The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-16
..An Early Termination OF the
War, ~.


Tn the correspondence which we printed
few days ago, that passed between the
President and Secretary STANTON, it will Dc
noticed that the latter tells the former
that 4the recent successes which have at
,ended our arms lead to the hope that by
maintaining our military strength, ana
giving it such increase as the extended held
of operations may require, an early termi-
nation Of the war may be attained"
We thought that this pitiful play Of dc
luding the public with the notion that the
war was nearly over had been played out !;
it was once poor joke, it is now sad re-
ality. The melancholy fact is that the
neonle believe this wretched nonsense, and
are deceived and csjoled by it. They have
been drugged by falsehood SO long that
thew have lost all relish for the plain food
Of truth. They believe only what they
wish to believe. They will hear nothing
~, n,h.t i n,o,s,nt to hear, 1000.
but WI1aI II pleasant w HS"'
< The truth is patent to all who desire to
be not deceived, that tho rebellion was
never so formidable as to day. A year and
half ago there was no small amount OF
Union feeling in the Confederate States ;
+ now. thanks to our radical and tanatical
Administration, there is not one Jot on
title LETT. Once the war was against the
armies in the field, now it is against the
whole people it is strange that we do not
see what an immense difference there is
between the two. The people of the Con-
federate States see IT, and they have taken
I'D the gage we have thrown down, and
they have shown, and are showing con-
stancy and resolution which would move
our admiration, if it were possible to see
ANYTHING good in slave holding Nazareth.
The whole population, men, women and
children, are united and banded together
by fixed determination to achieve their
political independence or die. A resolute
purpose like this makes weak people
strong. and gives terrible energy to one
naturally powerful. 1t is this spirit, this
purpose, which makes the rebellion SO for
midable to-day.
And il anything were wanting to give to
the people of the South the motive and the
cue for perseverance and persistency, it is tc
be found in the resolutions of the Repub'
ican Convention at Baltimore. These sub
stantialy speak language like this: ""'
have no word of Cancellation or compromise
to waste upon you. We mean to continue
this war till every slave is emancipated.-
Our only terms of accommodation are uncon'
ditionaI submission. You must la y doWr
your arms. get on your knees, grovel In the
dust before us, allow us to select whom We
will hang and whom We will pardon, anc
make what disposition we please of your
lands and negroes Why, upon conditions
like these, the meanest, weakest, poorest
Gods creatures Coolie, Hottentot
Digger Indian, New Hollander--woult
fight to the death; and the people OF TIT
South are the proudest, the most sensitive
on the point of honor, in all Christendom
49, And what are the "recent success" that
breed in the Secretary's mind such airy
hopes? Have we been successful unde
BANKs2 Is there any very brilliant and de
cided success in Georgia? And how is it ii
Virginia. GRANT, after slaughter unpar
allelled in the annals of civilized warfare
after loss fat least sixty or seventy thous
and men, after marching on bridge of dead
bodies from the Rapdan to the vicinity O
Richmond is now on the north bank of the
Chickahominv, beginning the siege of the
city, under conditions less favorable than
MCCLELLAN began with it inMay, 1862 Il
there be anything here which betokens 8
speedy termination of the War, We are not
able to see it. The reelection Of Mr.. LIN
coin would ensure the continuance Of the
war, if it can be so long kept up, tor an 9th
err four years; at the end of which time We
shall have a national debt of at least five
thousand millions of dollars, and our iuris.
diction will extend over so much of the
territory of the South as shall be in the &C
tual occupation of our armies. This NAV
be unwelcome truth, but it is the truth, for
all that.
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