The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-02-26
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the lakes what will bank stock be worth? II the clty
is fired either by the enenys eannonading or BY our
selves to keep it from falling into his hands what VIII
those splendid brick stores and dwellings on Cahal,
RoyaI Camp Carondelet St. Charles and twenty other
streets be worth? Insurance will be at fault in that
case VIII our capitalists continue to sleep on Whle
longer and complacently expect England ana france
to raise the blockade and close the war; while they buy
exchange shave notes, and cricise the newspapers:
Oh but the Benton cannot pass our batteries at Coluh-
bus We presume not, trust not, but suppose II
should followed by a dozen othefs2 Have we exhaust
ed our resources mental and physical, have we taxed
our ingenuity its utmost in preparing for the possole
consequences?
The fact is have we moderated the enemys prepare
tons and his prowees We have been dreaming while
he has been at work. He improved his reverses, and
instead of growing disheartencd went resoiutey about
preparing to retrieve them. He has been building
gunboats and he is still att He is about building SIX
teen the number may be doubled quadruped, steel
clad war-yessels What are we doing match these
We read that thousand stand Of have just been
sent from Richmond to Mobile. Arms equal to any
made are turned Out of private mandatory here,
and if the government had placed the means necessary
at its disposal the number made could be i've hundred
a day as well as any smaller At every one OF the
grand military reviews in the city large numbers OF men
i have appeared without any at ALL And vet there
are forty millions of idle capital in our banks
What will be worth ask again. if the city shall
be bombarded and burnt? What will bank stock be
worth? Would it not be well to apply few millions
of this capital to enlarge the establishments already IN
operation manufacturing arms? Viii our rich men sui
shrug their shoulders and dream on? If they DO, they
may be awakened npleasently ere many moons wax
and wane 1t is not worth while to wait upon Richmond.
The provisional congress sabout gvepIace that
we trust will take comprehensive, practical and
energetic survey of the field and supply several desid
eraa whose Importance has long been felt 1t IS ex-
traordinary that with Our detences such as we now
know them to have been at several important points
the provisional congress should have been devotng its
talents and wisdom to bills for surveillance of the
press for a new flag, for system OF weights and
measures and forth! There is no time, we repeat
now to wait upon Richmond for the defence OF New
Orleans Why call for ten thousand negroes to eX-
temporise cotton RATS and breasworks at every turn
of the river construct every species OF obstacles on
river and bayou creek and lagoon wherever enc
my5 boat of draft could by any possibility gain &C
cess to any town important pong Ii one kind of
defence fails why not provide in advance for different
modes? The enemy is steadily preparing boats that
can enter any bayou coasts. He will have them
of all kinds lie will have no lack Of ammunition or
arms. Can we sa as much? Wesee thatappeals have
been made for old guns for months past and yet capital
by the million is lying idle which might have been and
now ought to be employed in making new and improved
ones and an abundance at ammunition.
WHY haggle about million two of dollars when
the safety of a whole community and hundred millions
are at stake2 The capitalists of New York mani
testify bidding for the property and trade of New Or
leans What response have the capitalists Of New Or
leans to make? Any? If so, it is time they should
make it. We urged them with a degree of Vehcmeuce
which some people thought almost unbecomling last
summer to set about the PREPARATION Of their answer.
TI- error bn,,s9ar. and ryo s,rnose Ie,- arc
now convinced of it. Whatever is done must be done
quickly. Mcclellan, it is stated has reiterated to
member Of the Lincoln congress his opinion that the
war will be short and this opinion is doubtless founded
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SFANEFrI-The Miles artillery left here ON Saturday
last to take posrion al the nearest Doiut in the ,sa.f
where its services might be needed In its ranks s
man who had been thrown out of employment by the
starvation Of business and whose wife had been the
earned - <rnogt for them ali in ,gasi1, from
the nerbbors About the TIM, her h5shand went into
camp with his conpany she had to SION work on rront
of a fellon on one of her fingers. Wbat money thev
had on hand was used bv her to purchase comfortable
clotlug in which her husband might brave the cold and
wet of the climate to which The conpanv was ordered
RELYING uron her work TO earn the amount due for their
house rent Tie boat which carried away the husband
and father had scarcely got ont of sight on its way IN
the river when the Shylock who owned the house the
soldiers family lived IN called for his MONEY! The wife
and mother did not have it; and Notwithstanding her
assurances tlat size would soon be able 10 ea,n + he
turned her and her three children into the street 1t
raining the time and the rain continued all that
night and the next day winding up with freeze on
Sunday night. She was hardy strong woman. bnt
was unable to stand up under such exposure and She
fell sick But for the kindness OF neiahbors for whom
she had worked and who knew her to be good honest
and industrious woman God knows what would have
become OF her and heg children They have since been
provided fer.
The inhumaaity of such conduct upon the part Of
graspng and relentless landlords deserves rebuke Such
should be eassed with the sneaI,ng traitors that
can not reach their cases public opinion can Tbevare
Of the class too, who seek to make all they can ont of