa,is
p.ta .uu prospect Wl0se lvsrr, i-dssd -vul,
nos aayr eve. d)aet Eih ee'oly anu gate ul tualks
90 eoa tl. ibs ium.ass IT P.saI rs ed Irsus-oOu-
saas C the su,my Ussv 20 Dc so a55-Gyo aLd irui.-
les. A-t s Is possible 10 coIc-i5e % any GAG sc
e5ce51 -.a--d sll dssFO-iS-., .h.. 10 s0gld 10.
dave te.,.. from suoa iOreLny a!eog1, as ne have
in.z.ed lie LO 40 quite Lss-laLCg Ui -la uiuuPt
IVES easy 70 gee Beforehand That Iliz fourth year
oftde var We t.s cno il which tas prO6ism Of she
possibility o., our sugjusadon sas 10 De solved. The
ensay ald ssmed that 1he took them oy surprise
and QUAD them uuTrspArsd. Only Val, said tuey, III
20. fully organ z ID flr var and have time to bring
orr c,Iosssl power 10 Gear. Ey,ry d.y We (ne Yaa-
keel wi. get stronger from J1e increase and training
81 cue armes, Iho c construction @; Warl k3 eagnery
and rs rrs-shsiag OF our isressssl3 energies; while
eye-y dav YOU Le Conisd5rats vii glt weaker from
the dspetiyn Of your armies, lis exhaustion OF your
oysrts1sd resources your complete isolation from
to world by ne u9 Of the Jocsai she inoseas, OF
,o,,spt and the colsple OF Tia. G,u euthusia ,oy
,bicb y5a are noted tbs s.s the rsaso,iug Of the
a,smv Tao fourth year Of gsr VS. .h, liae 10 ties.
.bs sonaaaess Of such opinions. Mhl ever advantage
t,eir FuUer ority Of IuH5ers and meals gave
them aud Eta.eysr dsdvln age cur Pscullr condition
ps.2- CT oH iron the rest Of !ae world, ali IN
accustomed to supply OF CUISINES many srtics essen
alb both to peace md va, nigh. plac3 Us under were
ezra 10 manifest themse,ye by tha, time. Il our
ne,Dle-vsfe sin alb 10 live 10 COZ fOgt, thsms lvee,
and 10 MN tqufp and troops enough 10 meet the
hosts Of the eGemy luosslul =; ald Hthe latter With ths
whole of ther var making power org n z and brough'
10 bs,- upon Us oo-ld no. EAk5 head Vsy, but rather
saoull Lose ground in q can Pliyn occurring after time
enough had elapsed TO test &c question Of our eaFaci-
~ 10 bs exhausted AID time enough for hsm 10 have
raisd all theg powers aad TO have pu. in their fullest
,noply; chem, We repeat, the problem, which was new
rro5 m 70 ourselves Of the possibility OF our srt-
f,y,f,on VS. 10 be considered compile ly aud analy
solved.
Wa vel remember taAt in the beginning Of the war,
u,r,c, erseev took tie ground that one year would
h, long enough for the decision Of this question. e.
declared that tLe,o yrs no ir5aroe in history Of rec
ma bo had oe-n a5le TO mako successful resistance
for Twelve months being subag1scd, and he proposed
t5,s If At the expiration Of hlt perOl We we're rot
vru,llJ oYsrpoWeg5d, the a.enP. should be abandOa
al "a hopeless. h vas rghs. To ell sensible and
pprr-i15icoI men It wa evel then apparent tba. the
ssrng9s could have bus one end, success Bat is
IS trait OF the ua1-Et-7-i- AA'-' " NV -
impleily to numbers, that they could not then under
sand how ten millions Of people could stand agsnst
more than twenty millions. More mgake.7, more can
non. more irOr-clsds, they said, AM the "Rshels'
nus. grc,umbl Il is a Question Of arithmetic simply
Faey ignored uorL causes altogether, aud thus over.
looked what s stronger than numbers and surer than
arithmetic. The year row draErg to 4 close fLsifos
all their predictions aud calculations. In the calm Of
the winter month"; coming Oh, they vii have time to r.
view their opinions AID 20 arrive at wiser conclusions
/. not likely they sthea cal fer aao;hosyea Of war.