Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-01-21
FHE COFsFITUFION-sTATE RIGATs.
RICHMOND WHIG.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. Al, 1854
The Struggle.


The resources Of tie country tor clrfyng on the war
are far from the exhausted condition in which the des-
pondeut regard them. Let Congress restore the credit OF
the country, modify the impressment laws, and make
iud cous provisions not sweeping conEcTiptons, for
increasing the efficiency of the army, and there viii
% forthcoming men, munitions Of all sorts, and p'o-
visions abundant to carry US successfully through the
var, however long the enemy may determine to con-
time it. Il Is for them to cry "enough" hrst Is is
for US resouey to continue the struggle at whatever
sacrifice without GespOndency untmely concessions,
untirinz in our SXertions, stern and urfinchng in
our determination, and with unabating cOn6dsnce-
Animated By this spirit we are invincble b. any
forces the enemy can send against u.s.
We are nov as the crisis of the war. Is continuance
WITH its present gigantic proportions, in the nature o.
things cannot long continue. Already they are re-
sorting to the most extraordinary measures to fill the
muster rolls Of thsir armies Recruiting officers are
visiting every land and Offering the most aatterpg in
ducemeots to secure men for their ranks. VITA reck
less prod Atty, bjualss Of from FIVE hunded 10 one
thousand dollars, Ia addition to thirty days furiOugh
are offered for Ie-euhs.menls. How many Of these,
wish large portion Of the bounty money paid in sd
vance, can be calculated uoOn reurningr Their draf
have successfully proved failures. More extensive cor
seripdon than is prac.ised with US is proposed
They are evidently making every enor; Tor Oae mo'e
ggand elmpaiga that is 10 b. decisive.
are we TO be appalled, by these menaess? Is there
nothing in our past successes aud our present condition
70 6l Us with confidence? Where are the two millions
of men already hurled sgsast U.S. Why do they call
for million more new Have we not as many vele-
cans o-day as they have? Are to be pArlyzed be-
cause horde rvelng that Of Xsrxes is threatened to
be rolled upoa Us? With fourteen thousand men we
routed fifty thousand al Manassas. With ffty-hVs
hundred at Rclmoad, KY, we routed ten thousand of
heir Western men With tbirtytwo thousand against
sixty thousand at Murireeboro and with twanty-nine
Aousaad ogaiast one Hundred and twenty thousand at
a-p5burg We crippled their armies u2der two Of their
most successful GeueS-ls The disparity OF NUM-
o,rs existed a. Shiloh, fredericksburg, Chaucelo-s-
7ls, Chcksmaugs, aud on macy o her fields which re-
suited equally to the credi; Of aims
We have territorial area sufficient to furnish battle
isds for all time We have greater population than
that of the thirteen colonies during toe revolution Of
776; greater than the population under Frederick the
Great, when he successfully resisted league OF one
hundred millions agains. him. We have armies many
odd greater than the combined armies OF England aud
sosin, when the latter invaded by three hundred
thousand Frenebmen under tbe ablsst marshss of Ma
2oeon. Why multiply iustaucesG "No one can doubt
he historical tru b. The of gallant struggle
IN the side Of right and justice. ag'i's. wrong and OPP
preston, is almost inevitable. virtuOus and gal
snt people il good cause never have failed IL we
are right and do not ialter must succeed-weak as
se may appear and strong as the Federal govern
usnt may SEEM Let then be assured that the bat
lie Is not with the strong, Ous to the vgar the active
and the brave who igh. fer right