The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1863-04-15
"Third Stage Of tho WARP

sage namely: that of war for subjugation
ana determination: The people of this Con-
tederacy,' Isolated and Shut up from all the
world, haye low to encounter the most hor-
rlblc, and ,demoniac efforts for the assas,ina-
ton of awhole race: that history has vet re-
corded or We believe will ever have TO record
t'l history grows gray. For it is not every
century, it is not every aeon that shows the
world Yankee nation. Yes, the Confeder.
ate; people has now at last to strip for battle
it IS be6pfe that must this time VERY liter.
ally conquer OF die.
No do'1bt it would be agreeable to believe
mat this last stage of the war will soon h.
over ana must end in the speedy destruc-
ton OF our intending nurdercrs But look
round the map Of thee onfedefacy, and Judge
II We Can soothe ourselves with this belief
|" the very heart Of the country cur gallant
sentinel Of the Mississippi-heroic little
''cksourg-has sustained, indeed, and baf.
l'eo TWO tremendous sieges; but third time
htf citizens sec pouring in around them from
thc North and from the West enormous mass
'es OF tie beleagucring foe; iron floating.
batteries again crowd down upon her: and
even as you read these words, TWO hundred
heavy gnrs may be laundering upon her de-
lenses, a hundred thousand men may be pres
!s'ng 20 the storm Of her ranparts Asain
she will drive them off, perhaps, land remain
the famous maiden city Of this hemisphere
'hc oul~ar~ OF the West; so be it but the
VISION we see on the Mississippi does not
look very lis" exhaustion or despair on the
part Of the to> just yet.
! AND again, look to the mouth Of the nigh.
ty river. New Orleans is not a nader, ctv
alas: the base rag that has SO often been
rent and t1amplvd before Richmond and he.
fore |ickSburg flies from all the towers Of
Il at drt'oWercd city. IIcrdcs of HUNGRY
ia"Aets, armed TO the teeth, sit in the shade
OF h:r orange groves, and station negro guards
over the mansions Of her noJl,st citizens
All her ! est and fairest have to lament sgcrv
day that their soodly city had not been laid
IN ashes before 1t became the haunt of Oh.
scene creatures. No sign Of relaxation there
And, bat short way off, Mobile, by the
shores Of her spacious bay, keeps diligent
watch and ward, expecting, in the light OF
each mornings sun, to see the thricc.accurs
ca Stars and str:p,s gleamn: through the
smoke Of bombarding squadron. All along
TIE Cali, and round the coast of Florida, this
''nn'prcscnt enemy, who is said to have Just
been playing his last card, is shutting up
EVERY river and planting his guns on every
strong place. Savannah, shut in from the
seat by Fort Pulaski, in til. hands Of sam. in
vctcra'e Yankees, listens FOR tn. first boom
.N tAr artillery that Is to level her walls with
h"r sandy soil; and Charleston, grimly calm.
but With beating heart, stands waiting the
onset Of the Great armada. Those few acres
,ot VA Oyster Point, it seems, already swept
and 'i''aStatcl by n1,<:rations, ar. TO be
the object and the priz: Of the most potent
arma'n:n! by far that American waters have
ever seen. This very moment, it ma v b..
the black Monitor batteries ar. steam in, be-.
tween Sumttr and Moultric. No signs Of re.
taxation or Of Encouragement and dcs,ar in
tie enemy here! Pass further, and you will
md tho whole coast from Charleston to Nor
io'k, and every river to the head OF the tide
water, and every creek and sound formed by
the sea inlands, swarming with their sunboats
and transports, ready to pour in masses of
troops wherever there is chance of plumber,
bridge burning and general havoc.
From Norfolk, all around by Chesapcpe and
Potomac, we are guarded by gunboats, and
no living thing tsave sknlking smugg'ers1
Isuffcred to enter or go out. On the Ran
pahannock two hundred thousand men wal,
tor drying wind to move con to Richmoad'
once more, led BY a genuine apostle Of cx
termination. At last the savage abo,itionists
OF massachusetts, have the right man in the
right place: Heretofore they have rather
wished the defeat Of LincoIn's generals en-
the Potomac, because they seemed to be
fse'h'ers, and not thieves or aEsassins; but
with Hooker they feel at. home: under
Hooker they count upon owning Southern
plantations and giving law to Southern
vassels. 10 possess himself Of the property
of Others, genuine Yankee will perhaps
even .fgat. - ~-1 - -.a*.-~ - n ...'. =
And Northwestern Virginia is descIa.ed
ny M''r'y aud his n'en, and Kentucky and
tennessee, The fairsst land, of all the West
are entirely in the clutcI, Of The encny while
the rivers bring them up aIects Of transports,
and Rosencrans, with another large army,
threatens to sweep all opposition from his
path and join the other brigaads who are
Icrowsing upon Vicksbu.g. sss3 Il Ess. .
Where, all this vide circus. docs the
invasion seem to be failing or giving ground !.
/ 1 I'll argtsfui sfs. =.