Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1862-01-03

my coatrui Tor dtn0ugh, as you VIII see ron the
report Of the Secretary at War, it consists Of ESQ.,
900 men, yet it remains generally in a tste u
'mssterly Inactivity" OF, AZ ! used to say in my
briefs, in "siaia quo" am in a esrkight betwixt
ltwc-if Il Il remains where il is, shall have
lare in the rear; if Il advances, Jer Davi, who
walks up aud down my lines like roaring lion
seeking whom he may devour, win utterly destroy
me, and viii go about my streets erinuiug like
dog, and John Bull will yelp bn bis hounds
wo,, mel my mother, that tiod hast borne me-
Ia msn Of strife, and man Of contention TO the
whole enrthl--JsR. 1910.
Ny present position reminds me Of straight
was in during the Black Hawk war my company
was threatened with destructi5h by the wiley fes
nat kBewing, even then that vas the chatnpioH
o. rail-splters, erected an enormous rail fence,
as br,sstwork for defense, and had the eatisfac-
tioi to know that my headquarters was safe. I
therfore propose that stake and rider fence ffty
cubie high, be bnilt between the contending ar
mics nom one end oF Tie lihe to the other-l my
self will superintend the structure. The heavy
blows Of my maui the jingle Of my wedges win
lconvince the world thst am in earnest aid shall
merit the eppellation | have SO proudly won, and
be assured at least that my "captol is safen
Gentlemen, I havet The satisfaction TO inform YOU,
that since tile catastrophe at Bull Run, my vene-
rable Lieutenant General, the conqueror of Mexico
In pertsng the ancient volume, discovered that Mo-
Ises marched from the Red Sea with an army OF
650,o 900 fighting men Onward to Canaan, led by
q pillar Of fire by night and pillar of cloud BY
day, yet IL 40 years before they arrived at The
Jordan, distance of only leo miles and accord
ing 70 his mathematical calculation, il wi II require
Ia thousaad years fot the grand ARMY Of Ike Union
(of alike numpcr) to march from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, having Bull Run to cross aud
wall of fire to overcome in the march, and having
wasted his physical strength aud mental faculties
aud dnahoes by rioutods living, and having boz
come disgusted with the 'sweet German accent
aud the rich Irish brogue" he has resigned his
command in despair, believing that all is vanity
and vexation of spirit under the SUM- and has re-
tired To England, to shuttle of this mortal COLL
Yet shall allow him fin pay to seal his lips, IL
being capital producing no labor.
!, l have found it necessary to establish Bastilo
for the Incarceration Of State prisoners TO effect
this desirable object, have tfamplod tie Habcas
Corpus act under my feet, disregafded tie man
dates of the Supreme Court as vestlges Of the old
constitution inaugl rated by rebsls In the dark ages
perfected in the reign of Charles the 2hd and used
protection to rebels against the acts Of their
rulers. Although the Congress Of 1912 declared
war against England for exercising the right Of
search, yet seized four rebels ri arms) who had
| c.ped from my jurisdiction on board a British
m,il steamer, on the high seas, and under the VERY
$ Ing of St. George, who paying the penalty
Of their temerity, as prisoners at Fort Lafayete--
b Yet gentlemen, I am i'll at ease. already hear
! the distant roar of an infdfiated ibl: feEl as
though his talons are already penetrating my very
: ttals, and my bones break issrhdet: experiences
the fact that il is easier to catch Tartar than TO
get clear of him after his being caught wo is mel
If keep the rebels John Bull will sweep my COM
c therce from the seas blockade the few ports that
are open, or if humble myself aed this great na-
; ton, by their release and restoration TO British
e jurisdiction, my own people win decapitate me,
the rebelous States will be jubilant over my mis-
fortunes, and the civilized world will laugh me to
scorn, and the great prestige of my name and ns.
ton will be obliterated from the pillar Of national
fame Alssl "The way Of the transgressor il
hard" The grand army Of the west Which has
been gathering at Cairo, is in MISUNDERSTANDING
state, and are 10th to descend ts father Of waters
so long as Holy Writ stares them in the face, de-
claring that "Egypt shall gather them, Msn,pha
shall bury them" Under all these difficulties,
propose last effort to preserve the Union, by imi-
tating the patriarch Of old will arm my servants
. born in my own house. and pursue my enemies to
! destruction.
Gentlemen: You set me up as your tool 10 do
your bidding. recognized your authority to sub
I serve my purposes. As an apt scholar, have be-
come your proficient mast T. and repeatit that you
are not a lawful Congress, ye miserable dupes, 20
a pot-house politicians On your heads and on my
0 ministerial advisers will fall the CURSES Of fa-
y ture generations. And having accomplished tbs
i great work assigned me--the destruction of the
a Uuion-I will relate anecdote anaIag5is to your
case once took q contract 10 fence In a State
:, II loaded the rails on an enormous wagon, drawn
by thousand oxen. When | shouted gee they
b went TO the right, when haw, to the left When
= they dragged their slow length along, hourishad
= my whip, towering high, when il came down, they
leaned to their yokes rushed over precIpice wag-
on rails and ALL So when took your contract
snOuleu AOOtuOV heui you gave me cDO,OoUt
when demanded four hundred millions Of money
: you promised Eve hundred millions when you
heard your masters whip yoa dragged the, great
government wanOn over Balls Bluff into Bull Rlu,
!, where It remains, exciting the ridicue and con-
. tempt of the world and the 'rest Of pankindp
Aud now, gentlemen, have Carved Iny name on
the pillar Of Infamous memory as being damned
70 everlasting fame In contadistnciion TO that
of the immortal Washington, my consolation ID
that he only planted the acorn and watered the
sapling Of liberty, but il hsd grown mighty oak
and had bfased the political storms OF IS Years l.
with my mighty arm, feed il, anc split Il into
e rails.
now return to your keeping the Infamous Chi
rego Platform the only Constitution which has
. 'oyerned my administration, and the ouiy under
which you i've. | slsl place In your bloody hands
, he broken fragments Of once happy and powerful
lepuhlic, aud the tattered remains OF lis once hon