The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-02-25
The TrOu3ic, OF our i:nc,ninS.

While we Of the North are pretty unani-
mously dep essed BY the present situation Of
Our military affairs, and while We have a
faction who clamorously proclaim and mag
r'fy all our failures, it is no slight comfort to
lind that our enemies have their anxieties
and troubles. We know our own evils,
weaknesses, and dangers. We are natural
ly disposed to cxasye,ate them during long
interval Of partial inactivity. But we can
not SO we'll know the di>courasem;nts Of our
enemies, and when they make any volunta
ry confessions, it is pleasant and profitable to
listen to them
The Richmond Examiner, one of the most
lcandl and independent journals in the
South. has an article under date Of the goth
wAich it has done us good to read. The
itruth-telliny En- miner 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 Southerh Con.
iedcracy.
This should encourage US il anything can
beside brilliant victory, and the absolute
necessity Of 'bliiIlant Victories" may not
seem so pressing, when VIC sec through reb
! cl eyes how our steady advances look to our
enemies. Says the Elaminer
+ They who think independence is to be
achieved by brilliant but nconsequcntal vic
tories, would do well TO look with the uatu
raj eve at the magnitude of Yankee posses
sions in our country. Maryland, kentucky
and Missouri are claimed as constituent
parts Of the Confederation they are as much
in the power Of Lincoln as Maine and Min
"csota. The pledge, once deemed foolish by
the South, that he would ''hold occupy and
possess AL tn. forts beIongingng to the
United States Government, has been re-
deemed almost TO the letter by Mr.. Lincoln.
Forts Pickcns and Morgan we still retain
but, with these exceptions, all the strong
holds on the scaboard from Fortress Mon
roe to the Rio Grandc, arc in the hands of
the e,ny.
The hug Of the "Anaconda," after all our
ridcule, begins to he felt, and the rebels are
.apprehcns;ve that movements more threat
,ennS than mere contraction Of his folds,
are soon to be made
We quote again from the Examiner:
Very cons"Iing 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 Vicksbury give the lie to the first asser
tion. and the onward movement OF Rose
Grams towards Alabama, and the presence Of
Grant in north Mississippi, and Curtis in
Middle Arkansas, TO say nothing Of Banks
at New Orcan. and Baton Rouge SIT al res,
the silly dream that "A thin strip Of sea COS;
, only is in the pos,eosivn Of "p' -. r.
truth is, the Yankees are in great l'fcc i",
the very heart Of the Cobt=ieracy &.
swarm on ali our borders. they tnc.>, ia.
every 'mportaa. city ye, belonging to us IN
nearly TWO hundred thousand Of them ar
within two days march Of the Confederate
Capitol. This is 10 fiction. 1t is a fac: 30
lposstive G.at n2n> can dsnyi..
I Now we advise any Of our readers who
have had TOO much talk Of late with eroak
;ers aud copperhsads. 10 read and re.read
saeeincs and powerful! drawn picture Of the
TROUBLES OF The rebeIs-troubles compared
i with which ours are not fit to be mentioned
lin the same connec,ion-tha. is 80 far as our
military opesa;ions are concerned The 10,
Efsrnsi difficulties created by a malignant and
Idesp rate opposition are l.r sraver and more
Threatening Afissankss .1hs;aa. ~