, 1863-07-31
FROM TIE SOUTH,
The Richmond Sentinel to the Peace
Democrats.
A BLAsPHEMOUs THANKSGIVING
TE DEUm.

| Ah UnUu4s
From late files of Southern papers We gle:
the following items Of interest:
TO PEACE DEA0CRATs-No CNtoN-NHYER
I NEVER.
[Ftom the Richmond Sentinel, July 81
Of all the formal expressions Of publ
opinion which have come to us from the Uu
ted States, We have noticed but one that b
q kind word for the people Of these Confe
crate States, True, they all claim that ne Al
one people With them; that We belong to ii
same country and the same Goyeznment; IN,
ant party breathes ont against us nothing b1
slaughter and dcstruction, and denounee T
with as much demoniacal fury
~As al the nends from Heaven that fell,
Had pealed the banner.cry Of He'll"
The New Hampshire Democrats, addressln
that It we will come back into the Unio
they. Will do all in their power to gain for U
| such guarantees as viii secure our safety
! This proposition ne believe to be as frankf
made as it is courteous1y expressed. We be
Aeve it to be IN honest proposition; 70
franklin Pierce and Aillnrd Fillmore, and
lew others, haTe pursued course that CON
mands confidence in their sincerity. We credl
the simple word Of them sooner than "
would as many others Us could be sworn In
week By the men who. promised that th
peace should be preserved at Fort Sumter
and the existing s&dtns maintained, at the yer
time TINT they we're sending thither the ma
terial of War.
We respond, therefore, to the New Hamp
shire Democrats with Courtesy and respeet
But we tell them what they must know
when we sav fo them that they are nnwerIes
to secure for MS those guarantees Of whicl
y admit the necessity.
We had to take cure Of ourselves, Falling
back on our sovereign rights. and callinif
upon God to vindicato US, Ne assumed a sep
arate national life. From that time, the me1
who wilful1y destroyed the Union have beer
asaailing us with al the enginea Of destruc
t1on.
Do the New Hampshire Democrats suppos,
for one moment that we could so much a,
think Of reunion with such a peopley > Rathe,
lin oIa hanJa ~ p9 msoaea to corpse! Ratae
exhausted conci1;o4tn1, 1u haca ttuU Lne p!t! ~
Thenceforth there Was no room fbr s9 rnncf
as thought Of reunion. we had buried oul
dead ont of our sight, and the mourners ha1
become comfOrttd. Since that time our falst
allies have been our yindictiye foes. VI
have ten thousand atrocities to remember
sgninst them. The blood Of many thousands
sand feelings Of horror repel the bare idea q
renewal Of association.
Ihls cruel war may stop if the North sc
wills It. and when those In the United States
VINO are disposed to deal fairly with us, shall
gain the rule, We may in time begin to burr
tne many bitter memories which now add en-.
ergy to our zesentments, and may make with
them treatlea TINT shall be mutually adyan,
t 1ageons. eea, Perhaps hereafter good viii may
,7'e.taontdl Never, Never. It Is in,possi6s.
Let lae Democrats at the North content them
gelses with securing the next best thing.
LEI them ffankly extend to us the hand 81
peace and propose that the feuds and bitter
ness Of the present be buried, and that the
two Republics be good neighbors aud good
friends. 1t Is either this, or the kill, burn,
destroy, consume, annfhilate Of the fanatics''
There is no middle course. For ourselves.
NE thall stand for our independence 80 long
as they are denied.
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rAsEs." IL DA'A W LILLE
lffom the Richmond Dispatch, July a31
1t appears that Abraham, President of tho
Yankees, recommends to lis subiecta daV
Of Thanksgiving some time in August nerf.
