The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-08-11
Faith without Works.

The faith Of our Loyal Millions 10 the
ultimate triumph of the Union over IS
Confederate enemies borders on the sub
lime. 1t tolerates no doubts; it admits
of 20 hesitation. CIV hat. Republic of
Thirty Millions, rich, intelligent, ener
getIc and intrepid, to be vanquished by
Three Hundred Thousand Shareholders
and this in the middle of the Nine
teenth Century? As well might a pop
gun dlSmount and silence l,inch Dali.
grcn or Parrot. No. the contest can
have hut one result. No terms-no truce
no parley-down with the accursed
RebelIi o."
1t is very true that the disparity Of the
forces plfted against each other is very
great; though a defensive position and
attitude 90 far to cqualize them If the
Rebels could only be coaxed as far North
of the slave line as our armies are now
South of it, we should make short work
Of them. If they would fight pitched
battles, on open fields, we should very
soon finish them. even where they are
But they carefully avoid these, and fight
behind earrhworks, or rush suddenly upon
Us from dense woods. striking wing or
exposed division Of one Of our armies
with the great body Of theirs. and so neu
traIize or overb"ar any adverse disparity
Of numbers. 1t requires more than dou.
bic the force aud outlay ca our side that
would serve for theirs
But the vital difference lies here: 7Hey
rteH and use the entire capacity of the
reyion suiject to tn, ir stray, ~hi1e ire en-,
P/oy against them but a fraction Of osrs
For example:
The region now subject to the power
of jeff Davis contains Just about Seven
Millions of People-uot one more-of
which Three Millions are s'aves-not one
Of them at heart for the Rebellion; mos,
Of them intensely though muteIy hostile
to 1t. The residue scarcely exceed 10
number the population of this SINCE
State of New York Beside these, they
may have at the utmost One Hundred
! thousand Men in their armies who come
from regions how III der the authority Of
the Union. They can barely have Half
a Million able bodied Whites this day
within the actual limits Of their Confed
eracy.
But, whatever the number may be.
they use the whole; putting into the field
besides many thousands of immature boys
and old men who can be of little real ser.
vice. And 50 with regard to property as
well: The South is far poorer than the
Nortn, but the Confederate authorities
claim and take whatever thew need and
can tiud. Food, Forage, Goth, Leather,
Sugar, Cotton, Tobacco-aI are taken bv
1.-THE Go""rnment," receipted for and
used Or sold as may be deemed advisable.
No demur is tolerated, and no audible
grnmbilng is safe.
The North is "careful about many
things - Industry, Trade, Pleasure,
Speculation; at the South, there j., for
the present, one busincss-War. Look
through our fashionable watering places,
and cool mountain retreats and bathing
resorts, and You find them about as well
h'!ed as usually at this season, and scarce
y ''NH @dS "uI senptuouS. though the
earth is parched with heat and drouth,
the dinner, are perfect and the wine well
cooled; the viOl sounds sweetlv from spa
cion~ halls by night, and young feet fly
merriIy in the dance, as if unconscious
OF wholesale carnage and agony. We
are doubtless great people; our self con
celt is superb; tut this is not the way to
make and end war.
Put to the application:
Countrymcn' Your Government needs
not men only, but monoy-needs great
deal OF IT; and you must supply it. >Pri
ces are exorbitantly high only because
yrur failure to lend your country all she
needs comp"ls her rulers to expand the
currency when they would gladly con,
tract it. OF course. expansion raises the
price of every ration, every cartridge;
and your Secretary Of the Treasury must