The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-10-04

aW inYetcute enemies. Unfortunately ION us Ve
hNe no naval am.nen,s AI chs principal var
vessels a7 Won ag ship. generally which tic United
States he3 been bu.ldngu tor the est sight, years.
aud which. Us he bg hove been, 81 tds larger Barf
paid FOR and probably .mpoyedby Southern money
and The transit % Southern products, Gro ln posses
sion Of tho Lincoln despotsm, and arc now being
empoyd e nssai o. 90 every aecs abIe point On our
three thousand miles Of dofansllsss coas. And our
enemies ia the warfare thoy have waged upon u.s.
have ignored all the laws and usages 81 civilized
nauons, End are a2tuated by spirit o. maiguau, sud
r9morseesl a Lho demons o. perdItou.
Not only Is Our long line Of coa5t thus 90 Do asqai
81 by these indish lincoln hrganJs, bat myriadg Of
starving men 10 the North, .nsugued 10 dc widest
fmaticsm By theiryng teachers, orbed hy tAo false
promises Of bountss and wages, sad stimulated Is.
hopes Of plumber and he eradication Of their bea.
ta lusts hero 10 the South are being precpated in.
land upon our hitherto peaceful and bouutoous
abodes. And those deluded hieIiugs assassins and
robbers think thoy arc doing God service 10 kin
and rob our people With this fanstcal feeling per
Vading the mass Of Northern society the Lincoln
despotsu can command vast resource, in men.
money and credit TO prosecute uuhoy crusale-
against the liberties the civilization and tho wealth
Of the Sonth. Yes, and Lincoln, tho embodiment
o. al that T. low mean, yulgA andbrui-h Is d n,
1901 and supple instrument Of those more accom-.
pished but blacker hearted Williams and bsttor rc.
personalities o. Northern perfdi.y-sesart ANA
Chase with the appendix OF that mass Of snptlit,
and loathsome hypocrisy and corruption, Cameron.
Lincoln is Nhe seape.goot Of The most per6deous
villains who desoerae The chambers Of tho Washing.
ton cabinet And these traitors 10 their country
INC infamous and pefured -Hbyertors Of the eonsl.
tuHon ana laws they have sworn 10 preserve invo-
'ate--aciinT out their nenTous designs ostenslbly
through plant President, will employ an the re-.
sources they can command by any aud oyery device
Of fraud and deception they can invent to desoa,o
the South We deceive ourselves II we Judge our
enemies by the piecedens Of the past or the may
inns Of tho present tnios They win avjpe oar tbe
South'-abollsh slavery, and equalizo and ainalga.
mate, politically and socially tho races if they can.
by their military power or any other means, accom-.
pIish thoir premedtsisd designs upon MS.
There may be those among as who sim charitably
Judge that the Northern people and government
would be controlled by reason and Justice. owen ~
they should conquer US. We warn such thai thew
are deceived Look az the conduct of tho Federal
officers in this war. What have thoy d9nei Tbesc
officers, Of course, have been guided no. only BIS
their own mean Instincts but also by tho orders aud
instructions Of he Lincoln government They refuse
to treat as os bclgerent4 but hold us rs rebels They
loerao our negroes, and they reduce to practice ali
the most abomnsble sentiments Of the most ultra
fanatics Of the NORTH The war they are wagng
against Us strikes at tho v7ls flour institutions. our
civilization, and orr very existence as a great com
munity OF civilized people. Il they can do so they
will wipe our society and civilization from the face Of
the EARTH and blot out our history from the record Of
human affairs II they can suhugate the "rebes'
they will hang or exile all the prominent men in the
South They will conhscatea all our valuable property
and parcel out our estates 10 our freed negroes and
the paupers Of tho North
They will enact on a wider theatre and with teplold
aggrayatons Of horror the scenes Of st. Domingo. on
these now happy abodes Of Southern civilization
All these horrors and more than these, viii thoy en-.
act II they succeed in their design upon us. They
have already manifested enough Of the spirit by
which they arc actuatsd and shown clearly enough
| s> ,si.i.l 4 a. .-..- ..- .-. ,-.,., -.
Or What riry oSpcct sncud they suceced in thoir
designs upon the South.
But wo have nattored ourselves that thoir efforts 10
suhugate the South will Gtl. 30 we have thouuht.
and so We sun believe. Bu. thisassnrance should
not hull us into ilse security They have power a.
do us Immense injury We feel the blighung curseo
their power upon MS now And these injuries may
be aggravated greatly and protuctcd indefinitely.
II has seemed to Us that our government ia too
slow With the army which the South has furnished,
and the ardor animating the two hundred thousand
on more citizens who have gone to compose that vas.
army every one Of whom went to fight. and had
rather fight any day than sweat and suor in the uac.
ton Of camp Tor months, it has seemed 10 us that
before now We should have advanced into the enc
mics country, and made his own people feel the
pressure Of the war
In almost every instance our arnie. have defeated
the enemy without regard 10 numbers oradrantages
Then why not Fight him wherever no can De met h.
Why not drive him into his own country. or assal
his borders and invade his terrtore, where no ha,
no forces.
We insist that delays and enacton. on onr part,
work badly for us, and hyor,bly for our cnomos.-
We have had a large army at Pensacola for The last
six or eight months more Of our men, probably. |
have died IN the camps during that time than would
have fallen in reducing Fort PicBouA
And nos these insolent Yankees have cut Of com.
mudieoton between Mobile and New Orsans still |
We hear Of no measures offensive, on ourpart This /
inactive defensive mode of warfare may be- wise /
policy but We do not believe tits our men 90 to |
fight They want to fight Aud the, have whipped /
their braggart foes wherever they have had chance
to fight them. Why not let them fight an the enemy
cries "hod enough"
We do not expect 10 escape the danger Of battle
We shall have 70 ieht-and the longer the work OF
blood delayed the worse il will De when it has t.
como.
War i9an evil and a cruel thing But We knew its
evils before be went uto f. aud rs colamitias cannot
be avoided by delays
Tho Lincoln government insultngy and inhuman-
y refuses to recognize rs as bqlgoronts and there
fore refuses to exchange prisoners, bu, claims the
right to punish our citizen soldiers as rebels Our
government has submitted long enough, and oltoge-
her too tamely 10 this insult and barbarity Of the
Lincoln dospousm.
The conduct OF The Lincoln Government places the ,
var so far as it is concerned, on the conditions Of
avagc warfare. It virtually proeamz a war Of ex.
ermination upon the southern people Il gives no
quarter Il &c docs not murder our sailors aud sol
Tiers who fall into ITS clutches il Is because It's das
ard spirit shruks from tho dread Of tho conse
lucnccs But this cowardjco Of a government IS :
,oor protection to our soldiers. !
Wa thiuk 10 would herght- tvould be hut an net Of
our government to meet the war as
is offered aud to conduct 10 on the principles and
d the modes which tho Lincoln government has /
dopted, 5
We now haze many Yankee prisoners who invaded ,
ur country to punish as as rch,'a. These prisoners
re on CIRCUMFERENCE to us They are eating mp the
ubsisouoe which our soldiers need.
Now therefore, IL the Lincoln government treats
ur people as ielons, bosanse they defsnd their q
ZONES in open war, why should not those Yankee &
invaders be treated MS mardcrers and robbersi s
We should not say that 10 would be wrong. after c
office to the Lincoln government, to try these Ysn- 81
cecs as murdorers and TO shoot and hang the last s
no If fi.f4, f.t.nl atttlty