The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-19

| i''V't II d idiSe cldSs oi cToakerr III
the North who are. constantly finding
fault with the pr"greks of the war, as
serting that n"thing has been done,
that n"ihing will be donr,.thai hr,Un
ion cause is losing ground, &c. To all
such, aud Ia all who are faint-hearied,
We. commend the following article from
the Richmond Inquirer. 1t seems
that the rebels, VIII" ce, tainly ought to
knew when they are har'l pressed, d."
not see the thing in the same light with
The Norlhern croakers; but agree with
"nr soldiers, nearly all declare that
they both can and will crush the rebel
lion, and that speedily. Read what
the leading rebel organ acknowledges
as the result nf"nr efforts:
THIRD STAGE OF THE WAR
We have fairly entered upon the
.nird stage indicated by the President
I'M his sfirrsag,., namely that of "A war
Tor, .sul.jugaiI"n and exteiminaii.n
The people, of this C"nfederacy i>"lat,
ed an,l shut vi, from all the woihi, have
now To encounter the must h"rfible and
,iemoIIac etfnlt tor the assas>nati.pnsof
a " ii"is race that hI>tury has yetires
corded, or We believe will ever have I"
fcc0ri I'LL hi>t"Iy Sr"ws gray. For il
Is n"t every century, II Is moi every
CgOn. that shows the w"rIi a Yankee
nation. ICES, the Confederate people
h;t.r, npn al last Ia sup ior hattie; il
/, ii people thai nust this Time very lit
riali. conquer or die.
No doubt il would be agreeable TO
believe ihat this last stage at the war
" III soon be over, and must end in III, 4
~rcriy ,irslIucii"n al our intending 4
muIderrrs. Bul hook r"uni the map "i
lhc Contc,lcrar., aud Judge if We can
>uoihe ourselves with Tins heiief. III
the very heart oi the c..unir,, our gal
lani sentinel '"l the MIS>lssiIpi-in ,oiir
iillle Firksburg-iIass Sustained, indeed,
ana baft1ed Two tIeinrn,l.,ils sirgr>
tut "a third tiinr her cilIzeiIs s.c In,Iir
Iny III around them, fi"un the Norti,
an,t nom the " est, enormous tn.ss,s
ui The b,ieaSutlihg Toe; irun floating.
battvlles again crowd. upon Iri; and,
even as You read these words, 2OU
iicavy guns may bc ihnndrrlpg upon
her deietscs; "a huniirdi thousand |
men may he pressing l." the storm ot
iIel rampaIis. Again she will sitl,-i
ihcnI oil, perhaps, and remain the ia |
inUus maiden clly of tins helnIslh.r
the buIw ak ui the West. So be il!
BuL the vision Ne, sre onihe MiSsissip 4
IA durs not los k yer, ike exhaustion ui
despair "n the par # the foe just yet.
Aud again, iu,,k to the muiln ot III.
mighty Iner. New Orleans is not :,
,narien city. llor,Irs ot hungr, Ya,
ke,-s, armed la The teeth, SIT ia The
shade oi her oraI.r groves, and station
negro guards over the mansions of nn
best ci,IZ,us. All her best and iairtst
u:i,e' 4" lament every day that their
g"odl, city had not iu.eu laI.; in ashes
bcioic IL becaIne, Il liauut al uisc.nv
creatures. n" sign "f IelaXalI"h
there! And but Il short way off. No
bile, hy the shores "i her spacious lay
Keeps ,Iihgeul watch aud ~ ard, rx.,.c
linS, IN the light ut each Iu.lLlhg sun,
Ia see The. thiicr ac, ur>.d stars and
stripes cleaning through the sin''kr .oi
"a b. mbai'i,ng sqnad''.n. All aIo,g
the guiI, AMI ar"ua.t the t,,ast of Flor
Ida, this n,nilIesrht eIam. who is
said To have jusl been play my his lasi
card, Is shui'inS up every iivrr and
planting Ills guns al, every strong place.
Savannah. shut IN from The sea tN F.u
Pulaski, IN I"'ssessioh al the same IN
,rI.Ialr Yankee, listens rinr the first
0 ,ln OF the artillery that is Ia level her
" alIs With her sandy sail (; and Charles
ton, srImly calm, bhI with beaiinv
l,rn't>, stai,is ATTN. the onset "f the
great armada. Tius.. tew acres Of the
old Oyster Point, it seems, alread.
s~ert and devastated 10y cohfla9ra,inns,
are TO bc the object aud the prize ut
thrnIost potent armament by tar that
Amer lean walters hnvprver seen. This
Very moment, II may itn, the black
Muril',r haIicil' are sttamIn. h-tw,e Ell
Sumter and M"ullrlc. No Signs of re-
taxation or oi>cnuragcln, ut and despair
II, the enemy here! Pass further, and
yon viii lind The whole coast from
Ii,ari, sto,s ie N"rf, lk, and every river
tu the head ul tide watci; and every
creek aiid sound formed 10y >ta Islands.
sw:.I .mln. with their gimluats and
transports, ready la pour in masses .i
troops, ~ hcr.yci Ihrre is - chance If
I'Iurnler,, b. 'ni:elturninS AMI general
ht'"r. hHN. = l.fsusgs Teu feaf bad .s.ra.
From N"ri"lk, all around by Chesa
peakc and The Potomac, We are guard
rd by 'Ylnh":its, and no living Thing,
save skuikin.e sn,ie"lers, suffered I"
enter IN z" ont. Oni the Rapln,!ranI,ock
I'VE hun,lrcds ih.usand men wal, for n
.liy ing Wind, 10 ''muveou 1" ItiriIns,lId'
once more, led u, "a yrnnine apostle OF
cxtti mlnaii"n.i Al last the savage al,-
"htt.i,ists of Massachusetts have the
right man in the right place. IIcrt,.
f',Ie they have rather wished the ,le
irat pt Lii,c"lh's Generals on the Po
t"nlac, because they seemed Ia l'c sol
.fi,.rs aud not thieves or assassins; bui
with II""ker. they feel M home; un.ler
Hooker, they cunnt an owning South
ern plantaii"n~, aud gin ing lax Ia
S""lhern vas>als. T" possess himself
of the property al others, gcnuiri.-
Yankee viii, perhaps, even fight.
And Northwestern Vireinia is .Irs"
ia,e'I lay MiIr"y and l,is men. aud Ken
iurky and The, half of Tennessee, The
richest and fa;r.st lands of all the