Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-28
A Rehel ylen orthe sIiaatIon.

Druid, Of the World, writes thus from
Baltimore
It NAV be said that it will require large
armies to carry these plans inio effect. 1t
will require strong armies; but military
success depends upor7 discipline and good
generalship, and not upon numbers, as we
have learned to our bitter cost i suppose
the readers of the World were never de-
luded by the oft-repeated fable that the
rebels, long ago, had 'conscripted every
man, and that when the armies now in
the field were defeated their military pow
er would be gone. Te fact is the recruit
ing system in operation at the South, bas-
ed upon the French recruiting system, Is
so perfect that it keeps the ranks full. a
French regiment always has at home 4
recruiting station and a recruiting officer
and the new recruits, after some prepara-
tory drilling, are sent al stated tunes,
monthly or quarterly, to join their regi-
ments. 1t is so at the South. There are
to day thousands of young men of from
twenty-one to twenty-five in the rebel
army, who have thus joined their Tcgi-
menss during the last SIX months. Such
thing as a new regiment in the robel army
| Is a rarity Imagine for q moment what
state of discipline must prevail in an army
thus constituted, and seasoned by three
| years of constant service; in an army, too,
where merit in an officer, and merit alone
Is the road to promotion.
NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF TIE SOUTHERN
AR8HEs.
So far as mere numbers are concerned,
the rebel armies are large enough to carry
into execution the above designs. They
amount now to about 375,OOQ men-I
mean electives; perhaps rather more than
that. If the above plans are attempted,
100000 troops will be assigned to the il
vading forces; $4,000 will be left to defend
Richmond, and the remaining l25,0OO
will be distributed as occasion may re-
quire.
DETERMINED TO CAPTURE WASHINGTON.
There are those at Richmond, men in
high position and Of good Judgment who
20 further, and who s";- 'i,.'' 'rie cspture
of Washington before next November may
/ be regarded as almost certain. These men
are among the few who eIljUy any degree
of intimacy with General Lee, and it Is
possible that they derive their impressions
| from what they know Of the views Ofthat
OIuceE' all the IGDcl ledutI5f luCluulLiS Z
JEFF. Davis and General Lee are now
united in the determination to conquer
their independence on Northern soil, and
to dictate the terms of peace from Washing
ton-these terms TO be based on the recog-
milton of the South as an an independent
nation-and they have come to this deter
mination because they believe that that
win be the most speedy, as well as the
most effeetual method Of termination OF
the war. -
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE TIRED OF THE WAR
The southern people, although they are
by no mems discouraged or dispirited, are
| tired of the war They want it 10 be ler-
minated, because they wish to be at liberty
to cultivate their cotton, sugar, rice, and
| tobacco, and to manufacture their tar, tur-
pentine and rosin, III peace. The nations
Of Europe are suffering for the want Of
these commodities, which the South alone
can supply cheaply. But in order to pro
duce them proftably, the South must have
and will have her old established system
OF domestic labor.