The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-07-03

80 '"N'TH 10 NDS'tNNf 49,
surrender Of General Lee ends, not in
deed the possibility ofmiIitary defence,
still less that OF desperate popular re-
sistNnce, but the hope Of final success
After four years Of war, sustained with
a gallantry and resolution that have
few, if any, precedents in history; af-
ter such sacrifices as, perhaps, no ma.
ton ever made in vain after losses
that have drained the life blood Of the
country; after a series Of brilliant vic
tories, gained under unequaled disad.
yant1gcs, courage and skill and dcvo.
ton have succumbcd TO brute force
and BY sheer power Of numbers a race,
inferior in every quality Of soldicrship
and manhood, have prevailed over the
braycsl and most united people that
ever drew the sword in defence Of
civil rights and national independence.
To numbers, and to numbers alone, the
North owes its hateful triumph. It's
advantages in wealth and resources,
in the possession of the sea and the
command Of the rivers, were neutra-
lied by Southern %galIantry, In despite
the most numerous navy in the world,
half a dozen Southern cruisers drove
its commerce from the seas, In despite
Of its overwhelming superiority in
strength 0! ships and guns, improyised
Southern irOncLads beat and drove oil
It's blockadiug squadrons, and South
crn cavalry, embarking on little river
steamers captured its armed gunboats.
In defiance Of all its powers, Southern
energy contrived to supply the armies
of the Confederate States with every
thing of which they stood in need,
When the war broke out, the North
had every kind of military stores in
abundance, and could draw unlimited
supplies from Europe the South had
scarcely q cannon; had but few rifles ;
still fewer swords or %bayonets. and not
. single foundry or powder factory. All
these deficiencies were supplied BY the
foresight Of the Confederate Govern,
ment and the daring Of the Confederate
armies. The routed forces of the
North supplied artillery and ammuni,
ton, rifles and ~bayonets, to the South,
crners. The cannon which Numbered
agains; Gettysburg, the shot which
crushed the brave mercenaries Of Burn,
side on the slopes above Frcdericks
burg, came for the most part from
| Northern arscnals. No Southern fail,
ure il attributed to the want of arms
or powder; no Federal success was
won b. the enormous advantages which
the North enjoyed in itsmIlitary stores
and its open ports. Had these been
the only odds in its favor, long ago
would the Federal Government have
taken refuge at Boston or New York
and every inch Of Southern soil have
been free from the step Of the invader.
Numbers, and numbers alone, have de
cidcd the struggle.
Almost every battle has been woL
by the South, but every Southern vic
tory has boon rendered fruitless by the
overwhelming numerical superiority
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