The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-05-12

1 have MANY letters lTOm persons ln Boston
/ New York 8hd Pniadelpnm, desiring bomt
action Oh the par, OF lropean Governments
- ihe absence Ui this, my correspondent,
hnk that matters may remln uus itied loi
uany months send you Que Of lie !etiu.,
or publication. Yours, etc II.
PHILADELPHIA, March &, 1863
! Dear ------: II seems 10 ms as il year,
mslH have passed smoe write to you. M
crowded wth events have HE months h.eu
aud 1orced events travelling with desperate
velocity,
! History and reason are fast vindcating
themselves wan sad certainty Ia the AFFAIRS oi
! The United States All Tie clemens winch
make close aihdnce either desirable or ls
iihatle have Ia lnct long been wanting between
tas North ami the SUu,h; hut now Tho rum
siauus ionh IN strong lght aud may noI be
ldsnied. a war lOr nul0u Is n sIiiy phrase o.
a dieboheht prtIext for tile gtaiibcHuOn Oi
sectional haired. utUrlitied pride or ianauoal
lur'. The phase Of The reNOmlien. Ot au az
! Sretslve war OF Invasion ol tho South. II, !
believe, neal ~ at an eud. although win such
,ast aud varied ag;H4mOuts, n4yatani land as
are ngw engaged, Il rs mp0seble TO Say VIII a.
| Iutetmedlate Ijules may be inflicted. or how
Anch sorrow must beiall southern homes be.
tre The great Yankee anaconda lecolIs 10
his ueu, wounded, broken aid bleeding. 10
nash hls own nest WIN hlllcr fury But sui.
cannot but beneye the tlde OF INVASION O,
tue >OuIn 10 biackening and Will soon turn.
aud tneu tue NOrdern STATES viii become the
held Tor set Iement Ol ~ The questions raised
10y "a tdlb9 aud lmOeclle faytUn with anlniured
deceived and outraged people, who have been
iUng accustomed 10 ACT without egard 10 law =
" respect 10 principles Of ahy klud.
State Governments may prevent absolute
anarchy, bur how much Will be lett ol lhenl
calnoI he ioretolJ.
We Amencaus had many noble theories.
fOnd Y the.ishgd even whIsi doubted. 0i he
jtsnce aud beauty of pOIIIcai equalIy in 1,
nation OF ireemen but lhe spel is ludcty
UroEln, and 10 dream OF Philanthropy, no
cIude scheme Of general JUS ice can ever h,-
lune me INTO voluntary aust IN Democrat
ic nlurlty as "A sale eOUrce Ot rule aud pOWer,
lhe whole framework OF our form Of govein
neut has been dbjsnted aud cannot in tile
Northern Stales he renewed IN tina century.
liz ever.
Oar liberties arc goue-.l mean the lber.
ties wnlch were embedded in our system ni
avs, aud Wh,ch were our Ouly true liberties ;
License there always WAS, aud therefore lets
AbeHR but the anarchy Of our present con
dl IOI ~ dreaulal ~ the extreme. Claos is
come epaijl; ! the mad Congress at Washing
Ton have lpsl closed thag caratyai og tiesu uC-
uon, and Ia theii reVels have Ras tif-ctullly
'bruGt, up Our lDrn al government ss their
a1lhnct permitted. The little band OF rad
wise men who had seats in lie Congress rovo
bravely against The wild aud Overpowerpg
mai rty oI uusciupuious aud blind Black Re
pnblicars, but alas ia vain.
The result is the establishment, so far q.
It can be dune by unconstitutional legislation
of dictatorship ~ tho UMled States. with
an amplitude OF power in The hands 0 the 70.
called President winch, If exercised m accord.
anee with The WISHES aud instructions OF hIs
party, will leave not u vestlge of q rennbll.
can iOrlu Of government. nor d single detensl-
ble right, civil, political or rerglous. TO any
cl,zen Of the Northern Union 4 gNeepiug
law Oi ConScrpu0n places every tuan capable
ot arm bearing subject 20 lIinculn's call
AbOlher 0peus The national puIse and hal%r
the strings to The Secretary of The Treasury
A hird gives The power indefinitely TO sns
pend the writ Of hobeas corpus. and mdemni
lies the President and evry one OF his gubor.
dnlaies lor auy past aud future INVASION OF
personal right or llberty---a new aud terrible
application (Aud perytrsiol) of the maxim
that tue kug eau do no wrong"
There were other laws % passed in utter
defiance 0t al limitation upon executive ana
eglsla'ne power, but the three above cited
sand N most wicked prOmil euce, aud U them
selves contain ample evidence OF tho guilt,
iotent wilh witch they were passed
80 much toe tue Back Republican theory
ND plan to keep lheu iacll9n IN pprpetuaiI
power, 10 crush The Liberties Of their Northern
,elloWlnen, aud give themselves warliko neatio
oi reducing the Cunit derate States to des ri
OF ashes AMI blood Bit the practical results
OF such schemes ls not awsyo reliable, aud to,
the sake OF humanity let Us hope aud pray
these sshguiuary and desperate men may be
disappointed IA every quarer OF their attack
80 tar as tue ) uth Is concerned cauhave
no doubt Whatever that hcr, ased aud more
ingloriuus failure wd mara tue Federal cam
pigns. The frequency Oi dltaSter 10 them @
ae Be- witness The recapture OF Galveston hAr
OCr. the Gaplure OF the finest steamer on ha
station he HIrriet Lme) the des ruotion ui |
lbe tcoerol iias snip aud the ipglori1ds night /
OF Their baet; The cap ur5 OF SABINE Pass. oi
tnree blocksding vessels, ul,y armed; the da n
out OF Charleston aud disperslOn o the va, i
kee squadron; lbe ep0so, at Nieksbnre. OIL
onermuls army ami Podtrs m r ar aud gun |
boat Heels Tue capture OF the Queen @ MeI
West mi The ron clad Itiim0h,, ni The Ails. |
smippi the capture ol ,our Feaefal regmenls
ana Two Datieriea Ot artillery, near Rankin /
Az Teuneasee--al tdese have been brilliant
sicceescs for Southern arms. d in modes
utter y unexpected Control on the rivera and
ocean had been IN theory on both sidee. nc
corded "a the North il was only ON land ibat
a contest was expected IRON iho indulept ma
eitsmluale Nonherner Aud how widely dif.
irenl, at tue lapse OF Two years Of savage war.
lase stand tic two peoplos.
Blessed with nobo and competent leaders
aud inspired by their comses and oxaDple
tbe Soutberu people, under the pressure oi
university and IN The face of learTai odda. are
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