The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-02-09

large the seige of Richmond.sb opening
trenches in South Carolina and Tennes-
nessee-if this fails again, they can com
mence next years siege by combination
embracing Arkansas, Texas and; Florida.
Pity,.that operations on SO inhggnsan hg
scale should need increased and still in
creasing hosts ofsmen that programmes
will have such majesty ofconception, and
fill up the grandiose imaginationssof edi-
tors and correspond should be solia-
Bile to fail for want Of that human. tras1,
which can no longer be bought by the
pound and supplied by contract, in sufii-
cient masses TO realize the Yankee ideal
of siegel In truth neither the men are
forthcoming, to be bought, nor the money
to pay for them. Lincoln may call for
three hundred thousand more men; but
It is generally understood at thesN orth
that this threat of draft is only to slim
ulatc volunteering in order to- get the
bounties and tbat:thc government dares
not put the draft in actual operation. AS
for tie Yankee finances, they lfave evi-
IDENTIFY been kept aioat fol. some months,
mot only by skiIfally throwing gold upon
the market from=timo 10 time but still
more by keeping up thc continual eSpcc-
tation tfat the South is OF. the very point
of breaking down. Last spring, when
the years campaign began. and it was
found that there actually were Confeder-
ate armies in the field able TO hold their
ground, the price of gold in Wall street
.sprang suddenly up to two hundred for
one hundred. It now stands at two hun
drcd and si1teen5 but next spring, if the
enemy finds as still keeping the feld-f
the aoficial" tourists who are sent here
to whisper mysterious hopes Of peace,
have failed in, dividing our counsels and,
Edcmoralizing our army-thcn will Wall
street witness another and wiider flight
of the precious metal; and amongst the
tholders of Federal securities there will be
sauue qui peat That this catastrophe
must come. sooner or later, is certain;-
| thatthe enemy believes tito be coming
soon, is evident to Us from The very pres
cnce of the unoHicial ncgoLiatoFs. The
true. reason for refusing to receive these
peoplc, or to let them come within our
slinaS.-iis I'll cir mysterious fitting TO
IONS and soldiers from the only ratfon.Iql
I duty Of theaime Var; and also keeps
up the hopes of our enemies, and Keeps
ldownythe price of goldin Wall strees by
the belief that we are aiter all going TO
submit.
To submit unconditionally: to deliver.
yourselves up.to the mercy aud discretion
|of Lincolnas beaten rebels:--for this, we
repeat, is the only proposal they have to
make. Itimatters not that anold gentle
man, of the name of Blair, q garruleus
old bnsybody, fresh from Washington
Hobbies, may hint and whisper, (iaying his
fingers on mis- nose. as to his own private
impressions of the treatment we might.
| possibly ysexpect if we lay down our arms,
We cannot be expected to trust to the
privatoimpressions Of that individual in
the-face, in. the teeth, of all uniform de-
Eelarations of the enemy ys-government, the
.Proclamations and Messages Of their Pre-
sident, and acts of their Congress, to the
EFFECT that there can be no peace unless
we begin by surrendcring at discretion.
The New York Times, the official organ.
Fofseward. says reasonably:
Our great objection to volunteer and
irresponsible negotiations of any sort is,
that they inspire doubts in the rebel
mind of the sincerity and determination
:of four Governmentin. regard tothe rebel
lion. We have always demanded an
unconditional surrender as the sole con
dition of peace. The President has uni
formly insisted that the, rebels must cease
EdgAtjng if they wish peace"
The great objection of the Times is
also our great objection. It is well for
onr people to understand and lay to>heart
the fact that the enemy. still demands an
absolute surrender of ourselves, and our
I.children, and our property to the mercy
of Yankees: and this when we have three
gallant armies in the field: when q vast
section of our country, west of the Missis-
sippi, is entirely clear of invaders; when
l.thc lnnd is still abounding botllin provi-.