The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-31
and the formation of a new Confederacy,
has been rapid and determined


has been rapid and determined.
Not word of rebuke or regret here. The
Confederacy is treated with the most pro-
iound respect, which grows deeper as time
passes, till on the 10th of February, Tues
day, il quotes from JEFF. Dsvis's speech, in
response TO the welcome given him on bis
arrival at Montgomery, the assertions that
separation from the old Union is compie-
/ ted, and "po compromises and no recon
struction can now be entertained" that
"the South is determined to maintain its
position" and If war should come SoHth-
ern yalor would shine" ETC., and adds:
These are the words of determined men,
aud leave but little hope for maintaining
the Union as it now is, or for its reconstruc-
tior eventually. The movement at the
South is not the result Of sudden impulse. 1t
is an issue long considered in all its couse-
queuces, by men well versed in political
science, who do not initiate the NOV ement
without having well considered its results.
1t is with them a question of interest," poll
cy and peace, and they believe their inter-
ests can be best attained in an independen,
Confederacy. They have organizeda a sepa-
rate Confederacy, ard by the 4th of March
it will have an efficient organization, ready
TO resist all opposition.
The Southern C0nfederacy is fired fact.
It's destinies have been confided to men
skillful, brave and sagacious men Of pur-
pose and determination. rs p
Is this the language of an enemy or a
friend? Do those who repel or dislike an
action or measure peak so of il? Never.
II is The language of deep respect, of cor
dial sympathy, of profound admiration, of
undoublipg trust. 1t is the language of a
man who beke0cs in the Southern Confed-
eracy aud desires its permanence. II there
could be any doubt about it the remainder
of the article would remove it. The sub
jsct of the ability of the Confederacy to, re-
sist the Government is glanced at, and the
following extract from the New York Her
aid copied and endorsed as expressing the
Sentinels view of that branch of the SUBJ
ject: -.s -. .-ss..- t.sr..
Now, as the Northern States have twice
the population of the Southern, the South
has furnished in the last war four times as
many soldiers as the North in proportion
to the population. The fighting element Of
the country, with the exception of New
York city, is~chiefy IN the South The
Southern population are all fighting men
from their childhood. They are always
armed with the revolver or bowie knife, or
rifle. AS for the desperate expectations
that the negro slaves will prove an element
of weakness to the South, i, ia vain. In all
the wars of Greece and Rome with other
countries, their slaves, though white men,
never revolted against their masters. If
the negroes had even the will, they would
not have the means or the power. On the
contrary, they will prove a grand source of
strength, for they can attend to the cotton
fields, the general cultivation of the soil,
aud other labor, while the who of the
able-bodied whites can devote themselves
to war. How many able bodied men can
the North spare to send South r. Not ono
~ vrrfy StFv OvuSn will be able to
send North. Vast masses OF sue PUpuIuriUn
of the Northern seaboard are reduced, prac-
tically, TO The condition of schite staOes, while
a considerable proportion are slckly, and
very unfit for an army. SIS lsslu v.
The South, therefore, is perfectly able to
maintain the contest. What she wants
most is a navy; but she can build one in
the Mississippi, and meantime she can hire
feet of privateers, as did the colonies
against England in the Revolutionary war,
which will do the commerce of the North
ern States more injury than our war ships
can ever inflict oH the Southern seaboard.
Both the Herald and the Sentinel may
have seen cause to doubt whether the
fighting element of the nation is in the
South" If they haven't the hation has,
and the South itself has very grave doubts
about it. We. commend this opinion of
Northern courage and military proves to
the attention of our Indiana soldiers.
And we commend 10 all Democrats the
repeated declaration that secession "is not
the result of a sudden impulse, but an issue
long considered" just how well this fits
the pretense that {" if the Crittenden com.
promise had been adopted there would have
been no rebellion" the public can Judge
1t is now, and has been for year, the par
rot cry OF men hostile to the Government
and anxious to cloak their treason with
some party disguise, that if the RepuDli-
Can party bad agreed to the Crittenden
compromise the South would have been.
satisfied, and there would have been no
war" N1w the Grittenden Compromise s0Gs
still pending on The Very dag that the above
article appeared in the Sentinel declaring
that secession was no sudden impulse, but
an issue long considered.
At the time when the Sentinel says the
copfederacy is fixed fact" and that the
movement had been "long considered" by
+" m N who looked well to the consequent.
ces,' the Crittenden compromise which
would have sverted the movement entirely,
was not rejected, but still pending, and the
very next page of the paper containing this
declaration states that Mr.. Bigler of Penn
sylvania presented several petitions in favor
of the Crittenden compromise" Then it
was not the rejection Of the Crittenden res
olutioDs which forced the South to separate
aud take hostile attitude, for the confed.
erscy was ''fxed fact, and JEFF Davis had
declared the South ready for war, while the
Crittenden resolutions were yet before Con-
gress. That step was ''lopg considered"
says the Sentinel and yet 1t took place be-
fore there was any action on the Crittenden
compromise. Let this fact stop this partic-
ular falsehood forever.