The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-07-17


into the field as large as those which Eu
ropean powers OF the first class coulc
raise. Wherever it has met the Nortl
IN open fight, apart from its gunboats i
I has won every battle waged on land and
gained some signal victories a.sc "a sea
! 1t it has been inferior 10 lis enemy 10
lnumber,, equipments. and accouter
OF from the sea, and reduced to greai
straiehts, not only for the munitions o
war but Tor the necessaries Of life vet ii,
spirit and foriiiude have carried It over
all Hear, hear. Although fighting
for existence against those who have
I been waging war of determination, il
has shown itself free from the passions by
which j; has been provoked. Hear
hear No cruelty has stained its arms.
Ion and Hear, hear" No savage
I proclamations have disQraced It's generals
Z Hear, hear But it has proved Itself to
bean earnest and united people, capable
ot heroic sacrifices in q conflict in which
its Government has heou strengthened
rather thlnw,akeued by the strain which
has been put upon H. In the South there
/. h1S been no shacklng OF the press, hear,
hear no suppression of law, no abridg-
ment of the loelties OF the citizens; but
all class have rallied rs one man under
"a President who by the dignity and mod
Grafton Of his counsels, by the high bear.
ing Of his army. and the devotion of his
people has given an elevation to the
Southern cause which, slowly. incredu-
/ lousy, reluctantly, now that the third
year Of the war has begun, has won for it,,
Iirresistibly and universally. the generous
sympathiss of Europe. Hear, hear
Well, when we turn to the North, what
a contrast is there exhibited LIS militia.
ny failures, great us they have been, sink
into insiguihcance compared with its
mora downfall. It's war has been, not
against freedom but against civilization;
Tor. imperfect as are the accounts receiv-
ed from Northern channels, and always
colorcd as they are TO its own advantage,
they give us ample evidence OF the spipit
in wh.cL tho North has carried on the
straegle. Sir in the sinking OF the stone
fleet before Charleston, hear, in the i'm
mer.ion OF the food producing districts
OF Mls-is.lppl, IN the bratohty to woman
at New Orleans, hear hear, in the
shooting of prisoners in cold blood by
Gen. Mcneil, and in the Presidents in-
elements TO serylle war, with all its
crueliies and horrors, we have presented
TO us revolving comoinanon OF the bar
oarous ingenuity OF the Chinese with the
ieroclous hlrocltY OF 81. Domingo Hear
near And Whlle. SIR these acts have
reused the spirit of the South, and unit
ed every mdu woman and child the
determination 70 prefer death 70 submls
sion they have not been without their
effect iu harope, we watched ihe con,
I lhet ni hlt, "ion wonder eurlcstiy- aha
lntsreel' eeioI9 our sAlnpathles ware CIV
en- % g. ..'ef ''"e' Pul Is 'he "Ue oh"r-
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