Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-03-20
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 1 EDITOR TRuE DnaocfAr-
 Lincoln disclosed tue true motives for the war now being waged against the South, when he asked ..where is the revenue? shall have no revenue Y If he could have extofted forty fifty millions . year to carry on the government and reward north ern capital it is likely there would have been no
 V, so We may consider thewar war for rr'under, M '.f for the Union. The feeling manifested, lnstea~ : and south, show tEat there cannot be oo'n Hoi' < feeling between the two sections '''' 'a' ~ there should De no political again, 50 It is belt oO'5et,' eth iorbole strength. Iis worth while to hone for peace until we con,'1uef l. Ne nov haro croo ot cotton on hand, whit' is ot no use till we devise means to get 1t to markets n%H what shall he the meansl My opinion is, the whole crop should he placed at the disposal ot the Con federate authorities, with an understanding t'tat they should build, buy aud procure. sufficient number of armed steam merchantmen to dety the blockade. How many 1t will require, anl unable to say, but have no doubt, if the crop on hand and useless to Us, if judiciousiy used, would put inc blockade at defiance. Steamers might be con str1cted with extra sides iron plated, i'll compart ments of fifteen or twenty feet. 80 as to ncose the entire hull above the water Hne-let them De hng- cd at the spar decks, so that when required they may be unbolted near the water line, and e.eya- ted 10 an obliquity that will glance the balls-to make myself ineligible, will refer to falling leaf table te top will represent the spar deck, the sides should, however. be sufficiently Wlde, when elevated to reach below the water ilne, and Xtend above the spar deck enough to protect the guuners These ideas may be impHcticlblc, SD should like to see their feasibility discussed. My crop, how gver am wiling tO place at the disposal 0t the Confederate authorities for the purpose ct raising tb., blockade. PUBLIC GOOD.
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 cSy" The following is the money article, taken from te New ork Herald Of Feb. ?. Read it, and then remember that upon the fall of D0pelson and evacuation of Nashville, spectators iu Mem phis began to buy up cotton, sugar, rice and other products to place in the hands of tue federais. Su- gar rose fifty per cent in few days, at a time when patriots should be devsiug means for it's de- struction. Taking these facts in connection wish the article from the Herald, and we can see what ;ncaculahlc mischief soulless and avariciou= men coui do in Memphis if permitted to carry out their aecur9ed schemes. Bennett says:
 
 are likely to be to.Iowe ed by the most important commercial consequences. Military men disDe Iievc altogether the stories which current about successful rebel stand at Murlrees5yro or Mem phis They say that the fall of Nashville involves the fall of the entire State Of Tennessee within few days. If this expectation be conirmed by the facts we shall shortly witness commercial changes of the startling character. The dete.t and flight or surrender Of the rebel Governor, Harris, and his DseudO government, would, 0t course, be i'm nediatey followed 5y the organization of a new state government, composed oI Andrew Johns0u's friends. wh0 are loyal to the Union. This govern Iaent established provisoually and acknowledged at Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, the State o Tennessee would resume its position as loyal State. and the present embargo on trade between 1t and Kentucky and the other M estern States would immediately be raised. Now, Memphis is | distributing point for million bales of cotton each wear. Assuming that the Ob-,lnaeY Of the rebels and other causes prevent one third of the cotton going to Memphis for the present, there would sti remain .X hundred and sixty thousaNd bales to come forward Is soon as Tennessee Ta- restored to is position ill the Union. 4 portion Of this cot ton ought to begin to come forward within thirty days from the present time IL is easy to tAut the bare announcement Of reccipts ot cotton at Memphis, and shipments thence to the North. would reyolutouile the cotton market here and abroad. Six hundred thousand bale~. would sup- DIV our northern spuuers wltH all thet iced, anu Would leave some bales over ior expect to Europe As,um ne that Louisiana and M--isSjp,. da npt follow tne example of Ienue.see without some h-h-n the Whole ct the cotton Whith we may obtain at Memphis would h,ye to c1Lae north to Cairo aad Cincinnati, anI thence t9 New York, Philadelphia and Boston by rail. The Bo,taygn lines of rai way would be taxeI to thei. utmost to move t, and business generally throughout ;ae North would receive stiln naiu7 such hA5 not been felt since the beginning ot our troubles in llclnnrr. lrtllN