The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-20
The United NOPth---Nhat about the
NOrth-West
From tie Richmond Enquirer, March Z.
ALBEMARLs

ALBEMARLg
Ten gentlemen in Albemarle County
declare thewsssellgyaf staiites into the Con-
federacy, even without slavery; but at
the same time they do not deny that
they "should prefer" to have all our
Confederate States characterized by
similar institutions" The ten gentle
men do not advert to the fact that those
same Northwestern States are not ask
ing admission into our Confederacy, but
on the contrary are waging barbarous
war upon us to force us into theirs. We
believe that the ten gentlemen must be
in possession of diplomatic news which
has not reached us. They must have re-
ceived overtures from some distinguished
man, woman, or child Something of
great importance must be going on. 1t
is not fair to keep US in ignorance in this
sort of way.
That United North-both East and
Vests still rushing in upon us round
all our frontier; there is no abatement, no
remission. Every morning their bugles,
answering one another along a line of
two thousand miles, wake FIVE hundred
thousand hired rufains of all nations to
their daily industry of ravage, and burn
ing, and slaughter. The East and the
West vie with one another, and their
rivalry is which shall carry their detest-
ed flag deepest into the heart of our land
But in this rivalry the Northwest clearly
has the advantage It's troops have done
us more harm than those of the North
east. At any rate, now at the hour we
write, the whole of our Confederacy is
compelled to strain every nerve, and use
and waste every resource, and place
every available man in the field to resist
that united North, and prevent it from
reducing US to slaves and beggars.
Now, just in this state of things, some
Confederate citizens begin to urge that
one of those two sections of our North
ern foes-namely,th the Nprth-west-should
be gently argued with and tenderly
entreated. These citizens are disgusted
and alarmed if any one speaks harshly
of the Northwestern people-against
Down-easters we may rail as we please;
call them damnable fanatics, vile Aboli-
tionists, fraudulent Yankees, and no
body will complain. But if you use an
expression which might wound the sensi-
bilities of the Northwest, people cry
" Hush! you will repel them; you will
change them from friends into enemies"
As3uredly this would be bad change;
for, if they slaughter their friends, they
would undoubtedly devour their enemies.
And when we ask the meaning of all
this, we are answered that there is rea-
son to believe the Northwest is tired of
the war; is disgusted with the Lincoln
Administration; is awake to the fact
that, as the South cannot be conquered,
she had better be conciliated; is electing
Democratic Legislatures, and sending
mysterious emissaries to scatter over the
South vague hopes and cheering rumors,
which are important, if true.
And what then? Truly we are glad
to hear all this; it bodies evil to our enc
mics, and, therefore, augurs good to us.
But what precisely are we to do in the
matter? No one advises that our ar
mics, who are in the face of those North
western troops, should lay down their
arms or should run away On the con-
trary, it is agreed on all hands, we sup
pose, that our troops must still oppose
certain degree of resistance to armed in
vasion. But the specific thing we are
invited to do, is to show to that
section of our enemies some marks of
friendship, some desire to cultivate
friendly relations with them; and, above
all things, not to wound their feelings by
unkind observations Further, it is
urged that our Government should 60 so
far as to enter into negotiations with
not the government of those States, for
they will negotiate with us only through
the cannons mouth-but with private
politicians, individual stump orators, and
other obscure, unauthorized persons. In
the meantime, it seems to be thought de-
sirable also that unauthorized persons on
our side (like these ter, eJR,rn of f, a thAapeaet4A
should ltS ottSsr ddr tf Confederacy; and they,
all this while, are not asking to be ad-
mitted, and not listening to any terms
Cf tho rehalS