The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-21
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DauD, the Baltimore correspondent
Of the World, who has usually had pretty
correct information Of the condition Of the
South, talks in this style in his letter Of
April 9th: w5G-. caw ns1geii
suDDN DOWNFALL OF THE s0UrHIRN o0N-
Ten days only have elapsed since my
letter Of the 25th ult. was written, and
already the remarkable statements that ID
contained are fully verified. e The South
ern Confederacy no longer exists a, q
power on earth and the rebels no longer
have capital or d government From
the same source / have now derived some
additional information respecting the re-
cent battles, near Petersburg, and the
present military situation in, Virginia and
North Carolina, which is embraced In what
follows. For the rebels still have aif army:
an army Of veteran soldiers, although small
in numbers; an army, the organization of
which isstiAs peefect ;fsbut whioh'isgreatly
dispirited byfeoent reverses, and which
cannot be depended on for any operations
out Of Virginia. 1silis'4 'iirfid ~
rHH CONFEDERATE aovKRNMKNr EXISTS NO
III bt6 dIAYaS LONoxB. Z 10 Gisaasza ed
The confederate government has ceased
to exist. Mr.. Davis has not formally alb
dicated his functions as President, but he
will probably do 60 at an early day, par
ticularly If the operations of the federal
armies. are. pushed on with vigor, and if
General Lee fails to gain any military adj
vantage during the next ten days. % The
authority Of NJ. Davis, however, is at an
end. # he should Issue q proclamation
convening the rebel Congress, to meet A
any DESIGNATED place, the he mandate would az
DECENTRALIZATION or rHs CONFEDERATE AR
''''7 '-'%3 tSs- d" MITES. y 10 - mn yi2jH
." But it is said that the loss of their cap
ital has greatly affected their spirits, and
that they win never fight again with The
same courage as before. A large propor-
ton of them are intelligent men, and they
can see, and do not hesitate to say, that
the cause of the South ID lost. In this
state Of things all that remains for the
Federal armies is to push on with Hgor..
-Gaa TIE SOUTH VIRTUALLY eUBJUGATKD.liia
TO In the meantime, No spectacle can be
imagined more pitiable than the, position
occupied by the southern people to-day.
Without capital, without government,
With the majority Of their ! able-bodied
men killed or manned for life, they are, to
all intents and purposes q conquered peo-
pie. Yes, the South is conquered. Strange
as it may seem, the South Is virtually sub
jugsted, and must sccept from their con-
querors whatever terms the latter see fit
to impose. It is q bitter thing for the
people Of the South to see, but they do see
it, and realize it. Thus, then, ends the
war : or rather, perhaps, thus opens q new
chapter in it, although the last. Certain
it is, that from the moment of the capture
Of Richmond, the war assumed entirely q
new character, bni Old things have passed
away We have no longer to fight q pow
erful and compact confederacy Of thirteen
populous States, teeming with 3 popula-
ton unanimous 10 their hatred to the
North, and Boosting large armies, in
trenched behind extensive works. Tiaa
THE GOVERNMENT DAN IMPOSE WHAT TERMS
70 Eva, ,Hlio82fu CHOOSES. llis.nSiHI u
All that we have to do now 10 to fight
the last army Of the Confederacy, driven
from their stronghold, and retresting dis
pirited they know not whittier. Il is in
the power Of the government now, to inn
pose any terms they please upon the peo-
pie of the south, to receive them back in
the Union, Or to break up their State or
CARNATIONS, and treat them a. conquered
vassals. This is 90, because there is no
longer any power in the South that
can resist the government in any measure
which the latter may adopt. -
DRUID.