Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-03-19
THE sUFFERINGs OF THE SOU rHERN PEOPLE

The people Of the North who making ptful mouth
about the general rule know very little about it,
and those who are appantly talking Of resisting the
forcement of the lawshat is to say Of naug civil
war among ourseves-ought visit the of active
hostes n the South take lessons in the horrors of
war.
The desolaon Of those portions Of Virginia, Mississippi,
aud Tennessee that have been fought fghul and
indescrbabe The country about Nashville which was
fertile as highly cultivated and richly adorned any por
ton of America wide OF ruin. If Tennessee
had been true the Union she would not have been desc
late and in mourning to-day If she had been firm in the
good cause the would have passed beyond her bor-
ders without bghtng blade Of her grass Let her fate
be warning
The surugs Of the people Of the South have been almost
without parallel Dragged inowr BY baefu arstocra-
cy and raverous mob they been subjected the
actions Of relentless military despotism Now the gaunt
spectre Of famine adds the of the South and the
alarm sounded from press to press all the Conede-
racy plant cora or perish" The miserable folly Of
State rights is bearing its legitimate fruit in the dire
laities Of war; oiSed to the formation Of central power
fmperous aud comprehensive that of the Empire of
Russia.
In recent debate the Virginia Legislature, Mr. AN.
pERsoN of Rockbrdge county dealt with the Conleder-
ate tyranny after the following
I'VE are now living" he said, . under tyranny as
complete as that which exercised by the Lincoln
Government and it was owing solely the noble patriot
ism of people that they have submitted they have
What light he would ask has Confederate funconary
to teze property without law, and to allow one-haf
its value for it's compensation There law that
author zed the Confederate Government to take property
aud far withheld compensation, robbery
oppres.ion; and he for one, not willing to submit
it, If we were to have tyranny it mattered not whether
we have it from Government from another but
free people would submit to tyranny from any source
The Atlanta (Georgia) Intellgencer in article
Southern monarchy, says:
1.-The interruptions manner in which private property
in the shape Of any thing to eat and wears seized and
appropriated by the Government and that, too, without
any reference the pecupay interests Of the parties
ing such property and when such seizures tend to destroy
all trade and the people TO lose confidence aud al
interest N the Governmensuch course they claim il
very strong proof that monarchy is the thing aimed
Tbs reckessuess with which the Government through is
various agents conducts trade outside Of the sezues
makes tending 1t does to place every necessary out OF
the reach Of the looks they argue the end
The richmond Enquirer urges the people Of Virginia to
plant corn and not tobacco. IL says:
IF the country cannot supply the army with provisions
this summer, the army can't remain in Virginia iii are,
Virginia must be girtn up TO the YaHkees who will ap-
propate not only tobacco raband of war but seize
every thing have and reduce the country to wilder
dess II the Legislature without prohibiting the
culture Of obacc and requiring the officers Of the law
destroy every Leaf which they find growing for twelve
months come the chance Of this State is indeed poor
The Baltimore American, noticing this beautiful condi
ton of public liberty in Virginia, says:
..when the Richmond papers which contain these in
functions publish, at the time the
Governor Letcher with the proprietors OF the GaeQc
Mills tbererefusDg 10 protect them against the whole
sae and open robbery If their Aourwho need suppose
that the people of Virginia going to raise grain to b,
ia like for the support Of the horde Of locus
who nfest aud devour their substance And thus it
that brtwrt the fears that the Northern troops may
upon their tobacco aud the certainty that the Confederate
chiefs will rob them of their wheat, Virginia i
pure not to be cultivated TO any great extent this year
even IL the able bodied left there to do it
the prospect therefore m matter of course, that th
rebel troops will be starved out il they not mean
while whipped out
But what a prospect for Old Virginia What pros
pect Tor any State South when the tyrans at Richmond
take upon to prescribe what shall be plante
by the farmers and then the right rob them
it with.ut color OF law or right Governor Letcher whe
appealed to- declares his inability TO protect the
prominent and eDtsrprnR citizens Of the State turpin
them for any redress 10 the law officers when Id,
ron.beel Of the military desposm trampes all law intc
the dirt
Our sympathzer. with secession ought TO have few
weeks experience Of the real thing to cure them 81 their
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