The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-03-18


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The following article l. from the Redmond
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the special organ OIL Jru JAWS
Let those Who lay The rebellion never cal be
crushed read this article. and see what our ele
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nc rebellion
THIRD STAGE OF TIE WAR
I've have fanny entered upon th. third STAGE
indicated bv the President I'M his MESSAGE. w
shat Of a va for Subtraction and determination
The people Of this Confederacy. isola.,d and
shut up from all the worli. have now ID erc,sf,.
ter The most horrible and d-mouiac .frt for the
ASSASSINATION OF whole race that history has vet
recorded. or Ne believe ever Will record rU his
,ory grows gray For il l. not every century. IL
Is not every elu chat shoss the world Yanke-
Hat0n. Ye. the Confederate people has noA
Al lat to strip for battle: il l. A oeopls that
must this time literally conquer or die.
d" No dou0t il would be agreeable 10 believe
that this last stage of the war will soon b.
over, aud must end in the speedy destruction ol
our intei drd murdere,s But look round ,he
map oi the Coufrderacy. and iudy- # We can
-oothe ourselves with the belief In The Yer,
heart # the country our gallant sentinel of the
Mississippi hrtle Vicksburg-has sus
tanned indeed AID bsfil ID Two tremsudou. sieg
e. bur third time her citz-ns see pouring ln
around them from the North aid from the Wet
enormous masses of the beleaguerng foe: iron
Il iaung batteries again crowd dow. upou her
aud even as gu Rad these words. two hundred
heavy guns NAV be laundering uooe her defei-
the storm OF her ramparts Again size viii duv~
them off perhaps, and remain the famous c'ty
OF thi- hemisphere the oulwark of th- Wet
so De 10 bit me r's'on ~ zee az the Nsssisip-
ps aoss nat 'p"k rerg much bke ertGustiof, q,
/ de,ptr orc he part OF tie 20 just tet
Aud Hstin, o. az the mouth Of that nigh
f ~ nver- NJ" Orleans : NOT = maiden city,
ala. the base rag that has been SD often reni
and tramp ed before Richmond aud before css
burg ne7 from all ihe towers of Chat ded '~rrec
citN. hoidrs OF hungry Yankees armed 10 the
teeih' III 90 the shade OF her auge groves, ard
station negro guards over the mansions Of her
. non t cinzei>. AL her best and ialresr have
10 la'nrht every ID, thar their gooiy city hao
not been lald D" ashes before IT became haln
81 obscene creatures. No s'gn Of reldr 4tioh
there
And our snort distance on, Mobile, bg th,
shores al her spacious bay, keeps diH-ent wa-cf
aud ward, expecting 900 the hglt Of each mOruii-
-uu, 10 see the thrice acurs-d stas and stripe.
.lea ing through the smoke OF a b0m5arilu.
squadron. All along tie Cult, and round th'
coast OF Florida, this omnip tesent enemy. Who r
said 10 have Just been p'a'ing us last Ca d. D
-hutua = up every river, aud planning hs gau
Oh every strong place
savannah -hui 10 from the sea By Fort Pa
asa ', .'e u-.,'7 -. ..e 7ane 'nFe'e'A'e 4H
-, 49, b.r Iii s,,h h.- -.
d, d Charleston. grizzly ciim. but with bearn.
heart, stands waiting ihe onset Of the grear ar
mazda Those lew acres OF Oh Oys'er point.
-eeins, already swept aud devastated by co q
grat'ous, are TO be- the object AID me pr'z. d
lae most potent armament, oy Tar that Amer
z can waters have ever seen. This very mom-n'