Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-02-06

Ramarkabge Rehol zdiroFiRlsssfs.fief 4 ana
KEGS Hold as Much nB they Ever Held "---
Gloomy Prophecies for the COnfederaey.
The rebel wall, from which we quote the
following, is an editorial of the Richmond
Examiner Of January 2Oth' The only
remedy that the editor sees for this state
of things is for the vigorous enforcement
Of the conscription set;
at 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 al
Seady made, viii find them masters Of the
Southern Confederaey. They who think
Independence is to be achieved by brilliant
but inconseouential victories, would do
well to lock with the natural eye at the
magnitude Of Yankee possessions IN our
country. MARYLAND, Kentucky and Mis-
souri, are claimed as constituent parts OF
the Confederation; they are as much IN
| the power of Lincoln as Maine and Mime
sofa. The pledge once deemed foolish oy
the South, that he would "hold, occupy and
possess oil the forts belonging to the
United States Government, has been re-
deemed almost to the letter BY Lincoln
Fort Pickens and Morgan we still retain,
but, with these exceptions, all the strong
holds on the seaboard, from Fortress Mon
roe to the Rio Grande, are in the hands OF
the enemy.
"Very consoling and very easy to say
that it was impossible to prevent all this,
and that the occupation of the outer edge
of the Republic amounts to nothing. Drew
rvs Bluff and Vicksburg gave the lie to the
first assertion, and the onward movement
Of Rosecrsns towards Alabama, the pres
ence of Grant in North Mississippi, and
of Curtis in Middle Arkansas, to say moth
ing of Banks at New Orleans and Baton
Rogue, set at rest the silly dream that
thin slip Of sea-eoast only is in the posses
sion of our foes. TIE truth is, the Yam
KEGS are in great force in the very heart
of the Confederacy they swarm on all oul
borders; they threaten every import AM
city vet belonging to US, and nearly 2OO,.
600 of them are within two days march oi
the Confederate capital. Thisis no fiction
! It is a fact so positive that none can deny
it.
aNor is this all. The President tells us
in mis- message, that the troubles with th'
Indian trioes have been removed, and NJ
further difficulty is anticipated. The In
/ telJigence we obtain from private ant
: Trustworthy sources does not cenhrn
the Presidents sanguine assertions.
HThe trouble with the Cherokee
WAS in a great part due to the fact ths
some seven or eight thousand Of them, nov
: in arms, had not received cent Of pay 70
fourteen months. It is true that pape
3 money has been sent them, and ere now
II il TO bs hoped has reached its destina
. ton. But Indians do not like paper money
: Still it would answer the purpose If Gen
R eral Albert Pike remained to disourse /
and to allay their prejudices, which ne,
J all men in the Confederacy is best able
r do. Pike, however, has resigned, for goo
e reasons doubtless, and q person said to ;
4, mot the least competent, is left in his steat
Under these circumstances, we shall
y fortunate indeed, if we escape furthe
b trouble with the Indians. Moreover,
oct from Missouri members, and other
distressing accounts of the condition
> affairs in Arkansas.
q HGeueral Hindman is very far from b
l. ing a favorite, even among his own PEI
p ple. and 50 destitute are some Of the ne
u, ievies who have volunteered to come Of
of Missouri to join our armies, that who
, battalions of them have been marchi1
barefoot through snow three inch
8, deep. Add to this the fact that so far
"a the public is permitted to know, Ne
Mexico and Arizona are, for the time b
y ing lost to us, and that the state of disss
isfaction in Tennessee and Mississippi
growing out of the appointment Of ineoI
S. petent officers, and the fancied neglect
that country by the Confederate Cover
ment-not from any lack Of fervor in Il
cause.) which President Davis visit W
intended to heal, is likely to revive uRd
the depressing influence Of Braggs retr"
and his continuance in command-add
this to the foregoing, and it will be SCI
Ct that the Yankees have much to encoura
g, them in the prosecution of the war, al
q We not little TO excite serious apprehe
Ia sions as the future.
The remedy of this state OF things
y obvious. It lies in the extension and rig
enforcement of that law to which we OF
rs our salvation. We must bring out the co
a. scripts and diminish exemptions. If II
is done the chapter Of failures in I
'n Southwest will come to an end.