Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-02-12
A REMARKABLE CONFESSION.

"THE YANKEES HOLD ALL They HAVE
EVER HELD"-"AEorHER YEAR's
PROGRESS TO MAKE THEM MASTERS
OF THE SOUTHERN CoNFEDERAcY."
From the Richmond Examiner ofJan. 20.
1t is not altogether an empty boast
on the part of the Yankees, that they
hold all they have evef held, and that
another year or two of such progress
as they have already made will find
them masters Of the Southern Confed.
eracy. They who think independence
is to be achieved by brilliant but in-
consequential victories, would do well
to look with the natural eye at the mag
nitude Of Yankee possessions 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 Minnesota. The pledge, once
deemed foolish by the South, that he
would "hold, occupy and possess" all
the forts belonging to the United States
Government, has been redeemed al |
most to the letter by Lincoln. Forts
Pickens and Sumpter we still retain,
but, with these exceptions, all the
strongholds on the seaboard, from For
tress Monroe to the Rio Grande are in
the hands of the enemy.
Very consoling and very easy 70 say
that it was impossible to prevent all
this, and that the occupation OF the
outer-edge Of the Republic amounts to
Drewry's Bluff and Vicks-
hurg give the lie to the first assertion,
and the onward movement Of Rose !
Grams toward Alabama, the presence Of
Grant in North, Mississippi, and of
Curtis in Middle Arkansas, to say moth t
ing of Banks at New Orleans and Baton c
Rouge. set at rest the silly dream that a
4 thin strip of the ses-coast only is in {
he possession of our foes. The truth I
s. the Yankees are in great force in the I
yery heart of the Confederacy; they
warm on all our borders, they threaten I
very important city yet belonging to C
is, and nearly two hundred thousand 6
II them are within two days march Of {
he Confederate capital. This is no a
iction. 1t is fact so positive that :
lone can deny it.
Nor is this all. The President tells
IS, in his message, that the troubles
With the Indian tribes have been re-
moved, and no further difficulty is an
icipsted. The intelligence we obtain I
rom private and trustworthy sources S
Ioes not confirm the Presidents san
,uine assertions. The trouble with the Il
1herokees was, in great part, due to p
he fact that some 1000 or 5000 Of S
hem, now in arms, had not received v
ent Of pay for IA months. 1t Is true ],
hat paper money has been sent them, o
nd ere now, it IS to be hoped, has v
cached its destination. But Indians s
% not like paper money. Still, il b
'ould answer the purpose II Gen. Al a
ert Pike remained to disburse it, and '
II men in the Confedefacy, is best able d
0 do. Pike, however, has resigned,
or good reasons doubtless, and per-
on said not to be the most competent N
, left in his stead. Under these cir \
we shall be fortunate in
ICED If we escape further trouble with
he Indians. Moreover, we get from
,iissouri members and others dis \
ressing accounts of the condition of
fairs in Arkansas.
Gen. Hindmah is very far from be- E
ng faSorite, even among his own
,eople, and so destitute are some Of the q
Iew levies who have volunteered to +
ome out of Missouri to join our armies, u
hat whole battslions Of them have
'een seen marching barefoot through s
now three inches deep. Add TO this h
he fact that, SO far as the public is per- G
nitted to know, New-Mexieo and Ari-
iona are for the time being lost to us, y
and that the state Of disafection in q
Tennessee and Mississippi (growing c
,ut OF the appointment Of incompetent
,ficers and the iancied neglect Of that h
country by the Confederate Govern Q
from any lack Of fervor in
The cause, } which President Davis s
visit was intended TO heal. is likely to /
revive under the depressing influence Of ,
Bragg's retreat and his continuance in