Year: 1864

~ AAA - ~ HAPPEN


That VIC are now upon the eve Of stirring
events lis apparent enough The state Of the
season, thc condition Of the opposing armies,
and the demands and expectations of the
country, all look to active hostilitics without
much moro Of delay The enemy are hurry
ing mp all their spare men to the front-es-
pcclally into Virginia; having settled It in
their minds that the contest is to be there.
In the meantime several things seem to be
generally assumed by us a1 sure to happen
all of which may or may not occur. One
thing, upon which there seems to be no rsa-
son OF doubt Is, that some one great battle,
in which all the Virgins army is to take part,
is TO come of; and then, in the second place,
that this battle will decide the contest ltis
true enough that such thing IL possible, and
it cannot be said improbable, yet 1t Is well
not TO be too positive In our expectations.
There may be no one general battle at all A
style of movement may be entered upon
which, like Gen. Grants operations between
Bruinsburg and Viclsburg, shall bring about
series Of minor battles, which sha]l deter
mine the contest, in 50 far that no great bat
tie will be yentured upon. On the whole,
the carly season Of the campaign may be
spent in mutual maneuyerins for advantage,
so TINT II fighting occurs, it will not happen
TIL July.


Or, suppose us to have q battle, or tive of
them, Of considerable magnitude, they may
rot be at once decisive It has becn m ex-
pectation held ont from the very beginning ot
the war, thet 1t was TO come to an end at
once. 1t was to be ended at first In q month,
then In campaign; and thus from period to
period expectation Inns been led forward ot
course to be disappointed. One hope now IL
to grind the enemy's army to powder. But
in that grinding, 1t IL to be expected that We
ourselves will suffer some grinding also.
They that WELD the sword are liable, Of ne.
cessity, to perish with It. We may have to
do good deal Of fighting before tho relative
strength Of the opposing armies, at present
existing, is destroyed; and this may wen,
away the season till the heats Of midsummer
forbid active held operations; and thus thu
spring campaign may verge over into ont
which shall consume tho autumn months.


Our hope, to be sure, is for IN early termt
nation Of the war. Bnt what if i
does not come! Why then som'
have way OF talking as II it were all owe
with us. "Hwc do not get relief now, VI
shall die" is sometimes said; but is alWay.
tho Language Of distress; that of course only
proves true in portion OF the cases. Nc
doubt We wish an early end of this great ago.
ny, and no doubt If an end do not come in
time We should die. Financial difficulties In
crease; rebel p1otters at home get more des
pczate; our youth consume away In the war
aud the clouds get pretty dark at times.


But we must not think always Of our per
lis or our pains. The man crossing chnsr
must look aloft.


five suffer, what is true Of our enemies
Tie little finger Of their woes is thicker tina
the loins Of ours Our money affairs are nc
in as bad condition as theirs yet; our bus1
ness is somewhat more prosperous tha
theirs; our boys come forward to the mflita
~ age as fast as theirs; md men from nbroa'
crowd into our frse States thousand time
faster thuu into Dixie. We have more me,
Of the military age than when the war begun
Have they?


Only the heart is wanting-ifit it be wanting
Ito hold ont decade after the Confedernc,
il buried 80 deep in the mud Of years that nj
resurrection shall await it Be not too posi-
tive as to this or that but in the determine
tion to fight out this rebellion, let there b
no relaxing; be It month or q week Q
years TINT shall be ncce ssary to and 1t.