, 1862-02-25

ble is heard in favor of. the old ssUnlon,''
every opinion and sentiment merged into one;
eyery man, woman and child are Joined in the
Issue, and believe me, were the population Of
the North treble its present numbers, it could
never muster an army Which shall penetrate
any distance beyond the position you now
hold.
Before tic issue was fair1y assumed, there
did exist party (but by no means extensively
called eo-opeTationtsts," who were favorable
10 further negotiating, not but what they
were Of the same opluion with their brethren.
as to the rights which the South maintained,
but they coald not believe that the North
would continue to insist upon the grounds
she bad, during 4 lew years past, assumed.
They placed confidence in the hope THAT the
conservative party at the North would CO.
operate with them, and thus bring zbout a
tween the two sections hence their name Of
| Co-opcrltionists;n - but when they bche1d the
| duplicitY and conduct OF the Federal Govern
n1cnts in the Fort Sumter matter, aud the
| feeling produced by that affair among your
| people, the determination to wipe the South
out Of existence, sc,, &c, this party became
we'll satisfied that the hour Of action was
| really st hand. As & consequence, its exist
| encc passed away in day, and its members,
| it is we'll known. arc now the most bitter
tie ablest men Of tic South, slo,s our Vice
President, was the leader Of the "Co-opera-
II ny letters to you on this topic, have
always expressed IN them the opinion that
you would never be able to subdue the South,
ard now months have gone, and though your
efforts have been on scale which neither
Of Us could foresee, yet they have served
to resolve the opinions so expressed into
| a -7;ping .i1ct. You may view the history
Of the past six months You please. twist
and turn it i'll any way,. yet you
must admit how terribly your yalor and eour.
age has been lowered in the opinion Of the en-
tire civilized world; you have been Arasbed
so.ifed, and disyraeed in quite eyerg fight, large
or small; and nearly always when the adyan
tagc was with you in numbers.
Do not think I anl biased from hearing only
one side, that read none but Southern ac
counts; hut bear in mind that I do not crcdi
all I pc1use in Southern Journals.
Your papers, as well as those Of England
| sill reach rs, and from these and ours toSethe
the truth is easily assorted. The English re
| ccivc by far the greatest proportion Of the in
/ tclligencc from this country through You yet
In spite Of such, they seem readily to pick on
the facts, IS I note they score you most uu
mereiiu1ly for your continued dissracefal dis
| astcrs. .7''>
OF latc, observe, they are wondering owe
! the funny, yet strange fact, that though th
North is continually Boosting of the immcns
size ef her r.: a1mies7oo cog 3 stsa3ngIyet, E in :.
Though always believed the North in thi
war would meet With defeat and disaster, sti
1ny Northern blood led NE to hope she H-oul
= emerge from it with her good name for bras,
far make me shudder with shame ana mort
fication, for surely the Northern soldiers har
Y become the laughing STOCK Of the world. wa
at Richmond when the..hattles Of Bull Run IN
Manassas we're fought, and saw the prisoner
which wc captured, eonTersed with many, :
| ecrnn 4har, u .xThnn4 I ISuaYr in NeyE Tnrt
From them became satisfied how disgrac,
fully your troops behaved ascertaincd the
number accurately, as I was at tue railroa
depot as each detachment came H.: Again
saw them iH prison, where lad ample mcaI
of verifying my account. Judge, therefor
4 my surprise afterwards, when reading II
Dowe1rs official rtpo77, to find that the nun
|. ber he therein publicly gaye forth to tt
y world, as killed snd missing. fall far short
the numbers had seen prisoners, a,i,s At
kicking in Richmond. have wondered sine
/ fScu are eulled in every Official report in sue
y manner. II go, perhaps. you will contic,
sending ont armies wlich never return,
which, come back after the fashion Of tho
{. towards Columbus Of those expedition
which after thvir return, under double quie
ting, your Generals are 60 fond Of terniy
oaiy as "4xeon.oiSsanee. i'll .toTcc-no-.
tsUEclc," +" It shows plainly to every EEnsih
mid. low Lard driven :hc Fcderas sre for
=: drop or E0 OF CQBSulaliOat aEAQst a1i your
= ycssi=, ID the E,ct Of your press 1naktng SUI
an adc ever yoEr grand achievements at SUI
places as Hattcras, Port Royal, Ship 1slau
- &c, &c: Surely sou must be sufficiently VI
IL yer5ed In Lac geography OF youT- country,
n. understand tbat tho results Of snca exp7t
- tions On the South, aze precisely similar il
= feet, ne would be the capture by an ovt
q T. powe-ing English feet Of some: Of the islan
IL on your coast Of Mainc. The English, IS u
EoT: :s5y. might esteem them 50 excslle
- :"bases Of operatlons,"~ but letc the :riarch
T. card be commenced, aud you will Ind 1t fu!
IS difficult To make airy impression on Nor
Carolina, or Louisiana, as England would /
1z | the Etste Of Msfne. : " - So : !
s Inward from Ship Island you may procc
asL eomc distance. as the loFer portion Of Miss
= | sipN taa ba:ten mzza1.. but when 7you rca