Washington telegraph., 1864-06-15

tising columns. 1t is an earnest appeal to the
patriotism of our people, and asks nothing
| which any man, whose heart is devoted to olr
cause, will consider sacrifice. 1t only asks
in behalf of our Government, the privilege of
purchasing one half the amount of otton each
citizen may have on hand, for the purpose of
protecting to his use not only the other
half, but all the balance of his property, to-
gether with all the rights and privileges dear
to freeman-even his personal dignity and
the honor of his family.
Since the advent Of Gen. Smith to this de-
partment, he has been no less distinguished
| for his quiet and modest department towards
the citizens Mt home, and his regard for their
civil rights; than for his splendid military COM
bnations by which he has built up system
Of defence which has rid Texas, Western
Louisiana. and South Arkansas, from the i'm
pending doom Of subjugation, and restored US
to present security He has the sagacity to
perceive that this security is not yet 'porma-
ncnt; accompanied by the earnest desire, and
! firm determination, to fix it beyond future
chances here, and extend it also to the utmost
| limits Of the department.. That is his mission,
and it is his duty to use all the means which
Congress has placed in his power to accom-
plish it. And in the use of those means we
have every guaranty in his past conduct, that
he will exercise no arbitrary nor wanton op-
preston upon the people. Whatever may
have been tho acts Of inferior Ulcers, he has
always shown himself ready to redress inju-
rics and to satisfy the people that be can be &C
tuatcd by no considerations of personal interest
nor improper ambition. If ever man evinced
desire TO leave in the hoarts and minds of
the people, sentiments of gratitude for services
rendered them, and respect for his integrity
and sense OF duty, Gen. Smith hns done So
The resul; Of it is, that now when he calls
upon US to furnish the Gov vernmcnt, for fair
remuneration, portion of those goods, 81
of which we have solemnly pledged to cur
country freely and without price. We may be
assured that necessity requires it, AMI will
cheerfully and promptly respond
The Mississippi department ia in greater
! danger to-day than sny part Of tie Confeds-
racy. 1t needs far seeing. sagscious de
fence. l requires strong and wcll-matured
system Of preparations The great military
strength of the North is becoming yisibly e1
hausted They have let US alone for the noncc,
thinking VIC lay always at tb"i- mercy. With
their failures east =, ,hc river, will come the
conviction upon their minds that recognition
is inevitable. The Northern papers already
acknowledge that, and at tac same time these
same pspers begin to argue nnl camor for the
doctrine Of uit Possi,ie.i,, They will conten /
before the world to hold what they have con-
qucred, and depend upon it their last mad
spasm Of Sif"rt will be to conquer and hold the
Tram Mississippi; department TO the Gulf
The motives for this are too obvious to require,
an too many t. permit, enumeration. 1t is
just ss evi lent to us that this effort will fail if
we foresce it, and bend cur cnorgiss to meet it,
"Nunqaam non pcralu,' is brave old motto
at all times. Now, it SHE condition of on
salvation from the condition OF disputed
sovereignty between two independent nations
tho most destructive Of all s:tuatio to in
dustry, prosperity or happiness. Let us only
be ready, with cur resources all prepared. We
have never lacked men, nor will not. VIC want
arms munition, clothing, iron -clads There is
but one genius of the lamp that can call them
up. 1t is cotton.
If we now cease our efforts and rest securely
upon the sutFerings and patriotic efforts Of our
fellow citizens cast Of the river. If We COM
plaeently look upon their losses and desolaton
NJ the price of our liberty, and indolently rest.
and avariciously clench what VIC have a. home
the consequences will be terrible, and the re
tributien just. The tide of war turned back
from Virginia and Georgia, will pour down the
Western Valley OF the Mississippi nnl over
whelm it. All that We have will be lost anil
our territory will become a bone Of contsntio on
for years.
#, On the other hand, we be forcwarned and
forearmed, this last expiring effort Of our mad
dened foes will be rcpulsed here ais. The
closing scenes Of the war will add net lustrc
to the West, and the cars Of all the nation will
hear from this quarter the glad plaudits which
proclaim our liberty finally won, and the
Southern Confederacy established in all its in
'egrity, shorn Of none of its gran pro orti on
from beyond the ctld waters of Mi souri to
the torlid chappa,al upon the banks of the
Rio Grandc. There arc victories in store for
US here. equal to those which render the soil
Of Vir2inia immortal-glories without the suf-
ferings and dcsoatioiIs--'croEns Of glory
without the 'cross."
For We at home here must confess that We
have suffered little. We will have ONLY TO
boast of the deeds of our sons in the fields Of
battle. We will (hcre outside the Federal
lines) not have the hallewed reverence from
posterity which attends those whose hearth
stones have been dcsolatcG Let us at least
have i; to say, that we cheerfuily complied
! with the small sacrifices required for such glo-
| rious examinations.
Let us confde in Gen. Smith (for he has shown
himself worthy, and furnish him with all he re-
quircs, freely and without hesitation. Thus only
can We nob'y sustain our part in this great strur-
Gle, and he entitled TO the sympathy of those who
have already done and suffered 80 much that We
too may be f,ce.
fiGHE-ArLAEs IiIIAGr.-A brave and In.