Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-12-06

utter inability to stand against the North
than TO present any policy ofthe govern
ment, or indeed, of any fixed purpose OF
his own. His allusion to any slave par
ticipation in the war, as we are informed
by one who was present, was only as
remote contingency, unlikely to happen,
and which happening, removed all hope
Of ultimate success by the rebels. Mr..
Smith, another member of the cabinet,
dissented from this sentiment.
The Richmond Dispatch complains
that the demand for Yankee books is not
affected by the war, and that the book
sellers continue to receive orders for
Yankee school books, although their
shelves are filed with similar works by
Southern authors.
The Dispatch thinks the South will be
in more danger from the Northerners
after the war than now. 1t says:
There was one sentiment in the first
letter Of Prince Napoleon from this
country which filled US with di9may. lie
freely expresses in this letter his opinion
Of the uphill job which the North had
undertaken in its attempt to subjugate
the South. But he added that in his
opinion, after the war, trade would re-
sumo it usual channels.
Ifhe was right in that prediction, the
,car miqat as ,ceH-migh bstter-dare
nerer BEEN fought. It the South is to
continue a commercial tributary of the
North-if, above all, it is to look to ii e
North for the education of its children
it isa subject and dependent province
and nothing more or less, no matter by
what hooking name of freedom it is de-
luded
How long war will it require to win
this people from dependence on the
!, North? Better it should last forever
than that the priceless blood already
she'd should have been shed in vain
. We have no reason to fear the North il
! war, but when the army of bayonets be
comes converted into an army Of drum
:. mers the structure of Southern indie
ot pendence will be subject to a test NOR
~ severe and terrible than any which Scot
re or Mcclellan are able to apply.
O. As soon as this war is over Norther
at horde of statesmen will overrun the Ian
he or come here to live, and vote down gu
r liberties at the polls. If we do not max
as provision in our laws 70 prevent these OF
Is iects, Southern independence is an id
n dream"
- SICK or EACH OrHER.-The follow
w. ing is an extract of a letter addressed b
NJ DR.. J. r. BUST, Surgeon of a Sou
,st Carolina regiment serving in Westel
,bt Virginia, to his kinsman, who was iour
IL dead in Fort Walker, at Hilton Head
'd' "Well, at the end of seven day
'i'- marching and starvation, we got back
Valley Mountain, the whole affair ha
49, ;nr proved failure-in the opinion
ho our brigade, chiefly from the old togyis
nd and want of pluck among the VirginiaT
ld, Ncrer ,oers men more sick of Urgin
y yb and TIrginians than are are"
arm "Ion," of the Baltimore Sun, writ
ley from Washington!
the Some of the newspapers are hold
ak out the idea that there is to be a gre
pat battle on the Potomac. But no su
out thing is within the compass of probab
bat ity. 1t is not contemplated on either 81
. so far as is TO be seen. Both parties "
continue to hold their positions, but
ma theatre Of active war is transferred
and the West and South"
low
OF The n. Y. Times learns from p
ga rectly authentic source that bill has
Ieet ready been prepared and will soon
as introduced into tie Legislature of h
wi tucky, confscating the Stare property
300 kentucky re5eis--and that it will I
doubiedly become a law.