The national Republican., 1862-02-05


It the door Of the Executive Mansion, this
evening. .ag.-L- n.T
ruE LAST PROCLAMATION OF the
REBEL LEADERS.
In another column will be found % extra |
ordinary and important oficial address to The
people Of Georgia, signed by hssrs Howell
Cobb, Robert Toombs, u. J. Crawford, and
Tbos. r. R. Cobb, all leading members Of the
expiring Rebel Congress. They frankly CON-
fess that the Union has brought to bear upon
.hsm . degree Of "energy and perseverance
and an amount Of resources which We had
hardly expected, and disregard Of the Consti-
tuition and laws, which We can hardly credit"
They also say that they "csnnot expect to
cope with the enemy In numbers, equipments
or munitions Of war; but that the rebels
"must look 10 desperate courage, unfinching
darine, and universal seltsacrifce," In order to
meceed; and, As a last resort, the people oi
Georeis are told that the foot Of the oppressor
il upoo their soil that he comes with lust In
bic eye poverty In his purse, and hell In bis
heart, and that he must be met at the thresh-
hold, and "every woman " is-called upon to
ss,rs torch, and every child to snatch up
nrebrand, and burn their homes and make their
aslds desolate. "Let every city" says Toombs
and bis colleagues, be levelled with flame,
and every village be lost In ashes before the
advancing enemy, aud "let blankness and ruin
mark our departing steps in desert more
terrible than Sahara
Those who have heard Toombs In his Senate
rial rawlings, will readily recognize this Ian.
sunge as bis. But after all, We like the spirit
Of this address; 1t is bold, daring, earnest, and
shows that our Southern enemies have policy,
and that they intend 70 conquer or perish
They want no tampering-no careful fighting
but fight In which somebody will be hurt
All this we knew before: but one spirit ha'
animated them from the Hrst, and that, deter
mination to win. In the beginning Of the con
test, they thought Northern men were towards
anA that one chivalrous Southern could whiI
Ave Yankees; for this reason, they supposed
their victory was certain. They now admi
their error; and having felt the force Of It, the!
cast about for some new element Of success
ard honcs they use oil their efforts to obtail
the recognition Of their Independence by for
eign Powers, so that We may become involve
10 war with Europe. In this, too, they hsv
been thus far out witted, and Toombs seems
yield the point,'or at least to place no furthe
reliance upon 1t. What next will they do:
rs, the answer is certain: they will do what u
should do, and what we are orimiRally neglect
ing to do-thcy will declare the universal an
unconditional emancipation Of their Slaves, thu
turnIus the tables upon u, BY making thsi
slaves our enemies and thsir friends BY thi
stroke of policy, they would terminate the ter
rible fear Of serviie insurrection, and then a
coiors would unite a. q band Of brothers again
their Northern foes. Then, too, they woul
have the sympathy Of England and France; n
eognitiou would follow, and possibly their 10
dependence be established.
This idea has already been brosched In Paris
in pamphlet which has just appeared, wit
the title "The American Union and Europe
1t IL signed by n. Rsnouf. He argues that th
war between the North and South as not wa
wsged by the North tor abolition, and conse
queutly that great sentiment ought not 10 affec
political action or the sympathies Of mankind
They should remembers only that the Union ha,
repeatedly extended ITSELF that It's Statesmen
claim the whole continent, and that Fedora
republic can absorb oil Iaoes. He, therefore
suggests that, as the war is not ono for the abo
htion Of slavery, and - the political Union in
volvei great political danger, a. the contss
embarrasses France, and q England mu.
commence a campaign, England and Franc
united should guaranty to the South her lnde
pendence on condition OF emancipation.
That the South will adopt this course, W,
think there is now but little doubt; and th,
only way to prevent It, Is for as to raise tn,
standard Of emancipation, beneath whose glo
rious folds the lovers Of Liberty and Unio,
would rally, and with the battle-cry Of on
TO FREEDOM, our arms would be victorious
because we should deserve to copquer.
USIoNIsM IN SECEssIA.-The Southern iour