Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-11
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The slAississipw is Rt last o9eaAmptaiIn
our possessions The vast iVsp9rta hces OF
this fact is scarcely appreciated BY az, who
have looked on fet the gradpal redemption
OF the Father Of ofsWRtegs, ItsimOFalleffeet
abroad cannot be over. estimated q. With
New QFleans apd the riyer IN our ipdyet; q
oettni eloW ls struck at the opQFttons aud
strength of that which called itselfl the
"SonkhsFp Confe ederacY,n r in the estimation
OF foreigners. The London DgjIYF .Ye,ts
says lnstty, that Whateyer claims tharsbels
mighthaHe urged for recognition by PrSnce
and z1gland become nought the, rnoment
we geined Mem Orleans and With il the
Mississippi SD si,f,,ie { IS
In military point of view the success
winch 10 now epnsunimated Is no less i'm.
pertaqtt We have not only cut of one
nank OF the rebels entirely, but We have
deprived them of the most important
source Of supplies for their armies. From,
Texas the army now before Richmond has
drawn a.great deal of It's fresh and salt beef:
from Missouri, through Arkansas, Il hhs
obtained lead and snltpetre; from Mexico
by way OF the Red River. II has obtained
sulphur and other articles nsediuI % carry
on war; and through New Orleans nIJi.
Texas the rebels have shipped moro or less
cotton, aud, kept the only mail cemmdhica.i
tton they had with the world. While our
gnnbqats patrol the river all these supplies
aud communications are cut OF, aud the
rebels are forced to support tLiemseiSes Ia
the states IN which they drs carrying ON.
the war states which have never raised
nearly enough food for The wants .ot the
citizens during times Of peace, and whete
tho tf1ltt OF the laboriDg population into
the army tor a year past will inevitably
icreAte 9 scarcity, In only q part fthe val
ley OF Virginia, according TO the Fredericks-
burg Examiner, 4the. wheat crop will this
year falhtwOf million bushels shOrti.uf theI
aVeTags hartHsts andHthlBl estimate was
made before Jackson aud his destroying
bands had made their foray up the valley.
From other parts Of the South We have,
complaints thatnot only has the years in.
crease of'cattle been consumed ~ the SOL
dters5 who eatiup that region like locusts.
but theFbreeding stock is killed ..and The
country is thus Eobbed entirely5 and must
be. in many places, newly stocked. nlStill.
be imp osstble, TO support otp eakmy in, a ne.
gloq which has been SO thorOug ty. drained.
i'g But the ,recaptdte J of the MissiSsippi
!ProHes more than all: this. The Southern
States are penetratediin iin every directionl bF
streams nsyigab ble. TO our Runbosts.6 No
of the South has been so thoroughly
fortified as the Mississippi, because ndne
MAS SO vitality important TO the rebels, But
no qstences have proved capable q. resist
the attack OF our gallant sailors; and kbe
men, who dared sail past the forts below
NeW Orleans and sunk and destroyed The
powerful rebel fleet which awaited Iheth
after they had passed the forts, will not NE
may believe, be stopped Ia their advance ON
the other Streams. From almost every idi.
reetiou our lightgdraft kanboats can 6ehe-
trate FROM the ses to the vicinity Of the
mountainous region whidh forms the heart
otsthea Southland that heart, let US not
forget rs s0nud for the iUniong The men of
the mountains 'hayeibeeul loyal, and. Apelloy.
al, tn every case, ,to4dsys There slavery
does not flourish; there the soil is lLilIedby
ats owners, the men whom Stephens and his
fellows proclaim not fit 70 govern them.
selves; the men who must hereafter rule not
only themselY yes, but the traitorous aristo.
crats OF the lowlalds.. x - 3.
I, Consider how the rivers on every hand
afford us access TO the Southern States!-
By.way of the York and the James, the
Potomac and the Rapp ahannock, We pierce
Eastern Virginia. By the Ohio aud Kan,
AWha we reach the Western part pt the
State. The Neuse, the Tar, the Roanoke,
and the ChoWhan open Eastern North
Carolina to us! Our gunboats can pass
from Savannah to Angusta-o on the SaVar.
nah'i they can reach Wetumpka, above
M Montg0mery3i on theAlabama, from Mobile:
adlsailing up the Tpmbigb they are not
stopped till they reach Aberdeen, id Missis.
stppti less than hundred miles from
EAstport, on the Tennesse river, which
Other gunboats have passed from the North.
Then there are the various tributaries of
the Mississippt-the Arkansas, the. Red
River, the Yazoo, and smaller streams.
such as the Big Hatchte, By means OF
which we are able to reach the interior of
the States bordering gu the great river. BY
way of the 6umbetldndi all central Tennes.
see 70 accessible, Fort DoneIs6l. being no
barrier and from the Ohio our Ruu6 6osts /
can, In the season, command the whole
N6rtheru frontier of Alabama 4a 4
ltis evident even to British writer's, that
this mastery upon th6lSoutherni rivers not i
only jehsnF6s US EietoEys ibut insitielt conf
atitbtesl our victory. The mere fact that
no civilizations have been able 20 with
stand onef attacks stands for aEiFtual de.
elslon. lotf the strife. Thts. conclusion Isl
most just and philosophical War, as it
reYerseA the ordinary process of CiHiliza-
ton, destroying or holding The power 70
destroy what the latter 1as5 conHtructed,
mus: Of copTse do. its work most etfectn
ally. when. II takes just the eonrse9I
following in the very 100 Is eps--of Give
itizaioh. Always has this c6uFSs been,
along rivers. From It the agrfeaIta taritt
can deEiate' mo moro than the ta&nttfSo 10 4
tnteri n tue l6tter. must hhY6 the t4itar
the former must have q lef tile
soil-aad the river sUpplies both OF sthese
condition.; while as regards commerce.. the
rivers aretits7high ways. War, tthereEore,
FRet playing theePaft OF high WaymahlI
OR Eecqtio ioner.i mpst n ke 70 the riyeEs; the
dsstgq yipg angel, Fithlpne foot on The sed,
qf9iddlqg s3it or entranpe tqrnF the ottisr
lanH ardS SSFlenaef the thousand stfesms
ilisih ase The. - ings upon Hhieh are hnpg
tns pearls Of n ettqn,s wealth we'll as idf,
rs pEfdes Thns; We fully realize the adj.
&c pt naval superiority. There has
been but one sYstesn 81 society hat in iits 4
or niz eti69 Was ipdepe ndent 6f rivers,
III.