New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-26
A REMARKABLE CONFESSION.
" The Yankees Hold All They Have Ever
Ma,dv-" Another Years Progress 10
Dyake Them Masters of the sOuihern
F,on1 The MOVIE h'9I'E"' @IH' II ,;,.,

Cou!ederacy."
from The Richmond EznriRsr Of JanuGry2O.
II is not altogether empty boat On the part OF
the Yankees that they hold all they have ever held
and that another year two Of such progress astbey
have already made Will find them matters OF the
Southern Confederacy. They who think independ-
ence ia TO be achieved by brilliant but inconsequen-
tisI victories, would DO well TO look with the natur
al eve a, the magnitude of Yankee possessons in our
country. Maryland Kentucky and Missouri are
claimed az constituent parts Of the Confederation;
they are as much in the power Of Lincoln az Name
and Minnesota. The pledge, once deemed lO0Ien Dy
the South that he would " hold, occupy and pos
sess' eli the forts belonging 10 the United States
Government has been redeemed almost to the lettar
by Lincoln. Forts PIckens and Sumter we siii re-
tain but with these exceptions, all the slrOngholds
on the geaboard from Fortress Monroe to TIE RIO
Grande arc in the haD0a Of the enemy.
Very consohng and very easy TO say tls' IL was
mpossD bio 10 prevent ali this, aud that the oecupa-
ton Of the outer edge OF TIE Republic amounts to
nothing Drewrys Bluff and Vicksburg give tbe
lie to tie FIRST assertion, and the onward movement
Of KOtecrans toward Alabama, the presence OF
Grant il North Mississippi, and OF Curtis II Middle
Arkansas 20 say nothing % Ia ks a. New orleans
and Baton Rouge, set at rest the siliy dream that
thin strip Of sea-coaet only is in the possesson OF
our foes. The truth IL, the Yankees are N great
force in the very heart Of the Coniedeiacyi they
swaIm on all our DotoeiB they threaten every III
portant city yet belonging 70 M, ard nearly two
hundred thousand OF them are within two days
march Of the Confederate capital. This is no fiction.
1t is d fact 10 positive that none deny It..
Nor is this all. The President tells Va, in his mes
sage that the troubles with the Indian tribes have
been removed, and nofurt5er difficulty is anticipated.
The Intelligence we obtain from private and trust
worthy eources does not confirm the Presidents
sanguiDe assertions. The trouble with the CLeroAees
was In great part due TO the fact that some ,OOJ
or 5000 Of them now in arms, bad not received a
cent OF pay for Ia months. Ii Is true that paper
money has been sent them, and ere now, IL 10 10 be
hoped has reached its destination. But Indians do
not ike paper money. Siil it would answer the
purpose If Gen. Albert Pike remained to disburse
it, and to aliay their pre- JUDGES, which he OF ali
men In the ConIederacy, ia best able TO do. Pike,
however has resigned, for good reasons doubtless,
and person said not TO be the most petsnt is left
in his stead Under these circumstances, we shall
be fortunate indeed II We escape further trouble with
the Indians. Moreover, we getjfrom Missouri men,
bers aud others distressing accounts OF the condition
Of affairs u Arkansas.
Gen. Hindmsn is very far from being a favorite
even among bis own people, and no destitute are
some Of the new levies who have volunteered To
come out Of Missouri to join our armies, tina. whole
battalions OF them have been seen marching bare
foot through snow three inches deep. Add TO this
tho TACT TIA, 80 Tar as the public Is permitted &c