The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1863-03-19

our towns aud cities. and h. s.-.c;.. GO.
them more hateful desvo.ism d.. -,
been known in mndsyo ,;ros.. - T..sr.
Incarceration of i6nocenf and nesf..a;ss. ~.
.victi,nes Of their tvr,r.v ~ 6,srfss =
true ferocitv and fla.L -, s.-sIs:ssh."
sstssl putil every fbonvbt &c ..t...s.:--
should be banisbed Tor, crcru So,,.h..n
mind, and the yetv i,Ieu nf + shorjd =,
come one of up,nter,hI. L,,,k;a~.sa -
hefrenee. Il ba. ncv b.,.s a.,-e,ss..s -
that.we are two pe,nlcs iesssn,;s,,- srj
forever separate and tbe s;,,5 .hyasa
ut the very tbouvht of >. ,,r;o,, :. In.
ance hostile to eyerv feel;oo nr h,.m..;,.
tirtue and religion A. 49,. - -
arate nations Ge can Evo !. 1,.... ~.
never again can ve ho ono n,f;a TIs E
memprios of the mast 6,rb;a; :. Th. ,I,.i
Of our iovcd sries o,vi,.y ,,r.,,, - ...a
ferbids it. All the l.. nn,so NJ no5,lo -.
ture forbid it. The voice Of Cod atb;d.
it in the strongest form of nepatiou hy the
question, "Shoald We again breat Tbv
commandments, and io;n in af6n;ty v;,b
the people Of these abominationss"
Our enemies have ihro,,n off tse ,,,st
and shown us what we might ernect E,n,
them The smoulderinp ruins Of What bu,
lately were the homes Of plenty ncacc and
ieve--the yuins NJ Froda,;ot -. -.
up to be sacked by their brutal soldiers
tho cold blooded execution of sur citizen,
Without q form Of trial--the shti.ks of
helpless and virtuous innocence polluted
by their lawless lusts--the proclarat;on. ~
their tyrant inviting 10 arson. runc and
insurrection--all, all declare the character
and purposes of our foes if once they are
permitted again to hold us in their mower
i've haye fought. aud suffered crd bloj2
We have laid hecacomb of victims anon
the sar:guinary bit holy altar Of cons,;,n.
tional liberty. And shall Il t,h all in vain
Is it only to restore the sto,us on,e L,Uyn,9
Only to 90 back burdened with n load or
debt to the embraces of an pnbnllowed
alliance? Is il for this our m,r,vrs h,v.
blcd and died? Is il FIR This tb,, tbe <,o,,
tie women of our Confederocv have own.
tied their treasures and pourcd ou, tho;r
prayers and tears E? And mon, tbov sno,l
in vain. The South tas never das,red
war 1t only asked for pe,ce from ,h.,.
the beginning. 1t is willing still for
peace. But peace not upon the terms
dictated by its foes-not peace and re.
construction, but PEACE and INpEpEN.
DENCE.
From the waters of the Rappshannock
and the Mississippi-from the L;lls os
Tennessee and the plains of North Carr.
lima, our gallant soldiers look back to their
long lett homesteads and desire neac.
But ask them whether, after all the priya.
tians they have borne. and the psIlant
deeds ihey hnyo 50 nob'y done, they are
willing to have peace npon the condition
of submitting again to the rule of the
North IN reconstructed Unionr whcth-
er they are willing to leave it to their
children to fight again the battles they have
fought for Southern indepcHScnee, or to
live Weak minority with every right of
freedom at The mercy ola Northern ma.
Jorlty! aud one universal sho1t shall pro
claim the same heroic determination thai
bore them to the field They shall tell
you, " better that every feld should be
the graveyard OF its sons that eyerv
house should be desoIate and without in-
hAbiiants; that the last soldier of the
Coniederncy should expire wrapped in the
battle flag of liberty than yield up the
independence for which We are contend
ing, and join again in affinity with the
with the people of these abomihations'
From the days of Abraham and Lot till
now all good and well intending men have
let that it was better TO live in separation
and in peace then u live together in con.
slant bro,l. The desire for a reunion Of
the SO called United and Confederate States
must be found either in ambition or cupid
ity, either to constitute vast and over
shadowing national power, ,sabylon.liks,
or TO make the South, as it was made for
years tributary to the property aud in.
erase oi tue North Neither the one nor
'he o,her can be Justified BY the dictates of
prudence or wisdom of philanthropy or
charity lie united, hollow hypocrisy
and Jealousy would underlie all intercourse