Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-04-27
Parson BroWnlow in full Blast
Choice Extracts.

The Knoxville Whig of the 10th inst,
abonnds in good things. We give a
few bristling points:
The SPIRIT OF THE SoUTu-Wo .
freq quently receive as many as half
dozen letters in day, from the differ
ent Principalities in the Southern Con
federacy, threatening us death in its
most horrible forms. These revolving
States are swarming with desperadoes
and assassins, who would be altogether
happy in bathing their hands in the
blood of Union men. A more fero-
cious and malevolent barbarism cannot
be found on Gods green earth, than
that now dominant in this ''Southern
Confederacy." Private worth, public
virtue, age and experience-none of
these can soften or restrain the multi
plying and relentless brutality which is
engendered by the mob spirit of this
''new form of civilization" Talk about
riding a Union editor upon a rail 1!
Why, the Prince of Peace, if he were
upon earth again, could not traverse
the dominions Of these Yancey's,
Rhett's, Davis, Sfdell's, and Wigfalrs,
and live, without repudiating his Ser
mon on the Mount, and proclaiming this
Southern Confederacy to be God-or-
dained, Christ-begotten, and Heaven
approved!
THE FABLED SroM AcH-An old man
named Asop, had great fancy for
writing fables. Among many others,
he wrote one entitled, 'sThe Stomach
and the Members,' in which the mutu-
al dependence Of all parts ofthe human
body is admirably shown, under the
garb of simple fiction. This fable
is not familiar to our "Southern
Chivalry," Judging from their boasted
Independence Like the rebellious
Stomach in the fable, they say they can
get alon g without Tennessee hogs and
corn. Ard yet, they are crouched at
the feet Of the Missouri, Illinois, and
Ohio Republicans, buying up flour, ba-
con, and corn, to save them from star
vation. One great gut like that of the
crane, constitutes the stomach cf the
Contederacy, and the seeded States
are its ''members." What a glorious
thing it is to be independent!
PRESIDENT JEFF DavIs.-The So
called Southern Confederacy, was con-
ceived in sin, shapen in iniquity, and
born out Of due time, because it was
rushed into the world with indecent
haste, expressly to prevent the people
from beholding its deformities. No man,
living or dead, is better adapted to pre-
side ever such an organization than
JEFF Davis. He is as vain and proud
as Cottonocracy itself. He is as weak
and imprudent as he is ambitious and
unprincipled. He has been producing
discomfort and teaching treason
against the government ever since he
has been in public life. A vile traitor,
a trained rebel, and an inflated bigot,
he as richly deserves to be hung as
ever old John Brown did.
This is the hlusterer who, in a pub
lie speech few years ago, sland cred
the Tennessee volunteers. when it is
notorious that Tennessee can whip out
the whole Southern Confederacy.-
And yet, Tennessee is asked to 90 in
to the government over which this
traitor presides?
SOUTH CAROLINA Doc LAw-Our
exchanges say that South Carolina has
imposed q tax Of one dollar on every
dog owned by a negro, and taco doSzors
on all dogs owned by white men,
This will drive many Of the white men
to palm the ownership Of their dogs on
their negroes. Their revenue law will
be complete if they would now impose
a tax on every dog aeho oac,as q negro
and at the same time discriminate be-
tween dogs on taoo, and dogs on four
le0s.