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The Daily Dispatch: July 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Aspect of affairs. (search)
ffer terms to a people who have half a million of men under arms, and have half a million more to take their places should they be disposed of. They remind us of nothing so strongly as the fable of the girl with her basket of eggs, which is familiar to all schoolboys. The constancy of our people has already began to meet with its proper reward. There never was any real cause to feel dispirits, about the loss of Vicksburg. In our opinion it was a great blunder to hold that town and Port Hudson. They rendered inactive a large army which could have been better employed in the field Nevertheless, the blow was a revere one, and it staggered our people for the moment, although they never thought of submitting. But three weeks have elapsed, and the skies are already brightening. The Yankees have failed to take Charleston. Johnston is falling back to a strong position, with an army increasing in strength every day, while Grant is pursuing him with an army daily diminishing Gen. Le