The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-11-12
A Rebel Onieer's Confessions.

Cupt' W. - iiNI'NiHOil' Idtc VI TIC
rebel army, which he has left after two
years service, from Il conviction that
the cause for which he fought was
wrong, writes to the New Orleans
Era:
The Mississippi Department.
commanded by General f. Kirby Smith
is conquered to day. 'Tis true they
may fall back into Texas, and make a
show Of rcsstance-for, indeed, it will
only be show-till they reach the
mountainous regions in Western Tex
as where they will keep up bush
whacking warfare, till the want of the
neccssarics Of life will, in one year.
compel them to sue for peace, and be
willing to take itupon the terms of the
/ United States Government, let them be
what they may. A large majority of
the Louisiana volunteers, commanded
by Brighten, A. Mouton and Green
and Spait, will never cross Sabine riv-
er to 60 into Texas. | will stake my
eXistancc on it. thai two-thitds Of Tay-
lor's army deserts him before he gets
! into Texas.
There is great disaffection among
the citizens Of the country, who, previ-
Gus to the emancipation proclamation
Of the President Of the United States.
were good Seccssionists, are now as
good Union men as they were rebels
Thy saw plainly that by complying
with the proclamation the war could
be brought to a speedy close, and the
further ciiuson Of blood evaded. But,
ah! why did not the people of the rebel
States comply? Gladly would seven
eights of the non slavcholding popula-
ton have complied; but proposition,
or hint, Of such thing from any per-
son, would have been the signal of
death to him or her without ceremony.
And then it would have frustrated the
dcigus Of Generals Lee, Joe Johnston,
Bragg, Bcaurcgard, Smith, Holmes,
Magrudcr, Bill Yancey, etc. They all
expect to be President Of the Confeder-
ate States; and before they would see
the restoration Of the Internationally
blasting forever their political expecta-
tons for the futnrc-they would see
the soil Of Texas crimson with the blood
of her (partIy deludcd and trodden
DOWN people.
assert, positively, that it is not The
fault Of the citizens Of the States in re-
bellion that the war is not ended and
the Union reconstructed. Twelve
months ago, if the legal voters of the
rebelious States could have gone to
the polls and voted their sentiments
perfectly untrammclled, they would
have voted reconstruction by two
thirds majority. The U. s. Govern
Ncnt should wage a war Of cXtcrmina
tion against them, and never lay down
the swerd until jeff Davis with every
other lcadcr OF this rebellion, may be
seen dangling from the limbs of trees
at the end Ola rope | have witnessed
scenes in the confederate army, pcrpe-
trated upon the helpless and unoffend-
ing by Confederate soldiers, that would
make inhumanity itself blush When
Gen. Taylor retrca cd from the Teche
snr;n~ hnIievcl tLcrc wos scarcclv n
f,rm Lonsn On tLo Ina of morrL irt
What horc ocruJor nroof Of the denrc.
,Iotions of c;rJov's r,nn. and tho dnI,.
excuse they made for robbing the citi-
zcns was that they did not want to
leave il for the Yankees.
TLov cyon won't 90 f,r 90 70 shoot
c,tLn Iown an tho nr,ir;o and Inovo
, tbom f,r thc I"g1ordS Sow - Tcxos
, snIi;on w. shoot - ""tlior,s uiG,s cav, % IN
Lnn ,,anJ nmdit ,I,n nnI,. ,,no sLn Ln1
and ea TH' bGcamso "S - shn % rc,m9ns,rotcJ @ sct
hor bonSo '"m'f "m fro o"U and tmrmnJ hor ,nJ ,v
: hon ittio V~ onos "" - ~, "i JoorS w. '' IVA ''
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Foho "o onsn'on, @ 70 IoT , na";s ' 70 20 " omJ
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