Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-09

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themselves declare that duEing ths last sPFings cam
paRn In Louisiana the concentration of troops In
country cut up BY numberlssss innGvigsbls, aud a.
the sane time fordsss streams from points hundreds OF
miles asundsI, and the operations against three great
armies closing In simultaneously from different diTec-
tons, Indicated the highest powers Of strategy.
In Texas, the people have hardly felt the var. In
some counties Of that State neither teams nor beef cat
tie have bean impressed BY Governmenti and we're it
not for the calls to attend military exercises, things
would wear the iupss of profound peace and lrity
We are sorry to learn that the currency has become
90 appreciated In Texas IS to be almost without value
bat the people are not altogether to blame. There 10
% little Of the new Issue In circulation that We are us-
sd In saying there d at ALL the ctiEsns have I'M
msnss amounts OF the old issue on hand, without any
prospect Of redeeniug 1t before the LIST Of January
next when its value ceases and many think the soV-
eminent has broken faith with them in not providing
funds for exchanging the old into new. The elrcua-
don in Texas L. mostly in con-the inland trade Win
Mexico having supplied PIE ty Of specie. Tns grana
r,s are full to repstion with cereals aud od der, and
the fields are covered with fat herds. Toe stories
about the dssrs Of the people of Texas to form them
selves in separate Safe, under foreign Protso!o-
rate, are ridiculous and childish.
In Louisiana, though her once wealthy plantations
are now Wldernessss thicLly ovrgrown with weeds
aud parasitic vines g to be mpsSable for man or BEAST
Aud the dssoAtion horrible and universal as teat
which followed Hydsr Ali in IndiA-stin the resolution
Of Ter people Is - seadASt and heroic their devotion
to tie common cause as deep and heartfelt and their
hope a. high ~ ours In Virginia under the protecting
Gre Of cur peerless army.
This consistency s due, In part 70 the Governor OF
Ii SIT General Henry W. Allen. This heroic and
devoted soldier statesman should not DO named With.
oct something more than passing mention. he ontsrld
the service at the ginning Of the war; as Colonel OF
the All Louisiana; was in every battle In which his
regiment participated at the head of that regiment;
was Dc psrltey wounded As Shiloh left for dead
at .sOn Rouge and bis body Is scanned and bis limbs
NAMED with scars snd wounds. Admired by bis supe-
rOrs beloved BY bis men, he might have arrived AZ the
highest military distinction. Bat at the moment
When promotions and hOuors we're coming thick
upon him, he val s'ected by the spoatsns-
ous voice Of thu people of bis ate Governor
Of Louisiana, and eheeriuly Obeysd the suumons.-
With talents peculiarly fitted for the Senate, ne refuses
the dSnities bis people ere anxious to heap upon him
in more conspicuous position, and expresses bis de-
termination to serve to the end Of his term as chief ma
RisrSts Of the State. At the same time that he will
allow no sncrcscbment Of military power, be enjoys
the cor Hdencs and esteem of the generals commanding
In louisiana Under his management the State has
been relieved from heavy debt, and her credit now
stands higher than any other States except North Ca
rolnA's'
There il no demsgOguism in the character of Cover
nor Alleu-Gl s frank and honest and ouspoken Niib
him. he has no idea of thWArIing the Government,
or Of establishing separate Safe west OF the hs's
sipp He possesses the love and VenerAdon of every
man, woman and child in LousiAnS; and yet it Is but
score Of years since Henry W. Alep poor aud un-
kuoEn stripping from Virginia, settled in uisians, aud
began seriously to build the groundwork Of reputation
and foriune.
"KuoW this, nv L I'd, nobility of blood
Il but q gitering and iallAcious good:
noblemsn is he whose noble mind 800
II full of inbcrn worth, urbonoW'd OF his knc
Would that We had more such in high plaoss-msn
whose pure and earnes impulses were bent on the tuo
cess Of the nation who merged personal ambition and
petty saOGsies into msgnanimous patriotism and were
sal fed with the sill small voice of conscience instead
of the noisy, meaningless appreciation of the mob.