The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-03-04
Ira. nn.ls, InnaensaI.

Jefferson Davis was to deliver his In.
aurarAl Addfess NJ Riehmond "a Saiur-
day. Al exchange says Il can imagine
tie great Rsbel unbosomiag himself somc-
iliug after the following fashion
Fellow Traitors congratulate yoa
upon ibe last years work. We have per-
formed wonders. We have done big
thing IN The grand larceoy tine. We
have reduced stealing to one q the tine
arts. We have made perjury ono q The
learned professions We have elevated
the liquidation Of homes, debts TO The rank
Of cardinal yirluc We hare made
bankruptcy one Of our "peculisr institu-
tons We have inauguraleh new code
o. morals. We have partially restored 90
cieiy TO that good old primitive condition
whea one could take purses aud aht wiE-
ems without compromising his good name.
We have brough, new millenial dispen~
salion where every man can help himself
TO his neighbor's goods where every man
has lien to his neighbours wiie--where
every man cnn lie and steal and perjure
himself with none to modest or make him
afraid.
We found lhe country u state Of tina
most scottish peace. We found the people
in state Of the most alarming content
menl, We found degree Of prosperity
existing the most disgusting and degrad.
ing We ioand The world buried, As it
were, IN the pursuits Of Is peaceful ends.
We found the masses indnlging in the
most grostling heresies with respec, to
the government--obeying is lass, sub
hitting to its burdens, and remaining con-
tent under its sway. We found them in
ftuatcd with yeneralioa for the found.
ers of tie Repubic--stark mad over an
old fogy called Washington, and idio,ieaiy
clcaying 10 the dlusion that Jefferson was
a statesman and Patrick Henry an orator.
We found lie sadc private property se-
cure, the Ten Commandments quoted by
men pretending to le clothed in their
right mind The truth preyaently spoken,
and lock-pieAing and pockei-picking Ut a
discount.
But, as the French say: Nous apons
change tout celia We have inauguraied a
new dispensation. We lave created a
new moral heaven and new moral earth.
We have inverted the social Pyramid
We have put back The Oakland Of Time.
two centuries. We have discovered the
pilirrcr's Paradise.
Nay nore: We hay, awakened the
Country from its long trance Of peace
We have let loose the fends Of Discord.
We have set thirty millions Of people to
cutting each Others threats, We have
trampled the nag Of our Fathers in the
dust. We have cmancipated ourselves
from The trammcls Of law and order We
have taught The folly Of being bound by
oalhs and obligations. We have rcinsiat-
ed the regime Of brute force. We have
brought tribuation to the North and ruin
to the South.
Fellow Traitors So mu.h Cor the
Past the Future, am free to confess,
looks rather nebulous. We have met the
enemy and---we are theirs The Philis-
tines are upon US. The " Nanda hordes"
OF the North are in our very midst---and
what is worse, insist upon stay Ing. They
refuse 10 obey our summons TO depart
they refuse to be frightened at our mag
nilicent lhreaIs--thcy have even The au-
dacty TO laugh al our proelamations.-
Moreover, we have been stricken with u
new disease: II IS powderphobia. The
moment the victim Is attacked he tuna
pale, gets weak in The knee joint, becomes
inlirm in the region Of the diaphragm and
is seized with an irresistible impulse To
turn tail. This malady prevailed TO a
frigltful extent in onr camp ut Roanoke,
at Mill Spring, at Fort Henry and For.
Donclson.
Fellow Traitors have concluded to
postpone my promised visit TO Washing
ton for the present. Circumstances be.
yond my control" have compelled me to
give Old Abe another years lease Of
the Big Hotel across the Potomac