Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-01

American Warfare.
The four years civil strife in which this
country has been engaged, has in point of
magnitude. accomplishment and display
ofmilitary science, completely revolution
lied the old ideas and theories of warfare.
England regarded Wellington as one OF
the greatest of military chieftains, when
after contest of six years he succeeded
in driving Napoleon out of Spain. The
Holy Alliance-nearly all Europe, with
the exception Of France-regarded the
overthrow of Napoleon, after a struggle
maintained through series of years, as
the greatest military achievement of mod
ern times. Still later, England, France,
Sardinia and Turkey were satisfied when
after war of two years against Russia,
they succeeded in occupying the Crimea
"a district little larger than the State of
Delaware. And at the present time
France is engaged in the second year OF
an attempt to subjugate Mexico, and is
apparently about as near the end of the
task pow as when she began. These are
the leading contests that have occurred
within the last four score Of years, yet
how Insignificant they appear-what COM
parative childs play-when placed in the
scale with the mighty contest now pend
ing in the United States The North
have not had that great numerical ad-
vantage which the Holy Alliance enjoyed
in their contest with Napoleon, nor have
they contended against semi-enlightened
raoDla no IN tho oll;,5 ,,,,r ~, tho lirimna
and the French aggression upon Mexico.
They have had to contend with an en-
envy "worthy Of their STEEL" and who
had the advantage of previous prepara-
ton. Yet what is the result An extent
of territory has been conquered equal to
that of the three first States of Europe.
Positions strong as Sebastopol have been
reduced in as many days as the Allies re-
quired months. A score of battles have
been fought in less time than other ma
tons have required for preparation and
rebel armies have been swept away before
the steady and unceasinS tide of Northern
advance. The condition of the embryo
Confederacy to-day, rs compared with
that of four years ago, is the best evidence
of the terrific character CT American war
fare. According to the, official report of
the rebel Secretary of War, nearly mil
lion and half of rebels have entered the
army since the beginning Of the war, and
where are they now: 10 say that one
tenth of that number remain to the Con-
federacy is estimating their strength
literally; the other nine-tenths have been
swept away by the irresistible Northern
armies. The boastful and defiant spirit of
their people is broken, and their " Empire
State" is now taking preliminary action
for coming again into the Union fold.
The institution of slavery was, according
to their own admission, the original cause
of rebellion. Yet they show the desperate
extremity in which they are placed by
now proposing to barter the cornerstone
of their fabric for European aid. With
shattered and broken armies, with no
source by which to replenish them, with
the triumphant Union soldiery marching
wherever they will over the "SAcrcd SOIL"
the rebels see no hope before them, and in
desperation they now grasp eagerly at any
straw. trusting that il may help to buoy
up the sinking Confederacy yet little
longer. And what effect has this mighty
contest had upon the North: Instead of
business prostration, which in other coun-
tries almost universally accompanies war,
the Northern people have never been more
prosperous. Agriculture, industrial pur-
suits, and social advancement have gone
steadily onward. Colleges, churches,
school buildings, and all the adjuncts of
enlightenment have accumulated, and the
hidden wealth-the minerals and the oil
have been developed as they never were
before. The stream of emigration has
been sufficient to counterbalance the nu-
merical loss by the war, and as a whole
the country is richer and more powerful
to-day than at any previous period of its
history. 1t Is these things that constitute
the popularity of American warfare, that
annihilate time-honored theories, and that
teach the world that Americans make war
just as they do everything else, with de-
termination and q will that totally ami
hi!ate fossilized notions.-N. Y. Sun.