Washington telegraph., 1864-03-16
s@- We cali tn. most careful .t.ehsion to

By- We call the most careful attention to
tique," on the first page. 1t is the peculiar
organ of European diplomacy, and Henry Wig
maud is said to be one of the few European
journalists who have had opportunities to
study American politics and character.
| Read it carefully. Ponder every word.
Slight no sentence. A master mind stands far
aloof, and views the scene with his calm, cool
eyes as an amateur views game of chess. He
seems to feel no interest. He is scarcely
ruffied by touch of sympathy. He has the
temper of the skillful and honest surgeon con-
sidering the case of stranger in the hospital
He looks for the truth. He is wrapt up wholly
in the diagnosis.
His clear perceptions of the past-hs appre
citation of the present-show him to be the
seer. As we found the mos. earnest feelings
OF our heart and convictions of our mind thus
expressed for us by an unknown voice three
thousand mifes away, in the words we have
been long trying to say, We almost shouted.
Perhaps, We thought, onr countrymen will
listen to Him.
We followed him through his plain exposi-
ton of parties and events-clear, cold. pierre
ing and unhinching. When his conclusion was
reached, it fell upon us like the warning voice
of an oracle out of the old. dim ruins of the
past. He says of the North, ..not content
with forcing them back into the Union, H.,
| determination nor 10 be 10 rrad,cafe them
They have no longer choice but between m.
Southern Contederacp and eon9uca-litcrfv AMI
sldvery-hte and death.''
Aye. those are the alternatives. Would that
we could burn those sentences into the heart
| of every Southern man. woman and child.
| These the alternatives,
.'Gods. can a Roman Sci ate long d-hete
| Which of the two to choose Slavery de tli?''
Shall we have glorious Contedcracy -prnud
amongst the nations ot the earth. e"urrrd Of
all, enriched by the commerce of al, aud eie-
waited above all bylthat tone of intellectual su-
perority which has long been the malicions
envy of our spelling book max ng neighho ::
| We will. Feel only that there j. no mi'lle
ground between that and degradation worse
than that of the peasants nf Spain or IGIiy.
! n
| speculntor. the farmer. the trader, the me
chanic. tn. dler the deserter, aud the un-
worthy soldier, will feel new patriotisln
spring from the conviction. We will derive
new strength AMI he knit together in the unity
of n great and absorbing danger. Does any
one druht the result?
Real The article, and then look upon your
wife q. y'ur children, or your sister or your
sweetheart. (your mother, alas. may soon go up
beyond the reach of s"rrow.) but think of
these aud answer to your country. Are you
willing 10 receive the enemy on any terms but
with orrn arms to .hospitable graves
o. how contemplate will appear the poor
sneak who crawls fawning within their lines,
And bends the pregnant hinges of the knee,
Where thrift may follow iawning.'
How loath-ome the extortioner? How mean
the desertrr. How ptifu the coward: How
dead the lukewarm. la the light OF this view,
how granl the contrast between the heroes
| who ,tsrd and suffer. and the loathsome YER
min who creep aud are crushed.
| nSy- II we were to see n fellow known to bc
of enthusiastic temperament ruL out into the
| street throw his new Lat into the air, and
Jump on it when it Tell, the action would not
appear in our present state of mind, At all RI TIC
ulous Or If friend known to be more ah-
sorbcd in our cause than in money making.
were to keep on .weting' the news on water
cred whiskey at two dollars drink little 90
often. We should be sorry certainty Ia see hins
spending his money foolshly. and iujaring
himself and family, hut We would excuse him
this time, anu beg the guard to let him off thi,
opce.
The news J, good-he'ter. We think. than
we have had for many dav. Ii opens hri !
hantly for the spring campaign. II, princi-
pal significance is the exhibition Of weakness.
ami paralysis which evidently prevails amongst
their armies. They evidently weak. They
ma,ie such miserable failures early in the
/ war. True. they lost great battles. But never
hefnre Wa such array nt magnificent pre-
paration~. a..d uch an important m"vem, mt, in
such immense force. brou !ht To 81 lame and
imputeut Il conclusion
! Itis better-far better. in every r-spect, than
| if Sherman's army bad been met ny Gen PIN.
| in great hattle. in which we might have
| driven him from the ground without -ubsc'iuent
results The Carnage of Mnrfreesboro, and
Antietam. aud Chickanauga, and Chattanooga.
brought only empty honor. hut no important
result. They left things they were. Now,
without "A batt,e, and with Gen. Polk's army
all fresh for other firl.lS. Shernan has suffered
MI the demoralizing effects of a rout aud the
whole plans of the campaign on the part OF the
| enemy, have been brought to naughs.
! We take for certain. in this view, only what
the enemy aim. 1t is enough. The army
has re:reated back to Vicksburg. Forest has
| driven Griersun and Smith into Memphis These
are the great matters. Details are nothing.
| Jt i.t the feat nf heir nlf =
! thing. The heavy columns Of Sh rrmtn w'rt
| designed against Mobile. 1t part of the
Federal programme, extending from the Po-
to:nac t" the Mississ pp. 1t formed the sum
mer plan of subjugation. This wing has been
| broken The Federal vuture cannot soar
without it-can My struggle IN vain gyraiions.
| or perhaps come helpless To the ground We
| are full OF courage and hope.
| Thar PILL.-IIere is the Oath Of Allegiance.
copied from one actually taken and signed at
Little Rock. If there he any one around get
| ting ready to take the dose. they will be glad