New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-11-14
The Federal Invasion Of Tenn Defiant
Tone of the Journals Naprudsr
Fnrrsfod with Fun Power ia Impress
Labor for tho Eorti6taticns- Var tc
thc srifs proe In imrs.
Prom Tie Houston 1.ieu ~.
IET liz EEEMY COM.

The probability OF AL invasion, o. an attempt
az nvasicn - Texas hy way of tie Cali becomes more
! snd more apparent day by day. When the INVASION
VIII ;be Place. ~ ~ What force We D. no' know. but
this We do nov IcAas wns never "" lrtIaTcd for
a.. cucm, sle b. q tf moment aId Do force q, al
alcF ~ WHIT no can ' any possibility penetrate e. an,
dsinD,e IN thc cpuity.
The enemy has thought uAi n. Tsans n.,-i,sipri
Department WIS stripped 4 mcr srd lav ma inviting
nnd css, conquest % tl,!r Ihsv have marched
upot With .fsa tlan three co .lns II invasion
a. B., IL. irsl.n y alton above Little Hact hy Mon
rp, toSard Alexandria and by The SalIn" Every one
81 theIn ins been met aud tuned bach end they have
found what tney supposed n dcaertsd country ah'c
With tfcops. and prepared ar thcin nj az pom" even
tlc most urerIccffd and meg aihcati
We need not Give 10 detail orr forces fcfidc tie
r, slaf u,nps--io Which should be added az he p
rulo II .oucT. from hicktb4rg and Port Huifon AID
tlr additional forces nov being mustered IN nom con
.ript.ora shall have frm The state dram more than
the numb that drat called for and lfo force Ia BE-
iy no means sriaoed from volunteers ald under
aye eSempis etc. The intelligent reader need 70, b.
told uai ticso for,os could With difficulty fcsist the
progress o. an invading column n ~ 90 men and even
prevent 100 go fgoV oycrrunnirF the state.
But before these invaders start their Journey they
musi ct u fooihuli on our soil ycafs vigorous AZ
pcaiion ~ the policy u defending tho state and iis
I borders under thc command ~ Gen. nagruder. WI
unlimited power 90 impress labor or Tie ofiihoosors
has eft our dcfnscs very different from vhni they
last year before this policy was entered ul.n ard a.
The enemy has found to his cot the t4illg of Sabine
Pass now 4 quite another affair ~ shat . then.
A. have said before. our safety rrsis Vlth our own
ueote Let them bat be iruo a. ihemsolve AID a. Tho
ana liz 'a' cannot fehu men enough 70
TeIrs 10 make serious lmpIrfrlon upon Tie stale
show "a bold 'front.' whenever he npIeATt. Let Lin fud
nil our lines mpenerihe md llf fciero - gnrs.son.
ing ToK.f toWns With ncarocs viii ayicw eventually
81 c0lonilug American citizens az African d'f'rni
fee niggcrs-lA this SLATE viii ere hong appear ho
. tie b.gg,si job NJ Lincoln bar yet undertaken
/ TEXAS READY POK 1nB CoSFLlCT-IHE TuTu
IS BRIGHT.
4 few weeks ago. we heard mou declaring
that The spirit ofihc people Of IeIai was dc,pon4'n
that the bach boncs q those al least Who were ut hons,
were weakening that u them WHO ufcd ~ eat Ere
ia dnys u peace. were now ready 10 eat their own
womb ard sink back like whipped dogs into TIE dclnct
Union. thai properly owners discussing terms II
suhf, and that should We be- invaded Ties, would
b. trouble here and there In the Interior We re- se
~ believe these reports and were pronounced blind and
foolish b. the oroakeif We made 40 public mention Of
them because We know that they Were flse ard ISLANDER
Gus II The good Of ia gallant and stenGift people
~ the shines on. We refused tho more iccaufe Wo
would not be- the means Of carrying such soIoN % TIE
noble sons Of the state who bearing it. banners m
twenty different armies against tie foe Indications
since that time have shown Low false Low vale Tie
slnuder was and have proved they who connected J.
were either their hearts false to the cause snw Tie
condition - the people through the distorted humor Of
their own sick and desp0ndcnt natures ToXas t0da!
shines ~ proudly in the Confederate galaxy sic did
thirty months ngo when she flung hcr lone star 10 tie
breeze and embraced the common cause with nj The
cnrcrnefs and determination due 10 her already heroic
name.
Louisiana and ut home In Texas which Of late have
ecrscd al former achievements not alone ia the tone
Of the press and Of public resolutions. hot. indeed.
faction 30 much III them IN the cheerful respon,
made b, the people h. every legitimate call made upol
them for Their services or their property To be- used IL
I the great struggle.
I kolling has vet been demanded that has been re-
fused The ground it for the public The nccc
sity of rctOrtMg to improvement ~ cotton aud labor
has been because OF the pn,c belief that TIE volunteer
ing Of these things had been abused IN one way 81
another. IL has been impossible h. do away with The
impression that there has been sw.ndnR going on IN
cotton and that negroes volunteered by their mnstc
to labor the fOrihcni0ns have been taken for bod,
servants of UPSTAIRS who happen 10 wear gold lncc
OF the truth Of this impression We have been unable I,
arrive ut any certainty That il Is greatly exaggerated
| however We are satisfied.
The late calls for State troops and minute men are De
ing ponded 10 all the state with aacrlty that
reminds Of tie early days Of the war Alithc PEG
pie seem be preparing Tor the onset Of the foe a'
Whenever be appears they viii rush 10 meet hin. ii u
astonishing how many men We have leit wiihin ou
borders capable Of doing something for their country
and ready do all they can Dccrcpt old men. ~
women aud children Of Texas may feel safe. There WI
be n wall Of steel and lire and Insnrmountabc barrier
of Texan hearts between them and the yandals
i But ngnn, not only our people thus up 10 th'
marx Of resistance but they responding every HhcT
10 the demand for cheap food for soiders families. w
believe we are within bounds IN saying that Their, Is no
a county in the State. east Of the Guadalupe RIVER
where soldiers family cannot buy corn AT 80 cents pc
buslcl while in large number If counties corn hn
been furnished iu sufficient quantity Ia provide ever,
soldiers family free ol charge This We sure VII
be most gratifying intelligence TO Tie Sons u Texas no'
H. tie beid
But again, the ohocrfulloss with which Tie tx col
Hector Of TIC ConcdeIa,y Is m'ts ai'IiLeI e"dthee