Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-12
Very Late Southern News.
CaTing in OF the Rebellion.
HUMILIATING COME EssIoNs.
The Proposed Destruction OF Cotton
and TObRccO--The DrREt--No For.
elEn Recognition Hoped for, ETC.,
CFrom the RichmOnd Exnmiuer.)
THE WAR AN INVASION FOR COTTON.


Who has read without deep mortifca-
ton the late order of the Federal g overu-
ment that the "cotton just taken in Ten
nessee, to the amount of $lOO, 900, shall be
forwarded to New York ?'i Fifty thousand
bales, it is said. are already in New York,
brought from Port Royal; another quantity
was secured by the gunboats ascending
tho Tennessee river; now il is certiIin that
a hundred thousand dollars wOrth-tweu-
ty.fiVe hundred bales-have been secured
on the first entrance into Tennessee. t
EXPLANATION OF ORR ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
THIS war has been made because Of cot
ton. 1t is indispensable to the commercial
fabric Of the United States. If We had no
cotton and no tobacco, the North would not
have put 600, 900 men in the field and spent
three millions of dollars every day for our
subjugatiOn. European nations have be-
come clamUrnu5, and the Governments of
France aud England press upon Lincoln
for the Immediate fulflment Of his promi.
ses to seize aud deliver over cotton to their
merchants and manufacturers at a less
price and in less time than they could get
| it from the planters even with open ports.
Hence the hurried and premature COM
menCement Of this campaigu by Buell.,
| Mcclellan and Burnside, before their prep
aratiOns were completed, contrary to their
Intentions, aud against their predictions
in the month of February instead of the
mouth of April. This is the explanation
of the sudden start of the Federal army
| Europe would be patient no longer, and
the United States found that it must abso.
llutely do something at once, or run The
risk of great dangers both at home and
abroad. -
CoTTOS MAY Re DESTROYED.
To get our cotton is this invasion made
and, SO far as they have come, they have
actually secured cOtton-an article which
may be destroyed in any quantity by {
hand no stronger than a child of FIVE wear.
| old, with the simple, easily furnished
and cheap machinery of box of friction
matches. Yet the owners of that pro
duct have been vehement in their decIn
ratiOns that they would burn every shreC
rather than leave 1t to be the booty of tn,
enemy. What is the explanation of tht
fixed fact that some cotton, though not
indeed, a considerable quantity, is actunll,
in the possession of the United Statei
troops? rzrss1 e4s.[
Do the proprietors of the cotton get any
money for il mot one dime; not one cent
not the thousaudth part of Il, cent :. .Cottor
aud tobacco are decreed coRtra6Gmd of war
and, as such, become the lawful spoil o
the invader. II he succeeds in OVer.rnn
ming the entire South, the cotton he findi
will pay part of his expenses, at .any rat,
he,Will and does take every fibre oft tC
HIMSELF Whether it is burnt by the pro
lprietor's own hand, or whether il falls int
the hands if the enemy, the loss is equal t
the proprietor. fa@
COTTON DEARER THAN IIPE.
In the first case he has the better chauc,
to save himself; for, if the Confsderacy
triumphs the cotton destroyed by its owl
people to thwart the foe will be duly paic
tor. tar-sa a4
The explanation of its consistency il
found in the construction of the h1mer
mind. Persons who have a certain amour
of reflection aud principle, prefer to sac
riice their lives rather than live to incnrG
greater misfortunes than death; many 9th
ers have sufficient intelligence to destroy
their property when they perceive that !
will be employed to their own hurt But
! with large portion Of the human race
the instincts are stronger than reason
These will hold to their lives and keel
their property long after it is either ration
al or useful to do so. To the last instau
of existence they will hope that some
Et6ing will save them. They cannot bur