Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-04-22

NJ HoRAcK GREELEY.

III Df H0RACk GREELEY
& THE decided ,riumphs achieved on ,he|
1 lst aud 2 insts, hy the Army of The Po,o
\ Smpc in It's movement by he left npou Gen.
Lees communications with the South andI
3Wcst, 6tly closed by direct assault on
SS+he strong defeHses of Petersburg ond its!
zenvirous compelled hnsty evacuation oil
Sboth Petersburg aud Richmond during the
#ught O! the %, and permitted what the
b Rebels left unburned-or rather what ourI
xaoldiers were enabled TO save from their
Bcabhagrstiou--o the Rebel capital to bel
aeccuped Ivy portion of the Army Of The
SJumes on the morning Of the 81 TheI
SArmy Of The Polomac followed fast onI
= he heels cf he routed Rebel Army oil
SVUginia, heading it of from its interdrd
#retr, o Dinvile and the Roanoke push.
Aing it in dIsor dery fight toward Lynch
zburg, csp' urng. Oh the b, l. cut General
EweI eight other Generals, and several
/ Thousand of its rank aud file /; and finally
ION he 0 h, Gen. Lee surrendered all lhai
2remoined of i. to Gen. Grant, on ccndtion
ha, private property should lie repre- sant-
ed md both cficers and privstes allow ed
Nto 60 peacefully TO their bones, never again
70 lake up arms against the United States
#unless regularly exchanged Such is Il,
Sbrief u nma-y Of Military operations in
xvirgioia during the eveD:iul first nine days
&of April, 1865. The rspurous cheer,
Ss herewith our troops were greeted ty the
abumbler classes Of Richmond, aud the wei
) scnmrd presence Of Presdsu, Lincoln in
4 lha, cy during the excited po,,ion Of last
= week, contribute TO reuder this the most,
3 memorable week in American history.
8 That the Rebellion had already received
Hits dea,h-w ouud hardly detracis from the
3 Emagui,ude of The great esen,s thus hurri.
S.dly glanced st Tha. the Union was to
m.e restored nnd SlAyey abolished. wee
Ealready assured /; bntis Of grave momeu
Elhat The demonstrated 'prepondcrance Of
Rs,reng,h on the fioe Of the Republic should
4 be such as TO bring The Struggle a. once To-
20 close. Gen. Lees surrender emshatically,
zaltests this preponderance An aoic sol
sdier, Gen. Lee was no. so Strailencd that
I he could moi have held on longer, had his
Sfu,nie been lightencd by one ray of hope
He surrendered rot bccanse he could re
s,reat no further. but bccnue 10 protrrc,
E,hc campaign was to sqaauder the blood OF
Ehis follow ors without utility or purpose -
E He surrendered because the Rebellion la A
Ecolapsed snd longer TO lead brave men 20
Hslaughter in its behalf was 10 sink the gen
xerai in the butcher, ihe ,madman. Aud
xtherc is little donbs that Gen Johnston
Con hearing OF the surrender of Lee will
Il make haste TO follow his example.
a The Rebellion being thus virtually SUD,
oppressed, the world will be surprised by the
Erapidty, the certainty, whcrewith our couo.
airy will return 20 the days of peace and in
sdus,ry, aud with immense expansion of our
ENational energies which Freedom for All
3 will surely develop. We were on active.
enierprsing, progressive, thrifty people
Mshile cursed with Slavery, just as many q
vessel has sailed well and done good service.
Though some of her timbers were rotten
land her keel covered with baruseles. and
Hthongh she was far stou'er and sailed bet
er when the for mer had been replaced and
E,he latter removed We have proved thai
1--WE could cary heavy weight, yet make q
-Hrespcc, able race ; we shall now prove thai
I've can run much better when we give our
,Elull, unleitered strength to the elfott.
Our people have been Subjected to o
most trying ordeal. Their foes, wary aud
Eformidable were Of their own household.
Not merely were our countrymen of the
HSoulh embodied in armies fighting under
"a novel flag for the prostration of tile
,HSrars aud Stripes, but even here at the
HNorth--on our farms, in our villages, hui
more conspicuoDsly in ohr cities-multi
Nudes sympathzed withath traitors and
wished them success. Every mistake OF
Herro Of our Gorerhment--so sorely besel
z pndcr under novel aud perplexing cond'
4 Ations-was adroiliy employed 10 further
the ends Of treason and cripple the righ
srm of the Nslisn. The venC nous oratiol
delivered in our City by Gov. Seymour, on
that memorable A lh OF duly, 1868. wheI
the soil Of Pennsylvania stll rocked to III,
Tired OF Lees invadipg legions--an ORATOR
Embnifestly concocted 10 the confident ex
ii upectation that the Rebel chief would die
Q tate a disuuion Peace from the banks o.
: he Delaware or Hudson--:s still fresh
Z 10 the Nations memory.yr n
a The Republic has been saved by Divin,
d Mercy ne wing be hearts and slrepgtheu
Ming the arms OF the legal Millions. Itha
Sheen saved by the devoted vslor Of our sol
Ediers, tae bonndless munificence Of our Cit
i -Fzens-by q patriotism thatno burden ,coul,
+ |stagger aud q courage that no disaster
could sppall IL has been saved BY !,
prodisAl on.pouriOg Of Loyal slssd ssd