M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-04-06

| WI wv JUL 10 NlO ~ 'IalS oE'Vi'
during the sam, length OF tim", the
four hundred thousand men brought
by Hannibal iuto Italy, the capture
ut nealy ali their cities. the saige nl
Rome, the destruction ol all their
communications. and the enslaviug al
three IUurlhs Of their popGHtion, M
mdrous illustrations conli be brought
forward to show that nations far more
-keduced than the Sonth, have, by the
strength alone OF their unconquerable
spirit, finally reached their object,
and conqaered their independence
at you ask me whether the aband
onment OF their capital, and o. their
sea shore cities. il the tearing up OF
their interior line of communlcatlon,
and their seqnestration from the world
is not moital blow to the CNnte,ler
ares, will say that, considering the
extent of country in which thay can
move, retreat, and establish Iinss OF
defense, these three things, however
weakened they may appear, are by no
means weakeAug to their cauSe. For
you must not lose sight Of this m)st
Important TACT that whenever the Con
iederates abandon the sea shore, and
withdraw 10 the interior Of Western
Virginia, tennessee or South Carol
na, va lose, at the same, the assist
anco OF our navy, so advantageous to
us hitherto, and are compelled to
strike upon new strategy, longer
aud more dittiiult to carry out than
any one we have yet pursued. Our
present base OF supplies arc lost, and
new ones are TO be established. All
this requires great d !al Of time and
OF money, and may lead to great sac
ritices Of men. Suppose General
Loo adopts the Fabian policy-dl-
vldes his army into three, which eau
easily be led ON account OF its divis-
ION; throws one into East Tennessee,
one into kentucky, and the other in
North Carolina executes large raids
upon our bUrders. c1mbiGes his nov
monts 81 as to be always IN our rear
and flank, avoiding battle go long as
he is not sure vi succ.ss, aud attack
lug Is only when there is an oppOr-
runity to do sol DON'T you think he
can protract the war several years
longer by such policy; and by hav-
M al he will have, the distance, the
neat, the malaria 4 citing on his side!
Much as | WISH to See this war END
ny tn. overthrow Of the lebelIon, |
can not help thinking that a. Ions a.
these rebels have one hunIre thou
sand mon in tho field, AMI a pophla-
ton oI blacks to ill up its dol pIeted
ranks; as Iong As they possess that n
d0mItaOle spirit wdich they show
there ls no shauce for u5 Of speedy
solution OF the contest.
You will no doubt say, and just
ly roo, that with their railroad lines
destroyed, the Crnlederatss are de-
prIved Of several advantages they had
hitherto enjoyed. such as the rapid
transportatOn Of provisions aud anu
nltiOns from one point to another, the
power OF concentrating rspiIIy upon
certain threatened positions, the IA
clIity of communication between the
various armies they have now the
isId, &c. Al! this is very true, and
| agree with you tnat the position of
tne CunIederates is more precarious
on that account than it would be 9th
erwise. You must not forget, hJw-
ever, that the difficulties they are la
OIring under at present are mmo
to both peoples; that pursuing them
Into The interior, as We will have to
10 when they have left Richmond,
places us on exactly the same footing;
10 railroad Oh either side, but long
and d. fficuIt marching through roaGs,
tOreS 8 sWamDs and m9rasses. This
IS the new aspect the war will assume
perhaps next summer and fall, when
the country is pre5nant with deadly
exhaation, and the very air we brethe
larry poison into our veius. | am
aware that great many OF ua, here
in tie Nrrth, do not believe that the
Contedsr will 60 through such
hardships, but that. tired Of q long
aud proitieSs war, they will prefer t.
/ lay down their arms and come back
into the Union. This might bavt
boen possible with General McClel-
Ian as resident, for the Genera
would have been careful to put out o
the way every thing which nigh
have offended tho susceptibilities o
wounded the pride Of the Confed
, crates.
"With MIR. Lincoln. the thing i
, utterly impossible, Ills terms Of re.
!, construction are such that no Amcri