Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-04-09

,,uutry Every dollar the rebels have expended or can
expent in this rebellion has been and continue
drawn from their accumulated capital Their intercourse
with foreign nations h. been almost wholly suspended all
their industrial ntrrs have been para aud there is
source from which they derive venue means
for the n'ntenance Of the W. except BY deprivne the
year. so long ~ the shall contuue thus reducing
10 pow, rty aud w,n Thsis truth which the people In
toe revo ed states are already Begin ing TO realize They
hal been made tn bsleve that export duty cotton
which the world would be obliged TO pay, would yield
them the richest revenue realized by any Govern
men and that IL the Federal Government should attempt
interference with ts expectation, they could command
ARMIES and nases Of Europe to fight their battles for
How bit-r must be their disappointment they apply
with their bans the torch which it to ashes
and then are compelled to supply to their leaders, from
their other property, the TO sustain the rebellion
Tner currency has almost ceased to be regarded even by
themselves, the representative Of value Conscripon
has exhausted their people, and the wealth which long
years Of uninterrupted prosperity under the best Govern.
men the void saw, bad placed in their kauds has
alr d. bsen expended and they are now struggling on
with the vain hpe that dssensions among Ourselves
foreign Intervention may them from that which
they see clea ly Impending them Every day must
show them more and clearly that neither Of these
can they rely for help The utter and con-
tempt with which every in the Loyal States who pro-
poses my adjustment Of this contest except the absolute
una a6ed aud unconditional suhjugaion Of every rebel
IL the land Z, the Consultation and the laws 10 held by
every ocer and soldier 10 army and every loyal man
Ia the country must Danish from their mnds the last ray
II hope from that The reaction which followed
the recent slight manifestations OF Willingness on the part
Of few secession sympahzers TO of terms Of compro
mise convince them that they have no allies In The
Lo, Stairs on whom they rely and the present
dton Of affairs in Europs must forever crush That false
that the VI European Powers might enable
them TO accomplish what they know full well they can
never attain unsid-d.
We now sec cl.srly what we have to do. We must
obtain uninterrupted 6 ntrol Of thu Mississippi. We
must reach those great railroad artereshe border
ing The auc seabos the Other stretching rough
the Virginia snd Tennessee vsoy to the West aud South
We must as soon as possible, take the few fortified
rts remaining in possession II the rebels then
shall have virtually disarmed the rebellion cut it from
all external Of food and arms and surrounded
IT by orces which can upon from any quarter at
the same time scverinR into isolated portions tn, rebel
territory and destroy their 81
by which alone they have hitherto been enabled TO meet
us in force wherever have presented and by
which alone they have been able feed AID supply their
armies. n
by possessing ourselves Of aud keeping open the great
natural highways alone and possession OF navy BY us