The New York herald., 1862-02-26
THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON.
WHAT THE REBELS THINK or IT.

[From the Richmond Enquirer, Feb. 19l ss
Tho fOrttude Of people again to be tried andho
metal of which their courage is made once more 70 be
tested by the last from Fort Doneson. We haas
met acih heary disaster there. The wretches who are in
yadng our country enabled, by the facilities OF
river tansr ota0n, to bring UP ronforcemens their
previously whipped troops and haze opersche ID soA
nations to ufy comment upon tho tragedy of last Sun
day. We have had expert nee enough already to show
sc nc 0y o. ~ we must % nave
North, and are given in tho telegraphic column.
But this thing VIC must do BY tie moma'ed tody eve,y
aoho tel at the hands of e scounrel nsurJerrs cao
hdue invaded the country Of those sCho did them 0ns
har5y the homes which hare established By indus
ry-bytie beautiful land which ". hare iheried io,n orr
faihs-byh the iiies hat ,oe lveIy all ct Is oble and
pariotic and brave, and in tie fear and Jrpenly invoking
he favor Of God'ce must all eolue. in ,nmot souls,
and ,c1h revocahe that iu resist the enemy
10 the last ertreity, and that oiu die If cannot ve
frenen. NcF. e&
towards tremble il they will Let vile niggards count
their treasures in agony. But what bravo generous
citizen would wish to survive tho ruin Of his countys
Who would desire to live when odious and vulgar despos
have foot upon necks? No. fellow citizens let
did fathers pledge sacred honor to each other
and to the world that lives and fortunes shall b.
devoted to the vndication OF lberics aud that
these lost nothing the wreck for nothing
Courage then people OF the Confederate States You
have now Of those opportunities which, II i'm.
proved, mako nations famous, and make brave
nowned History awaits our action, to make up the
record of glory inamy. Any can be brave when
there is no danger. Any soldier can be enthusiastic
when cheered by round Of successes II is adversely
and the fasethe genuine and the counterfeit
Let individuals, and let people, seize this OPP
portunty for true glory. Lat us stimulate each others
courage and emulate each others zeal II one falls,
let step forward to take his place This fight must
be L. redeemed We will have the victory G;s , =,
without disasters is winter without storms Bus
will bear them like patriots and brave men and both
In forude and our daring, will show ourselves
worthy TO bo Free II do not do not deserve 70
be free.
at Donelson, we very uncertain. We must believe
that the federal account Is greatly exaggerated.
Thewrss not working yesterday to Nashvills, A.
save "a despatch M from Cen A. g. Johnston in the morning
ut Nashville General Floyd was there also, withe
( he had saved a thousand" The number captured by
oYsmy cannot surely be fifteen thousand But 10 the
absence OF information Il b vain 70 speculate tls
General A. s. Johnston has fallen back from BoWling
Green TO Nashville. whore he hopes to be able 70 make
a n 4 !, from the Richmond Dispatch, Feb 1Dl
After Gree doy II tAe most despcrde 1ghting eor ~.
mesed a. is coins (so declares veteran regular ON
cer) tho most desperate fighting against the most ire
msndous oddsn which day after day the nuttudinous
host OF invaders driven back past thor own camp,
glorious payt1w basd. from shev erhoustw, k1sbssW
bos doss~ BY asalam he ef frsoromes piled upoa
the already enormous weight against which thsy have
hitherto struggled vnh complete success and has susr
but which entail no dshOnor our Cause and which
will only animate 70 the most stern and undyng resist
]
rans whose hands soaked to the elbows in The
life blood Of defending THAR homes and arssdes
dream that they inch the subugaton
Of the South than when they started on their Internal
mission they prove 70 be fools and madmsn
we'll savages and murderers. They have tsugh 10
lcsson admitthey have admonished Us 10 be more
wary and circumspec, TO husband with greater care
our limited resources and not to underrate cnomy
But they have also racod between them and us glf
that be crossed by their arts arms, and
universal determination TO die, die We must, or ouP
country but permit her to be subugated by the
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mankind, whose name Is at this very moment such by
word of scorn and reproach Throughout Europe, teiF
O. pabined cruelty and cowardce that their amhas
cannot stand the storm OF the worlds contempt,
and all anxious to y back TO tie United Staies Their
at Fort Dom son. gained only by vast rerory
numoers, will only have the elect OF ctnvertng the
whole opllation of the South-men, women and chill
dren-into immense army, who viii resist them ut
evory stsp, and everywhere "wecome thom with bloody
hands hcspable graves" The glo ous valcr OF
troops Fort Donelson not dimmcd in the slightest do
gree by their inability to hold their ground against
whe ming Odds but the contrary shines through the
black clouds Of disaster with radiance which will kndis
the whole South into blaze aud surround their
names with halo Of imperishable venom.