Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-04-06
LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1865.

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Happy auguries o. the triumph of
the arms and the re. establishment of
the Constitution and laws in every
State of the Union are of daily oc-
currence. We have no more need to
speculate on probabilities Facts
supply the place of comment, and
''the situation" is as familiar to those
who are not as to those who are in
the army. Victory is with us every
where-Yictory and Preparation
For, as our columns advance. strik
ing. capturing, and repOssessing,
more troops are added to these col
umns; and as one rebel fort falls he
fore our resistless naval squadrons.
these squadrons move into other
waters and demonstrate against other
points. From his lookout, like the
pirate in his cave, who is ever on the
qui vive. and always fearful of sure
prise, jefferson Davis watches thy
approaching downfall of his bloods
schemes. He sees new thousand
rushing to the different military de
partments of the Union army. He
confesses, with agony, that the spirit
of the North and Northwest, much
as they have given and sacrificed, is
to-day higher, and more resolved,
than when treason first aroused their
amazement and indignation. The
"odious draft" which was to plunge
our great cities into anarchy, is be
ing anticipated by voluntary enlist
ments and avoided by generous
bounties. The Federal finances bear
about the relation to his eXchequer
that the Bank of England does to a
faro table. The great foreign Pow
ers look upon him and his "Confede-.
racy" as they do upon the quarrel
ing and thieving half breeds who
have tired to improvise Governments
in Central America. Long before
this Davis has received a practical
proof of this allegation from one OF
the proudest of these Powers. In
the rebel lines it is not pay as you
go, but steal as you 60. In the IN
ion lines everybody is paid that is
loyal, and the Union soldier fights
with double heart, because he has
good cause, good food, regular wa
yes, and good clothing. In the loyal
States there is now no considerable
party opposed to the war. The
amazing successes of Grant, Sher-
man. and Sheridan have consolidated
the people ard obliterated faction
In the rebel section there is neither
concert nor confidence. The feud is
rs bitter among the leaders as the
dissatisfaction among their victims,
the soldiers and the citizens. The
message of jefferson Davis. gloomy,
broken hearted, and supplicating as
it is, is an authorized surrender
And if this is so of the head, what
. may we expect from the subordi
mates, and from the other sufferers
} under the most atrocious assault up
on law, order, and liberty the world
has ever seen? The very recent let
ter of Henry S. Foote, dated at Lon
don, was not the only keynote to
which Davis has so plalntively and
, gloomily responded. Before Foote
spoke, there were hosts in North
Carolina who had felt, and many who
had spoken, the same sentiments -
There is not a rebel city in which
Southern Unionists have not had
; their secret meetings for years lst.
Richmond has her clubs, Chs -eston
her societies, and Savannah her
i more open combinations, pledged to
to the restoration of the Federal au
lhority. And now that Davis has
. given voice to these organizations,
by. conceding' that the rebellion is
the most stupendous failure in human
annals, and yet asks that it shall be
maintained by new sacrifices and still
, more audaeieas crimes, we may cen
6dently look for bolder demonstra-
|, tions in favor of the good cause from
those who have heretofore been quiet
only because they. waited for such
an hour as thepresent.
OCCASIONAL.