...t "Lincoln was right enough when, in homely language, he described this war as a ' big job.' This is the biggest ' job' of the kind ever seen. No more ninety days business. The insurrection which Seward believed to be waning at the close of the last year, now covers half a continent with desolation and havoc, and we are warned that battles known to be imminent will exceed in severity any hitherto fo...