The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-07-14
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this season. campaign, 20 far, has moi beer
q snccessfalas We coald wish indeed thl
successes have been for the most part the
other way. We notenly can't, but don'i
wish to close our eyes to our country.
true condition, whstever that condition
may be. If it be of imminent peril. le,
Us know ID, in order thst We may be in.
cited to exertioss commensurate with tb,
demands Of the hour.
The resul Its Of operations, 90 far, are
calculated to produce some degree Of de-
preston, especially in a people SO ex-
citable ss We are.
Alternately transported and alarmed,
We are sad as funeral to-day, . I'D toss.
ing our hats in the cir and cutting extra
VACANT capers Of wild delight to morrow.
We see results thus far. Spring opened
with various rebel successes on small
scale. Our forces in Florida were do.
featsd. Charleston wasn't taken. The
expeditions Of Banks and Steele were eul.
pable blunden and lsmentabls failures.
Sturgis' expedition and defeat was not
only disgraceful but it was criminal. Sigel
was wonted. Hunter failed to take
Lynchburg; and the rebel fag still waves
over Petersburg and Richmond while
in their present raid the rebels run over.
almost at their will, the soil of MARYLAND
charge almost to the suburbs of Balti
more, and seem to threaten our National
Capital.
What then2 Shall we lose our faith in
God and our hope for our country Shall
We despair Of the Republic Heaven
forbid! Our readers viii remember how
many "dark days" We have had already
since the commencement of this strife. The
latter part of June, and the 1st of july.
OF last year, our cause was looking badly.
After weary weeks and months of . siege.
Vicksburg still held out, and the efforts
OF our men to storm the rebel works had
failed, and failed with heavy loss 10 us.
Johnston was in the rear of Grant, and
Memphis was threatened. Port Hudson
was still defying the utmost efforts of
Banks; and in the East, the army Of Lee,
after having given Hooker his bloody re-
pulse at Chancellonville, had swept acros.
the Rappahannock and the Potorac, and
were menacing Harrisburg and Philadel-
phia
Ay! it was dark and lowering cloud
that overcast the national sky, aud our
enemies prophcsied the failure of the
Union cause then, and loyal men we're
anxious and concerned and almoBt fear.
ful. But the darkness Was dispelled, and
the light of glorious day broke upon Ms
from the victorious fields ef Gettysburg,
Vicksburg, Helena and Port Hudson, At
the very moment our peril se.med the
greatest.
And 20 we hope and believe it will be
now. As to Washington being in any
great danger, it may be SO, but We don't
believe 1t; and with the troops of Hunter
upon one side and Smith upon the other,
and additional forces hurrying forward 70
repel the invaders, it seems to us that the
career OF the raiders will shortly be ended
and they will have TO skedsddle in hot
haste to save themselves from defest and
capture Meantime We hope none Of
Grants forces will be taken from him and
brought up to Washington on account Of
this raid. Men can certainly be procured
elsewhere 70 dc end the Capital and ex
pei Afeckinridgej aud the present busi-
ness OF Grant, and one 70 which be should
be permitted 70 conine himself exclusive-
ly, is the capture of Petersburg and Rich
mond-a labor that We still have good
reasons to believe he will accomplish :
and with Sherman successful in Georei..
these lesults will overbalsuce any suc.
cesses, real or apparent, that the rebels
may have gained. and will be death blow
to the Southern Confederacy.