The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-09-02

Num- Cow RIDGE We have very little pa
tience with that kind of patriotism which Hag
and runs into delirumS of despair at the an
nouncement of news unlavorable to our arms
Cowardice is contemplate under all circumstan
! ces, but it is especially so under the circum
stances at presentsurrounding US What though
Vicksburg has fallen? 1t is the first serious re-
verse that has attended our arms within the last
eighteen months; only the second that we have
been called upon to sustain since the beginning of
the war. Must we expect no reverses? or do we
expect for the fortunes of war never to favor our
enemies, not even once in eighteen months, or
twice within the space of two and half wears?
When we consider the powerful armies and the
numerous appliances which have been brought
against US, and the great disadvantages under
which we are carrying on the war, would not
such an expectation be the height of nonsense?
Then, why despair?
'But the Confederate money" says the moral
coward, 'wiIl be worthless" We know better.
A little reflection will teach you that you are
simply scared, and that your alarm proceeds from
no adequate cause You can point to no period
Of history, either ancient or modern, where
people situated similarly to ourselves were ever
subjugated. The HeptarchieS of England fell an
prey to the Normans, because they were not
united in sentiment and feeling and kept up
constant pickering and warfare among themselves.
So OF Ireland, of Poland, of Denmark, of Prussia,
and so will it probably be of Mexico. But look
at Scotland. A small province not larger than
the State of Georgia, at one time surrounded on
all sides by hostile fleets and armies her territory
invaded, her cities burned, her citizens impri-
soned, and with the gaunt spectre Of famine
stalking over her desolate plains. And, yet
Scotland achieved her independence against an
odds more fearful than that against which we are
now contending. So of Switzerland Herpeo-
pie underwent trials of which we Confederates
know nothing, expermentaly but they were
united they were brave, they were not moral
towards, they were not hypochondriacs, they
were determined, and-they succeeded Other
equally striking, might be enumerated,
were it necessary. So long as we resolve to do
our dutya citizens and soldiers we cannot fail
never. Independence, like everything valuable,
must cost something. Who can estimate it's
worth? Have we already paid its full value in
blood and treasure? Our suffering is insignificant,
with that of Switzerland, or Scotland, |
or Greece, or even with that of little Texas when
she was struggling against Mexican tyranny. No! |
Our is not lost it will never be; it is Just;
God, in bis infinite wisdom, may chasten us, as
ne did ancient Israel, but will deliver us at the
proper time. The war may last six months or it |
nay continue six years. In either case, the Con-
ederate money will be redeemed 1t will be worth
more at the end of the war than it is now Con-
ederate bonds, on the day treaty of peace is
atifed between the two governments, will COM
nand premium in the London markets. Mark
he prediction. Columbus Sun.