New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-06
THE HAND on pRovnpEaen.

THEE HAND or PROVIDENCE. 8
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The hand Of Providence has been in our favor
ever since The North inaugurated q wanton and.
s5crueI war upon the South. That this is SO the
tokens are many and unmistakable. We have
been blessed with health and plenty. Our crops
have been abundant, almost beyond precedent.
The seasons have smiled upon US, and all nature
seems to have been inspired with wish to help
We have gained splendid victories in the field,
and We have established enyiable national char
ecter abroad. We are ten times stronger than we
we're at the beginning, and the achievement Of eur
Independence, deemed problematical by some at
the outset. is now regarded as an assured positive
fact, by all. We will shortly be admitted into the
family Of nations, an Independent Confederacy,
and win take q proud stand among the powers Of
the earth. We will hold . position second to none
and superior 10 many and when we conquer the
/ North into an acknowledgment Of our independ-
ence--an event We de not deem very remote Of
realization We will emerge from the struggle ex,
hbiting yigor, elasticity and strength, which will
astonisht the world Contrasted with the exhaust
ion and Impeachment of the North, we will ap-
pear fresh, prosperous and atauent; and, not
being hampered BY q Morrill, tariiif-our ports
Doing OpSu6Q u GulAGaIHGitS IAGc AeuC--WS Will
speedily be transacting mighty business, and
life, animation and thrift, will pervade every
branch If business from the smalestto the largest
All this and more we may expect to realize very
shortly after peace IS declared. In all these cal
euiations there is net . bit Of extravaganza or
speculation. They are founded upon reliable data
and sober truth.
But, among other blessings, the hand of Proyi-
sdenee Is particularly noticeable in the disasters
which have oyertaken the great naval e3pe-
ditions of the enemy On the sea we have been,
are, and must continue poWerless, for consider
able length Of time. Consequently, our extended
cDasts are liable 70 incursions of the enemy, and
millions Of properly to destruction, the foe being
powerful on the ocean. Yet, on the element where
we are helpless, the enemy has encountered dis
asters greater than any heretofore sustained on
land. The Windsand waves have fought for us,
and thousands Of men and millions of property
have been lost in the raging waters. The disasters
that befei Gen. Buffers exped ition to Port Royal
are. yet in the memory Of all, but great as they
we're, they bear no comparison to the appalling
ruin which has recently oyertaken the famous
Burnside expedition. That great deet was COM
posed of some one hundred and twenty-five yes
sells. Months were consumed in fitting it out;
every appliance that money skill or experience
could command vas .bronght to bear in the most
,ay;sb ri m. troara svar. mar, tbe
arms the best ii the service the cavalry horses
we're tie finest that could be procured !; cannon,
shot, shell and other 81 war all ofspien.
did quality, were furnished III profnsion, ana tie
Grand Armada, carrying with it the brightest
hopes Of the North set sail under the most auspi-
cious circumstances, with fair winds and prosper
sous seas. Mark tie sequel A few hours after
sailing the clouds grew black with wrath-the
winds arose and reared ii widest ry-the waves
rolled mountain high, and the very depths Of tile
sea felt The fearful commissions which aged on the
surface. This certainly, must have been direct