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eekifitittieo•BawUdc'8itIOrnon* omy svtii co toagoen me rnewj oi me strong So, change* ot fortune, wblou destroy weak characters, only verve to develope and Illustrate the power ml. Tried by this test. Southern nationality has the germ of strength aud durability in it, and the sunentne and the tempest are alike i b ministers.—* The Srst great success gave hopefutnesi and cau-eti our nationality to spring forth ; the flrst great reverse was a counteracting influence just sufficient to prevent premature aud unsound development; and thU bai been the philosophy of the alternation of victory and defeat ever since One of the most hopeful results to the tnouilt;htfu!f was that which followed the fall of Fort DonHson. Then the de* termintd became more devoted, the timid became strong, and the vacillating settle 1 once for all upon the centre of Southern independence. Mana*8*« was the faonshlse, and Donelson was the storm. The one could hive unfolded a flower, which the other would nave blasted; but both were favorable to the oak. “Mighty oppoiites” crush the weak, and magnify the strong, and where such contrasts are bus tained, there can be but one inference, and that is— strength.If, at the beginning of the war, an impartial thinker had been asked to name the principle upon which the struggle depended, he would bsve been driven beyond all external accident* to the essen tial character of the ft tut them people. lie wouldoi.»have mid in short. ** if they are a mushroom, qolok ot growth and brittle, they will be crushed; It tf!oy?rl18nsanI.dehave a woc.ay fibre, eltic a»-d persistent, they willgrow.** And this would he his answer still, only rendered more affirmative in our favor by the rxi» gencica through which we have passed unseduced, un ter rifled and uneocqtter**dAll this m;ty be a partial vliw of the case, but we th\nk U t»ODi:*i «nJi contv^rain Mete hopefulness without reason, is the farthest pi ssible irom being any pnrt of our policy ; aud it is upon a steady *ur vey of the facts presented, a* well as of the principles involved, that we thick tho present, like every previous aspect of the struggle, should be in the pro roundest degree discouraging to our enemies and encouraging to ourselvee, The removal of McClellan fled Koeecraos because, after conducting heavy campaign* against the South, they expressed the opinionthat the Southern people could never be conquered,seems briefly to indicate the difference between the infatuation of the Washington administration and the actual experiences of the war. And the narae and fortunes of McClellan and Kosectans may aorvw to point the moral of tho war, although they V* not any very precious adornment of its tale.rent stem. About ton ism, fixe ail other baneful the orles, first originated in the church—It first fouoc the light in Koglaod among the Quakers or friends and from that bot-bed it sprung into life and assumed a well defined shape, end became a settled sod con firmed dogma ot their creed. Its first and most powerful advocate awl expounder was the celebraitd preacher, Mr. WUbcrforce, who. under the mask oi religion, and from the sacred desk, brought this ne« born Caliban into existence and public notice, and gained staunch adherents and uo wavering disciples, who flocked undvr the hadeal folds of his persecuted banner. In fee1, at that dsy, as wet! as at the pre sent, the supporters of that cause were religious and bigoted seaiots, influenced by Wilbcrforce’s powerful appeals to their passions. Religious bigotry stood god father to it, and it was nursed in the lap of tblt; Friends. Opposition is the life of trade, and a kit* will not sail with the wind, hence if there had been no sniject for it to hare worked upon, nor any op position to have overoome, Abolitionism would not have been usner^d into existence at mil. The sect then called Qiakrrs or Friends at that day. as at a future day following the settlement of New England, were persecuted for their heresies and alleged witchcraft. At the first advent of Abolitionism in Bog-land, it was extremely unpopular, to much so that its promulgators were panlebed and exited wherever found. By degrees, however, they found favor, and their new doctrine came Into general good repute —* The English putts ail sung of it In their verses, and finally Parliament began to agitate and discuss thequestion—wonderful specimens were exhibited s®London of the genut negro, showing that they could be educated, and that in point of Intelleot they were the t quale of their white cousins. The consequence of alt this whs that KngUnU eventualy set free her slaves belonging to British subjects in her West India colonies, sod indemnified their owners for the relioquishmum of their valuable property. The Wttt indies are the most ferity islands on the globe, and the revenue and profit accruing to S^iand from them was immense, but after the emancipation oi their slaves in those JsiaadfJBagland’* imports ol sugar, iurn and motives, dwindled away to one-third of her former leceipts. Millions of serf* were thrown out of cultivation, and thousands were beg-Impressment ox Nmntoae.