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I#1) Ittbe £n«e«rf« Polity—*n«lWlim tuOulii b# Uurl. \ ThatIh.retw ioa« vlsfS lt;St » prseUeel charsottr f irf.fra desire to prism t for tail owMrnUoa ofu.e pcoplcixid our mtllUry cJBua»Ddcri. Th* greatqacvfiuu t*ay{ wither the wn *h*li bs prosecuted»iu, »'.{ vi*t r*«otttclt;s, «U our en«r,y and etreogth •i.d tit *m* tl.furtcluftiian of s people frrsoiTW to t* nw, (fur ft 1# no* that there U oodpttvtiitf-, ua feat h '!y • Ij «hii, pof«**«re*^e wilting to beouott tbS n»—jt otject ilitii on face of lb« eanti. tail bequ »tb to oar oilJrsu tne Inheritance .-m.d-ge to lacked masters) but th« q jetties i'd,Ainc •(.ml this ear be prcsecuted t If tbs tat my «otiia it txvcute ibelr thrusts of inruioD, SadfLiictror to inlet* pouenJ.u of oar cuunXTf whh triMt *rm»*e, there «v^stilt;i tn no trouble in answering r**! ih'ii quvxlud* for then the ptetn duty would beprc* l,*» femetj of atcorteg them on ww»a toll nod avtiJlog r*» tutt tom* by a tr.al oi iim.gth But tt apposis to at msuifcit tb*i tt If not tb» policy of .be cotfhy til give the people oi xhjj Siaio the oppormeilj of do* cMia* tb« issue in tbit way. for tiro year* pact oar 53’nte has ben* oonstftuy thrtatcced wtta tv»»* ion. The northern paper* have Pteu OuostsnlJj heralding foraxUUo expeditions that were being gotten ap fttfitift 1 esns ; a..,'. patbllo excitement ua »pt rcbesn oD would fiercely be more then permitted to tubeiue, teior# toais low expedition Would be »moui;o under some new leader end tiiU mott itraudanle then the previous one. end *g*io oar aattiurlu** and Confederate commanders woatd rene* ihoti esctUooa to prepare lor tne ihiejtened etnsiftnuy oy pr per defensive meftQrrtbat up to Uu» usae it»*#e tiireaia have never been executed according to their alarm tog man hero**, it \% ttuf, m tou^e ew inat*oc«» the enemy bava *p 'prv«cu«d the hofUifs oi oar htnu on the North .tad *»*( in Sotos last acemed to ind'C; - a aertoua Inteu non lo put their ihieata into tfXrcut.-uD. and \a »ev-trat tnstaucet torj navQ harrmstd us Klung our caaai« capturing same tew eeapor.t and daiepcetesa poutia, i»y ititir auddeu iucuraiuna by water, but whsch they have »*Jon alter been coat • led to ahaa don, wn«u acceuiblo by our own iotaniL And, In tike manner, they are' hariaelng our extreme Wef tern border with aome two or thrte thousand troops consifliug mo«iL of negroes, outlaws and refugees from Ttxas and Mtxlcaa robbera—*ucu a mongrel Sorjoe as won d disgrace any other civilised nation to take m us service. In addition to these our \vrstern irniboard n also being again harnuscd with some two or three thoosaad troops arid fume two or three gunboats, sud. additional forces have been look «d for during the past few weeks, sufficient to. onab(* the tcexuy to peneMate.te Iho interior ol cur Btate, and Myoiid the prot action oi their gunboats.But thus far no such teinforceineota have arrived, and, judging from the past, we think it very ques* itouabie wheiher they will arrive, or, Indeed, wbather it is really any part of the programme of the *uemy to attempt ihc suidugatlon of rexaa at present, or ua til their tftceease lie where will better enable them tp spare me iroops .for (hat purpose than they now can. But wetcheva it it apd has. been their policy to keep uo, as much aa poVvipie, in a ooustant state or appreueusion by conunuicg these predatory, incursions upon our cuaat and our borders. They, know very well thkt. such incursions, while they w»ll it.tc.