, 1863-02-27
FROM SECESSIA,
TLe'War Discussed by the South
efn Journals.
REBEL EXPECTATION FROM
THE C0PPERHEADS,
VARIOUS MATTERS.

1t is a thing worthy Of note that while the
croakers and Copperhcads Of the Nerth COM
plain Of the ineiliclcncv with which the war
has been managed, the rebels do not agree
with them. Ne have before us Richmond
EH2ni'tr Of February 10, in which the rebel
view Of thc question is given at length:
THIRD STAGE OF TIE WAR
Kc llaye fairly entered upon the third stage
1ndicnted by the President in his message,
namely: that Of 4 war for sublugation and e.
termination. The people Of THIS Confederacy
Isolated and shut vi, frum all the world, have
now to encounter the most horrible and de-
moniac effort for the assassination of whole
race that history has yet recorded, OF we be-
lIeEc will ever have to record till history grows
gray. For it is not every century, 1t Is not
every oUa. that shows the world Yankee
nation. Yes, the Confederate people hare
now ut last to strip for battle; it is people
that must this time very literally conquer or
die.
No donbt 1t would be agreeable to believe
that this last stage Of the war will soon be
over, and must end IN the speedy destruction
Of our intending murdercrs. But look round
the maj, Of The Confcderacy, and Judge If We
can soothe ourselves with this belief In the
very heart Of the country, our gallant sentinel
ofthe Mississippi-heroic little Vicksburg-
has sustained, indeed, and bafled two tre-
mcndous sieges but third time her citizens
see pouring in around them, from the North
and from thu West, enormous masses of tue
belcaguering foe; iron floating batteries again
crowd upon her; and, even as you read these
words, 2o0 heavy guns may be laundering
upon her dcfenses; hundred thousand men
may be pressing to the storm Of her r,lmparts.
Again she will drive them of, perhaps, and
remain the famous maiden city of this ilcnais-
phere-thc bu'wark Of the West. So be it !!
But the vision We see on the Mississippi does
not look very like exhaustion or despair on
the lIurt of the foe lust vet
And again, look to the mouth ofthe mighty
river. New Orleans is not a maiden city, alas !!
the base rag that has 80 often been rent and
traml'led before Richmond and before Vicks-
burg, flies from all the towers Of that ledow-
cred city. Hordes Of hungry Yankees, arm
ed to the teeth, sit in the shade Of her orange
groves, and station negro guards orer the
mansions Of her noblest citizens. AL her
best and fairest have to lament every tlav
that their. r.goodly city had not been laid III
ashcs before It became haunt Of obscene
creatures. Nor sign Of relaxation there
of her SPACIOUS bay, keeps diligent watch
ana ward, expecting, in the light Of each
| morning sun, to see the thricc.accursed stars
and stripes cleaning through the smoke Of a
bombarding squadron. ALI along the gulf,
| and round The coast of Florida, this omniptres.
ing his last card, is shutting up every river
md planting hi: guns on every strong place.
Savannah, shut III from the sea by Fort tulas.
| ki, in possession Of the same inyeterate Yam
kee, listens for the first boom OF the artillery
That Is to level her walls with her sandy soil;
I and Charleston, grimly calm, but with beat:
| ing heart, Stands waiting the onset Of the
great ar1nada. Those few acres Of old Oyster
| Point, 1t seems, already swept and devastated
| fy conflagarations, are to he the object and
| the prize Of the most potent armament by far
tla. American waters haye ever seen. This
! very moment, it may be, the black Monitor
| batttri.s are sttamlng between Sumter and
Moultric. No signs ofIelaxation or Of discour-
aycmcnt and despair in the enemy here. Pass
further, and you will find tho whole coast
| from Charleston 10 Norfolk, and every river
| to the head oftilc water, and every creek and
eound formed by the sea Islands, swaruiine
with their gunboats and transports, ready IL
| pour in inassrs Of troops wherever there Is Il
chance Of plundcr bridgc-burniug and general
| havoc.
From Norfolk, all around by Chesapeake
and tic Potomac, We arc guarded by gun
boats. aud no living thing, save skulEing
smnE.lcFs, suffered to enter or go out. On
1en wait for drying wind, to "move on to
Richmond once more, led bya genuine apos.
tie of determination. At last the savage
! Abolitionists Of Massachusetts have the rigGt
man III the right place. Heretofore they have
rather wished the defeat Of lincoln's Gen.
l GIMP oA tAI AtAol!sANt 1EEAt4bE lAE9 EEEfQGu
to be soldiers, and not thieves or assassins :
but, with Hooker, they feel at home; under
| Hooker they count upon owning Southern
! plantations, and giving law to Southern vas.
| sails. To possess himself Of tile property OF
! others, Il genuine Yankee will, perhaps, eye,
fight.
And Northwestern Virginia is desolatcd by
Miiroy and Ills men, and Kentucky aud The
| half Of Tennessee, the richest aud faisest
lands Of all the West, arc entirely in the
clutch Of the enemy, while the rivers bring
them up fleets Of transports, and Rosecrans
| with another large army, threatens to sweep
all opposition from his path and join iii
other brigands who arc cronding upon Vicks
burg.
Where, in all this wide circuit, docs the in
yasion seem to be failing or giving ground
All round the border, and in 1.ic very heart O
the CoRfedcracy, the foot of the enemy Ii
planted and his ft1on flag flies; and it mean:
sutjngation mud determination. II is, indeed
the third stage If the WAT, anil we believe th'
last but the struggle will be desperate. I
it lie the & last card, 1t is one OIL which th
stake is life or death, honor or shamc-eit1e
our name and M ion will be extingulshed II
night Of blood and horror, or else u ncv
sovereignty, the newest, f:liFest, proudcst
will takc her seat among the powers OF tn
earth with the applause Of man and The bless
ings Of Heaven.
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