The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-03

have to depend entirely upon ourselves
The foe will do his utmost. Militar,
genius and knowledge, the boundles.
credit of the Government, the best me
chanlcal skill-mind, money, muscle
have all combined to insure success.
And while these tremendous effort.
are being put forth-while our homes arc
darkened by the shadow of the death an
gels wing, and our bosom's wrung with
anguist-while we are enduring grievouS
prvations and hardships, and our sol
diers are almost naked, we stand alone
" 1t is true foreign tongues meltion
our name with respect and admiration.
rs true our fortitute and gallantry have
received abundant reward in glowing
! words of praise, and in warm, heartfelt
wishes for success. But sympathy and
admiration have afforded no substantial
assistance, and all undided ,ce braUe our
seires for the dreadful conflict
In May, 1861, the Richmond Enquirer
said:
" 1t is the tendency of that curse of
the world, free society, to retrograde, to
go from liberty, well defined. invigorn-
ting and healthful--to license with its
long train of evils, such as war, inhdelity,
plunder, and every species of demorali-
zation"
Aud little further along, the same
writer in the line paper said:
The disruption Of the Union, and the
consequent withdrawal from Northern
society of Southern wealth and labor,
which have sustained it, have brought
millions of the laboring classes of the
North face to face with utter want and
starvation. Northern capital trembles
Tor Its safety, Northern conservatism
shakes with terror in the presence Of the
unclaimed demons of anarchy and star
ration" The merchant
princes of New York, the bankers and
holders of real estate, know that the
most fatal blow that could be struck at
them would be reaction at the North,
which would leave the hungry sans
cuiotteS at leisure to turn their attention
to the accumulated riches of the COM
mercial centers of the North"
"As soon as the first re-
verse to Northern arms takes place,
rcvolution will break out at the North
more horrible in its atrocities than
the reign of terror in Paris, when mur-
der and chaos held high carnival in its
palaces and streets. Let all the South,
especially let Virginia, meet with unfal-
tering courage this crisis in our history,
and in a teto months this tanaticaE des-
potism, Overwhelmed with debt, without
recuperatiUe resources, tcith huge naul-
titude Of idle and unfed la6orers, ,ciH
crumbte to pieces, and one uniUerSaL an
drchy and chaos aciU reign ouer the Free
States Of the late Union These are not
mere idle speculations; they are founded
on laws of human nature as unmistaka-
BILE as the laws of the universe"
0. Jennings Wise, who wrote this, per-
ished long ago. of Yankee bullet.
But the great dependence of the South
was her irresistible cotton. Hear Major
Chase, of Pensacola notoriety He said:
"The first demonstration of blockade
of the Southern ports would be swept
away by the English fleets ofobservation
lowering on the Southern coasts to pro-
tect English commerce, and. especially
the free flow Of cotton to English fac
tories. The .foaD Of cotton mast not
cease for a day, because the enormous
sum Of eI5O,0O0,00O is annually due to
the elaboration ofraw cotton, and because
5000, 900 of people derive their daily
and immediate support therefrom in Eng
land alone, and every interest through
out the kingdom is connected Herewith"
Saturday last party of East Tennes-
see refugees arrived in this city, fresh |
from Richmond prison Their names
are James Mampbey, Daniel Foss, A 7. |
Sunker, J. a. Prebinson, jackson Lacy,
Henry Humphrey, Abram Sellers, Levi |
Hickey, F. Hart, David Humphrey, Will
liam Floyd, John Green, E. F. Sharp,
and J. B. Thompson. They attempted |
in October last to join the East Tennes-
see troops in Kentucky, but were taken
prisoners, and kept until the rebels could |
not afford TO keep them any longer.
They report the following as the prices
that rule at the rebel Capital.