The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-02-25
The Troubles of our Enemies.

|; The Troubles of our Enemies .fr
While we Of the North are pretty unani.
mously dep essed by the present situati on Of
our military affairs, and while we have a
faction who clanorously proclaim and mag.
rify all our failures, it is no slight comfort to
find that our enemies have their anxieties
and troubles. We know our own evils.
weaknesses, and dangers. We are natural
ly disposed to exagye1ate them during long
interval Of partial inactivity. But we can
not SO we'll know the discouragemcnts Of our
enemes, and when they make any volunta
Try confessions, it is pleasant and profitable to
listen to them.
The Richmond Examiner, one of the most
|candid and independent journals in the
South. has an article under date Of the 10th :,
which it has done US good to read. The
|truth-telling Euaminer says, to start with ::
1t is not altogether an empty boast on the
part Of the Yankees that they hold all they
have ever held, and that another year or two
Of such progress as they have already made
will find them masters Of the Southern Con-
Fledcracy. il.
This should encourage US il anything can
beside brilliant victory, and the absolute
necessity Of brilliant Victories" may Hot
seem so pressing, when We sec through r'ebs
cl eyes how our STEADY advances look to our
enemies. Says the Nzaminer :: J, .'~1
They who think independence is to be
achieved by brilliant but inconscqucntal VIC
tories, would do we'll to look with the uatu
raj eye at the magnitude Of Yankee posses
lsions in our country. Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri, are claimed as constituent
parts ofthe Confederation ;ithey are as much
IN the power Of Lincoln rs Maine and Min
nesota. The pledge, once deemed foolish by
the South that he would ''hold occupy ard
possess all the forts beIonginging to the
United States Government. has been re-
deemed almost 10 the letter by Mr.. Lincoln.
Forts Pickens and Morgan we sill retain,
but, with ll.ese exceptions, all the strong
holds on the scaboard, from Fortress Mon
roe to the Rio Grandc, arc in the hands Of
the enc,ny.
The hug Of the "Anaconda," after all our
ridicule, begins to be felt, and the rebels are
Iapprehcns;ve that movements more threat
'ening than mere contraction Of his folds,
are soon to be made. 80 ~ I
We quote again from the Examiner: -
Very cons"ling and very easy to ray that
it was impossible to prevent all =; this and
that occupation Of the outer edge Of the Re
public amounts to nothing. Drewry's Bluff
and Vicksburg give the lie to the FIRST asser.
ton. and the onward movement Of Rose
Grams towards Alabama, and the presence Of
Grant in north Mississippi, and Curtis in
Middle Arkansas, to say .nothins Of Banks
lat New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Set at resi-
the silly dream that thin strip of sea cost
,only is in the possession Of or ioss. Tbs
truth is, the Yankees are in great tofcee i,
the very heart, Of the Cons-ieraeys they
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SWARM on all our borders, they threaten
every important city yet belonging to Us, an6
nearly TWO hundred thousand .of them ars
within two days march Of tho confedera;e
Capitol This is no fiction. II Il q fac, %
aposstire G.at aone can deny it.
| Nov we adsise any Of our readers who
have had TOO much talk os lsle with croak.
,ers and coppeshsads. to read and rs-resd
lsuccinc. and powerful drawn picture Of the
iitroubles Of The rebels-.ronbles compared
with which ours arc rot 6tl 10 10 mentioned
lin the same conneesioD-that i - far - cur
military opesa.ions are concerned. TIE H..
lsernsi difReois,ss cssassd b. = nal;snsnt and
ldesp rate opPosition ass fsrgrsvSr and nors
Threatening 4ilssaskx St.f;aA. a
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