The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-01-26
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
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FalsiflcatiOn Of the Federal
War Policy.
THE MENDAGTY OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS
Proposal to Obstruct the Southern
Rivers and Harbors.
REBEL ADVENTURES AT HOME.
Account Of the Late Fight at
Yrestonburg.
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GOVERNOR LETCHER on 4 SPREE
He Gets Drunk and Makes a
Beast Of Himself.
Another Rat Hole Fleet OFF
Charleston Bar.
Subscriptions to the Cotton Loan
Falling On.
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Stampede Of the Rebels on the Lake
Coast Of Louilana.
Tele9raphic Dispatches to Rebel
Newspapers,
49, &C., &s.
REBEL FALsIFICATIoN OF THE FEDERAL
POLICY.

Itr0m the RlcnnlOnd ENQUIRER, Jan. IL
4 numerous pe0pe are warning upon avowing that
their purpose u restore the UIon which formerly
istcd between themand The attempt thus
government in the o. which IL is made. The
stitution Of the United States contained power
Of 4s h aid nos uu sSsrs thew
expressly declined u asked, but refused. Il ID,
therefore, unsquivocallv forbidden. Buchanan admits
this. Black demonstratedh It,
IT, therefore, it be conceded that the action Of the Con-
federae States has been outside Of the constitution and
tionary Also II is tho putting down OF revolution by
reveluton. with this orcnccthe Confederate States
exercised power which, II not regularly provided for,
not relinquiahed and therefore remained and
impliedly recognized by the refusal to It, The
Northern government assert prcrogatve which was
pressly refused and is therefore, clearly usurped.
And with this further dlfference-the Confede-
rate States have fallen back upon their rights
Of sovereignty solely for the promoticn Of the
safety and happiness OF their pcopesacred objects Of
every government They simply retired from unpro-
pitious Partnership. They committed no aggression on
the remaining partners, and designed none They de-
carry peace with them The Northern States, however,
not asserting their separate rights and the full
enovment Of their own resources Tor happiness and
prosperitythcy not assaed; but they lighting
for tho advantages which they have derived
tlon with Our motiveis libcrtylhers is rapacty
They, therefore, assert dominion over Their
independence acknowledged they assai ours. The Union
which their ncstice destroyed their avarice and their
lust OF power would replace by tho sword Of c,nqnest
IL appears therefore that II we possibly liable TO
the charge OF revolution the North certainly
revolution was an aggression upon no oDe and had in
view good purpose and sacred duty while that of tho
North consists IN the usuraton Of purposes of
aggression and with design TO Id TO their
by taxing The spirit Of revolution patriot
ISM and the banner peace the spirit of theirs s
tyranny and robbery, and their banner the pirates dag
It is thus that stand before the world.
II revolution siccecd, conlederacy takes It's
stand among the nations Of the earth prosperous and
happy and contributing to the prosperity Of Others Tho
Corona Australis will shine among the considerations
The North will be left TO test in peace the efficacy Of
those ideas Of which she IL enamored But the
luton Of the North succeed, the world will have gone
back more degrees than were marked the dial OF
Ahaz will witness the novel sight OF peo
pie ruling and expressing and pundering another and
calling 1t repubicanism and liberty The heresy will bo
established that the American States a consolidated
unit utterly impossible Of dsntegraon for any
The constitution will have been replaced by despotism,
Of which numbers will be king and the Northern mob
the interpreter In that despotsm the southern people
would be prescribed sub by vulgar
Lovejoys and ntocrabe Summers and taxed and burden
eL as the Israclites were in the days Of Pharaoh.
Against such revolution the most disastrous that the
mind conceive against such despotism, the most in
toerabc TINT the ingenuity OF could DEVISE against
such rulers the most odous and disgusting that put
foot the neck Of the the south has ap
pealed TO IL and standing her deivorance.
Where il the man, woman child, in all our bounds
who has sad and does not say in all the enorgy Of
resolve and from the utmost depths Of the souna the
flag to the mast, and let win this fight 10 down
fighting Who he that does spurn the very idea OF
yielding the struggle and reco from the nfamy that
would follow ms from the body Of dsathS
And how have these enemies prosecuted the .
waged against US without authority, and with evil de-
sgns7 They claim that their fellow citizens but
they deny the rights Of citizens They hold the
hardshps Of bcgecnts but they deny us the rights Of
belgerents They view Us IN both characters for pur
poses Of aggression and cruelty but in neither respects
their duties towards US. Holding us as enemies they
blockade ports they pllage farms seize private pro-
pcrty burn dwellings, and send vast ccts and armies to
destroy u.s. Holding citizens, they mprison
cobaants arrest us ON the charge Of and claim
the right to try for their lives those found with arms
in their hands; Nay, going beyond the most tyran-
they arrest men without q charge, and, without
telling them wherefore, or giving them hearing they
hurry them away to distant prisons They seize them
while in the performancesof sworn public duties. They
take them night from their terrified families They do
this without law and against law. Nay, carrying their
ferocty into those precincts hitherto sacred fame
Of Haynau they thus arrest aud thus mpron helpless
women, and visit upon them disgusting indecenccs In
one thing they have halted for time they have not yet
Nor is to be supposed that the little children have
capped the attentions Of this patcrna Babes
their nurses because the coors Of their stockings Of
Tended the taste Of Mr. Lincoln and his gallant MAJOR Ge
neral.
Lincoln is waging war against u.s. however unjustly,
he h bound to observe the usages Of The prisoners
whom he takes from us he should hold as sacred. He
,o our n ~ or
fragrant criminal against civilization and his race, he
dares put their lives In peril Yet he has done II. He
has prisoners in Philadelphia dungeons under verdict
Of guilty and awaiting sentence Of death.
Lincoln proceeding against us as citizens he bound
TO accord Us our legal =, such ne has no h 70 %
cent with the guilty He has no right TO mass coinmu-
nifty for the crime Of majority, and proceed against
them az whole, while refusing tc recognise them a.
whole He has no right 10 arrest without complaint and
warrant, to commit without examinaton or 70 punish
without convictsn He does all; and no age, sex or
iSoS too Al The officers Of the navy, who After Ions
service distant seas, wore thrust into prison
ing home they asked 10 resign rather than TO
bsese the sssassns Of their brethren This Is the way
IN which the North has obtained Of the prsoucre
whom shc 10 exchanging for Those taken by us where
sle prte nm tho hiatt Ia 0.fd