Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-08-07
A Glance at the Southern Confederacv


utmost energies, and calling into exercise q
good deal that is bitterly oppressive, by way,
doubles, of enabling their followers to learn
how much they have gained by the changes
going forward. Occasionally we get glimpse
ot their manougeTs; and, as an offset to
much that Is paraded here TO show how swim
mlngiy they are getting along, we propose
quoting few paragraphs from Southern pa
pers pertinent to the matter
10 listen to the well rounded and exultant
periods Of Messrs. Davis and Stevens one
might suppose that their pathway lay direct
~ through beds of roses that patriotism. as
they understood. was Of spontaneous growth;
that volunteers were so numerous and so ram
pant that they hardly could be kept from the
tented field.
Alas, what a pity it is that SO much of this
Richmond talk is only the most sublimated
nonsense, tubs thrown out to gull the whale -
What a pity that the same complaint
comes up from Richmond and Memphis. and
Charleston and New Orleans--tlIe very hot.
beds OF the new heresy-to the effect that pGt
rlotlsm persists in being slow to grid on its
armor-that in every case where it can be
ventured upon the column has to be swelled
by means so despotic that they would not be
tolerated to day in half the monarchies Of
the Old World. We have heard through the
correspondent Of the London Times, corrob-
Grated by the British Consul at New Orleans
what volunteering" means in the hitherto
proud metropolis of the Southwest Let US
hear from Charleston, where the . knocking
down and dragging out" system has not, so
far as we know, yet come into vogue wri-
ter in the Courier Of that city says: "There
g is in our community TOO great a disposition
!" to shirk active duty. At every turn
can be seen healthy, vigorous men, under
forty five years OF age, who are taking 10
part IN defence Of their own honor and in-
tcrests. Some hold back because others do:
some must have commissions some have
families or business. or are members Of or
ganizations which they know VIII not be or
dered out Of the city; some are legally or
professionally exempt. Now this State Of
things is dIscreditable to Us. The enemy
:" is almost at our doors In the name Of
common patriotism, let it cease to be. The
facts which have mentioned are unpleas
." ant truths, but they are truths, neyerthe
"less."
The grand frolic which began on the mem
orable 10Th Of April in Charleston has Sc
bered down into dull and unpleasant reali
ty; and no coaxing, it seems, can induce the
" healthy, vigorous men" alluded to from con-
tinuing the performance that opened so Joy
ously. Tennessee too the "Eolunteer State"
par excellence, of Gen. Jackson's day, has
felt constrained 10 piece out her forces by i'm
pressing the free negroes Of the State be-
tween the ages Of fifteen and fifty" and this
by special act Of the Legislature. The pre-
text or excuse is 6 n1enia" service in camp
the Shcriffs" being authorized to seize On
them as they be needed.
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that the borders Of Maryland have fairly
swarmed with Firginians fleeing from the
stringent effects Of Gov Lctcher's pr0cama.
tionS. And so far as "suppTies for the ar.
my" are an index Of the mode of doing things.
Gen. Bcauregard's recent army order author.
izing constraint to be employed" by way of
selzlng on the last resources left to the De
spoiled people of Loudouu county, illustrates
the whole story. The secession leaders have
made great many fortunate Speculations,
since they commenced business, in almost ev
cry dcpar ment but it is clear enough, from
proc! accumulating every day. tha; they have
nearly reached the last nf their resources,
both Of men and money. The few days PRO
visions for the Federal troops forwarded TO
the ncighborhaod Of Manassas fell nat, their
hands and was magnifad t. twelve months
supply fer an army Of one hundred thousand
men, according to the representations Of Mr
D0>is The order Of B B:aurrgarI dated sub
sPqurntIy, shows, however, that they are
Obliged still to seize provisions in order T.,
keep up their c .HlniSsariat Thus the story
of the wholesale plumber Of provisions, after
the battle, is rrovcn to he either iaila iuuS, or
that they lay violent hands on the property
of the people Of Virginia in mere wantonncss.
There Is another evidence of weakness re
Gently developed which is TOO significant not
to merit special mention, ard that is the cot
ton circular republished in our last from the
New Orleans Crescent Of the 23d ult., in
which every cotton factor Of New Orleans"
recommends to the planters not to ship bale
of cotton 10 that city until the blockade is
raised. The New Orleans papers had ac,
knowledged their fears previously for the safe
ty Of that city, SO far as its retention by the
revoutonists is concerned, and here we have
the confession of weakness in unmistakable
terms. When we consider that but little over
e month of the heats of summer remain, if
this war should continue what hope can the
Confederate leaders have, when every bay
and inlet will by that time swarm with foes
ready to retake the public property" and
" re establish the authority of the Constitu
ton" where it has been overthrown? With
the teet OF gunbOats completed and various
points on the Southern coast occupied, how
long could the troops of Georgia or Alabama,
or Louisiana be kept in Virginia? These are
points that may as we'll be considered in the
fast approaching cool months, and if the most
ardent disciple of Mr.. Davis can contemplate
them with any feeling of that elation which
was rife at the conclusion of the Fort Sumter
affair, he must be of a more sanguine temper
ament than, We opine, are the leaders them
AmeJieaR.