—Wa have reluctantly taken occtsion to express our difltent from the man* ner in which the Impressment Act has been carried out, or rather, has been violated; and we have done to in the hope that onr remarks on thi subject would come under the observation of those who have the power to correct the evii, But we shall now par*i /irujarJv mwah of the imprestsp*»t of nrajroes. be*’ cause the luljest is one of more importance to the present and tuture welfare of our country than many may suppose. We would not say a lingio woid on the sub; eel were this Impressment of negroes a mere matter of temporary inconvenience or annoyance to our citixens, We hope and believe all our cltixens, with very few exceptions, are not only prepared to submit to inconveniences, but even to heavy saori* floes, to secure tbs safety of the 8tale against the threatened invasion o I the enemy. But the question is, whether we may not jeopardise the futnre welfare and security of the State at large, by baity and inconsiderate measures for its present detente against a threatened invasion. The ot dei s now issued for the impressment of negroes must take from msny counties a very large proportion of sll the efficient hinds, upon whom atone the people must depend for making crops the ensuing year; and the question is, Is tho emergency of such a pressing nature as to require us to jeopardise oar crops for the ensuing year? It Is ihr farthest from our intention to advance an opinion on matters of strictly a military character; but we do profess to know something of the planting interest* of this State, and of the time for planting com—the great bread crop of ihh State —in order to secure a crop. After a residence in Texas of near thirty years, we venture to say that the time for planting corn in order to secure a crop, is from the 15th of January to the 15th of February, and that, if the planting is delayed to a later period, the chances are that the crop will be s failure. Wegated, although Mpglacd acted as Judiciously at sh possibly could imremuneratiof her subjects for the!losses.Tngland’s premature action upon so vita) a quei tfoit as the one that was then Involved, had Its ful •ffftjt. France, under the presure of misguided put lio opinion, was compelled to pursue the same court which had proven so ruinous to Bog! and, and to fol iow cut the line of policy inaugurated by her oowei ful and unscrupulous foe, and manumitted all'of he slaves, allowing *• partial ’* Indemnities to the! owners for the same. Spain and Portugal bad bo come to be powers ot but little consequence. The! North and South American colonies, with few ex cep lions, had fully revolutionised and severed the! connection with their respective parent oouutrle,and the tealou* eve /t Jlnaiand and her dnned all*France, deemed it of too small'importance to Inter fere any further with such puny powers as Spaii and Portugal. As what either of them owning ii that way amounted to but Utile. Whether the gem or abolition was first carried to North Amerioa bjthe Pennsylvania Quaker or brought over by the Pu ritan Fathers themselves, or whether the virus wai communicated by the Pean Quakers to New Breland I am not able to determine. But more likely the In lection spread from Bogland to Canada and the Unit ed States at a very early date, about John Q. Adams administration, dinoe It was transplanted to thlt; United States, its growth has been rapid, until il spread Its evil aid ruinous shade over our once hapi land destroying all tne sweet and tender tympathfei of lire, Bmbtttertng the inhabitants of North and South against each other, and where once peace *nlt;! plenty dwelt, the red artillery of war la seen and the bloody sword is waving o’er our land. But to refer back to Bog laud, she has found It a very unprofitable speculation In the freeing of her slaves In thi™ ‘ I: ‘beLeve every experienced farmer in Texas, especially in Middle and Western lxai, will sustain this positton. Now, looking at Gen. Migruder’s circularadd weed to the planters