On the other hand, the blow, as far as the Confederate Government is concerned, is mitigated by the fact that Savannah has been little used as a seaport since the capture of Fort Pulaski by the Federals at an early stage of the war.
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But the fall of the city is a patent fact, and it would be absurd to deny that it has produced an impression unfavourable to the _prestige_ of the Confederacy[1260]." Far more emphatic of ultimate Northern victory was the picture presented, though in sarcasm, by the _Times_ New York correspondent, printed in this same issue: "No disappointments, however fast they may follow on the heels of each other, can becloud the bright sunshine of conceit and self-worship that glows in the heart of the Yankee.

His country is the first in the world, and he is the first man in it.

Knock him down, and he will get up again, and brush the dirt from his knees, not a bit the worse for the fall.

If he do not win this time, he is bound to win the next.