Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-24
ANOTHER YEARS PROGRESS TO MAKE
THEM MASTERS OF THE SOUTHERN
CDNYEDERACY

The Richmond EzGnineT of the Goth has Il re
markabie editorial, in which 1t makes the fol-
lowing singular admissions:
an IS not Altogether empty boast on the part of
ne fdnktes that they hold nii they ersr- held, and
that another year If such progress as hsy hare al.
ready made lciIl find them masters of the Southern
CCrtedsrGcy They " he thiEk independence is
TO BE- achieved by brilliant but moons sea uen ial
victories, would 90 well TO look with the nat
ural eye at the magnitude of Yankee posses
siohs IN our country. Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri are claimed as constituent parts
OF the Conft deratiOn: they are as much in tue
power of Lincoln as Maine and Minnesota
The pledge, once dsemed foolish by the South,
that he would ''hOld, occupy and possess" ali
me lorts belonging TO The United States Gov
ernme nj, has been redt ened almost to the letter
by Lincoln. Forts Pickens and Morgan we
sslll letaln, but, with these exceptions, all the
stIongholGs Oh he seaboard, from Fortress
Monroe 10 the Rio Grande, are In the hands of
me ,EtGy.
"hery ccn-oiing and very easy 10 say that it
was impossible 10 prevent all This, and that the
occupation Ut the outer edgr OF 'he Republic
amounts to LoihiDR. Drtwry's Bluff and Eicks-
tuTg give the lie 10 he fret asse rIon, and the
onward moSemCnt OF Rosecrans towards Ala
Rama, me presence OF Grant in North MiSSis.
Ill pi, and Of CEIts in Middle Arkansas to say
nothing OF Banks IL New Orleans and Baton
Rouge, set al reet the silly dream that thin
stTi' OF sea-coast Only is in the posses ion of
our 1ots; Ine trufh Is, The Yankees are in
the very h. art Of the Confederacy they swarm
on all our bold r., they threaten every iIn-
pcItant city set belong To us, and nearly two
hundred thousand Of them are within two
days march Of the Confederate capital Th!s
Is no fiction. II Is a fact so positive that none
can deny il
''Nor is this all. The President tells US, in
his ms ssage, thai the troubles with the Indian
TRIES have been removed, and no further din 4.
Guilty Is anticipated. The intelligence we OBJ
tain from private and trustworthy sources
does not confirm the Presidents sanguine
assertions.
The E1dminer goes on 10 say that the condi-
ton Of affairs is ''distressing for the Condede-
ratss, that New Mexico and Arizona are, for
the time being, lost 10 them, and that .. the
state OF disaffection in Tennessee and Missis-
sippi (groViDg cut of the appointment Of in
ComPetPn; officers and the fancIed neglect Of
that country 10y the Confederate Government
not from any lack Of ferver In the cause),
" hicb Precedent Davis visit was intended 10
heal, IS likely to revive under the depressing
influence of Bragg's retreat and his .continu
ance In con mand-add all this 70 the forego.
ing, and II Will be seen that the Yankees have
much 10 encourage them in the prosecution of
the war, and we not little to excite serious
epprebenti ons as to the future.
The Erominer concludes It's ieremiade by
urging the further enforcement Of the conscrip.
ton, and says:
7"t ,cithin the neat too months we do not add
ssrenty.fre or hundred thousand men 10 or
forces m he Sonta,rest Ue shall come ts qrirf"