Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-11-10


honest, patriotic citizens, should be known
'entitled to the privileges of citizenship any
| longer. Men who declare they will not
support the government and the cause al
this late period, have remained among us
purely tor sinister or some ulterior pur-
pose, and the sooner we get rid of them
the better. If such men are filling off ces
or are in positions which exempt them
from service, they should be dsmissed.-
There are good reasons why many citizens
may prefer. to remain out Of the army, but
the man who does so because he is great
] er friend to the enemy than he is to his
State, ought not to stay among rs"
Now these are striking as well as truth
ful sentiments, for they strife no. a few
hereabouts who are ever croaking aud
preaching subiugation. They are content
to reinalu in shade offices, or skulk be-
hind militia and home guard commissions,
as long as they will keep them from hav-
ing to fight for their country but as soon
as there is probability of their having to
meet the enemy in combat they prefer fly
ing to his embrace as friend, and join
his army to fight against their native land,
their brothers and friends for if they go
i
their army at once. We agrae with the
Conservative that such me aeght to be
dimissed from service ana oanished the
country.
The names of those who have deserted
their country and gone to the Yankees,
should be published in the newspapers of
the country; and also those still remain
ing who give ex xpressions of affinity to the
l. ri, n al
and national frin We viii publish such
a we'll authenscats list, and We doubt
not the other apers Of the state will do
the same. Let Il cir names Is handed
down for execration in all coming tiosa.
R0l Conservative
eD The entire force which has been
brought TO bear on Richmond during the
present campaign is stated by Northern
writer III the New 7 ork w orlG at $50 900
100000 directly under Grant,
and 10000 in the Valley, being the aggre-
gate of the arr es under Siegel, Hunter
and Sheridan. With these immense hosts
confronted by no more Gas he estimates)
than 76 900 men under Lee, including as
we'll our forces in the Valley, as the arrnY
i Immediately under his command, tee
great Confederate commander has been
able to keep Grant at bay. "With tbs
little force," says the Worlds correspoi.
dent, "General Lee, for seven months, has
bafied and defeated the designs of Gener~
al Grant, with his 100000 troops on this
line, and the 10000 troops operating In
the Valley" Two of the Valley armies,
under Siegel and Hunter, he says have
been badly ''defeated," and the third, IN
der Sheridan, completely sshaff1ed d'-while
Petersburg" with his 100000 men, Grant
has made .'no progress wharever towards |
the capture of either" Of more than two
hundred and sixty thousand men, not one |
hundred thousand remain, making loss
of over one hundred and seventy thousand
while the Valley armies have sustained
a loss IN the aggregate Of slxtv five thous-
and men, making the entire cost to Grant,
OF an unsuccessful campaign, oue. taoo|
hundred and taceaaty .1Sue thousand men
while Lee, as this correspondent believes,
has sustained olloss that has not been re-
placed by the young men arriving at the
military age. and entering his army -
ssLee's army" he says, sis subtantially
the same as in May" when the campaign
opened. - s
8 We have no reason to question the ac-
caIacy in all material respects of these
extraordinary statements. They make
Grants campaign against Richmond one
Of the most stnpendons and d;sastros.s fail
ures recorded il history. S. s. i
"a 81. 81 soat1 .Oorolsi,.sa,..