Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-06-03
Lincoln,s mLond Call"


Within the past twelve nr fifteen month";. the
Yankees have etfec'7d nothing, or almost nothing,
in th,ir cher shed design Of suhjugating the South, |
andtbcir dcc:matcd aud stal rapidly dimiri'hing
ranks cry aloud to Abraham Lirc.ln that he lru't
do ,om.thins-and thst right qu;ckly-or .el'c
give up the rLip. This last ho cannot do he is
unwilling ~ do it, and afr aid to do it. In this
dilemma therefore. he put, forth q proclamation
by virtue of which the whole Of Yanke.dOm in
NIL its length and breadth, is plsccd under military
authority and control. And tho Tsople, if tbet
comfy with The calls of this proclamation. will
render him, still moro absolutely than tsforc il
possible, an unlimited aud unrc.trained DICTATOR
The lyrsnt of the North is weary of gathering
up fighting men and foreign luerccnaries by drib-
fers. and has consequently made a coup de ffet,
or in nlaiu English. u clean sweep, Of his humble
and admiring subjects. He pants for the end Of
this rather troublesome rebellion, and is heartily
sick and tired Of drumming tho machine rs he
found it." To this end therefore he calls upon
every body and any body to takc up arms and
frht for "ths land Of the FREQ and the home Of
| the DI1Yo. lhnkce Wult IE6u Anu i aukeo. NIX
gers Ito say nothing Of stolen Southern ~piggsr';)
Yankee Germans and Yankee freshmen. OF every
shade and clnss and color, are nuthOriiatively or
dered to take up nusket, blanket and knapssck,
glory and universal liberty. Imssinc this noble
army Of motley .coundrols coming forward to take
possession of their "farms" in Dixie The twelve
or thirteen hundred thousand Yankee. heroes III
ready placed in the field, have not been equal to
the task Of crushing out tho rebollion-a task for
which they once allowed ssyenty-Gvc thousand
mon and thirty days. OF this twelve or thirteen
hundred thousand, rens of thousands have already
been mustered cut Of service by the hospitablc
Southerners, and are nrw in peaceful enjoyment
Of Southern "fnrmS." Tens of thousands haro
been rerpcd and ~garncrcd away by "ths old man
with tho -cythe y and tens Of thousands, crippled,
shattered aud dissa.sd, are dragging mt o miser-
abio existence in Yankee hospitals, or in their
Northern homer.
But ull this matters nothing To the ruthless ~
rant at Waship gton he is not economical of his
Yrnkees, and his prodiga!ity in blood seems to
know no limit. Und.r tho present coil, there is
no nerd of enrolling officers, and no chance for
substitutes. Physicians % examine the puny, and
mastering officers to place the strong and well, in
service are all that is required. The CONSUMPTION
law is set aside, and there i, no further nced oil
legislation.
Now the question is whether the people of tie
North will p~assively respond to this last and loud,
est call upon them. We rather suspect they will
They have bornc everything in tn" past they
will in MI probability boar everytl-Ag in the flu.
ture. They have Suffered the arni Of military power
to DO extended over them until it has become al.
most hopeless TO resist. The civil authority has
r long ago sunk into absolute insigni6cahco by the
edo of the military. Ballots are now but idls
%fctions, while BuyonOts play the chief rol0 in
the drama of real life. Let any community OF
portion of u community, attempt to array itseli
against tao despotism ut Washington, and iti
members Will soon fnd themselves surrounded
overpowered and put down, by the armed merce.
naries Of that dcspotism. Those men ut the North
war, have allowed their golden opportunity to &c
by unimproved they arc now slaYea, and Abraham
LINCOLN i, the victsr. Their voices will not now
be heard, and they will be borne along with the
: popular current until the whole fabric of Northern
society falls into d mhSs If EmoGlderipg de6ris
All. demonstrations against tho present Admins.
tration will be speedily crushed by tho iron heel
of military power. In their endeaYor to destroy
the liberties of the South, the Yankees + se lost
their own, and are aGu subject to the whims and
caprice. OF such a sontcmptiblc, malignant isao-
rant, vulgar tyrant as Abraham Lincoln, son Of
Hannah Hanks.