, 1862-03-13
THE REBEL STATES 5HUMTLIATED-No HOPE
FOR RECOGNITION,

The Confederate States have been humil}a-
tcu. IAe disasters at Roanoke Island and
Fort Donelson were not the SOURCES of the hu-
Initiation for that Of the former, all the cir
s.7a enmslanees considered, was, perhaps, inerita
the resistance and the loss Of the enemySboth
were among the natural and ordinary conse-
quences Of any great war. But we have been
degraded By sitting, through our Representa-
Sss uR4R the stsR5 ef Eng,sh loyalty and
nizc us. Herein we forgot our own dignity ag
2 powerful and wealthy nation; for had We
been true to ourselyes-had we fallen back
originally upon the Weapons VIC could have ef-
fec1ual1y welded. and should WELD now-we
could have compelled that naughty nation to
accedc to every reasonable wish.
ENGLAND TOO LuKEwARM.
But, in the face Of all these public outrages
many -. OF which were aimed against her own
dignity, honor and Independence England
has been silent, if not an approving, spec
tator; nay, While proclaiming neutrality. she
has Impaired 8 continuous negative SUPPORT
to the opp1cssor and tEansgressor. If We ex-
and, perhaps, that Of the "stone blockade.''
she has not once demonstrated with the Gov
e1Dment Of that usurper, under whose au-
thorlty public and private laws hare been yio-
lated, and the ordinary amenities Of life for
gotten. The United States have been permit
req 10 chndestlnely purchase arms aud ammu-
nit1on jn England, and ship them from the
ports Of that country, while q similar privilege
has been strenuo1s1y denied to the GonfeaeT-
ate States, and the steps Of their agents feal.
oy oonsly xatehed: Even 2 paper blockade has
crcd1y observed as if it 1as effective: albeit Il
ls the dlcta of international law, mainly nrt,.
claimed BY English jurists, that such il con.
tra1y to the code which requisites the inter
course Of nations.
NO HOPE OF RECoGNTT1oS.
Farewell to expectations Of aid from across
the atlantic, We must become the arbiters of
our 1ahona! fortunes. We must buckle on
=the amor Of earncstness, and wage a reIent-
less and deadly var upon our open foe: Mean
while, we should teach those who IRE NOT with
rs That ne owe to them no obligations, and
mt ons Ee RFGPer{ apPrse,ats their embigu
facco raised IN the Confederate States, the En-.
.rppean Governments derive millions or dollars
annually IN revenues. Not one leaf of that
pant R should, for the future, be cultivated IN
n that Gay arrives when, vie are recognized
notorious that there are over seven T millions q
noman souls In Europe wholly dependent for,
AEelihood upon the successful culture Of the
cotton plant; the greater moiety Of whom
alo British subjects: Now, England.
boasis that she can procure q sufficient
the people Of our Coniederacy desist from tie
cultivation Of this despised cotton plant for
one or TWO years-and they can well afford to
do so-and Old England and New England
HlI be visited with ruin, chaos and revolution,
!Hur planters can proitab1y direct their attcn-
non TO the growth Of other commodities, and
they should Immediately act upon concerted
1esolutton to produce nothing from the womb
q the soil until our tribnlatlon Ia passed, but
L9aI which is actually necessary to fhe support
o. ne cause. The consu1s Of foreign Govern
ments should be promptly dismissed from our
!1, m1oss, 1of. under present circumstances, their
man capable Of boaring arms should meet the
Zoe hand to hand, and foot to foot, resolved to
conquer or to be exterminated; !; and eyeYy
town, village, citg, and blade Of g.asa threat
encd with pollution BY the adyancingfoe shou1d
be literally destroyed.