New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-04
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TUESDAY MORNING., MARCH 4, 1862.
THE SITUATION IN KENTUCKY.

Notwithstanding the Fort Donelon the aurender
Of Nashville and tho retreat of portion Of forces to the
Sou hern border OF Tennessee, there need not any
great apprehension fell In regard the holdos strong
ps ions at fortified points above Memphis. the sense
Of security, m.tter how firmly en rtained ought 10
neglect in the slightest degree the prompte send.
ing forward of reuioremen;s she expected Geld Of ba
There SEQ ch poverb that ca'no make too of
good thing ~ and Is good thing and In fact vitality
important thing that thu enemy be stopped In tie attempt to
de cend the Mi ssspp 1t of tho r necessity that
of This be made douby which only be done by
confronting the enemy with force adequate to their Iepuse
under any circumstances that may arise.
Such force Ia In Western kentucky and the way
there and heavy einorcemens camfed In places from
which the ms body Of the army conid be asly reached
Of attack The fall Of Fort Donelson acted like
hock the whole South and h people
are for active seirce with the utmost zeal deter
mi alton. From North Carolina to Texas Throughout the
"hole tier of the cotton Salts od and your going
10 the exposed frontier. and will dispute the
enemy with n,ncibe fnness. No bunders will be
more ihcos Of our brave men or want Of general
ship patriotism. Cen Bragg the Mobile pa, INFORM
has to Columbus at Gen. Beauresards invitation to
suit with him the work bs doneand when that brave
and accomp hed soldier shall have conferred with the
heroic Beauegard and digeed plan Of operations nothing
prevent its but the lack of This lack
to be supplied and force collected which will he able hold
in check the enemy let in whatever force he may.
If at point between Columbus and Memphis pre-
vent descent o: the river, safe That hold
gard Bragg and Polk cannot be oNeneraed and canno: be
defeated they have adj quate force The ha. declared
that he where Louisiana is be defended by this he
that there is where he intends defend her. With the
fate of the Mississippi Wiley depending the resr with
such respon bliy upon thm know that Generals will
do their duty, and know that soldiers will do theirs
Let doubt Of the result.
Meantime must bear beswe the injury that may be
done the advance OF the enemy through Tennessee Tn
protected and nnadd by his gunboas nothing but hard fight
Ing fair field and equal be relied on, and
step of the advam the will be made weaker. Al
marching through hostile country daily lose, strength
and the people south of Nashville altogether different
those nhabins in the region beween that city
Kentucky border.
The feeling Of regret for late ought to be
allowed degenerate into feeling of despondclcy for the
future and there Is really for dcspoaiency The
shock Of feel CERTAIN will result IN triumph. The
tide has turned and the clouds disappearing from the
deost OF the when flushed and nsoent wi he
recent successes will have damaging and lsconrngne
effect upon them than half dozen defes would
month ago. The North making its last desperate effort
and failure 10 accomplish what they popos. within The hex
three months. will te failure of the whole scheme snhasa
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