Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-08
The Nashville Dem Graf on Jeff.
Davis.


Sir, the arm of retributon is on your trail.
God is just; His vengeance, though slow, j.
sure to meet you! Tho sword and the
torch! !" Madman, If / had thee on ship
board, thy neck should know the strength of
an eighteen. thread ratlin would hang
thee like Parker, the mutinecr, to the fore
yard-arm, with u yellow flag to look at.
My countrymen, what are we about, that
treason stalks naked and unrebuked among
US? Where are We drifting with traitors at
the wheel? Awake, or We arc lost forever.
"The Sword and the Torchr' Would-be
Attila, let me tell you, the first shot from
your ranks is your death knell AMI that of
the Gulf States, over whose 'destines you
and the Montgomery clique hold power by
usurpation. Have you heard the voice Of
Tennessee eighty thousand majority for
the Union? Why, man, it is q congestive
chill to the seceders here, and the writing
! On the wall for traitors everywhere.
Will you heed il? If not, let me tell YOU.
when you lift your arms against $4,000,
| 600 of free people, living, as you saw, in
.scities and towns" which it took wears of
industry and millions "to build" say, when
you and your fellow madmen lift your arm
against these, your brothers and sisters
''bone of your bone, flesh of your Aesh''-
you sign the death warrant to the prosper
lty of the Gulf States and their institutions
you inaugurate q system of wholesale alb
clifton, and carry cut the dearest wishes OIL
tue most ultra madmeno Of the North, and 40,
knoao 1t. Yes you and your clique kno,o it,
but like the affrighted buffalo, you shut you
eyes, and rush headlong over the precipiC,
| to certain ruin.
| WOrkingmen of the Gulf States, who ar
you? What are you doing? Has dumb
ness fallen on you? IT'S time to speak
'Tis time to work, or are you slaves forever
Is there not Gideon among you? VIII
don't the rocks speak to you? You are Amer
lean citizens. You have wives and mothers
1 ard fathers, and sons and daughters. Ar
: you afraid to speak? Arc you such cows1ds
that to save your own lives, you will loos
all that makes life hearable? If so, were
wife of such man, no child would bea
him. No! | would not mother q whit
slave!
e Speak out, workingmen, whilst you ma
l. awaSes Fear not! God is with you. Tel
nessee Is with you. The world is with you
y and the flag of our Union never failed to pre-
q lect any who sought protection Under il
fods. Seize tyranny by tho throat, an
Y hurl it from the land, as you would a bas
j. lisk from the tosom OF your mother. Hoi:
i the Stars and Stripes anywhere and ever,
where. Speak speak !! aud you are agai
rec. What pa,t or lot have you in the Soutl
= srn Congress Did you vote for it?
III Who made your President and Vice Pre-
" deat? Did you Go it? Who gave thel
power to rule over you with "rod OF iron
: 20 tear down that flag which led your fail
! ers in triumph to victory, and cast it to tn
'moles nd bats !'-to tax you to deaf
S lud then thrust war and desolation up,
You? What hand had you, workingmen i
n all tt isl You called Convention; tn.
T. Convention chained You. Resist it's &C
: While you may and can, or your liberty
u ike Prometheus chained to the rock of ete
al. und. ing misery and servitude.
= Workingren of the Gulf States awake
d Take the stump.boldiy, defantly, and you a.
n safe. Look at Tennessee! Her name is in
, | mortal! Her war-cry was, .'WorkingmeI
n to the rescue! p Their arm saved her an
the union of the Border States. Up ard d
o | likewise! You will conquer and thus say
y this whole Uuion. "Resist the Devil, an
), he will flee from you'll Pitch in at one
. | for there is no time to lose! The hand
= | worse than Nero is on you.