Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-12

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their own cotton. That seems TO them the
end Of the world. 1t is ito pauperize
themselves aud their children" and it is
useless to show them that the pauper-
lLation is far better secured by leaving
their property to be taken by those who
Will certainly never pay cent for it, than
to destroy it themselves; and run the chance
OF thetr countrys remuneration.
THE COTTON Nusr BE BURNT.
i Yet it is clear that the very first meas-
ure of defence is to place the object of
this invasion beyond the hope Of the iuva-
der. He Oyerruns the country to take our
cottoni let the cotton be burnt, and the
chief motive to oVerrun is destroyed with
| 1t. The cost to ourselves will be great.
bat not so great as its actual seizure by
LincOln's soldiers.
WHO IS TO DESTROY 1T
If doue eafectually, it must be done Ly
the military power, and with the general
authority Of the Government. If done at
all, 1t must be done before the enemy is on
the road to the depot. In the confusion
which follows u lost battle is not the time
when such acts are possible. The army is
1 then occupied with its retreat and its
stores. If the cotton and tobacco are to
be burnt, the burning must precede the
! SUB III tue region WleEe the
destruction is necessary. The entrance of
the enemy's columns into any State of the
Confederacy should be the signal for APP
plying the torch TO those staples for which
| they are come. II is now possible for tbe e
| agents of the Government to take posses
sion of these products in Southern Ten
nessee, at Richmond, and in other places
threatened by the invasion; they can give
certificates of that taking to the owners.
and arrange the material for combustion.
Then it will be easy to finish their work in
time to do it we'll.
The moral effect of this resolute aud SEN
sible proceeding would be incalculably
great. Twenty victories like that one at
Manassas Plains would not help the
Southern Confederacy so much. The sub
ject is now before Congress, and will be the
| test OF that body's merit. Whether there
is sufficient unity and energy in Congress
aud the present Government to do auythinr
more than discuss it, may be doubtful.
THE REBEL STATES HuNrLIArEn-xo Horr
POR RECOGNITION. ela
From the Richmond Examfner.i
| The Confederate States bave been hu-
initiated. The disasters at Roanoke Island
and Fort Douelson were not the sources of
I the humiliation; foc that of the former, all
the circumstances considered, was, per
haps, inevitable, and the latter cOmprnsa-
ted by the vigor OF the resistance and the
loss OF the enemy-bOth were amour the
natural and ordinary consequences OF any
great war. But we have been degraded
by sitting, through our representatives,
upon tue steps of English royalty and So
liciting the English Government to recoR-
nize us. Herein we forgot our own dipni-
/ tv as powerful and wealthy nation for
had we been true to ourselves-hnd We
fallen back originally upon the weapons
we could have effectually welded. and
should WELD nOw-we Conld have cOn,peLLed
that haughty nation to Rccedc to evcrv
reasonable wish.
FEDERAL ATRoCTTT SUMMED UP.
The paths OF our enemy have been mark.
| ed with ruin, bHrbarism, and Shameless
atrocities. He has laid cities and villages
in waste; stripped widows Hnd ornhaus of
| DEATH 9 legacies; Overthrown municipali-
ties and State Governments; imprisoned.
citizens without warrant; beggarGd the me-
cbantc and manufacturer; aimed at judicial
murder by calling privateering piracy:
boarded neutral vessels pi eE arms, md ar
rested the sacred persons of ambassadors:
| violated the law of nature and of nations
by endeHvOring to destroy the harbors of
the South, and shut our people out from all
intercourse with humanity, By an unhenrd
of barbarian; ripped open the kuapsacks
Of our capturCd sOldiery, robbiug them of
clothing, moneys, necessaries OF life. and
even of the instruments of their surgeons.
From the commencement of this war. the
enemy have been foe to mankind. reli.
giou, and civilization.
40 HOPE OF REcoGY1rroS.
Farewell to the expectations of aid from
across the Atlantic. We must become the
arbitsrso of our nationalfOrtunes. Wempst
buckle on the armor of earuestpess, and
wage relentless and deadly war upon our
open foe. Meanwhile, we should teach those
who are not with US that We owe to them
no obligations, and that we properly appre.
ciate their ambiguous neutrality, Il is mo-
torious that, from tobacco raised in the Con-
federate States, the European Governments
derive millions OF dollars annually in rev
enues. Not one leaf of that plant should,
FOR the future, be cultivated until that daJ
arrives when we nre recognized among the
family of nationalities. 1t is equally 3oto-
rious that there are over seven millions of
human souls in Europe wholly dependent
for livelihood upon the successful culture
of the cotton plant the greater moiety Of
whom are British subjects. Now, England
boasts that shecan procure a sufficient sun.
ply Of this staple elsewhere; but let the
people of our Confederacy desist from the
cultivation of this despised cotton plant for
one or two years-and they can we'll afford
to do so-and Old Euglaud and New Eng
land will be visited with ruin, chaos, and
revolution. Our planters can proftabiy di-
rect their attention, to the growth of other
commodities, and they should Immediately
act upon u concerted resolution TO produce
nothing from the womb of the soil until our
trtbuiatto1 is passed, but that which is ac.
tually necessary to the support of the cause.
The cOnsuls of foreign governments should
be promptly dismissed from our midst. for.
under present circumstances, their presence
Is double insult TO our pride; every man
caPableof bearing arms should meet the foe
hand to hand, and foot TO foot, resolved to
conquer or be exterminatcd; aud every
town. VILLAGE. .citn- end hIa.ln q =. :.