Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-12

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49, -h;.h eve,v day lessened, while hal
=. s' ".sS vss empIeysd IN feed'sg Their
s ~ 9th IRE NO sns Of war. Ala"
81" ~ -. come. Richmond, which might
hsve beea evacuated with somesn'"g w
statee;cal success six lnnntns AGO. nss oee"
shaadon.d after . terrible defeat. ana w'sn
: n1<s which IN b"pe .! 8 psaeneeo
,,s;,sanc,. Ysar% nay probably esaPsc o.
fsrs ve know the real history Of these
s,sots. ana learn The reasons which indu I'd
~ ch;efs Of ths avuthesn contederacv to de
- = ion. I movement which thty bad
iookr I'd .ooo a. possible even a. the carrier
period Of the var. Ifthey considered inst
The t.ts Of .lhe Confederacy was bound up
With that Y Richmond, they have been IN
ss~s degree justified by the event a.
e1aera hsse turned out. the fall Of the S'r-
einia capital has been followed bv mi''.sIy
disasters from which Il n 'mp"ss'o'e 'es'
~ soueh cau recover. The immense -
spusess Of The nnsth, the vieor ana e'ss'c"
" = ssmiee. uaAs the purauit Of Y, n LeeA
force most prompt and effective. The union
Renerels nave the shattered hands Of the
south really not An hour 81 rest
In tho end the confederate commander
bed enly about 81, 600 men left The armies
which surrounded him amounted to Al lenst
nix times this number. In these c'r~um
etanres Gen. Grant thought that the time
bod come Tor offering terms Of capitulasion
ehs correspondence Of the two commanders
W0sbs found elsewhere. The tone il hen
osnbls 70 both, and the conditions wsre
such - Il Was NJ disgrace for an overmatch.
I'd army 10 aocept.
Such il the end Of the great army which.
sgUanissd bv the extraordinary genius NJ
enc man. cid d nv several other command
sss Of eminent ability, hes done auch won-
6sss in thia war Not even the grand avmv
oeNapole0n himself could have count 4 Series
~ 4oee brillsnt victories than the fore
WAisA, saiscd chiefly from the HIGH spi-it~s,
porulattoa q Virginia, has defeated ~
0Aay invasiens sf The STATE, and cvushsf
~ 6oQo q - 0amy nnsshrv~ ee~erala :
OAAsf end soldiers have nov failed for IN
AsSe and lAas time. They were victcr'ou
ua.l yietssy uss No longer to be a"heiv .
by human valor, and then they fell viii
Hense. Theirs has hem n" gradual decay
y souvuee end diacipline, no Decentralization
ths result sncceAsivc defeats. Whit they
O6sc O the Chirkahominy and Chancellor
Win, Shsy we're on the day when tho over
poWssing forces Of Grant and Sheridan
fbeeed shem back from the defenres Of Peters.
bure. II " Stonewall'' jackson had been
alive 10 witness the ruin OF the army which
- I'D - often helped to vict nv, ne would
Aaso ~ reason To be ashamed Of its conduct
II IL latest hour.
"a When ~ true history Of these things is
~ V gill probably b. found that the ram.
palSn Of 1855, fought BY enfeebled and III
teend bands against I'll the power Of the
north, has shown . hcgcism uncQualed in
former and more successful campaigns But
vhlle. giving The confederate army its due
nesdol praise in the hour Of its misfortune,
y 10 Impossible 10 deny the federal generals
end their tros % tho credit Of great arheiv
nsut. Whether the southerners have ov
have mt fought better than in former years
thee can b NO doubt that the federals hsv.
sarpatsed ~ their proceeding Efforts
Slowly, but surely, they have brought thei
armies 70 perfection.
~ egiasxpRa OF Lrs's AMY An "rxro
WAnD svENr" voR eRKAf BRsrAIn.
ptea de l.cndcn STANDARD, April "a.
When : 6lsn Ike Gen. Lee surrenders ar
0Dy Of twenty-five thousand men we fsai
den 10 lissls - - hel'sd lor the cause in
which he Nm been 6ghtinr. liz just pos
ssbis. indeed, that this capitulation Was q
6lses 0ili,ory necessity, and that the brave
gfnY Of North vmginia, surrounded on
el6g cd ccvld only have escaped the
teeA - that va closing around it with the
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