The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-14

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SeAte pswllk. to the utter destruction of tlrs
principles of nspsias gavernsept, have eaJh-1
lfralsssa In the EEeeutivs, ssss-s RAss beApw,e !
,iesp0aissm Gshosa al ssouihszs ssasssusaaahip,
Rt has c,sa di,wn fsen, ise lofsy posftioe among
Gho nations al il,e EARTH. i.s-1
By ssch despstism we r.ssi be subjugated.
sssasaarHsk fsa ssere d 'sssrsbis significance
when applied 10 the Souti,. Il means . coas-
try rawHad bs, Gre and swesd bsrniag tsitips
and szssulderi,sg villages. It means rivers ssf
hssed, ,slsssn eosy waves lave the plains wAsrs
fseemeu died and where liberty shricked bsr
iast. II ssseAas ti,a planting of the black flag
of TIE Naashsasisd' she dssst astd sshes of alb
that IL dear 20 as&s. II nseaas q cosntless host
ef fsaaiseatriesesi wisiss's ssdE pfphsne, weep.
iig The ffnernI dirge Of their lost country
amid The bones sad six1lis vt its defenders.
IL faeasss the destruction OF our homes, the
ruin ef our iAssiliesr the pollution of ouF iiss'
.kides... hAr- r-.essS.egiaa& dssesxa.ion .of cur
fsniiy nitars-a desolstisn and horror that do
fios parallel in history and beggars words
to tell. III means the determination Of once
free and happy peoples far ne, other altsrna
live will the Soath aoespt bat ermiroaieH
&C. victory. ~
Ssch Ia saas programme of our adversaries,
and their .egioasr excftea By piiIass aaa pas
aion, and armed with incsadiasy precsamae eiuns,
lGwarnn along our borders end seonnd our
coasts, to execste it. Whichever wsy We tsrn
we hear the martial tramp of an invading
soldsery. They come with flashing atsei and
deathiy eannen. Our Government, girdhed by
as W stands firm ani trastfal. Her notlest
sons are falling every day-away from home
and friends. Nothing bat She careless tread
of a stranger, uEless it be the resouniing
thunder of hattie is heard around their turfy
and cory beds--their last tear rolls silently
down their pallid cheeks anwashed away,
their last whisper, it may he "mofhsrf'" wIei'
is heard only by the moaning winds, who wats
| i, away to their mys.erious caverns and bury
/ It, unrepeated, forever. They die, and their
mangled forms are buried. No fathers hand
will ever rear the sculpiured marble over
their graves, no lovely form ever. train the
creeping vino and water It with her tears, Der
where they sleep. Though they. may have
fallen alone, unlesU some strong angel Htsod
beside them and wiped the death dew from
their trows with his shining paaion, yet fond
and aching hearts are buried with them in
their unknown anpulchres- Every family il,
the South Will be clothed in the escutcheon
of mourning before this unjust and cruel war
eIoses.
With all thess sacrifices, will we succeed !
This is question of awful interest. Our gov
ernmemt 10 the child of Prov:dence; our cause
ia the noblest, the best; our officers uneqnalled
in America; oar soldicHP ttlts bravest--every
man 10 ut his own door defending that which
is within; and SO far tho sword ef tlss LSd'
has been drawn in our defence, and hsfars,i Its
terrible brightness our enemies have nfeited
away like Snow before the bursting beams oi
morning. Take away Divine. agency, and the
means and number ot the enemy will probably
outweigh our other advantages nothing bu,
the goodness of the cause remains, aud unless
that insures Divine aid af is no real ad van.
tage. ijut the righteousness of a cause does
not always insure immediate Dviae aid or
success. The sins OF people may counter
vail ali it's Snfiuence--yes further, they may
prepouGcrate so far over the goodness Of the
cause to work out defeat and ruin. The
mcnt, with superior numbers made war against
tile tribe Of Benz amin, aid notwithstanding the
goodness nf their csuse, were twice defeated
God never blessed them W tn victory Til lhcy
srdained fast, and repented OF their sins. We
are great sinners. Many of our people are
proud and self-dependeut-- God hath said
Pride goeth before destruction" Our people
are great idolators--we worship meu---HE.
no woasfIr. This is the sim God especially
hates; His word flames with denunciations
against it. God is jealous of His glory Such
SIN kept Moses out Of the promised lana II
it would 30 effect such holy man, what terri
BILE retribution might it awake for us. Our
people and soldiers are alalrnsingly de,paraliz-
ed. The thistle and brsnble are growing
around our deeertea churca aitara. 0aths and
curses greet our cars everywhere. Debauche-
~ aad lieentiousnesa, arr transforming our
young, Ineh into demons. While our sclcsac.
rfficing seldiers are barring their pslpitating
bosoms as u living breathing wall between us
and irredeemabie run, goSless and IIeavcn-ac-
caEsed ertortIoners and spectators are grind
ing the faces IT their wives aud children. Yet
sach racn pirate Of patriotism. They are s,rang