This, whether near or far off, is not for us to say; but, fortunately, we have no choice.

We must succeed--no other choice is left us except degradation.

The South must be ruled by us, or she will rule us.

We must conquer them, or ourselves be conquered.
There is no middle course.

They ask, and will have, nothing else, and talk of compromise is bosh; for we know they would even scorn the offer.
I wish the war could have been deferred for twenty years, till the superabundant population of the North could flow in and replace the losses sustained by war; but this could not be, and we are forced to take things as they are.
All therefore I can now venture to advise is to raise the draft to its maximum, fill the present regiments to as large a standard as possible, and push the war, pure and simple.