The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-02-12
1he , nd of tho ncbel.ior.

Since the commencement of tn
war, the country has not hccn want
dug in prophets TO predict the earl
downfall OF the rebellion; and q san
mau can hardly think. except in de
rision, OF the announcements. mad,
by sangliine officials fully two years
since, that thirty sixty, or ninet,
days, would bc sufficient TO crush tn,
rebellion and restore the Union. -
True, no ore then expected that th
contest could bc prolonged until th,
present timc--and all seemed to trus
implicitly in the assertions OF sensa
tion correspondents, that the rebellion
was OH its "last legs !"
The almost ridiculous position il
which these assertions have placed
many "prophetic officials" will doubt
less serve as caution to warn other.
against rashty following their Vproph
euc" example--yct the time has ar
rived when nearly every Intelligent
man feels confident that the end ol
organized rebellion against the GOV.
ernmcnt is near at hand--not because
certain persons have made announce
incnts to this effect, hut because in.
disputahlc factS plainly inlicatc it.
At the commencement OF the war
says the Pcrrysburg Journol, the rcb
els undoubtedly had the advantage ir
organized numbers and munitions;--
but as the ravages Of war begun tc
tell on these elements of strength tho
superiority ofthc North became strik.
ngly apparent. All the able. bojied
called to the field, willie to I'LL the ar.
mics Of the required but small per
cent ofthc arms hearing population.
and Us great n contrast was manifest
cd in all the appliances for successful
wariare--ln munitions, provisions.
Ic. And now mt the nd Of the third
year OF the war, we behold tho Con.
fcdoracy shorn Of more than two
thirds OF its territory; its entire white
male population, from sixteen to fifty.
1--WE years of age, in the army and its
supply OF munitions and provisions
rapidly and surely decreasing. On
the other hand, the North has vet u
bounti;ul supply Of men, while muni.
tions of var and provisions are con.
stsntly accumulating. But that which
most clearly Indicate che approaching
end. is the spirit of both the people
and the armies--Union and Conrudcr
ate. While the people OF the North
arc rendering to their Government all
the men, money, and moral support
that 1t can ask IN prose 'uting the con
Test, these OF the South are dcnounc-
ing their leaders.--whom they now
accuse Of hetraying them into the
war--and seeking an opportunity for
returning TO the field of the Union
While our Government is paying to
is veteran soldiers large bounty for
re enlistment, the rebel authorities
arc conscripting, "for the war;" their
,ntire army; and while our soldiers
're re re-onlisting in large numbers
hose ofihe Confodoracy are, by thous
'nds, doserting their cause, and
wearing allegiance to tho Union and
Is flag.
Nothing more than this Ia needed
opcint MS TO the inevitable and speed
~ approaching end. Hereafter. the
depletion ofthe rebel army, nv desert
on and disabilities. can not he roplac. ,
l. and theFapidity with which those /
sencies are now cNhansting their ar +
hes, shows conclusively that the reb
| people must, Gro long, accept one (
{ the Observation-Disclosures or II, +;
sg-
1t only remains for the loyal men +
4 the North TO be true TO themselves d
nj their cause, and to extend 10 the
Government in the future that aid
'hich has been so abunduntly sup
lied IN the past. If we pursue this :,
curse, we shall insure, so far rs hu. !
IAN agencies can, the utter down f,
all of the rebellion, ere the close of '
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