Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-13
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The last grea. act Of the Nadoaal drama,
of which we have bean informed was the
surrender Of the Army Of Northern Vir-
ginia by General Lee. We all hailed that
intelligence as the cessation of the struggle
of the Confederacy. The merit thing on the
programme is the one thing looked for. ab-
sorbing all other topics. As a matter Of
course, among a thinking people like ours,
and people who 90 intimately mix them
selves in governmental affairs, each citizen
is industriously irritating the scalp, and
prognossieating the possible and probable
moves Of those Confederate Corps Com
manders, from whom no tidings have yet
been received. The CaEfonian Of last
Saturday. has an article upon the fall Of
Richmond, written, of course, prior to the
surrender of Lee. The speculations of the
editor, however, contemplate thi, same
surrender, and the reasons which would
govern Lee in such course; and he fol-
lows out the Consequences in a manner
which strikes Us as 50 logical, and 30
clearly expressed. that we make the fol-
lowing somewhat lengthy extract there
from:
Whittier the Confederates have gone, or
where they will take up their next lines Of
defense, is 4 matter Of speculation, but not
an affair Of much moment. Lee and his ar
mics are very much in the position Of the
prize-6ghter in the ring, knocked into his
corner, and with very small probability Of
being able to come to time. Under these
circumstances it is little wonder that his
hackers look pale, while the shareholders
lay their heads together to settle prelimin-
aries in anticipation Of speedy throwing up
of the sponge.
Il is but reasonable to write that the end oil
the rebellion is near at hand. True, the rebel
army is yet uncaptured, but the staggering
blow has been dealt. Its bulk is nearly as
great as ever, but 90 is that Of the bear
through whose spine rife bullet has been
sent. In the capture Of Richmond a point
necessarily vital may not have been struck,
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an idea that the rebellion can not recover.
Prestige is gone from the generals that in the
beginning Of the war were almost uniformly
victorious; the faith of the rebels in their
oracle is extinguished with the desertion
Of the shrine. Hemmed in and surrounded
on all sides, they look vainly around for q
place Of refuge or point where successful
stand can be made; and even to the restless
proud spirits who originated the rebellion,
and thus far have guided it, It must now be
plain that further prosecution Of their
efforts is useless, that prolongation Of the
struggle can prove only concession to pride
at the expense Of human life, and the proba-
bilities are that they will consent to sacrifice
their ambition and assume position Of COM
parative humiliation sooner than TO further
swell the sea Of blood, whose crimson waves
have already deluged the land. Every i'm
portant strategic point which the limits Of
the Confederaey furnish is already in our
possession; their source Of supplies are cut
of, the doors Of the coast are shut and locked
in the face Of the foreign powers that 90 long
slipped secretly in to their assistance with
clothing and the munitions Of war-in short,
the rebellion at the present time may be
hkened to q crab, Its legs Topped of 90 that it
il incapable even Of running backwards, and
its helpless body and fragile shell at the
mercy Of the knife which Is poised above it.
The absurd protestations on the part Of the
South and the ridiculous belief entertained
By its Northern partiSanS that the war will
90 on unfortunately even amer the disorgani-
ration and scattering Of the armies proper, Is
sheer nonsense. As well claim that the tail
of 4 ram would 90 on bueking after its head
was chopped of and it, body cut up into sec.
tons That the whole population south Of
Mason and Dixon's line intend to resolve
themselves into single soldiers, leaving their
homes and all the comforts which even chiv-
airy cannot afford to despise, finding in every
stump fertilization, and diminishing for the
annoyance Of the enemy through swamps
and morasses, subject at every turn to be met
By some slave who has an old account to set
tie, and certain to De hung If captured-all
that balderdash Is too apparent to be seri-
ously listened to. Private warfare has no
recognized existence, and the capture Of the
main rebel army or even its disorganiIation
would bring the individuals who chose to
wage il down to the level Of robbers and
murderers, subject to be dealt with summa-
rily whenever and wherever captured.
We think that the good sense Of the
conclusions as TO "what will follow will
strike most of our readers. And we will
state here, parenthetically, that if those of
our readers who have FIVE dollars to spare
will invest it in years subscription to the
Californian they will find that the editor
talks pretty "good sense" about every
thing.