Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-08


Victories have been gained by the Un;or
lists in other quarters, lin Missouri, In Al
kansas, in Louisiana, aud in Mississippi
whereby the enetny's numbers have been a
unfinished, aud territory Brought under III
Union dag that until reccnty was held b
the Rebels, and from which they drew mean
&c Subsistence now TO longer available t
them. 121
/ The effects Of all the successes which hav
been mentioned arc various. We have de
prived the enemy of extensive portions Q
territory, in most OF their States. Tenncs
acc is rescued Maryland, Kentucky, ant
Missouri are placed beyond all danger Of be
ing taken by the Rebels; in Arkansas, Lou
isiana, and Texas we held places Of much po
{ iitical md military impcrtancs; Mississippi
IL practically ours; Alabama yields little /,
uur foe: Georgia ia invaded, instead Of re
manning the basis Of grand attack on Ten
nessee and Kentucky; the Carolinas, great
~ favored by geographical circumstances, are
barely able to hold out against attacks that
are not made in force, and portions of theil
territory are ours; Virginia is exhausted
aud there the enemy carnot long remain,
even should they meet with no rsverses in
tho field; and, finally as General Grants
successes at Vicksburg ha.ved the Copfeder.
scy, SO have his Chattanooga success quar-
tereait. The Rebels are no longer one PEG.
pile, but are divided into number OF CON-
,nun;ties. which cannot act together, even il
we could suppose their populations to be an
mated by one spirit, which certainly they
are not. OF the inhabitants Of the original
Confederacy probably two fifths are no long
or under the control Of the Richmond Gov
crnlnent; and of the remainder very large
proportion are said to be nassed in Georgia,
State that has hitherto suffered little from
the war, but which now sctms about to be-
como the scene Of vast aad important opera
tons, which cannot be carried on without
causing sweeping devastation. The public
Journals state that there are two million slaves
in Georgia. most OF whom have been taken
of other States This must tend greatly to
increase the difficulties Of the enemy, whose
stores Of food ard clothing are not largo in
any Of the Atlantic or Gulf States.
Much stress has been placed on .Ahe star
va.ion. theory" and it is probable that there
is much suffering in the ConEcderacy; but
this does not proceed SO much from the pos
tive absence Of food as from other causes
The first Of these causes is undoubtedly the
loss Of ell faith in the Southern currency
That currency has not yet f.llen so low as
the Continental currency fell, when il re-
Huired bushcl Of it to pay for peck Of Pc.
satocs, but it is at a terrible discount, and
tho day is fast coming when il will be re-
garded as Of no more value than SO many
pieces Of brown paper b; and its depreciation.
and tho prospect Of its soon becoming utter
iy worthless, are among the chief consequent
ccs Of the triumph Of our arms. Men see
that there will be no power 10 make pay.
men,. and they will not par. with their prop
city for rags so rotten. They may wish sue
cess to the Confederate cause, but 'ithey
must livc," and liys they cannot on paper
that is nothing but paper. The journal that
il understood to speak for Mr. Davis recon
mettls forced loan, the last resor: OF men
the last days Of whose power are ncar at
hand. Another cause Of the scarcity Of food
in the South is to be found in the condition
OF Southern communications. lfall the food
in the Coniederacy could be equally distrib-
uted, now and hereafter, we donbt not that ev-
cry person living there would get enough to
eat, and even have something TO spare, civil
ars as we'll as soldiers, the blacks as wei! as
whites but no such distribution is possible,
because there arc bu. Indifferent means for
the conveyance Of food from places where it
il abundant to places where ianaines ascend.
ancy is becoming established. The South.
s.n railways have been terribly worked fer
three years, and are now worn out, with no
hope Of their rails and rolling. stock being re-
newell Our troops have rendered hun
dreds OF miles Of those ways useless, and
they have possession Of other lines. Soash-
ern harbors aud rivers ere held or command
cd by Northern ships or armies. The Mis-
sissipp, which was once so useful TO the
Rebels, has, nov that we control it, become
a 'big ditch" separating their armies from
their principal source Of supply. 1t is that
last ditch" in which they are to die. That
eide extent Of Southern territory, which has
50 often been mentioned at homo and abroad
as presenting the leading reason why we new
er could conquer the Rebels, now works o.
gxi.st them, and in eur favor. Food may
be abundant TO waste!uiness in some Statca,
while in others the people may lie dying for
the want Of it. The Sscsssions.s are row
situated as most people used to be, before
good roads became common. The South is
becoming reduced 10 that state which was
known to some parts Of England before that
country had mado for itself tbs beat reads o!
Chr;stendom, and whan ,hcre would he star
walton in enc parish, while perhaps in the
next the fruits o! the earth we're rotting on
its surface, because there were no means OF
getting them TO market. With currency
SO dsbascd that no man will willingly take
il, while all men readily take Union green.
backs,--with railways either worn cat OF
held by focs,-with bu. ore harGcr this side
ofthe Mississippi that is not closely Shut Up,
aud that harbor in course Of becoming closed
completely with their rivers furnishing
means for attack. instead Of lines Of defence
with their territory and numbers daily dc
crcas;ng, with defeat ovcrtaking their or
mics on almost every field, with the OK
pressed determination OF the North 10 pros
ccute tho war, be the consequences wha
they may,-with the constant increase o.
Union numbers and with the steady refu
sal of foreign powers 10 recognize the Con
federacy, or to afford it any countenace OF
pen assistance, the Rebels must be infatus
ted, and determined 10 provoke destluc
ton, if they do cot soon make oyeytures fo1
peace.
tbs all very well Cor the "chi,.lrcus cIas
Sos" at The South, whoever they may hap
pen to DC, to talk about dying in the las
ditch" and OF Initiating the action Of pelay,
and his friends; but common folk like to di
i, their beds, and to receive the inevitable
visitant with decorun, to an exhibition 0
which bitches are decidedly un!ayorab!e -
As to Pe'ayo, he lived in an ago in which
there were neither railways nor rifed can
non. neither steamships nor Parrct guns
neither Monitors nor gTceEbacks, else h
aud his would have been routed out of til
Austrian Mountains, or have been compe!lct
foreman there forever. The conditions c
modern life and society are highly unlayor
sblc to those heroic modes Of resistance an
existence in which alone, gentlemen Of Pei
ayo's pursuits can hope to flourish. W
:Saracens OF the North would ask nothin
4 better than 10 have Pelayo Davis lead all IA;
valiant ragamutfins into the strongest rang
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