Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-02-10
An Extraerdinary Article.
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"1he Yansaes Hold Al They Have
EVer PasG Years Progress to Maze
Them Masters of The Southern Coateder-
ocy."
(From the Richmond Examiner Of Jan. 2o9
1t is not altogether an empty boast on
the part of the Yankees that they hold all
they ever held, and that another year or
TWO Of such progress as they have already
made will find them masters Of the South
ern Confederacy. They who think indie
pendence is to be achieved by brilliant but
iDconsequential victories, would 60 well to-
look with the natural eye at the magnitude
of Yankee possessions in our country.
Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri ara
claimed as constituent parts Of tue Confed-
Grafton; they are as much in the power of
Lincoln as Maine and Minnesota. The
pledge, once deemed foolish by the South,
that be would "hold, occupy and possess"
all the forts belonging to the United States
Government, has been Iedee med almost to
the letter by Lincoln. Forts Sumpter and
Morgan we still retain, but with these ex-
ceptions, all the strongholds on the sea
board, from Fortress Monroe to the Rio
Grande, are in the hands Of the enemy.
Very consoling, and very easy to say it
was impossible TO prevent All this, and that
the occupation of the outer edge Of the
Republic amounts to nothing. Dury's
Bluff and Vicksburg give The lie TO the first
assertion, and the onward movement of
Rosecrans towards Alabama, the presence
of Grant in North Mississippi and of Cur
It's in Middle Arkansas, to say nothing of
Banks at New Orleans and Baton Rouge,
set at rest The silly dream that hin stlip
of sea coast only is in possession Of 70 ).
The truth is, the Yankees are in great force
in the very heart of the Confederacy; they
swarm on all our borders, they threaten ey-
cry important city yet belonging to US, and
nearly two hundred thousand Of them are
within two days march Of tbs Confederate
capitol. This is no fiction. 1t is fact SO
positive that none can deny it.
Nor is this all. The President tells us,
in his message, that the troubles with the
Indian tribes have been removed, and no
further difficulty is anticipated The intel |
iigence we obtain from intelligent and |
trustworthy sources does not confirm the
Presidents sanguine assertion. The troub- |
lie with the Chsrokees was, in great pert,
due to the fact that some seven or eight I
thousand of them now in arms, had not re-
ceived a cent of pay for fourteen months.
1t is true that paper money has been sent
A u -, - h.N,I
reached It's destination. But Indians do
not like paper money. Still i would an
swer the purpose if General Albert Pike
remained to disburse it, and to allay their T
preiudiees, s.hich lie, Of all men in the Con
federacy, is bes able to do. Pike, howey-
err has resigned, for reasons, doubtless, and
a per on, told no to be the most compe-
tent. is left in his stead. Under these cir
we shall be fortunate indeed # |
we escape further trouble with the Indians.
Moreover we get from Miss 5uri members
and Others distressing accounts OF the con-
dition of affairs in Arkansas.
General Hindman is very far from being
a favorite even among his own people, and
SO destitute are some of the new leyies who
have volunteered to come out OF Missouri
to ioin our armies, that battalions OF them
have been seen marching barefoot through
snow three inches deep. Add TO this the
fact that. so TAI IS the public y permItted
to know New Mexico and Arizona are, for
the time being, lost to us, and that the state
of dissatisfaction in Tennessee and Mlssls-
sppi (growing out Of the appointment q
incompetent officers and the fancled reg
lect Of that country by the Confederate
Government from any lack OF tefvor
in the cause,) which President Davis visit
was intended to heal is likely to revive IN
der the depressing influence Of Bragg's re-
treat and bis continuance IN eommand--
add all this to the foregoing, and It Will %
seen that the Yankees have much to en-
them in the prosecution OF the war;
and we not little to excite serious appfe-
tensions as to the future.
The remedy for this state of things y /,
obvious. 1t lies in the extension and rig
enforcement of the law TO which we owe
our salvation. We must bring out the con
scripts and diminish exemptions. If this Is
done the chapter Of failures in the South
west will come to an end. The history Of
the battles in that region has been suffl-
GENTLY uniform to justify conclusion
which shall not be chargeable with the VIC
es of hasty generalization Il has not been
So much for want of brains as for want
Of men that we have been compelled TO
lose tie fruits of some Of the best lighting
that has been done ia this war At Dom
elson. at Shiloh, at Perryviile and at Muir
freesboro, the story has been always the
same-yictolics, achieved against great
odds, snatched away by ove thelmlng re-
Inducements to the enemy.
AS the past has teen, 50 will the future
be unless something is done, and that speed
liz, to fiji up the shattered ranks Of our ar
mics in the West. Exemptions must De
diminished. The system Of details must be
adopted. Young men must not be permit
ted 10 eyade their duty By slipping into safe
places Complaisant friends must turn
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