The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-27

1he truth Is, that during the past winter the
Northern people, having no external hope, .p-
piled themselves to form an army with adn,ira-
ole energy and great success The Southern
crs, on the other hand, were thoroughly con.
vinced that the pressure of the blockade and
its inefticiency, as reported by all the Euro
pean cor,suls to their respective governments;
would enforce an Intervention Of the Great
Powers. This conviction iullsd them into in.
action, especially in the West and the ,conse- !
quences were plain at the commencement of
operations. The dslusion passed away, the re-
ality aroused them to action. and we, see the
result in the relative condition of the main ar
miles, At the end of summer their effective
forces will probably be the more numerous Of
the two. That some positions have been badly
held and some mistakes committed can not be-
surprising. We jndge with European stand
ard, but the hafdisciplined troops, whether of
the North or South, cannot be expected to OPP
perate with the Judgment or resist with the
firmness of professional soldiers.
Here is people shut ont from the world
deprived of all the comforts of life, starting
without tools, money, credit, ships, or soldiers.
disappointed IN their political calculations, their
commerce annihilated, the value eff their prop
erty extinguished, over matched in men and
means of warfare, assailed with torrents Of
abuse, and depressed By long course of ad-
verse events In the face of such difficulties
as these they have now $4,000 men under
arms and in the two great actions Of the war
they have taken home the prisoners and the
guns Is this the scheming of few ambitious
men, or is it the movement If a resolute peo.
ples And if such people are to be subjuga-
ted and such'a country is to be held as con-
quered province to- crafty the ambition or
swell the profits of others, for whom are liberty
and selfgovernmentt to be preservedi
But such an event may be regarded MS an
impossibility. The power of resolute people
against regular armies has often been proved
on small scale-La, Venlee, Switzerland. the
lyrol, Holland has exempG6ed; on scale euch
as this what army, American or European.
could deal, with it2 New Orleans is taken only
in name; its trade was gone, and its people
unchanged. By a singular fatality it's people
had no chance to fight for it--a keen humlli-
alton to race whose courage amounts to reck
lessness of life Allthis will not make them
loyal. In every community there will be found
some few craven spirits to run up the flag Of tho
conqueror or tradewith his suffers. But in eve
ry country the great majority have some respect
for the land of their birth, and, whatever their
original sentiments, they cannot welcome those
who come to rule it as a conquered province.
The people of New York are elated, naturally:
but they forget the fact that their own city fell
into our hands in manner not more glorious.
New York and the Hudson were quite a. i'm.
portant to the colonists as New Orleans and
the Mississippi are now; yet our possession of
them had no effect in subduing the country,
and in spite of it the .rebels" obtained their
Independence. Why may not the same result
follow now? a a 2iy8a
/ am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Livsrpool, May l6. s.