Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-04-02
CONSERVATION in the S0uth.


credited to the notorious organ of the slave
holding aristocracy, DeBows Rer'"m. 1t is
sou. the rounds Of the Northern papers,
with the story that the Rertew had been sup
pressed and DrBow incarceratcd in Libby
prison. for its publication. An Eastern cor
respondent of the s. F. journal says howov'
cr tho article never appeared in thu Rer'ew,
but that is an ingenious srlr' praciiccd upon
one Of the New York papers. There ia much
plain comuon-sense in the article whether
really cmina.ing from the source to which it
is ascribcd, or not
"Coton has failed or will fail us the me-
rro has failed or will fail us it is idle to hope
longer to enjoy peacefully the proceeds OF
his labor when at this moment eighty thou
sand of his color arc organized and h"ld arms
in their hands to free shrr fellows Tho
longer the war is pro.racted, the more violently
will slavery be destroyed. For two years
and a half we have wagc,l war, and LOST more
than half the territory over which we asserted
Jurisdiction the supply of cattle no longer
comes from Texas, nor does cotton escape from
the frontier to furnish us supplies. The Mis-
sissippi bears a hundred gunboatS, half Of
them ironclads that effectually prevent our
occupation of any point along its entire course,
or even the passage of it, except under cover
Of darkness and by stealth. The fruitful val
leys of Kentucky and Tennessee" have been
dcsolatcd by war, and are held by the enemy:
Arkansas, large portion of Louisiana and
Mississippi. of North Carolina and Virginia,
have been cid, or are now held by the enemy,
and have been exhausted by tho supplies
drawn by the contendinS forces. Nor can WE
rega,d Alabama. Georgia, South Carolina or
Texas, exempt from the march of heavy ar
mics now organizing for the purpose of inva-
sion. His Exc.lrncy. President Davis, grave
" tells Congress, in his Message, that he has
a means of enforcing the respect of nations,
particularly that of Great Britain, and simply
by declaring paper blockade on the ports
of the Northern States. He states unhesita-
tingly that onlya paper blockade exists among
the three thousand five hundred miles OF the
Southern coast and expects the people of the
Southern Conftderacy to forget that only one
month before. when at Wilmington, n. CO.
he had assured the people the whole force of
the Confcdcracy would be given to protect
them, since theirs was the only port not closed
bv the enemy. Had he extended his perc-
grinations to the mouth of the river, he would
have found twenty blockading vessels lying
off this Enclosed port. The remainder Of the
three thousand five hundred miles of Southern
coast has been closed effectively by paper
blockade, and Wilmington alone remains open
to commerce, subject, it is true, to the risks IF
capture incurred in passing twenty vessels of
war lying in wait. We will say to Congress
and to President Davis that a careful study
of the last Census report of the United States
will correct or destroy many perturbations in
their minds, as we'll as our own. Let them
legisae so as to increase the number ofcows,
and think no more of tho negro. The land
then, instead of being desolatcd by war, and
the inhabitants gaunt with privations and
misery, will flow literally with milk and honey,
as in times of yore. A census taken now as
recommended by his Excclency, Mr. Davis.
in the same manner as that of 1850, over the
district where it might bc effected, would
show plainly the waste of war. How many
peaceful, industrious inhahitants wonlh ha
found absent, having, through a thousand
channels. found their way into the free States,
actually filling up the houses in every part Of
the land, so that none are untenanted! How
by the contending armies would now be found
occupied: How many negroes would be
found absent, ready to return with muskcts in
their hands How many horses, cattle
sheep, hogs, etc, would be found remaining
What has been the produce of our fields last
year in cotton, sugar, corn. flour, beas, pota-
toes, cattle and bacon, and what remains I'M
consumed! Above all. what progress have
we made Is the slave power more secure
than when we seeded! Are we in such
condition rs to promise ourselves, even with
reputation of all debts. both at home and
abroad, exemption from duties and high taxa
tions What have We to hope for, 10th a. re-
CARDS slavery or the prospects Of the Southern
Conftderacy?
70 The St. Louis correspondent Of the
S. +. Alta. writing under date Of Feb. 18th.
says: The Idaho gold fever in this city and
vicinity is on the increase. The papers are
filled with advertisements lilo, for Idaho !
and the storekeepers are brushing up their
old and musty stocks of Pike Peak goods,
which have been lying by since 1853, and
offering them at good prices to would-be emf
grants. The hardware dealers display their
stock Of pickaxes; the clothing men their
rubber suits, and the boot and shoe merchants
their miners long boots. The display reminds
me of the stores in California mining towns.
About five boats will soon leave, crowded, for
the Upper Missouri, and there is no doubt
several thousand will emigrate to the new
diggings as soon as the season is favorable