Daily national Republican., 1863-09-25

"uIs COUNTRY, VINO DBsKkvHs TEE sCoRN AND
OoHrKNPr oI ALL HONORABLE nHr. ."-Ross.
srsas, 10 ~ 6e~rrd Asswsblv q( OAio, Ntbrssrv,
1853.
DIsAPPOINTED FEELlNG IN DAvIs.
lAMA.
From returned prisoners Of the Sanitary De-
partment We learn some interesting fscts.
without stopping at this time to comment
upon tho inhumanity Of retaining aud contin-
ing persons belonging to the Sanitary Com
mission who may be caught on the battlefield
min'stcring to the wants Of the dying sOldlcrs
--soldiers of both armies, as W. have often
aeep them dove will only ask attention ~ a
fact OF two which these gentlemen brought
tack with them from Richmond. They tell lie,
and no druht rsn bu entertained Of the truth OF
'h"ir statement, even by gentlemen OF the Cop
rcrhcad rcr5uasicu--for IL has been shadowed
forth unnistata ably in Mobile and Richmond
rsrcrs--,hat the Dsvisocracy focl, mot poig.
nnntly, the tscreancy Of the planters in the
,cnquef,d p"r,'nps of rcbeldom to the rebel
cause.
These gentlemen, who have been sojouruiug
~ Richmcnd, say that the effect there Of the
fall III Nickbburg was very depressing, but II
did net compare in intensity with the disnp.
roin'ment produced by the apathy toward the
rebel cause manifested even In Jeif Davis's own
atatr Of Mississippi since HE armies were dc.
fested and driven away By Gen. Grant. II wac
confidently expected by the +. F.v. rebels that
when the Mississippi river fell into the posses.
sion Of the Unionists. or rather when the au-
they are IL rebellion was restored, the rich plan
ter. of the Mississippi Valley would hasten to
offer up as burnt Offering their precious bales
of cotton, which cannot now be run rough
the blockade. They did not look for any such
self.sacrifco on the part Of the "poor white
trash, u" but 1t was confidently anticipated tha,
when the foo, oi the invader " should smite
in triumph the sacred soil Of King Cotton, each
cotton grower would, with the fire of patriotism
tp in his heart. apply the torch to the s,ores
80 covetel by the shirt-naking nations OF the
Old World, and thus deprive the conqueror Of
his spoils.
1t was not to be- dreamed of in Richmond
philosophy that, in the trying hour of the rebel
cause, the rich planters would refuse to strip
themselves Of their cotton, In order to deny 10
our Government and the whole world the bene.
ht Of their boarded bales. The chivalry have
always sneered at Yankees for their alleged
.upidity and mcauncss, and here was glo-
Tious opportunity to vindicate the high. toned,
anselfsh patriotism Of the southron. Hero was
a fright smart chance" for the N. S. Noble
Southron) 10 show to the world that he had
a soul above cotton. But alas what docs jeff.
Davis behold Not = grand holocaust Of the
belcaguercd cotton, but its owners taking "thc
oath " and sulliug il for sixty or seventy cents
per pound.
The rebel leaders have rnisualU ulated the
weakness Of human nature. When whiskcy,
as before the rebellion, was plenty, aud cotton
eight or ten cents per pound, 1t was easy for
the fro-eaers to blaspheme the stars and stripes,
aud swear that every bale should be subjected
TO consuming lre rather than allow it 10 fall
into the hands of the hated Yankees. But
meantime the whiskcy and the rebel cause ran
low, and cotton became higher, and when
Grant and Banks got possession of the Mis-.
.lssirpi, the price Of cotton was so much en-
HANGED that the sale Of II would reimburse
its owners fol their many losses. The tempta-
tion was too great, aud We lind In the conquered
region, which was supposed to be peculiarly
devoted TO JED, a largo amount Of unburned
cotton aud Union feeling sufficient to bring II
into market. Hence tho chagrin and despon.
dency Of the r. r. VS., who, having reduced
themselves to the impoverished condition of
Spanish MOBILES, with threadbare doublets aud
ne income, expected their brother rebels In the
Southwest TO impoverish themselves In like
msnuer.
And how short sighted their polcy-com-
manding at hrst the planters TO remove their
stores 10 the interior or to hoard them In safe
places, and then prosecuting hopeless war
until they had raisedthe price Of the staple Just
in ratio with the depression Of the hopes of
their sdherents, until ii was not in human ma
ture TO Withstand the temptation of an oppor-
tuniiy to sell, even under tho old flag. Who
can wonder that the hldalgos at Richmond
should gnssh their teeth aud bewsil the recre
apcy Of the planters of the Mississippi valley !.
Aeh'i Raid m the ORE pge and Alexandria