The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-01
MARCH /, 1868.
Remarkable Article from JEFF Davis
Official Organ.
The Rebels Playing Their Final
IH Stake. .s.


der the head of Third Stage o. the
War" takes the following gloomy view
of the Confederate situation. Its admis-
sions are the more remarkable and impor-
tant as it is DAVIS official organ, and the
authorized exponent of his sentiments:
We have fairly entered upon the third
stage indicated by the President in his
mt ssage, namely; that of war for sub
| jugation and DETERMINATION. The people
of this Oonrederacy, isolated and shut up
from all the world, have now to encoun-
ter the most horrible and demoniac ef-
| fort for the assassination Of whole race
that history has yet recorded, or we be-
lieve will ever have TO record till history
grows gray. For it is not every cspturys
it is not every anon, that shows the world
Yankee nation. Yes, the Confederate
people have now at last to strip for battle;
it is a people that must very literally
conquer or die. 10 lol
No doubt it would be agreeableyto be ,
lieve that this last stage Of the war will
be soon over, and must end in the speedy
destruction of our intending murderers.
But look round the map Of the Confeder-
acy, and Judge if we can soothe ourselves
with this belief In the very heart Of
the country our gallant sentinel of the
Mississippi--heroic little Vicksburg-
has sustained, indeed, and bafiled two
tremendous sieges but third time her
citizens sec pouring in around them from
the North and from the West enormous
masses of the beleaguering foe iron
floating batteries again crowd down upon
hers and, even, as you read these words
two hundred heavy guns may be thun-
dering upon her defenses, "a hundred9thou-
sand men may be pressing to the storm
Of her ramparts. Again, she will driye
them of, perhaps, and remain The famous
maiden city OF this hemisphere, the bull
wark of the West; so be it but the Wis
ion we see on the Mississippi does not
look very like exhaustion or despair on
the part of the foe just yet. %
And again, look TO the mouth of the
mighty river. New Orleans is not
maiden city, alas! the base rag, that has
so often been rent and trampled before
Richmond and before Vicksburg, flies
from all the towers of that deflowered
city. Hordes of hungry Yankees, armed
TO the teeth, sit in her orange groves, and
station negro guards ever the mansions of
her noblest citizens. All her best and
fairest have to lament every day that their
goodly city had not been laid in ashes
before it became haunt of obscene crea-
lures. No sign Of relaxation there And,
but short way oil, Mobile, by the shores
of her spacious bay, keeps diligent watch
and ward, expecting, in the light Of each
morning sun, to see the thrice accursed
stars and stripes cleaning through the
smoke Of bombarding squadron. Az
, along he Gulf and round he coast OF Flor
, g.:.s ..:sss.Esesssss s:.::-ss;s;, z ttti 10
hare Just been playing his last card, is shut
ting up eveTy river and planting has guys on
every strong place. Savannah, shut In from
the sea, by Fort Pulaski, in the hands of
the same inyeterate Yankee, listens fof
the first boom of the artillery that is 10
level her walls with her sandy soil; and
Charleston, griplly calm, but ioih Ledth,o
heart, stands toaiting the onset of the oyeai
armada. Those few acres of old oyster
= Point, II seems, already swept an d devas-
tated by conhagrations, are to be the OBJ
3 ject and the prize of the most potent
armament by far that American waters
Q have over seen. This very moment, il
. may be, the black Monitor batteries are
steaming between Sumter and Moultrie
No signs Of relaxation on Of disoouraqemeai
and despair IN he enemy erei Pass further
= and you will find the whole coast from
Charleston to Norfolk, and every river "a
the head Of tidewater, and every creek
and sound formed by the sea islands
swarming with their gunboats aud trans
4 ports, ready TO pour in masses of troops
: wherever there is chance of plumber
}. bridge burning and general havoc.
From Norfolk all around by Chssa.
r peake and Potomac zoe are guarded by gla,,
boats and no hung thing (saN skuDsing snli,g.
gters) suffered TO enter or % ont. On III,
Rappahannock two hundred thousand
men wait for a drying wind to move {" OF
I. to Richmond" once more, led By a qenuin,
apostle Of determination. ID last He savaq,
AJ0htiontsts Of Massachusetts have The righ
man in Ae right place, Heretofore they
have rather wished the defeat Of Lin.
coins generals on the Potomac, becaus,
they seemed 10 be soldiers and not thieves
A., or assassins; but with Hooker the,
feel at home; under Hooker they coun
upon owning Southern plantations, ant
giving laws 10 Southern vassals. n,
possess himself Of the property of others
genuine Yankee will perhaps evei
y fight.
And Northwestern Virginia is desola
ted by Milroy and his meR, aud Ken
= lucky aud the half OF Tennessee, Ia
richest and fairest lands Of all the West
are entirely in the clutch Of the enemy
while the rivers bring them up fleets o
transports, and RoseorAns, with anOthe
large army, threatens TO sweep all Oppo
sition from his path and join the othe
ID brigands who are crowding upon Vicks
q burg.
Where, IN all his lclols circuit, does n
inuasioa seem 10 b faiHtiilg or giving ground
an round he border and IN he Uerg heart q
p b,e C0feivaog he toot Qftle emmy Is plant
cd and his 5sl0a tag lies and il mean
, subjugaiion aud determination. Il Is
indeed, the third stage Of the war, am
we believe the last but the siruesi
will be desperate. II II be the "las
;. care" ID is one on which tho stake /
=. life or death, honor or shamc--eithcr on
4, name and nation will be extinguished il
p a night Of blood and horror, or else
new sovereignty, the newest, faircst
prondest will take her seat among "a
powers OF the earth with the applause q
man and The blessing Of Heaven.