The New York herald., 1862-02-26
THE DESPAIR OF THE REBEL PRESS.

from the Charleston Courier, Feb. 15
We have been called to bear and q disaster
Fort Henry and Roanoke Island have fallen before the
gunboats Of the enemy. We have susdined heapy loss in
munitions of oar country has been depriued of the
rices Of srsroi thousand q her ts disciplined and Jrares
soldiers, and parents and circs Weep in the bitterness Of
oyief orer those ,Uo uiU nev.r aqa, bless s ,ci their
smiles The enemy pushes en- flushed oih vctory, 10 ,cin
more rirmphs, and cause Other hearts 10 bleed
We feel these We acknowledge them openly We
would rather overrate than underate their Importance
and magnitude Truth demands that chronicle the
battles and their results Withholding nothing conceang
nothing The narratives Of those unequal contests should
be as FULL minute and particular as would like to
have them, had they ended In the disgrace and dscom
future of our enemies, and in increasing the glory that
covers arms. Ear be 1t from to initiate the
ardce and Of foes by claiming victory when
know have sustained defeat; by invcntng false
hoods under tho fear that honest and
will have harmful effect upon the minds OF people.
This would be sin against God and insult TO the
and women of these Confederate States.
A resolve firm that which sustans aud actuates
hearts not TO be shaken by series OF reveres OF
far greater magnitude than those called upon to
Our faith in the final and complete OF tho
upon the consciousness Of superiority
foes In all the attributes and qualities Of the soldier in
tho nature Of the great work doing, in the signal
tokens OF favor approval which Heaven has dsIgned
vouchs,fe We pers iaded that people will dis
play the right spirit under those dscomtures that they
will look these disasters In the face with clear unda
cd gaze and contemplating them with all their probable
consequences grow the stronger the more determined,
the braver for the defeats and the menacng dangers
Thank God these calamities stained with dis
honor They come upon Us without the added weight Of
cowardce and trsachcry. Those who come after US will
who fell have gone down TO honored graves and
tlhsir names have become heritage Of glory, and
those who survive are chesrsd by the well donev OF
their country. fr
These reverses servo to show tho necessity OF
greater wachfuness and increased zeal They appeal
with trumpet tones 10 every freeman in these rogensrate
and disenthraled States calling upon every
up the support Of the glorious Our foes aim at
our subugaton, and they canno. conquer they will
put forth all their skill and power to ruin and destroy
endeavorng to accomplish subugaion they have
| inflicted themselves terrible evils. Bankruptcy
threatens their government their merchant princes
reduced TO want, cloud rests upon their glory the
sccpre has fallen from their grasp. They lay the blame
OF the evils they suffering under Of the degradation
they have been forced 10 submit TO-, upon u.s. all
these things have intensified their bitter hatrcl, and
made ihm the more determined to accomplish their
Their overvocning vanity Is unepeskaby del GIFTED a,
the won by their gunboats, and swollen with
arrogance and mad with wrath, they will now put forth
all their strength They already rejoice In the anticipa
ton Of They shake one another hands the
street and exchange congratulations the speedy
toraton of the Union la their Judgment the struggle
is almost over, and the future will present n series
of victories for their We must prepare FOR bloody
battles We must meet our foes, resolved TO conquer
die We are brothers, and wipng out all State lines W.
must realize that one. We are nenaced by
common danger we share disgrace and glory. He whs
refuses to hght Ia q coward He who discord s
| enemy. Lot refrain from fault finding and acausa
tcns. Lot rs earn tho lessons teach us
make a wse Il past and shortcomings and
waste time and embter feeling by harsh charges an
unavang censures.
be pf epared for IL is not victories that dev
ope the character and power OF people; the mobiles
qualities Of manhood are called into exercise bs dssst
aud suite ing " We cast down by these talamitc
we would show ourselves unworthy OF the ceMye whiC
| we are engaged and unequal 10 it's Accomplishment
With hope unroudei with confidence onshakcn, vii
courage strong anontod afresh for the res work He
ven has commissioned us TO PERFORM us grid up q
lons oi our minds ard strike with kcrcor strength
| suffer- with higher haroism.