The paroled men marched out in front of us on the march to Jackson, which gave opportunity of contrasting the troops of the two armies. The rebels were dejected, care-worn, and spiritless. Ala. March, 1864. They will rather follow the fag end of Democracy joined to the dirty linen Page 96 of secession, and cry peace, compromise, and Southern rights, till they all go bodily to the devil with his infernal crew. We don t like to use harsh language even to our erring Southern brethren, but if nothing else will waken them to a sense of true honor and manhood, why, let it rain fire from heaven and scorch out the virus of treason from our land.
Fire is a great purifier, both moral and physical.
We find bullets better than ballots to decide the great dispute between Union and dis-Union. There never was a set of men more in earnest than those engaged in this war for sustaining the constitution. The copperheads will not be forgotten by us. I suppose they will not resist any draft by force of arms, but they will induce men to leave the country, and will influence the election to embarrass the operations of government. Their actions are closely watched by the soldiers, and noted for future reference.