The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-10-22
THE PACIFIC
Commercial advertiser.
The Dawn bf Reason.
sross OF RETURNING sri'sE AND rArRro4rsn IN
THE sfUTH.

sroxs OF RETURNING sr5isE AND pA4sro4rsx l.
The strTH.
The Mobile Netrs, says We have a multi
tude Of reports, horribly detrimental to the char
acter of the patriotism of the people in NAM
places in Alabama and Mississippi some Of then
zoo dissraoeful to publish. 4 portion of oul
people have gone stark mad They are bastard
Southerners, and recreant Confederates."
Which being interpreted, means that " the
people, in many places il. Alabama and Missis-
sippi," are deserting the cause Of secession and
rebellion, returning 10 thair senses. and learning
that patriotism means love of country not OF q
ssction or a party. AMI even more significant
than this il the language Of the North Carolina
papers. and the Richmond editors confirm the
statements BY their earnest and bitter denuncla-
lions Of the reviving patriotism OF the South.
The Raleigh Standard Of q recent date copies an
article from the Raleigh Dd,Ly P[ogresS' which
expresses great fear that lnles7 the war Is soon
stopped slavery viii be Obliterated, &c, and then
adds
I'VE agree with our contemporary in much of
the above. But We have no idea that peace can
ne obtained upon our own terms. The most
powerful nations seldom succeed in doing that
what the great mass of GU; people desire is a
cessation of hostilities and negotiations. If they
could reach that point they would feel that the
conflict of arms would not be renewed, and that
come settlement would be effected which would
leave them in the future in the enjoyment of life,
liberty and happiness.
1T is a great crime, especially at n time like
this, TO conceal the truth. We intend 10 tell the
truth as far as we know it, les TIE consequences
be what they NAV. From the beginning of the
war until the present the enemy has sI0lCiy tat
surety gained upon us and bat for the extraor-
binary endurance and courage Of our troops, his
flag would now be floating at the capital Of every
State. We have lost Missouri, Maryland, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, the Mississippi Valley, Texas,
Louisiana. Arkansas. and Considerable portions
Of orhar Srarla IJcEEtnrr eaS f.1lan n ID. ra
feared many months age il wOu@i. Port Hudson
has fallen Charleston, Mobil, and Savannah
will probably go next. Gen. lie is attempting
to retire from Maryland with ;iis spoils, hut no
substantial uictory has cr0I1neos hs arms. Ne
are tCeaker tO-day thin tcheH he crossed the P0t0-
mac into Mdryland. Our recruits in the way of
conscripts viii scarcely keep Ou3 regiments full,
and we cannot hope TO add Materially to our
forces. Our fighting PopuLatie, is pretty nell
exhausted. Ererybody knOuS cqs-he North
knOUs this and so does Europe. - the contrary,
our enemies. flushed with triumfzh, have q large
army in the field, and their I.sident has Just
called for 300, 900 more. He will get them.
The movement on Pennsylvania by Gen. Lee,
and the fall Of Vicksburg and Peg Hudson, have
hushed all clamors for peace il. the North and
have banded the people there as Ine man for the
prosecution of the war. We ISve nothing to
hope for from foreign nations, I'D just as our
cause is, we see no indications thSs Providence is
about to interpOse in our behalf. yThe war, then,
Viii 70 IA NfHS Slu ~ he OLUE = cOIQutT-
VIII FIVE millions Of whites con t1er twenty mil
lions Of the anne race? VIII t3y conquer a
peace on the very soil Of these tN-nty millions?
Not in any event. if these twenty gillions possess
ordinary manhood and will fgh, They fought
at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg, and they wOrsted
US at the latter place Northern troops are not
cowards-they fight nearly as well as Southern
troops. We cannot achieve signal victories over
them on their own soil. What then? If the
worst is destined to overtake us, would it not be
wise and prudent to take less than the worst,
provided we could do go compatibly with honor -
Again, the same paper says:
" Notwithstanding the predictions Of the
South, the Yankees have fought on many Occa-
siOns with a spirit and determination worthy of
their ancestors of the ReyOlution-wOrthv of the
of those austere old Puritans, whose
heroic spirit and religious zeal made Oliver Crom-
wells army the terror of the civilized world or
Of those French Huguenots, who thrice in the
sixteenth century contended with heroic and vari-
BUS fortunes against the house of Lorraine, and
all the power of the house of ValOIS.'"
- Instead of an early and permanent establish
nent OF the wealthiest and best Government in
the world, with unbOunded credit, what have we
got? Spite Of all the victories which we profess
TO have obtained over the Yankees, we have lost
he States of Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas,
Texas and Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee,
in my humble opinion, have lost them for
.ver and, in all probability, Alabama will soon
,e added 70 the number. This will leave 10 the
but D States out OF the original 10,
md of these five the Yankees have possession Of
he most important points, and One-third of their
So tar, the Yankees have never failed
o mold every place of Importance which they
taken, and present indications are, that
charleston will soon be added TO the number.
The campaign of General Lee into Pennsylvania,
las undoubtedly proved 4 failure, and with it the
hope Of conquering a peace by the success /
al invasion OF the enemy's country. Our army
las certainly been very much weakened and
Iispirited by this failure and the fall of Vicks-
'urg, and how long even Richmond. will be safe,