Washington telegraph., 1862-04-02

have all Of US neglected, toe long, this salutary
| habit of unveiling to our minds our own de-
fciencies. Self-iaudation is a crime against
good taste, but overweening self-esteem is
worse than that. 1t is sin against reason
and leads to destruction. The old patrarchs
were wiser in their da ~ and generation. Out
of the repentance in 'ssack cloth and ashes,
and out of that humble spirit which periiiit'eu
them to look upon and acknowledge their short
| comings. there sprung camer anu nfmef
strength. and surer judgment than could
ever be possible to that arrogant pride which
never recognizes a fault
| We have sinned also, and been punished.
| All our losses have resulted from that careless
habit of reliance upon our fortunes which in
duces the neglect of the fullest possible pre-
| parations Our early battles were won so easily
that we despised the enemy. We lay supne,
and laughed them to scorn. They worked
meanwhile. For long moths while,we boast
ed and chuckled over our superiority, they
have been building gun boats, collecting ms,
raising levies, drilling, planning. When all
was read Y, the blow was struck. To our utter
pared. We have reeled and staggered We
have not fallen. The enemy is weakened al
! ready by the reaction of the unnatural effort
We are yet upon our feet, and our. fortunes in
our hands.
How are We te sustain the conflict, now only
opened in earnest? What are our resources?
In the first place, we have over u million of
| fighting men. Or half of them can soon be
armed and all of them in time. They are uni
ted in a manner which rarely occurs in civil
wars. With the exception of East Tennessee,
Western Virginia, and Missouri, no consdera-
bic body IF our population fails in heartfelt
sympathy with our cause. Few of them are
unwilling to assist their country with their
means. The cause Of the South is dear to all
| We are not apt, at hrst to estimate the impor-
| tance OF Is unanimity. 1t is more to us
than an ''army with banners" SO sure,
declared in holy writ, that q house divided
! against itself must fail, ust so sure united
people cannot fail to stand against the powers
of the world. Discord is weakness With a
| strong tratorous element in midst, crafty
men amongst the enemy might work it to
destruction. Without it, nothing is left them
! but pure conquest by force of arms. The his
tory of the world shows this to be impossible.
With all the immense tory force Ill our colo
nies, to weaken our strength, the English gov
ernment abandoned the effort to subjugate
them as hopeless. How the North hope
TO conquer people where every man is an en-
| is of afo
points of strength Our uuanimity makes us
| invulnerable.
We have another means Of warfare peculiar
to ourselves. 1t has never happened in any
country, that so large producing class the
slaves existed, who were SO intelligent to be
able to conduct agricultural operations, and
so faithful as to require military force to
keep them in subsection. The bitterest disap-
pointment of the heartless fanatics who ur ged
| on this uuholy war, arises from this. They
| thought to be almost idle spectators of our
| immo lation, by q savage race, excited and
aided to turn upon their masters. Instead of
that, they find in them an immense army of
| enemies, who, under the direction of the wo-
men and children, compose the productive force
of the county, and enable each man to drop
| the reaping hook for the musket or the sword.
1t is an element of vast power. 1t is an illus
| traton of the beauty of the social system from
| which it springs. A just reward for the hu-
name and judicious legislation, and the exer-
else of the charitable aud humane affections
which have bound master and slave together
as one.
| We have cotton. Four million bales Of cot
| ton. 1t is not King. That foolish idea has
hurt enough, and should be abandoned. The
world wagged any thousand years, and ma
tions did passabiy well, before cotton was heard
Of But it insures commercial solvency.
1t is fit for expectation and will bring its value
By it we may get arms, munitions Of war aud
necessaries of ife The blockade is only q
temporary obstacle to this. We have been
| deceived in its matainance long, but our
own force wi il soon be sufficient to scatter the
enemy from Charleston and the Balize, and
open our ports to all nations who recognize us
as freemen. We have every material for a navy
of our own. Time is all we need. While We
| increase, they must decrease. lney lduSheu
at us in anticipation of our dire calamitics-
| they were making ready to ''mock when our
| fear cometh.'' They touched the train for the
grand explosion for which they longed, They
expected to see blazing cities, and in the lurid
| light, the dark forms of q savage race, turned
loose to helish passions, stained with the
blood of innocents. They were prepared to
thank God that vengeance had overtaken the
wicked, and like the Pharisee, to bless Him
that they were not as other men are; and, in
the bottom of their hearts where mammon
rules, they were prepared to reward their piety
with the plunder of plantations. 1t was a
magnificent scheme and u terrible failure.
For our greatest ally, appears insthe rear
1t follows upon their disappointment with the
terrible tread of the avenger of crime 1t
darkens their horizon, like the clouds which
announce the day of doom. 1t is to US
| than the alliance ofany European nat Oh. 1t
| is stronger for us than armies or navies. 1t
is sure, inevitable, and makes no errors in
| warfare. 1t is nsolUsncy. Before the year
expires, the enemy will be one hundred millions