(ere very l.ttle with thtlr more importantuiUtury operaitouaeUewher, wiil »erv« to improve the tlbcicacv of the blockade an our coast, and per naps cut cfi, or seriously obstruct• our Mexican trsdu, trtiich they h^ve lung cuneiueied of (nr uioie mipuriaaoe to uo than U rvily is.But, alter ail, we toelieVe that these are but aeo* ondary oonaideratipae with the enemy; their mala object being to alarm our country with theae threat* oi an invamon, ao a* to call our people away irom ctielr agricultural pursuits, at a time when they know the interruption ot those pursuits must prove fatal to our crops another year They are of course well apprised of the met that Texas has sent to other state a nearly the whole af her enure force liable to military dutyf and,they believe that nearly ail the troop* we now have tor the defence of Che State agiiust an finvasloo, must be made up of exsmpte, uiofetly farmers and planters, and, if a tnreateced invasion will call them from their homes, and require their teams and uogrucs and tanning implements fur transport at ion and me louetructiott of tonification*, at the only period ofth« year when 'rope must be planted m order to secure a yield with any certainty, they would, ol11G xv print)fcntb*. ititled cav*. 3. iState,Term«. Jsad X and tt by setpublic5. iesvatiether6. , cede j]84d.7. idebtsof ei mon*a trei Amurother6 itlbnal9.sge athe ? ID.to theli.ecu r icas?8151.provesod c 13.HonsSncft ■term)23th.15.mucht’otlcStatemaefa10Donof bemem17. rvgul sd Mi18. mtw tittrbarfl-80.r^guling it 20th,SIdestrisever22. *6 »c83.StateXda1!®,IW9.25.rtlgulto eil1848,80.court97sale c38;Ineffectual, a ad, at the same time, the least expensive plan they couidd adopt to produce a scarcity et food another year, and carry out th^ir fhvorite policy of starving ue imo submission.Th a, we believe, is the real key to an explanation of to many terrible expedinoiis (on paper) agauist ihio Mate; all of whscn have, thus fur, rtsu ted m sending a few old gunboats, accom* p niieu with a f-iw transports with troops, just enough to keep us in a state of exoitemeut, but not enough to tano and ho d po^session of a single potm within the limits of the wfeolo State. « 1 •If, then, this is the true explanation of the enemy’s policy, it certainiy behooves ua to conduct our ditensive operations in eu :h a manner as to defeat the end they aim to accomplish. But, whether the present threatened Invasion is going to re-feUlt like ail the rest, or vf Jmher, in tact, a forts sufficient to invade our State may land upon our coast within the next week or,month, one thing is certain, and that is, that no invasion the enemy can possibly make can be attended with *« great calamity to our State, as even ih^ partial loaa o' our next year's crops. The food question is now the ali-lmportant consideration with us. Up to this time we have had comparatively very little tighling in Texas, but niore than our share of it in threatening! and manifestoes,until there is scarcely an old man or hoy. able to carry a musket, who has not been called upon, from time to time, to a»sist in rebelling the Yankee invaders. The whole State has been harrassed with preparations for *~gj war. Toe whole business of the State has been 0f ^ thrown into confusion. -Our agricultural pursuits -epee havebseft d»7t«a»ty damaged already, and, at this * criticai period, they are ihreatened with ruin. And . 9 yei it U only the apprehension oi invar‘s ?b*s eoj1” tnlUcte‘these evils upon ue. ltehou d never b* 1°' test ight of, that we can suffer the t‘ mporaty m^s comi of a tew barren islands on our coast, and even of tfonl some emell portions of our vast territory, without any ssrioUa calamity, but the loss of our crops will log t .be attendsd with irremovable ruin. Theauawer 12theu to the inquiry. How saonld the war bs eon- eon ducted! is plainly this: In such manner as to in- A eta tsrtere as Hide is passible with the farming and ved t planting interests or the country. inemIS --L.Tcits ii appro tier Htoftir.fense 30»ferlecpieohdtflm 31. red it! fromloynli33 landOonftlaws i34. and d Srs ing oOounthe HMoffi 2.lamabiHty4,5. 5.Go mi7 Alab;’ . Sews itesmo.. |ve. .— A mm a 1
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Galveston Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, Dec 21, 1863
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