Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-02-07
LETTER FROM WILLIAM PENN
NUMBER sIxrEES.
MAsnlNeroN. February 6. lsG.

w AsHlNGToN, February e, 1867.
The leading Southern rebels, Cobb
Toombs & Co, have issued manifesto "to
the people Of Georgia" in which are some
solemn truths as well as palpable lalsehoods
and deceptive statements. Never were n
people more heartlessly betrayed and de.
ceiyed than the South have been by their
leading politicians No lie is too bald or
gross for their arch h-traitor dietators to in
vent or propagate among the masses, if So be,
it will accomplish their hellish purpose OF de-
stroying the government, and erecting in its
stead an infamous apology based on the in
voluntary servtude of a portion Of the
human race. But the end of all this is
coming; speedily coming us We heieve, to
the utter disgrace aud annihilation of all
those who wonld thus rend in chaos mans
right 10 self-govenment.
The rascal Cobb, in his manifesto to which
! allude, says
Our enemy has exhibited an energy, u
perseverance and an amount of resources
which we had hardly expected and a disre-
gard of constitution and laws which we can
hardly credit. The result of both however,
is that power which is the characteristic ele-
ment Of despotism, and renders it as formd-
able to its enemies as il is destructive to its
subjects
Here we have both truth and lalsehood
in the same paragraph. Truth in that il
says the Union men Of the North have ex-
lnbited an energy and perseverance little
dreamed of in rebeldom, and which will
Mt the proper time, fall with crushing powei
upon the devoted heads of the entire rebe
tribe. And falsehood in so far as II asserts
that the government and people Of the Nortl
have set aside the Constitution in their en-
deavors to maintain the integrity of the
Union.
If it were not for the very sacred regarJ
which our people-and particularly the Ad
ministration-evince for the Constitution
and the laws of the laud, not only would th,
rebellion have been put down long ago, bu
the cause--slayery-would also to-day b,
among the institutions Of the past and tn,
traitor Cobb and his partners in iniquit
know this full we'll. The war is conducte,
upon exclusively constitutional grounds
Every mans rights are respected under til
law and the freedom and sovereignty c
every State are sacredly maintained, so ia
as it is consistent with the maintenance {
the government to do SO, in the rebellion
portions of the country. And while all th
is being done iu the North, how are tn
Union men and patriots Of the South trea
ed, when they chance to fall within the bal
iwick of treason? Let the Georgia mani
festo answer in the following extract =
The foot of the oppressor is on the so
of Georgia He comes with lust in his ey
/ poverty in his purse, and hell in his hear
r He comes robber and a murderer Ho
the Threshold With death for him or YOU
self But more than this-et every womu
= have torch, every child frebrand-l
e the loved homes Of youth be made ashe
and the fields of our heritage be made des
- late. Let blackness and ruin mark yo
=, departing steps If depart you must, and |
= desert more terrible than Sahara WELDON
II the yandals. Let every city be levelled |
~ ~ the fame, and every village be lost in ashe
=. Let your faithful slaves share your fortul
, and your crust. Trust wife and children
n, the sure refuge ana protection oil God, pr
~. lerrng even for those loved ones the charm
y house aa u home than loathsome yassaa
TO a nation already sunk below the contem
. of the civilized world. This may be yo
u terrible choice, and determine at once al
l ~ without dissent, as honor and patriotism a
a duty to God require.
d A beautiful picture Of lraternal feeliu
is here exhibited. Wives and children a
). implored to light up their own homes wi
IS the torch and frebrand, rather than that +
lie old flag of the Union should again wa
al over the South, and peace be restored to {
d. land But if blackness and ruin" are
p mark the departing footsteps Of the rebe
e if the invited desolations must follow as
$. punishment for treason, let them come, ey
10 at the bidding of those in rebellion, as t
i deserved chastisement of a people who
d wickedness is only equalled by the folly
e. persisting in savage ferocity of spi
's which is consuming them WILLIAM Pen