The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-03-21
THE NASHVILLE DEMOCRAT ON
JEFF. DAVIS.

Sir, she arm of retrihution is on your
trail God is just His vengeance,
though slow, is sure to meet you "Thc
sword and torch p Madman, if I had
thee on ship-board, thy neck should
know the strength of an eighteen thread
ratlin. would hang thee like Parker,
the mutineer, to the fore yard-arm, with
yellow flag to look at, My countrymen
what are we about, that treason stalks
naked aud uurebuked among us Where
are We drifting with traitors at the wheel?
Awake or we are lost forever.
"The sword and the torch ?" Would
be Attila, let me tell you. the first shot
from your ranks is your death knell and
that of the gulf States, over whose desti-
MES you and the Montgomery clique hold
power by usurpation. Have you heard
the voice of Ten' essee-eighty thousand
majority for the Union? Why, man, it
is congestye chill to the seccders here,
and the writing on the wall for traitors
everywhere.
Will you heed it IF not, let me tell
you when you lift your arms against 49,.
100000 of free people, living, as you
say, in "cities and towns which it took
years Of industry aud millions 'to build"
l say, when you and your fellow madmen
lift your arm against these, your brothers
aud sisters" bone of your bone, flesh of
your fesh"--you sign the death warrant
to the prosperity of the Gulf States aud
YOUR institutions, you inaugurate sys-
tenn Of wholesale abolition, aud carry out
the dearest wishes of the most ultra mad
men Of the North, aud you know it. Yes,
you and .your clique know 1t j; but like
the affrighted buffalo, you shut your eyes
aud rush headIong over the precipice to
certain ruin.
Workingmen of the Gulf States, who
are you? What are you doing? Has
dumbness fallen on you? 'Tis time to
speak! IT'S time to work, or you arc
slaves forever. Is there not a Gideon
among you2 Why don't the rocks speak
to youI You are American citizens.-
You have wives aud mothers, and fathers
and sous and daughters. Are you afraid
to sp"ak? Are you such cowards, that
to save your own lives, you will lose all
that makes life bearable? If so, were
wife of such a man no child would |
bear him. No! | would not mother a
white slave.
Speak out, workingmcn. whilst you
may awake Fear not God is with you;
Tennessee is with you. The world is
with you; and the flag Of cur Union
never failed to protect any who sough:
protection under its folds. Seize tyranny
by the throat, aud burl it from the land.
as you would basilisk from the bosom of
your mother. Hoist the stars and stripes
anywhere and everywhere. Speak
speak : and you are again free. What
part or lot have you in the Southern Con-
gress? Did you vote for it?
Who made your President and Vice
President. Did you do it? Who gave
them power to rule over you with "rod
Of iron p to tear down that flag which
led fathers in triumph to victory, aud
cast it to the " lnoles and bats ?' to tax
you to death, and then thrust war and
desolation u on you What hand had
you, workingmen, in all this ? You cal.
led Convention that Convention
chained you. Resist its acts while you
may and can, or your liberty is like Pro.
metheus chained to the rock of eternal,
undying misery and sarvitude
Workingmen of the Gulf States, awake.
Take the stump boldly, defantIy, and you
are safe. Look at Tennessee iIer
name is immortal, Her war cry was,
" Workingmen, to the rescue - Their
arm saved her and the union of the Bor-
der States. Up and do likewise You
will conquer aud thus save this whole
Union. Resist the Devil, and he will
flee from YOU Pitch in at once, for
there is no time to lose The hand of
worse than Nero is on you.