Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-05-13


trial. On the contrary, the prospects of its
overthrow and ruin filed them with senti-
ments of the liveliest satisfaction.
There is another side, however, to the pic
ture. The complacent landsman does not
have it all his own way. The stout-hearted
tar, with full confidence in his good ship,eyen
when the tempest is at its highest, does not
consider himself, by any means, an object for
commisseration. He thinks, with sympa-
thetic thrill, of the perils of the land, the un-
roofing of houses, the showers of tiles and
chimn ey pots which assail the residents of
cities, and as he shifts his quid, exclaims to
his comrades:
-"Lord how pities them
Unhappy folks on shore, now 70
So we of the Republic, confident i'll the
staunchness of the good ship Union, have
been disturbed by no fears during the night
of storm and darkness through which we have
passed, nor have we felt any desire to ex-
change places or conditions with those who
were pointing to US as lost, and quoting our fate
as warning against the alledged perils of
free governments. And now, having out
rode the storm and entered upon calmer seas,
we may find amusement as well as encourage
ment in reviewing the exploded predictions
of our enemies, and in witnessing the battling
of their malignant hopes.
At the latest advices, the English tories
were in a most uncomfortable condition of
oonoIov;ty Tbav bad baord fba raurs of tho
fall of Richmond, but not of the surrender of
LEE. The Confederate loan, in which so
many of the beef eating Osbornes and Pod
snaps of the "inviolate island" have invested
their capital, was sinking towards zero. As
drowning men catch at straws, they seized on
the vaporing braggadocio of the Richmond
press, asserting that even if the rebel capital
was taken, it would but increase the capacity
of the rebellion for resistance, and built there
on frail and sickly fabrics of hope. 1t is COM
ical to note the struggle of hope with reason
in the newspaper organs which represent
their views. The London Times frankly con-
cedes that the South is whipped "The
North, by its determined will, and lately" it
adds, "by the excellence of its generals, has
overcome the South" 1t continues:
"If the exhaustion consequent on this pro-
tracted struggle should terminate the resist
ance of the South altogether, it may be fortu-
nate for the North that Richmond "as not
captured till the fifth year of the war. When
President Davis declared that if Richmond
was taken the war could be prolonged for
twenty years in Virginia alone, he was speca-
ldtirlg, perhaps, on resources actich ffUe despe-
rate campaigns may have fatally reduced. The
Confederacy, which for five years has proved
so unexpectedly strong and resolute, may
ao1C prove unexpectedly PoaceTless and despOr'd-
mo. In that event the work of the North
the end, not of a a0ar, bat at tie first stage of
a political re0olution, tie real troubles Of the
North are but just beginning"
The writer of the above evidently held out
a faint hope Of further resistance by the
South. The more pronounced organs of tory
opinion, however, vehemently protest against
giving up the "Confederacy." The Standard
assails the partizans of the Northern cause"
for an unseemly exhibition of joy, and as
sures them that in its opinion their rejoicing is
" very premature" 1t thinks it strange in
deed that in a christian land like England,
"where prayers are perpetually offered to
"heaven for the cessation of all rancorous
"conhict on this earth" 20 shade of Peck
sniff y men should "exult over the brave
cities, the Troys of the South, which they
have not taken, but amid whose selfwrought
ruin they 1.-THE federals) have been admitted
by the strategy of a yet uneonquered foe."
And then relapsing into less hopeful spirit,
the writer goes on to plead for a recognition of
the great qualities shown by the rebels, even
if they are overcome.
The Morning Post INDUCES in the gloomiest
representations respecting the consequences
to US, even if we have subdued the South
ern armies 1t predicts that the spirit of
the South cannot be conquered, that vast
standing armies will have to be maintained,
and that very soon the practical-minded men
of this country will begin to ask whether it
"pays" to maintain such a state of things
altogether" it concludes, "the real difficult
ties of the North appear to be just begin
ing" The London san don't propose to be-
lieve the Federal accounts" and is waiting
to get reliable news "from the other side !"
We await the comments of John Bull on
the surrender of LEE and JOHNSTON