The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-10-13
FROM THE WEST.

! The CoHfederates under Gen. Green attacked
and defeated the enemy near the mouth of Red
River. Green's force consisted OF one brigade of
Infantry and two of cavalry, with which he engaged
two divisions of the enemy. The victory is said
to be complete. Green has command OF the river,
and the yankees cannot drive him of. 81
! In Texas active preparations are being made to
meet the enemy The Texans from the ages of
Is to 60 are raiiying to the field.
! The yankees are now convinced that the Missis-
spp river is not yet open to free navigation. The
Confederates have erected battery on the river
! 16 miles above Natchez. On the 29th ult. yam
] kee steamboat was burnt by gucrlas near Milf
/ ken's Bend, and % lives lost. Two other yankee
boats were recently burnt at St. Louis.
THE FUTURE OF THE CONFEDERACY
The general judgment of mankind sustains the
conviction which is universal with our people, that
/ the Confederate States cannot be prevented from
/ obtaining the independence for WHICH they are so
bravey struggling. Their is, certainly, to
themselves not a matter of question 1t will not
therefore be considered that we are buifding
ties in the air" if We glance at some of the adgan-
tages will possess as people, aud upon which
we base the expectation OF becoming prosperous
and powerful contederacy.-
/ We assume that, the result OF our secession
and the war that has followed all the States that
adhere to the institution Of slavery will sooner or
I later swing loose from the old wreck, and range
| themselves along -sde of those with which they
! have common interest and destiny. We shall
then, without including territories, cover on area
! of about SOC, 900 square miles, embracing popu-
lation Of IL 600, 900, including 1000 900 of slaves
"a land possessing every desirable variety OF eli
mate anG of soil; with agricultural capacities al
most unlimited; with facilities for domestic manu-
features and foreign commerce surpassed by no
other country of cqnal extent the face OF the
globe. The Eastern limit of this vast territory is
formed by the Atlantic Ocean, which washes its
shores from the mouth of Delaware Bay to the
Cape OF Florida, distance of 1000 miles. Its
Southern boundary stretches from rhe Cape of
Florida, along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico,
to the mouth of the Rio Grande, distance Of
1900 miles This immense line of sea coast is
dotted with cnn9enient bays and harbors, and is
intersected at short intervals by large and navi
bic rivers, whose branches spread and ramify
through every part of the interior. Among these
may be mentioned the great Mississippi, which for
the last 200 miles of it's course flows through
slave territory and belongs exclusively to the Con-
tederate States. An extensive system of railways
already extends its Briiarean arms through the
land, aud the day is not distant when tie whole
country will be covered with network of these
artificial channels OF communication, and when the
means OF rapid intercourse and exchange will be
established between its remotest extremities. Of
the productions Of the South, it is only necessary
to say that they constituted more than three
fouths Of the exports Of the old government, and
that the whole civilized world is dependent upon
her great staple, cotton, for the indispensable
article OF clothing gs-t ....
Such are some Of the physical advantages we
possess. Who shall venture to say that such
country, In the hands of brave, intelligent, enter
prlslng, liberty loving race, may not attain the
very acme Of national prosperity and grandeur!
And, without arrogance, such may claim
to be--in proof of which We cite the fact, not
ly OF the developement, progress and culture ex-
hlblted in the States composing the Cenfederacy,
but the IndlsputabAe fact that the wealth of the
old Government, the wisdom of its laws, the glory
OF It's arms, its prestige and power were mainly
due to Southern intellect and valor, and the pro-
ductions Of Southern labor and soil. Every page
OF the. now closed history Of what was the United
States is luslrous with the genius of Southern
minds and the achievements of Southern courage.
AS the OLD Union drew the hour Of its dis
solution Southern Senator put record a claim,
which impartial history will allow to be just, in
behalf of the genius and patriotism which had
made that | MON "the admiration Of the world"
before the nalign spirit of Northern fanaticsn
became potent enough for mischief. "Yo GU COM
plain, said Senator IIasnihond, of South Carolina,
addressing himself to the leaders Of the Republ-
can party on the 4th Of March, 1858, s|you COM
Plalh ol the RUE OF the South, That has been an
other cause which has preserved you. We have
kept the Government conservative to the great
purposes OF government. We have placed her
and kept her upon the Constitution, and that has
been the cause Of your peace and prosperity. The
Senator from New York (Mr Seward) says that
this Is about to end; that you intend to take the
Government from us; that it will pass from our
hands. Perhaps what he says is true-it may be
but do not forget-it can never be furSotten-
1t is written on the brightest page Of human histo
ry-tbat we, the Shareholders Of the South, took
our country in her infancy, aad after ruling her
for sixty out of seventy years of her existence, we
shall surrender her to you without a stain upon her
honor, bundles in prosperity, incalculable 10 her
strength, the wonder aud the admiration of the
world, Time will show what you will make of
her, but no time ever diminish our glory or
your responsibility"
A drawer and warlike people probably
never existed the face of the earth. In all the
wars in which the United Suites were engaged,
the South contributed largely more than her
rateable proportion of fghtin9 men, and her
sodlery have been distinguished alike for impet-
uous valor and patient endurance. The common
remark that the natives Of southern climes are
deficient In physical energy, and in warlike Prov
ess, is true only when applied to extreme Southern
attitudes, The annals Of the past aud the daily
evidence OF our senses stamp it as false, 50 far as
our GWn people are concerned IF the belief vac