, 1861-10-21
Grand fpNt In the Southern Confed-

Grand fpAt In the SonsksFn Confed-
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Editorial Correspondents OF iPhuadelphia peess.]
WAazu1a1oE, Tuesday, Oct. Is, 1851.
The quarrel between Wise and Floyd is not
tic Un]y smoke that concea1s the boiling and
tempestuons volcano now working in the
heart Of the Southern Confederacy. You will
soon ese many more m tiens s1.aa Q. disagreansnta
parties In tho eeceded states-one composed
of violent aud pEoscriptiTe men like Davis
Of MIssissippj; Mason, Wise, and Pryor, OF |
Y zRuia; Cobb Of Georgia, slidel! OF Louisi, t
ans, Regan and Mccalloch Of Te1as, sud
politicians like Governor Brown Of Georgia, |
Sommare Of Va, Msgoh1n and Powell Of KY, |
Geo ". Jones OF Tenn, Sebastian Of Ark,
souie and Bonllgny Of La !, who ars supposed
to be IN o1 y s Of ePon 81 5er opaoa ioa
that the war ought never to haTe taken place.
Only few weeks ago the Richmond Examiner
denounced Vice President Alexander r. Ste
phens IS "tae petted idol and hope Of
South @ Davis does not conceal his contempt
fer the camF- followers who were forced to run
ON the Free States to Richnoua1 and ara
now there, either starving or poor, or utterly
dependent upon such contracts as they may
be able to extort from him. Although there
is resly 10 money in the treasury Of the tral-
tsTs-7hen whole currency being deprecated
paper-these wTetched enfsgaries, having no
other resort, beg and plead for employmento OF
scne kind. OF course, the expenses of the
but it is proud consolation to feel that our
people are comparatively rich and comforts
bic, and that We can spare much out Of our
| substance to our representatives. and servants
st Washington. Il the Northern men who
| are anxious to terrify the masses Of the loyal
States, BY exaggeIatng ne ne amoant OF taTa. =
the war, would deal justly, they would point
cut the difference between our wide spread
comfort, and happiness, aRd wealth, and the
dissensione, tatters and rags, and want Of food
and money, Of the seeessionists.
The poetry Of the revolution Is passing
sWay. The rich planters so willing to con
tribute to the rebel leadsrs are beginning to
| appreciate the folly Of the whole experiment;
and the politicians who shouted 50 loudly af-
ter Manasaas look g1oomily upon the coming
winter, and wait IN fear for the intelligence
from the Gulf and the mouth Of the Aissis-
eippi It Ia eaid that Governor Aiken, Of South
| Carolina, whose fortune has been set down at
fabulous figure, deuounces the heads Of the
| army and the managers Of the Provisional
Government with much severity, and such
men s. Gov. Manning, OF South Caroliua,
Duncan, OF A1abams, the 7ich creoles Of New
Orleans, and the rice, cotton, and sugar kings
gIoan with bitter agony under the burden
heaped upon them
eaW Southern gentleman yesterday, who
predicts if Mcclellan defeats BeauIegaTd. the
Whole traitors' conspiracy Will fall like card
castle, and that thousands now held, as il
} we're, in chains, and forced to sing hosaanas
to men and to measures they despise, will
brtak into loud and Irresistible complaints
. | NoIhing iB more confrmatorY Of these gene
| ral vieWa than the tone Of such Of the secss
| sion papers as / have been enabled to gianee
over. Although filled with brutal articles
against the Lincoln army" and the Tan
. KEGS" it is a common thing to ses in the col
nmns Of the Charleston Mercury, the New
{ Orleans Rfcayane and the Montgomery Adysr
!. . tises, the most malignant sneess at the wan
,, | of tact, system and integrity In the selfcon
sti1uted Administration Of The Coafederacy
I The breakup in the postal system is felt al
most as keen1y as the want Of money and o
. the nteesseries Of lie-iucluding clothing, st
= gar, coffee, dc.
= ror-stricken, not knowing the hoRr when tn
!, bandits will plunder them, as they pllndere
! L the Federal Treasury !; and 1t is shrewdly sul
r miked that these institutions would much II
ther see Twiggs ecourged cut of New 0r1ean
= ;. srd the Federal army enter it with colors fJ
= I, ing, than to suffer aa they do. They feel tbs
y y their money is much safer tn the hands Of th
Z Federal Treasury than IN the hands Of recs
" less robbers like McCuIloch and Floyd, an
= they are not without hope that if they ca
= bold On to their specie until it is taken fol
= theg by the Federal troops, 1t may, in SON
AAlShAASAte " ~ ~ lAA4a
:. When the hour Of peace. and submission hs
- ~ arrived. It must be a heart breaking task Il
y Jefferson Davis to preside over such 9 Ga
% eminent. Whatever may be said of him, /
o. .. has, heretofore, borne an honest reputado
~ ~ While member Of the Cabinet, he was know
- u tor his contempt Of jobbers, and his horror
= extayagance. Living, as he does, In the Ve
y centie Of the sepulchre, and seeing, equal!
y, its weakness and it's corruption, ] do not NO
= der that his health gives way, nor that be is
=, victim OF constant selEreproachea.
- - A very bitter feeling exists against what
4, called the tinidity Of England and France
~ ~ regard to the recognition Of the Confede1ac
~ ~ Here is another element Of the rebel weakness
=, This speedy recognition Was the fo7de
y dream Of Davis and Toombs, and Was he
~ ~ out ae glad promise to their followers. Th
~ ~ mise rable toadY, Dudley Mann, assured the
Sc Sc that it could be easily accomplished, and )
y he has been vegetating in London and Pa
le for months, and now only writes to show ht
T., s.u1iously he is being snubbed By the Min
~ ~ ters of Napoleon snd Vtctoria. Even 3. Z
u bow the dialocated editor Of the Reycu that bt
" y, his name, who was supplying timber for sec
~ ~ sion conhagratiop, while taking the pay Of t
~ 81 Federal Government, begins to despair Of
~ whole concern.