The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-03-06


before us Richmond Enquirer, Of Feb
ruary 10, in which the rebel view Of the
question is given at lcrgth:
THIRD STAGE or THE WAR"
"We hayo fairly entered upon the
thri stage indicated hy tho President in
his message. namely: thai,of wa- Of sub
jugation aud CNterminntion. The people
Of this Con(cdcraoy, isolated aud shut up
rom all the world, have now 10 cncuun-
ter the NEST horrible aud dcmonlc effort
/ Cor the aUseinatiun Of n whole race that
histoy has yet recorded, or we believe
will ever have to record till history grows
gray. For it is not every century, IL Is not
every uon, that shows the world Yankee
nation. Yes, the Confederate people
have now u,last to strip Tor battle; Il il q
people that must this time very literally
.congucr or die.
"No doubt it would be agreeable 20 be.
lieve that this last stage OF the war will
soon DO over. aud must crd in the speedy
destruction of our intending murdrrers.
But look round the man of the COulcd-
eracy, and judge il we can soothc eur
selves with this belief In the very heart
Of the country, onr gallant sentinel of the
observation-disclosures little Vicksburg-has
sustained, indeed, aud butllcd two Ire-
mcndous sicges; but third time her cit
izcns sec pouring in around thym, from
the North and from the West, enormous
masses Of the bclragucring foe; iron float
ing batteries again crowd upon her; aud,
even as ven read these words, eco heavy
guns may be laundering upon her dcltns-
'rs;u hundred thousand men may be.
pressing TO the storm Of her rOmrnits
Again She will drive them of, perhaps,
aud remain the famous maiden city of his
hcmisphtrc-ihc bulwark OF the West
SO be it! But the vision we sec on the
Mississippi does not look very Ike cX.
houstjon or despair Oh the part of the foe
just yet.
"And ugoin, look TO the mouth Of the
mighty river. New Orleans is not u
Imaidcn city, Nlasl tue base rag that has
SO often been rent and tramplcd before
Richmond and before Vicksburg, flies
, from all the towers of that detlowercd
city. IIurdcs Of hungry Yankees, armed
| to the teeth sit in the shades Of her or
= iunge groves, and station negro guards
f over tho mansions of her nohlrst citizens,
, AN her best and iairest have to lament
, every duy that their gocdly city had moi
, been LATED in ushcs before II became
t haunt Of obscene creatures. No sicI
, OF relaxation there! Aud, but shur
. way of, Mobile, by the shores of he
e spacious bay, keeps diIligent watch an,
d ward, expecting, in the light OF cocI
"A ifsn-rni~g vun, IL SOC the thiicc-nccursc
o stars aud stripes rlGaming through III
!, smoke OF bombnrding squadron. a
! along the Gulf, and round the coast q
8 Florida, this omniprcscnt enemy, who ]
c said TO have just been playing his las
4 card, is shutting up every river and plant
r ing his guns on every strong place. Su
. vannah, shut in from the sea by TT. Pu
i. laslSi, in possession of the same invut
crate Yankee, listens for the first boon
of the artillery that is to level her wall
with her sandy soil; aud Charleston
grimly calm, but with beating heart, stand
awaiting the onset OF the grand nlmudo
! Those few acres of old Oyster Point,
d seems. already swept and devastated b!
d connagration, are TO be the object nn,
the prize Of the most potent armament b.
far that American waters have ever seen
This very moment it may be, the blucl
i Monitor batteries are stcamng bctwccl
. Sumter and Moullric. No sgn of relax
, alton or of encouragement and dcspai
in the enemy here! Pass further, an
YOU will find the whole coust iron
Charleston to Norfolk, and every river n
3 the head of tidc-wHtcr, and every cree
and sound FROM the sea islands, swarm
: ing with their gun-boats and transports
= ready TO pour in masses of troops whcr
D ever there is chance of plunder
bridge burning ard general havoc.
r From Norfolk, all around by ChCsa
. pncke aud Potomac, we arc guarded b.
.gunboats, und no living thing, save skulli
u ing smugglers, suffered to enter or e
o out On the Rappahannock two hun
n dred thousand men wait for dryin
=, wind TO move 'on TO Richmond one
more, led by genuine apostle OF extcI
= min0iion. At last the savage abolition
n lists of Massachusetts have the right ma
&c in the right place. Heretofore they huv
rather wished the defeat of Lincoln
), Generals on the Potomac, because the
III seem 10 be soldiers, and not thieves al
al nssassins; but with Hooker, they feel I
v home, under Hooker they count upo
Ia owning Southern plaDtotions, and givin
law to Southern vaseals. To posses
9 himself of the property OF others, a ger
Ic une Yankee will, perhaps, even fight.
;; "And North-Western Virginia is deI
"A olated d by Milroy and his men, and Ker
: lucky aud hal Of Tennessee, the riches
81 and lairest lands Of all the West, are er
tirely in the clutch of the enemy, Will
&c the rivers bring them up fleets Of trans
If ports, and RosecrSns, with another lsrg
-. army, threatens TO sweep all opposltio
. from his path and join other brigand
'e who are crowding upon Vicksburg.
" "Where, in all this widn circuit, doe
r. the Invasion seem TO be falling or civ
:. ing grouue! All round the border, aud !
the very heart Of the Confcderacy, III
n foot OF the enemy is planted and his 70
on flag flies; and il means suhjugOtio
and exterminaton. lt is, ind ed, th
ii third stage of the war, and we believe Il
," last; but the struggle will be desperGt
; \ II it be the 'last card il is one on whic
ST the stake is life or death, honor or shan
IS. either our name and nation will be e.
"a tnguished in a night Of blood and horro
or else q new sovereignty, the ncwes
70 faircs,, poudest, will take her scat umor
a. the powers Of the earth with the a
plause of man and the blessings
Heaven" . naIg.
,p 015-Ths Nashville Union thus endo
10 scs the Army of the Cumberland;