Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-04-21
Our Coming Struggle-Its Magni.
tude and It's Responsibilities.
If the military nrenarations now

tude and It's Responsibilities.
IF the military preparations now in
progress in Virginia, under the super
vision of General Grant, shall result
in the successful campaign against the
rebel capital, the rebellion will have
received its death blow. And the blow
that destroys the rebellion establishes
our country in that position as a nation
which she has seemed likely to lose
Europe must then recant it's too ready
requlems over the great republic, " and
the military Powers of the earth must
yield us the first place as the greatest
Of them all; for not only vii. our gov
ternment then have gone through an
ordeal that it cannot be pretended that
any European Government could 60
through, but we will also have exhibited
military power equal to the combined
powers Of England and France.
All the civil wars in Europe have
been the merest skirmishes to this great
struggle in which the parts Of the Unit
ed States have mustered against one
another power equal on either side
|, to the power of nation under the
European system. Our own force now
funder arms-under the Stars and Stripes
lis equal in numbers, and in every
other respect, to the armies, as they
at present stand, ofEngland and France
together and, adding to our own force
the rebel force, as the equivalent fany
addition that England and France hight
make to their forces in case Of great
necessity, we are still the equal to those
two Powers combined, and thus certain
ly entitled to take precedence in mill
tary power over any one. An immense
primary military Power will therefore
be established in the community Of ma
tlons by this single success, and the in
fuence Of its existence will be felt in
every government In Christendom.
And, as our success against Great
Britain-our first success-had it's fruit
in Europe in the French Revolution,
what influence upon the the people
Of Europe may not this infinitely greater
triumph Of free institutions have?
But if Grant, as General-in Chief
should fail, it is hardly possible to say
what result may not follow. We would
be loath to recognize even such defeat
as the death blow of our cause. 1t is
certain that the staunch qualities of our
people, taken as whole, would lead
them to rally for even greater struggle
yet. But it is also certain that such a
defeat would strengthen immensely the
factions that exist in our midst, and
political anarchy would blunt the edge
of all our future attempts. And thus it
is at least probable that this defeat
might lead to events that would count
US out, for hundred years, from the
number Of great nations. Our great
disruption would lead to lesser ones !;
we would be broken up into communi-
ty of petty and qnarrelsome States, and
the eatexperiment of free government
that we have so magnifcently tried for
eighty years would be settled against
the people. We would die the young
est Of great republics, and orr fall would
strengthen the hands of despotic power
everywhere.
1t thus appears that the struggle
upon which we are now about to enter,
is a momentous one, not only to our
selvs, but to the world at large. Its re-
suit either way will affect for good Or evil
the future history Of the human race
1t is as distinct a turning point in hui
man history as were the battles of Mara
thon, Of Tours, of PultoWa or Waterloo.
At Marathon the possession of Europe
was decided against the despot who
grasped all Asia At Tours it was de-
termined whether Mohammedanism Or
Christianity should prevail in Europe.
Poltowa brought Russia into the coun-
Gil of European nations, and necessitated
a new balance of power and Waterloo
decided the possession of Europe
against the people, and in favor of the
little coterie of kings that constituted
the Holy Alliance. Our coming battle
is to decide issues as great as any one
Of these, since it is to determine wheth
er the great republic of modern times
shall stand or fall-determine the exis
tence of a government destined to exert
a greater influence on the progress
of the human race than any other known
to history.-N. 7. Herald.
Statistics Of Miscegenation.
In 1860. says the Journal, there