Washington telegraph., 1865-03-01

WHAT WE HAVE Dosa.--We give thu sol
lowing summary Of what we have accompl,b.s
and what yet remains to be accomplished. from
the Houston Telegraph. lie: fain,-he.,..i
persoas read aad take courage. N
We are new nearly through the fourth v,.,
of the war Il becomes rs 70 ask what We har.
accomplished, and What requires TO bs done.
We entered upon the war weak, indeed. 81.
most pc srless in every military view We ~
mot trained soldier, scarcely q muske, o.,
cannon. or . pound Of gunpewder. wehadrc
money. No depots Of pTsvisisns. no well es,sh.
lished government. no experience. We had rs
ships Of war, nay, even not 80 much ss Z trans.
port capable Of going 70 sea. We had No fort,
save half dozen i'll fitted 70 Withstand serious
assault. We had no batteries, scarcely fovnJ.
~ Or machine shop. In . word il would h.
difficult - conceive Of . people entering upon
war 30 utterly prepared. Our enemy had a.
army organization, soldiers, muskets, caansps.
ships, msney. experience and al the auni,ie.,
customed = import large portion Of iss previ
sions, nearly all its clothing, all its implements
OF husbAndry, Of mechanics and Of arts. Our
enemy had . surplus Of all these % weak v.r.
we that serious opposition TO the United Sss,e.
army WIS Q matter Of ridicule. Seventy.sys
theSsand men il was believed, wsuld walk
rough-shod over our country, while the bleci
sde Of our coast would prevent us from prscu,.
ing munitions outside. These were fsllcwed B,
three hundred thousand, and the famous Am
conda scheme, and then BY series Of sT,rta q
the most gigantic nature, surprising snythi.,
sf the kind in history efforts to which slmess
bsundless resources havs been made 70 cents.
butte by desPsration that saw ruin IN failure,
and that prompts the L!ncslu government 10
give all that Il has to save its life.
when was there . people like surs, eorally
destitute, equally oPea 70 hsstile attacks, that
succeeded in resisting under such circums,ap.
ces, such onslaugktsso lsngf When WAS Tier.
people that net only resisted, but created IL
means OF resistance n IL did SCI When was
there people % utterly dependent. tia. uader
the most favorable Circumstances became 40
soc. independent, say, In the midst Of . des,ls.
ting war was able 70 cultivate % well The arts
Of peace as to build up the production Of every
necessity Of life within itsefff
fosr yeaIs ago We were wsak--to-lsy ws
are strong. Then We had no ssIdiers-usv
We nave Aassss Of uneonqueTable vsssrars
ssn Ns naa ne eannsn-sinee then we have
nanufactured thousands. Then there Vas n,
powder mill IN our whsls sounty-uew w
produce enough TO keep nssr halls niIliss a
men IN active warfare. Thsu--but vhy s,u.
nsrAte the works Of eur machine sAeps, our
sannsriss. our factories. lssr feundries, sur -
neriea, eur mills Of every sort. In other eosa
.nes IL requires money to accomplish al thsss
snings. With us II has been done BY 1 govern
ment scarcely worth dollar, sad By pecp.. ns
better Cd .. .aI.- '----'- . - -
To-day ws are practically independent and
bsnges.our political indspsndsncsh 3 . afxsd fse,
We hear glosay.ninded persons now and
then bewAiling what they call disastsrs-sor.
rowing over the defeat Of our armiss, and tie
success ofths snsmy Thoughts IKE the absve
sAsw that whatsver may have been our
revsrsss we have had ns defeas-ue tur,iue
back In the road on whieh ws act orrt Ory
march has bssn steadily onward, thoseh upoa
. longer journey than ~ calculated for.
Honor, duty, se.Erespess, liberty, tho princi.
pies Of free goverrmsnt. love Of country, rsv.
srsnce for eur forefathers, nay, even tie I'm.
ger Of God. We hsnbly believe, pointed Il In