Washington telegraph., 1862-01-15

- A friend, m omcer OF WcOoueous
army, and much intsrestsd 10 the I've q
Missouri requests = to rublish chs fol:
loving extract from % editorial Of she
" STATE Gasssts." w invite attention to
its views: W
"On the subject Of the var in Missouri
ws wish 70 aiiude again to mat
ter TO which we called attention last
week-that is, the force necessary to
prosecute war against the Federslists III
that tate. Almost the whole attention
Ut the government and the army has been
given to the war iu Virginia aud Keu>
lucky. In the former State Confederate
force Of not less than two hundred thous-
aud has been couceptrated-iu the latter
not less thau Que hundred and fifty thou
,aud. The c. moderate armie iu both OF
these States occupy strictly defensive
lines We, in Arkansas, do no; complain
At this. for We suppose the President aod
his Generals know better what ought to
be dose thau we can know here, aud We
give them credit for laboring for what
,ney thiuk the best Interests of the Con-
.ede.acy; but there is Que thing We do OBJ
ject TO, aGd ON account of which We have
right to complain Which IS, that,
wniie no fault Is bud by either the Pres
,deut vr the organs II public sentimout
at Richmond, as 10 the coaduc. Of the
var iu Virginia c- Kentucky, the clamo,
| is 'vociterous, aud public sentiment iadig-
nant, there because Missouri, defended
| nvw by eighty thousand federalists, and
shich defence, in case Of emergency can
aud will be Increased to over a hundred
ltnous ,ud men, mas not beeu Invaded aud
couqared by zen. McCulioch, with force
1T no nme, amounting to ten thousand
men aud at no lime with auy If his de
partments, either pay MASTER. quartermas
ter, commissary, ordnance, Or staff, com-
| plete.
When such extravagant expectations
are shadowed forth, and such impossible
services expected, the heads of depart
meuts who expect them, or the oracles OF
public sentiment vino blazun them to the
world, snou.d d look llttle into the actual
existing state OF thugs. They should
see what Gems. Jphnstou aud Besuregard
,ded by the President aud Congress, have
done III VlrgiuIa, aud what Gcu. Sydney
johnston has done in Kentucky, aud take
account of the meaus subject TO their re-
,peciive control. Then, takiug account
t the means furnished for the Invasion
of Missouri, they could make more Just
est,mate than they have been making as
TO the amoInt OF service done in those
States, and the measure ct credit or con-
ienluation due to the respective Generals
10 command.
| Ii is natural that we should all attach
u faii measure Ut Importance TO our own
locality aud its Interests. On that idea
the Chinese have built wall around
ineIr own country, aud deuominated all
uot within its bounds outside barbarians.
Ou the same idea, in our own country, il
has ever beeu the habit of some States,
specially Virginia and Kentucky, to set
themselves up as better and mvre eatitled
to cousideratios: than any ether States il
the government This evinces proper
State pride--a sentiment highly credit
able TO them; but it does not prevent in
telligent observers from ascertaining the
tact that other places In the world, be.
Ides these. are eutitled to some amount
of G ,Usiderati ,n.
We may be uoduly Influenced, and
therefore not a "good juror to try the
;ase, but 1t does seem to Us that Missouri
as OF more importance to the Confederate
States than Kentucky or any d 'ubiful
State. Its inexhaust bic miues of iron
aad coal caunot we'll be dispensed with;
It's manufacturing facilities, especially in
st. Louis, the second iron manufacturing
city on the continent: | agricultural aud
stock-faisiag facilities-all make il an
hnp rtant-almost an Indispensable mem
Der Of the Southern C,nfedcracy. Add
to these, the still more Important fact tina.
Missouri commands the entrance int,
kaus,s, the Indian Territories, New Mex
leo and Arizona--that If We lose Nilsson
ri We lose these, aud if we gain these
that it commands indeed, the whole terri
turial question out of which the present
war grew-that 1t commands besides, the
eu,rauce on the West bauk of the Missis-
ppi, SO NECESSARY for the aboli;ionists t.,
possess to enable them to carry out their
Iuternal threat to hem in the institution
of African slavery, aud compel it, like u
serpent surrounded by fire, to sting itself
to death:--all of these things We think
eDtitle Missouri 10 at least AS much con.
siderati n; and as many men to defend
her soil, as either Virginia or Kentucky.
let but half of these be furnished, and,
If then Missouri is not freed from Fede
raj co"trol, We are ready aud anxious to
join the hercest Of the Richmond denun-
olator. In their cry of--why is not Mis-
urI Invaded and the Federaists driven
rom ner borders? On to 4. Louis!-
/ lu our esti,satioa Of the Confederdte
forces Tor the Missouri service, we have
only mentioned those belonging to the
Confederate army, and subject to the com
maud Of Confederate Generals. The
'ii,s,uri troups under Gen. Price have
daoe good and gallant service; but, as
State troops, they are indep ndent Of the
| Confederate commanders, and IN no way
bound to obey their orders.
| Since Missouri has beer admitted as a
member vi the Confederate States We pie
sumo her army will be transferred to that
II IN Confederacy. Ii We are not much
mistaken, though, there, as in Arkansas.