Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-02-18
From the Richmond Dispatch.
Poverty of the Confederate.
Feb. Attn, 1864

Poverty of tho Confederate.
The Yankee journals excessively ocular the
straits to CD the COnftderaes put for food cloth
ing and various innumerabe articles of household and
personal and comfort 1t oss their excellent hearts
good to imagine all ragged and starving 1hey have
higher idea OF human happiness than possess the
belly Of hog aid the fleece Of sheep They have no
faith in anything which composes the inside OF man
except his ntestines and if these ore daily cranned
with Goldfish and chowder they permit the soul to take
care of Itself Most of them have little belief in soul
of any kin nationally refusing to recognize the exist
tence of that which they have evidence Of in their
own consciousness.
II it gives these refined and benevolent people any
satisfaction to know that have not Is much to eat
and drink as themselves, We will cot withhold from
them the admission that it is even that, though not
starving, living Spartan diet; that, though
not naked, we are far frcm wearing purple and fine
linen. Ne ere aDt st id as doefu plight for food
and raiment the Americans Of the first Revolution
But If We have laid aside every "eigh>t is that we
may be prepared fer The race If stripped Of
raiment we ready for the fight and all our
privatons only the rigid training that the pugiist
underg ces to prepare him for the decisive Struggle
When one of the most celebrated of British actors
was exhibiting to Or. Johascn his magnificent house
and gardens, the sage only observed: " All my good
friend these the things that make death bed ter
rible To keep under the body ard bring it into sub
lection of the most efectua MODES of dsai ming
death of Its terrors and exating to 'true dignity the
soul Of man. "A p ople STEPPED to the eyeds in SEN
6ual cCuu never achieve IN
like that which shakes this continent. The
bravsst of all the Generals those who lived
short commons the Southern Oonfsderacy. The
Army of Italy was such ragged and doleful looking
ses Of ragamufiL that Napoleon, when he took
mand only less astonshed at their gaunt appear
than they were at the slight aud hafied look of
the stripping who commanded them But 20 other French
army ever achieved such prodigies as that famshed
crew. and the shadoY of NapQeons 81 DRY grew smaller
his body waxed fat Our own army, surpassed
its valor by Greeks Fenchmen seems to lcse its
vim when it crosses to Maryland andP ensyvana, I'd
torages luxurousy III the rich )arders Of the enemy.
They fight their best when they have little 10 eat
wear, whilst the Yankees, who here TO in
wade with dne clothes their backs and their
reeking with the at of the land fall easy prey
to the gaunt and fierce warriors whose souls uncog
ged by physical ndugencies and who have nothing of
that aversion to death which is cngcndred by sensual
enjoyment.
Let the Yankees beware OF the half starved vol!
Let them realize that if they have l0cs led for most
OF the ties which make cling to life, they have only
made Us more dangerous enemies. We owe them d
long and heavy account. We shall endeaVor to pay it
up in full. The day Of reckoning is coming, and they
will then discover that the moderation which have
hitherto exhibited under such wrongs humanity has
rarely been called upon to endure the result OF
anything but eal.