, 1862-04-26
Then and Now--First High Hopes Of
seccBsioD.-What WIS said at uoblle

Then and Now--First High Hopes Of
seccssfon--What Was said at mo@Ae
q Eear Ago.
As the Union forceG nov hold both ends OF
out opposition, it may be good time to re-
caIl what the Mobile Eren;ny Nests said about
the prospective conflict just about year ago.
Here is specimen Of its ranting folly:
ssThere are now. as nearly as can be est:
mated, upward Of one hundred thousand
organized and armed men in the seven Con-
federate States, under orders or anxiously
awaiting them, to spring to the post Of danger
at the word Of Jefferson Davis. Within eight
days' time at the fuEthest, he can concentrate
sixty. THOUSAND Of thee men, the best soldiers
In the world. at anY point on the Northern
border, and hurl this splendid army like an
avalanche upon tue foe. If the battlc ground
be in Virginia OF Marylaud, IS It probably
will. the grind army Of the Confeaeraey vii
be doubled or trebled BY the rallying hosts
/ of those States, We have reason to believe
/ that hundreds Of companies are now on the
move, or will be within twenty-four hours-
| all bound somewhere. Such Is our immediate
war Rowe1; ,.... .pa.,;anto, aoea IL,
| enemy expect to hold it against us: To hold
it sgainst an army Of hundred thousand men
and hostile local popr1ations Large Us the
telegraph reports hom the land OF the enemy
| res1, it will be at least month before Lincoln
| can muster into service and concentrate into
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ready, he IS not Our people, naturally 80
inclined, have been making soldiers OF them
selves for months. His people have been
doing nothing Of the sort, and arc not natur-
| ally 50 inclined. Our ordinances OF secession
| were 1ea1ly the notes Of our wafilke prepare
ton. Their first note OF preparation was the
cannopade Of Charleston. We have had three
months the start Of them and arc ready; they
are not ,
4 -nMonths ago, the minds Of onr people had
settled resolyedly to meet any Issue: NoK
| the people Of the North are In AZ the Wild
panic aud confusion Of vars fIst alarms. W
confront them, a cool, collected Toe. that VII
never give them time to recover NON tnel
surprise. We are ready for aetio2Lthey are
| getting ready to prepare to aef- lheg may
Eaise plenty Of nuen-men who prefer enlsting
10 starvation, scurvy fellows from, the oacs
| s1ums Of cities, whom Falls.af wouia not aaE@
marched through Coventry Eitn-but t1esk
| men arc not soldiers, least Of an the Soldier
to meetthe hot blooded, Thoroughbred. In
petnpas men Of the South., T1encher soldiers
who enlisted to War. on their Tations, Iaot 'oI
men, they are-sQch ns marched thf0Qgt
i -Balsfmures R4ualid, vzetched, ragged and ha4
baked, ae The -newsp&pezs Of that clt9 repof
them Fellows who do not En9W tne nreeci
:, l. Of . musket from iia muzzle, and hau sa1he
; l. A1eh 3 handkerchief than fight an enemy
!: manly. open combat White slaves, peddlin!
. | the drege and Of: :aco1Ing6 Of the popu4ace-
these a6e the levied IS forces - whom Ltnco1,
!; suddenly axfaye Al. eaadi dates for the honor 9
being slaughtered b gentlemen such 8. Nc
. bile vent TO battle yesterday. Let them CON
South, md We win put onz negroes to o. IN
dirty work of killing them. But they will nc
come South. Not wretch Of them will LII