The New York herald., 1862-02-26

its armies mob Of demon alized cowards that they have
only 20 march forward and subugaie without resistance
at this moment
Far dgsrep is the truth. The recrses zoe hare lately
sa.Sged are scrates on the skin of the country Thy
TIE tlO,0s ku Tie oounds that soaen The feau
thousand troops hat harelo drops from the bucket
positions stronger la Donsos sr Rounos; ey hare %
cailre hyadred arpfes, lit those Lc hape ooaconss
ey hare to march oeer many ho"sdisd miles Of ground;
teey a cia many hard campaign, tre tsy shall haus
asdn 10 arrive al ne conclusions dictated Jy the drunken
iasaniy of ueirpreer.t isstiIee
For we must defead ourselves to the last. battle
must retreat and every retreat must end
with battle We must no longer take human iifc mo
ney or property into consideration, when have
advancing oppressors and robbers. While we
have have single, county unse.o.nquersd, we must
Southern regiment alive, the Southern generals must
make light; while solitary individual OF tho South
Congress and executive is free, he must declare the
liberty Of the country, the supremacy OF the laws. and
command their defence with all the force or his soul.
The srggg,e with the North once begun, necessity
ccmpels resistance, with without hope, to the last
nation Of the Southern people has set forever on
It, with rigidity that forbids the faintest idea
much pain and much serious reelection, but
not the least shade Of Submission. Very con-
received the war sentiment had much decayed oVoun-
teers insisted their discharge when their time up,
and the original aacry in the enlistmen,s not
visible But tho whole OF the affair chan ged
since we heard that we were beaten. There 10
Regiment aIter regiment mas re-
enlisted New companies have sprung up like the flashes
Of the aurora. Tho "aft longer mentioned with
sigh There is sincere determination to yield TO
Yankees and universal conviction that, whatever evils
can befa Us in the coming trial. none are comparable 70
the consequences of submission. n
We repeat though these reverses are depressing they
have had good effect tho vitality the southerncon
iederacy They ere gGairs 9 the olosts only; they are
in Tennessee before the spring begins they do touch
the heart break tho limbs Of the Southern giant. If
Nashcille is totenno mpossitle eut, unless General
IL hrg fha in chndh hoft flo
out manouvre him in his evolutions between the Cum
berland and Tennessee riversand If we lose in conse
quence all the country OF which Nashville the
capital 1t Is question whether the Southern forces would
not be stronger and better able than before carry
out the defensive ideas that have regulated this
war; They would then down to the water shed which
divides the rivers that flow North, like tho Tennessee
and Cumberland, from those that tend towards the Gulf
OF Mevco They would surrender the greater part OF the
State of and concentrates the whole energy of
tie confederacy on the defence Of the South proper.
They would in this position render the road from Vir
gnia. by Chattanooga, to Georgia impregnabe.
They would then DO delivered from al territory
the whole population is unit Kentucky. Mis-
souri, the greater part of Western Virginia and Ton
nessse would be temporarily IN the enemys possession,
but tht very fact would render his task perous
and difficult. He would then have to march his columns
and draw his supplies from distance, while our best
the disadvantage that have felt in Northwestern
Virginia OF hostile population under his feet always
strife We should then hold Eastern and Southwestern
Virginia, tho Carolinas and all the Gulf States There
is the true South the heart and the right and left of
the revolution and the Of Immediate resistance
would be strengthened not weakened by the temporary
loss Of territory.
hoped that the Southern government ,oh sson hare to
defend line, trust 10 the Contingencies of and
negotiation for the future recovery Of It's SOIL II Is hoped
that General Johnston will lose battle, that Nashville
will never be captured, the Chattanooga road be-
endangered. BCt such things ossbls and it is child
h to shut cur eyes to reverses that possible and
then feol shocked whom they come manly policy
to foresee the dangers that thoy be encountered
with composure, they cannot be rendered impossible
by preparation.