Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-06
Philadelphia Correspondent of the West Chester
| Jeffersonian,
PHILADELpHIA, April rs, 1864.

that our country is in a deplurable condi-
ton. For three years, under Abolition rule
the North has been endeavering to crush
what, at the outset, was called, 10 fashion
able, because "ssnsational" newspaper
phrase, a Gigantic rebellion.,' After this
lapse of time, with at least half million Of
lives sacrificed, aud four billions Of dollars
expended, dare any man who has reputa.
ton at stake say, whether we are any nearer
tho scco mplishm ofthe object for which
tdis war was commenced than we were at
the beginning?
/ For what intention was the war COM
menced? On the l4th of April. 1861, i'm
mediately after the surrender of Fort Sum-
ter, Lincoln issued a proclamation calling
out seventy-ive thousand men, for the
aVowed purpose Of capturing all the forts,
arsenals and national property then in tn
new-made Confederate Government, the
people of which had solemnly resolved to
be thenceforth free and sovereign. so far as
respected their form er position with the old
United States. This was the purpose for
which the seventy FIVE thousand men were
called 10 his proclaim alton. Afterward see
ing the i'm mensity of tn e job upon which he
bad entered, aud the resolute termination
OF the pew on federate nation to hold their
own against all enemies. domestic or for
eigD, be called out BY proclamation, FIVE
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cheerfully responded to by the States still
remaining Of what constituted the old IN
:ou. Since that time. as exigencies seemed
! to require in the estimation OF the astute
trains Of the Executive and those who con-
troll him, other drafts have been made upon
the flesh and resources of the NortberD peo-
pie to consummate the original design Of
destroying the Southern Confederacy and
subjugating the citizens thereof to the
domination of Northern or Yankee rule.
So far no one will be mad or foolish en-
ough to deny, that this scheme has failed
entirely. 1t is true that from the fact that
the South has generally stood upon the de-
| fensive, the Northern armies have been en-
abled to penetrate, here aud there, their
territory-have captured some towns aud
cities along their coast and their greatrivers.
where they had not the naval power to in
! terpose, aud where they consequently
fou ght against great odds.
| But tim Q, like the wine in the play works
1 wonders, and now begins to loom up to our
astODished uisoD, the recuperdted power OF
the Confederacy, and to show what a pao-
pie can do who are iDteDt upon a settled
purpose Of establishing a new nationality
and becoming a new member Of the family
OF nations.
Now, then, VIA is the situation to day?
mines to subdue an Other by force Of arms,
and incurs enormous ex penses for The trial.
which the people have to bear, it is his dutv
TO show an uninterrupted series of successes
tending directly to the main object. Can
Lincoln show ths2 Not by aDy means
Not only, at the present time, are the
Federal armies unable to push their con-
quests forth. but tn are forced to give
under the pressure Of the military power o.
the Cyniederacy, important points and
places which they had already captured,
aud which gave prestige, not only at home,
but abroad, to the idea of their progress
and final occupation Of the eu smy's terri
tory.
The check given to the Sherman expedi-
ton up the Red River, in the Department
OF Gen. Banks, and the surrender of Ply
mouth in North Carolina with a heavy loss
ia killed and wounded, and twenty five
hundred prisoners including Brigadier
General, attests this truth beyond all per-
adventure or cayil.
Indeed, we cannot say, from one moment
to another, whether our own territory is
safe from the invasions of the enemy; and
we cannot deny tn at the Federal Capital is
Just as much in danger from 40 attack of
the Confederate forces MS Richmond is from
an attack of the Federal forces Lee, with
his veterans. is not ouly holding Grant in
check, but, for all we know, is, as this very
moment, pursuing him and pushing him to
the wall.
With this gloomy prospect before Us, what
have we to hope for the future? The entire
4 failure of this Administration to coasum-
mate the work it has taken in hand, has
produced complications and eutanglements
that are placing US in wrong position be-
fore the world, and plunging rs iuto physi-
cal aud 6oancial ruin. We are frightened
10 gordon knott and whether this knot is |
to be cut by the sword or by the cunning Of |
diplomacy. is now the momentous question.
Affairs cannot long remain as they are. IL
the sword is to be the final arbIter Of this I
dilemma, il Gods name, let armies fight
on till the last armed foe expires II war /
! is to be the normal condition of this people, |
let the word go forth, that every man may
put his house in order, either to be prepared t
to shoulder his musket at the first alarm or
nearest muster oil baltaliocs, or to bear tax
alton till his muscles and sinews crack from
very tension. If diplomacy intervene, as it
should, in the interest OF humanity, then
let the people, in a voice of thunder. and
in a voice of thunder, aud in tones clear
and unspeakeable, assert their legitimate
majesty and power. Let them awake as
from trance, into which they have been
thrown by the insane roo, that takes the
reason prisoner admin istered TO them by
sensation newspapers and political dema-
gognes intent on public plHnder and rush to
the haven of safety and secority. Let them
call upon the very men TO save them from 4
destruction. whom they nave been taught ID {
reviIe, to calumniate aud to hate. Let them ]
call from their self-imposed retirement the t
men who by their intellectual supremacy. q
high toned honor. and To eIpurity of their d
private lives, are best calculated to lead 10 Z