Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-24
IN. Confederate States.

Ths Confederate States.
The independence Of the Confederate States bslngs
matter beyond question, propose to glance at few
OF the means they possess Of becoming prosperous and
Powerful Confederacy. Il would require volume to
treat the SUBJECT fully, while have SPACE ard time for
ooy partial and cursory review Of the advantages and
blessings vOuehsafed to US.
We that the viii not end until all the States
distinctly recognized slave States have swung loose
from the old wreck and ranged themselves alongside Of
those with which they have common interest and des
uny We shall then, without including territories that
already acknoSlSdge ours sway, Of about
100000 square miles embracing population Of 10 OOO
900 including 1000 900 Of saves-a land possessing ev
cry desirable variety Of climate aud Of SOIL with agricu
tur cspacities almost Unlimited with facilities for do
mssc manufactures and foreign commerce surpassed by
other country of equal extent the face Of the
globe The Eastern lmi. Of this territory is form.
ei by the Atlantic Ocean, which washes its shores from
tue mouth OF Delaware Bay to the Cape of FOrdaa dis
lance Of 1900 miles. I.s Southern boundary stretches
from the Cape Of Florida along the shores Of the Gulf
osAe1co, to the mouth Of the Rio GraDde distance Of
1900 nies TIis immense line Of sea coast ia dotted
With convenient bays and hsrbors and is inersected CT
sbOr; intervals BY large and navgab,o rivers whose
interior Among these may be mentioned the great
Mississippi which for he las. 1900 miles of its course
flows through slave territory and belongs exclusive.
y to the Confederate States. An extensive system Of
railways already extends its Brlarean arms through the
land and the day no. distant when the whole country
viii be covered With network Of these artificial channels
ofcOnnunicAiOn, and when the of rapid inter-
course and exchange will be established between its reno
q
necessaryto say that they constituted more than three
iourhs Of the exports Of the old government and tba,
the Whole civilized world is dependent upon her great
spe cotton Os lie indispensable article Of cloth
iag.
Such soma OF tAs physical advantages we possess
Who shall venture to say that such a country, in the
hands Of brave intelligent, enterprsilg Gberty.loving
race, may not attain the very acme OF national pros
psriy and grandeur And Withou. srrogacs srch race
may claim 10 bel proof of hich we cite the fact
40. only Of the development, progress and culture e1
ibted in the States composing the Conederacy but the
adsputAble faethat the wealth of the old government
the wisdom Of is lava the glory Of s arms its pres.
tgc and power mliuy due to Southern intellec.
ard ysor, and the productions Of Southern labor and
soil. ryssy page OF the nov. closed history Of rha.
the Uni.ed States Is lus rou5 with the genius Of
Southern minds ard the achievements of Southern cour
age. Drawer aud w3rike people problb never
existed on the aco Of the earth. Ia all the wars ia
which the United States engaged the South con.
trbu:ed argcymore than her rateable proportion of
fighting msa and her sodiery have been distinguished
alike for iupetuous valor and pateri, endurance The
remark that the natives of Southern chimes are
deficient in physical energy, and ia varke prowess ia
true only when applied to extreme Southern attitudes
Tie annals Of tho pas, and the daily evidence of our
senses stamp it false so far as our own people are
concerned II the belief ever really entertained in
the North, Bethel Bull Rua, Manassas, Belmont and
dozen other glorious fields have dispeed it. There need
be apprehension that the Southern people lack the
ability either achieve maatAn their independence
With such country, inhabited BY people capable
Of Defending it, and capable too, Of turning its great
natural advantages to the productive usss noh
ing Is needed the highest prosperity and hap
piness but wise institutions udcious legislation, and
ysudent administration Of public sl,irs In these
spee,s iti good fOruae have had the teaching
Of Of tbs wisess statesmen, and the examples of
Of TIE pulcst patriots the world has ever seen
Washington Madison and Mlson Taylor Of Caroline and
Randolph Of ROanOke and many Others from single one
Of these Sales havs efs imparshsbe sgacss of states
mInshp and patriotism for the guidance Of all after ages
10 addition, We have as constant and perpetual
ing the hipwreek Of the Northern States the result Of
radical aad agraran theories Of demAgogcAl agitationF
and knaysh practices Add these the great eonserva
tive subs.rAum of slavery the bas OF our society
aud institutions and may fairly indulge the hope that
the people Of the Confederate States will not permit
themselves to be uigoVerned. Let this hope be real
zsd and with the favor Of the Great Dsposer Of hu-
man 6esjines what will bs wanting to enable the Con-
fsera.e States occupy front rank among the great
poWers Of the earhy Great in capabilities they would
soon become great in reality. We presume that no
reasonable man will deny that they capAbIs OF sup
porting aieast dense population, IN proportion,
Massachusetts, Tienum5er there the square mile is
l2s This number, multiplied by the square miles COM
posing our territorial area, would give population Of
more than hundred Millions We may therefore as
sums th the Confederscy is sbundanty able to main
tsin population Of one hundred mllions-a number
sufficient TO satisfy either vanity or ambition.
Blu recurring prssen: condition, and leavng the
future to take Ofse the staple productions oil our
soil our cotsor tobacco rice, sugar and hreadsut' con
sute the basis Of foreign trade that must make CON-
mere al alliances and treaties Of ade With Us desirable
to al connsrcia nations. Cotton, the principal produ't
ct our soil l. the most important article Of commerce In