Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-04
The War OF subiugaiion.

About the middle of the month of April,
the Northern Dictator Issued his proclsma-
don Of wsr against the South. Confding
Ia the boosted superiority Of the North in
men end materials of war, he looked to eur
snbjugalon as matter TO be accomplished
Ia the short space Of three months. He has,
however, been taught lesson he little
q dreampt Of" The three months passed
away, and four more have been added to
them, and yet he has made no progress to-
wards securing the ends he aimed at. BE
has spent millions of money, collected to-
gether armies Of hundreds of thousands of
men, and fleets such as the world has seldom
seen, but all In vain. In every important
battle, be has witnessed the discontinue of
bis troops, and realized The fact that the
people Of the South, engaged In the defence
Of their rights, their liberties, and all that is
dear 20 them, are an invincible foe. Instead
q taking warning from the results which
have thus far followed his assaults, he evinces
determination to prosecute the war, if pos
sihle, with renewed vigor and virulence.-
Made wary. by repeated reverses, his generals
threaten to overwhelm as by the momentum
Of mere numbers; bat they are again miscal-
eulating their own proves and the patriot
,sm and power of the Confederate armies.
Creep upon Us slowly az they may please, or
sweep with the fury of the waves driven be-
tore angry winds, shey will find the Coaied-
crate columns prepared for them, and stand
~
began, has resisted the shock Of old ocean.
They may be ground 30 powder, but can new
er be subdued.
The seven months Of war through which
We have passed, great though the drafts be
which have been made upon our resources,
have been attended by little real suffering
and want. The winter season is upon as
now, and has opened With upusual GOODNESS.
Il Is the season when there Is ever he most
suffering from want and privstion, and the
enemy calculates upon deriving important
advantages from it. He believes that our
asoops are not In condition to endure the
rigors of winter campaign, and that We
have not the ability to either feed or clothe
them as they ought to be. Thanks to the
generosity Of the people, IL has already been
shown that he reckons without his host, 80
far as the matter of clothing il concerned.
Generally our soldiers are we'll and comfort
ably clad, the people, not the government.
furnishing them at their own expense. 1t
b also In the power OF the people to disap-
point the enemy in his expectations relativs
10 the subsistence Of our troops. The South
has . superabundanee Of cattle and hogs
these are being rapidly sold and slaughtered
TO make beef and bacon for the army. She
has also supersbundancs Of grain-eorn,
wheat, &c. But, we regret to cay, that the
holders of these important and indispensable
suxilisries 10 the subsistence and health OF
our soldiers, are Withholding them from the
market, and the government ispat to q great
deal ofdifzculty in obtaining the necessary
supplies. This should not be so. 1t is
rejection upon the farming interests that
they thus stand In the way of the progress of
the cause Of Southern Independence; and, in
some measure, give the enemies of our liber-
ties said and eomfort.n Our soldiers cannot
live on meat alone. They must have good,
wholesome bread, and plenty of It. Their
horses must have corn and oats. They can
not be efficient unless they are well fed.
Planters In South Carolina whose planta-
lions were white with the aeecy product of
the cotton stalk, and whose rice fields were
never more fruitful, have periodically given
them TO the flames rather than they should
fall into the hands Of the enemy. They have
Voluntarily made sacrifice of them, and in
some Instances have spilled the blazing torch
70 their private dwellings. Here We have an
.xempliscation of true, selfdenying, gener-
ous patriotism. All Is freely given to pro-
note the interests Of the country-to advance
the success Of the cause of Southern Indepen-
aeuce. Are the farmers of Tennessee less
patriotic. Will they continue to chatter for
high prices, when the cause of liberty and
independence may be thereby jeopardedf
Never was there tme when they could bet
Ter afford TO be liberal. The most of shem
have money-but few Of them are paying
their debts, the laws Of the State for collect
ing them being Tor the time suspended, and
everything they produce, commsnss ready
ale and remunerating prices. Let them,
therefore, no longer hold back the grain they
have to sell, bat bring It forward without
delay. . a
There is no good cause to fear che power
OF the enemy In the field against rs. So long
o.