Washington telegraph., 1862-06-18
G. d. ROYSTON
DR.. THoRNwELL's PAMPHLET.

18th century, may be taken'as n specimen of
the deso.ation which is likely to overspreAd the
Confederate States, if the Northern army
should succeed in its schemes Of subiugation
and plumber. Europe was then outraged with
atrocities inflicted bv christians upon chris =
tia.s, more fierce anil cruel than even Nahom-
etans could have had the heart to perpctrate
Private dwellings We're razed to the ground
fields laid waste cities burned. churches demol-
ished, and the fruits of industry wantonly aud
r"thlessly destroyed. fut three days Of grace
were allowed the wretche inhabitants To hee
their country. and in short time, the histori-
an tells us, ..the roads and fields. which then
inw deep in snow. were hlackened tv innumcr
able multitudcs Of men, women. and children.
flying from their homes. Many died Of cold
and hur ger: but enough survived To fill the
streets Of all tie citirs Of Europe with lean and
squalid beggars. who had once been thriving
farmers and shopkccrerr." And what arc W.
To expect II our enemies prevail? Cur home,
are TO be pillaged, our cities sacked and de-
moli=hed, our property coEfscatcd our true
men hanged, and those who escape tie cibbet.
e be driven a vagabonds and wanderers in
foreign climcs. This beautiful country l. tn
pass out of our hands. The boundaries which
mark our State are. in some instances, to be
eEhced. and the States that remain are ID be
converted into subject provinces governed BY
Northern rulers and by Northern laws. Our
property ii 10 I'D IuthlcSsy seized anil turned
over 10 mercenary strangers, in order TO pay
the enormous debt which our subiugation has
cIst. Our wives and daughters are 10 hcco-e
tie prey Of brutal lust The slave. too. will
slowly pass away, ns the red man did before
linn, under tic protection If Northern philan-
thropy; and the tic whole country. now like
tue garden Of Eden fnr beauty and fertility. will
first hc Llackcuei nad smoking desert anl
1 on the In 80 ,sf Nnrtharst
avirice- Our history viii be worse than that
of Poland ana Hungary. There j. not p sin
III yclcgmiug feature III the picture of ruin
-iaich starcs u IN the face, if We permit our
--e.ves t9 be conquered. It il q night nj thick
.-kuess that win settle upon a.. The civil
! Ill.,. lrorli will look collly upon u. or even
ic.r with the tanrt that VIZ have leservcdly
iost ~, freedom III seeking to perpctuate tie
N .'averv = others. We shall perish under n
+. cloud IN .oproach ami unia-t suspicious. srd-
J u,ou,I nra pagatcd by our enemies. which viii
be harder 70 bear than The loss Of home and
goods such fate never overlook any people
u, fore.
/ The case is rs desperate with cur enemies
NJ with ourselves. They must succeed or pyr-
] ish. They. must conquer IT,, or ba destroyed
themselves. II they fail. national bankruptcy
sta a. them in the face: divisions i'm their own
ranks are iueyitlblc. aul their government will
Z
corruption. They know that they are a doom
ell people If they are defeated. Hence their
madness. They must hrys our property To
save lhcm from insolvency. They must show
/ taat tie Union cannot be dissolved. to save
, them from future scccssions. The parties.
therefore in this conflict can make no cnmnro
misses. lt is N tier If life and death with
. ho'h--a struggle in which their alI j. involved
VI iiGt the consequences Nj success on our part
viii Lc very differ nt from the consequences
. of success on the past Of the North Ii Then
prevail, the whole character Of the govern.
ment viii be changed, ana instead Of a federal
\ republic the common agent of sovereign and
\ independent States, We shall have central
\ despntism with tie notion of States forever
! abolished, deriving its policy according TO the
\ wishes of Il numerical majority Of the people
we shall have in other words, supreme. ire
\ sponsible democracy. The sill of the North
\ will stand for law. The government does not
| now recognize itself ordinance of God.
\ and when all the checks and balances OF the
VI Constitution are gone. we may easily figure to
/ ourselves the career and the destiny Of this
| goddess moster of democratic absoutism. The
progress OF regulated liberty on 4 is cont
nent will be arrested anarchy will soon
\ succeed, and the end will be a military
4 iespCtisn, which preserves order by the
| sacr fee Of the last vcstige Of liberty We
arc fully persuaded that the triumph Of the
v North in the present conflict will be "a disas
irons to the hopes Of mankind as to our own
fortunes They are now fighting the battles Of
dcsyotism. They have put their Constitution
under their fee they have annulled its most
sacred provisions, and in defiance Of its SOL
\ cmn guarantees, they are now engaged, in the
| halls Of Congress. in discussing and maturin
4 bills which make Northern notions Of nccessi-
| ty the paramount laws Of tie land. The
.vowed end CT the present war Is, so make the
| Government a government of force. 1t is 70
| settle the principle, that whatever may he lis
! corruptions and abuses, however unjust and
| tyranical its legislation, there il no redress
except in vain repetition or empty rcmon-
| STRANGE. Ii n protest against this
| principle, which sweeps away the last security
| for liberty, that Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
/ ncssee and Missouri seeded, and If the Gov
ernmcnt shosld be re-established II must 5e
| ro-establshed with this feature Of remorsc-
less despotism frmly aud indeliibly fixed. =
| The future fortunes Of our children, and q
\ this continent. would tEcn tx determined by
a tyranny which has osTarallel III history
On the other hand, VIC arc struggling lvr
| constitutional liberty. We are uphoiding thc
great principles which our fathers bcquca tied
US, and ii VIC should succeed, and become, A.
We shall Gle dumiaent nation oI the continent,
I we shall pcrpctuate and dlHuse tbe very hOei
| ty FIR which Washington bled, and which the
| heroes If the revolution achieved. We are not
| revolutionists-w are resisting reyolution.-
We are upholding the true doctrine of the
| Federal Constitution. We are conservative.
| Our success is the triumph of all that has
been considered established in tie past. We
can meyer become aggressive. we may absorb,
but we never cin invade fer conquest, any
neighboring State. The peace " the world j.
secured if our arms prevail. We shall have a
Government that Acknowledges God, and that
reyert noes right, and that makes law supreme.
We are, therefore, fighting not for ourselves
alone, but when the struggle is rightly under
stood, for the salvation Of the whole continent
| Il i. q noble cause in which we are engaged.
There is everything III it to rouse tie heart
and nerve the arm Of the freeman aud the pa
triot; and though it may now seem to be IN
der cloud. ii is too big with the future of our
race 70 DC suffered TO fail. Our people must
not brook the infamy Of betraying their sub
IL: e trast This beautiful land we must never
| suffer to pass into the hands Of strangers. Our