We are not apprised Of the order Of the ser
vices, nor the exnct description Of religious
tez r be" 10 es ns eows but would suggest
We thank Thee, 0, Divine Bcneyolence. that
Thou hast epabled us to tnrn a onca h ,,1s nnI
land into adweIIng-place of deyi1s' where Rs TRc
Light Of the 1ue.giYing sun is darRened da;lv
By the smoke Of death dealing battle fields'
and the night, once irradiated only by peace.
full stars, made lurid by the fires of burning
The Law, made only for the T ignoant m lJ,S Jews ..
tbg chesen Tea neooe atogetRsr Sar WITH
not one Of thy commandments Tb7ch
we hare not broken. Instead Of the one God.
spiritual and eternal, We have made idols Of
ar; instead Of adherence to M snch oh9n3st. y Iul,
as thou shalt uos steoi thnn
,l,alt mol commit a1,,lterv thon sbsI, ~ tn9a
Ehe name Of God In ra;n then sho1t ~ aaot tas
Eaise witness, thou shalr not coret W. ~ bs~a Sea
zone through the length and bread breadth y 81 Hfhs fhs
and stealing Whatever We could lay our hands
he air Viii c6rses VIM anS
,,nr;ee - ennea9 aayats ,yas auo slansaslmg from
,cld nn5 MT ontv eoua.}nr i ssei ~ nS mo ne-
;.n,e in onr noessss;nn i"se'M, W pus ,tahlng me
exceedire1V ria5 thet "a y" V1,,e eo1ee ana La, anc
1rrn orr. refe6sed f-or, the' 7aaa 1a.t ttees c
Ihle5 to TslF nrondir arect J., ~ s3,i nun 81
veil .s noi;ficai i;heT+ - tnS 1 a.
:fee. re HANK and nn,ise TRce ~ I'M II nth, fhs
.lI ratfon to noEer ~ Thine nnwn-thv - sar1 u,.e
7apts. Lincoln md Seward We hsrn hea9 ana
lied bY the Yilo thinrs of the Will - con.
ound the wise. and to show to fha h,snst ~ IVA omd
uost upeodly }bat heil il NOT thc onir nort;nn t;
We resofca thot ns tha trooJ - uasF
he Tinted gt,tss who ~ ~ato taS ,1aan;s oo M.n =.
lancer ~ hernm;nr r-a,5 aS.aie Aos -
.io13fe ems bare haa62 +pnnt. +uItu ana % aen.
i humility bv ne heing sds shnt Ans III sfaGe in
past;1e. and tbre.taned 1,+h suJ. w. " ~
,na cmn1eiiE,e th nateons 3n1s rom me eafth,
hat+eu eon ana tsinns .nem 20 iook 70 hcaVen 1or
rhee thae The,, e'uusaes taat Gpa9tly. Me
~ ire and sTn-a ;nto us. cI sia1a ~ ~ III
1,Ee widows ma nrnb,n.p dr ptaee.a1 g; 4auon, to
to s1tV tnnsandaa m ths;r o%n an4
mo pnrcst patriots. thereby adding mic mta1'tiiv d1
the nost o. martyrs md taking
re pray Thee @,us tn aneca ~" ~ y, CONE. t.
cod work iii ererv opnaH ,naio ~ ~ tno
3outhcrn brethren ents,e w;th ~. H. UT oar
he beatitudes Of Tho hlest 49, 10y aaLo
sith equal ioy into their nlantat,"ne enSge IT.
lank Thee that SO little Of our own niicr,me IT,
bis war; that we have heen enaiie5 54su ta ~ ~
;eis1e the down-troddeu Of Eurone fnto NJ -. y
ondition where NC have speedily nit an enS
O their misery. md that fhnse II n1,r 49,. 49,
,at{ve rank and file who hive fallen havt. haa,,
,cor men, who were Of no account to societv
nd whose loss We can endure with fort,fndc'
+ We may not, consistently with our duty Ia
hans, we rejoice that We shall n9eaerra a1 tho;r
Demories. and therehv indnce. othar ,.raa 1us,s
men to go and do likewise. We thank fhce
hat va 6ave heen enabled II raperonca 4,aa
fn,1nfc3 layr which orare nrriinnoo - ~ -
cendants Of Shcm and Japhet over Ham. and
'hich required ~ seFyants t. be obedient to
lelr masters. we bless Thee for the peace
nd noel5y Wnlch prevail n the best govern
2snt 9nGer me sun, as Illustrated BY the |
!: Nv y oIk Ilots, and tue dead bodies which !
d d III ING ING tnlghMays and 6y-ways. Above all,
hs+ 1h1i;;, sz1,;;s, tGlolee, and seonf Hallelujah!
! 1'ES1ea Ts IN oeatn, We, Ihy servants and sheep
nj hseSde eti'i Mat aate tea u green pastures
r make us afraid. We thank Thee that t We
,e not even persecuted bV The Yisitasions M i'm of