and farmers of Texas, dated the 7:h IssL, it will be seen that the planters of the following counties are required at once to tend ihelr slaves to Austin, (lor the purpose, of course, of fortifying that city;)Anderson Angelina, Bastrop, Bell. Bosque, Bowie, Rraxos, Burleson, Buniett, Cass, Cherokee, Oom ancbe, Oooke, Coryell. Dallas, Denton, KlU*, Brath, KaIIs. Fannin. Freestone, Grayson, Harrison, Hays, HexjdeiaoD, Hill, Hopkins. Houston, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Lunar, Leon, Limestone, McLenao, Madison, Milam, Nacogdoohes, Navarro, Parker, Red River, Rue*, Sabine, Jan Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Tarrant, Tims. Travis, Upshur. Uvalde, Van Zandt, Washington, Wise, Williamson and Wood,The above order calls tor able bodied males between the ages ef 0 and 50 These counties according to the l*st census contain a slave population of aboni ISO .000, smd the males betwetn the ages of 16 and 50 probjib’y constitute about one fourth of the whole or 30;0u0. The call would then seem to be for 30 thousand negroes to fortify Austin. The c.rcular dors not ipdred say all the male negroes within those ages nor doe* it say Uaa than all. The planters and fa-mers are simply called on to furnish their negroes within those agrs, and the inference is that all are required. Now allowing that one half of the negroes have already been furnished from those counties in response to previous ctlls, as we understand pas been the caii in tho counties near our railroads, then the present call, if enforced, will embrace in round numbers about 15,000 • egroes. 'This estimate does not tmbrtice the redoes lt;f lefugets, which Will increase the numuer by several thousand. It la not for us to aay that this vast army of ntgroea may not be requited for the work proposed to be done, but we do say that If they are taken the scrl*WIN** pw**m lq those cQUfltiee will hate to be al*West Indies. The consequence was the has import* the Hill Collies, someof her new Indian subject#, t till her waste lands aud revive her agricultural interests in- that quarter. Sovereign Bog land, th vaunted mistress of the ocean, this mighty kingdoa upon which he sun never sate, thi* taltiatov o Emancipation ,bai found It Js not policy and won pay. She has not exactly resumed to her vomit but has ub«titnted In the West Indies, no doubt a a precedent for ail of her other possessions, a par tial slavery, a y etea of peonage, The Xngtisb, Ilk the American, could not cultivate her fields profit ably, to make It pay, without slave labor, and hoi long will it take England to folly reinstate absolut. •Javery in her possessions where oiimate will admi and ii can be made profitable f And this old ex ploded Ides, given up by England years ago as a sat mistake, has now become thi burden of the presen Northern administration’s song, veiled under the ds ceitfnl pretext, however, that they art contendini for the “Union,” while they do not toy a woii about the Oocstitutlon they have violated and tram-pted upon, until we of the Booth have arisen up it our msjeety to vindicate our right* and our wound ed honor. We were getting too powerful far Eng iaod, and tike the amagoniem which existed betwem Rome and Carthage, we w*r* an eye-sore, aud Eng land has dune ail she could to bring about this loss desire i rupture. England dreaded our competitionand uur rivalry.Bat to return to slavery being naturally carried above the perallel of 36*30, it la too cold for Slav* labor, and below the line end on down to the nor them boundary of Mrxloo, It ie too dry aod the soil is too poor, he«ng admirably adapted by nature for s griixtn^counuy, it t* tbo home of small planters, am em .li grain ot aD kinds usual ,to our climate, can 0t groon to the Kbaatest advantage. I have « id mid started rut with the proposition that slavery wai natumiiy barret from going any further South W nn ht»* l.ept It year* ago from going farther South, fiortiwo jealously and the weik effeminacy of out•* Southern” Presidents and Representatives in Oou gress, foolish compromises fill up the bailance Wi are an enterprising and a progressive people. Why was uot this spirit proper!* fostered? Wont slavelabor pay in the mines vt l^xko? Why w## not Cuba purchased years ego whta such a thing w»i possible T Whydontthe r*mp government at thi North kick up now about {I « vlolstfon of the Mon m 4wtflot 1 Tuaaulipas, ?*r* 9 ot ? Tobwco am]
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Galveston Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 18, 1863
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