Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-01-16

/ the Inherent departments VI the
Regiment are being built, for which
work four or five men are detailed
from each company per day. The
work is rapidly progressing, and
lin a short time the different de-
partments will he comfortable sit
u2ted. -
/ The worst detriment that we
have is guard duty-almost every
man in the Regiment has to stand
guard once per week. When the
weather becomes very cold this
will be very disagreeable work.
But when it is much cold, the
|. guards are released at night; then
they can go to their tents AMI sleep
till morning. This Regiment. has
one post of picket guard to keep
up. One company has to go each
morning and Stay till the next,
: when it is released by another
company: doing this alternately,
! each company stands every ninth
) day, as one company (G) has been
: detailed from the. Regiment to at
tend to battery upon the Poto-
, mac. The company (K) of which
your humble correspondent Is a
, member, is on out post picket to-
day. being on guard yesterday
am excused from that duty to-day,
and l thought i could not spend
my time more pleasantly than
writing to some of my friends
I through your interesting columns.
! There is no probability of a
fight at this point as conceive, al
though there is not a day passes
e but that we hear the deep toned
e thunder of the cannon muttering
v in the distance, as though the in
famous Yankees were eager to
come in contact with the chivalrous
sons of the South, who are anima-
d ted to fight, by the love of liberty
|, of truth, and of justice: while the
S opposing force are fighting for booty
and beauty. 1t is a strange thing
to me that people will become SC
, corrupt, so immoral, as to be LED
/ astray from the path of rectitude;
g that they will not shrink from
5, performing almost any act to graft
D tfy their animal propensities: But
r. the Fanatics and Politicians OF the
), North have become SO miserable
= = that they want to deprive us OF
! not only our property, but OF eve
g rything that a freeman holds sa
a. cred. To arms, then; let us fly
N and meet the invading hordes a
o. the border and trusting in God al
a our helper, let us drive then
- back upon their own soil; hur
le them into their own streets Will
D. an irresistible force, and let then
le know that we are rebels for thu
d cause of liberty, of honor, and OF
, immutable right-a right which
was bequeathed to us by our Clio
Y rious ancestors. Would it not b'
folly, yea, more than nothing, il
}, us, to allow that great privilege
~ of ours to be wrested from us, ant
= give ourselves over to the hand of
A might instead of right? We arr
~ called rebels-let it be so. | all
$ proud of the name. l thank thu
, hirelings that they have given. u
! such an appropriate name. Wash
le ington, whom they pretend to re
= we're, and whom every child We
unborn Will be glad to acknowl
4 edge, was a rebel. He gloried tt
!. = know that he was recognized as
r such. And he led a small banG
: of troops through seven years
- warfare, to establish the name that
g was given him and his followers
u This nation once showed forth
= the advantage gained by this great
= champion; but her national liber
=. ties are now Frustrated. The
= wrong are trying to rule the right
: the strong the weak. But by the
:, business of our cause, in the honor
" fof our position, with God as oul
:. stay, let us battle on until we
= make them (the Yankees) feel oul
+ strength, and be willing to grant
= unto us the things which we lie.
: gally, justifably ask. Lest
= weary your patience and that of
e your readers, l will close this
: short epistle, not without saying
: send along your Observer which
:. is always very timely friend, III
= our camps. j. w. +.
t Conservative Ult,u.-Daniel S
l.. Dickinson, of New York, in a lee
= ture in Washington City, on Tues
t. dow pirbt 9 Ict plt dacI orad him