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

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s1sxT.--And sfssr all that is com I. upon us
fer ear evil deods and for our great sresspass,
sesiA1 that Thou our God hast pusstshsd ms
lns tkaA ouF iuiquitiss deserve, aud hast civ.
- ~ stech dsiiverance as this; shoaid se
egain break thy commandments and Join in
a0nity with the people of thcse aboanAiions
Woultlst fhou not be nngry with Us III Tn ,a
heds0coAsamcd ne, % that there slpald bs no
ssmnant nor sseaPins s--Ekra, is,'is, u.
= The peculiar adaptation Of Scripture to
the constantly occurring events Of life must
ofken have impressed every tNaghtful
mind. Thefe ia no condition in which We
can be placed where We cannot fnd some
word Of inspiration. which seems of such
peculiar fitness n 70 excite our surprise
and admiration.S These venerable records
Of the past thus convey to us thc, lessons
of ,visdom and experience, which wben
pruPsriy viewed, may Ss rssars MA di.
rdetions for tho regulation of. our cJnduct.
In the trying times upon whict we have
tsllen who has not cbeerYed with wonder
and appropriateness OF th6se words of 81.
Panl in the beginning Of the sixth chap.
ter Of bic First Epistle to Timothy, where
be gives directions in reference TO the re.
lations Of master and SLATE, and denounces
with just severity those false phinnthrop-
ists who would teach insubordination, and
closes with the impressive words, n From,
such ,cithdrar Mystif" - ss-'sssi
In conformity with the apostolic iniunc-
ton, the Confederate States Withdrew from
o political association with Just such per.
sons as st. Pauf<lcnounced. For doing
this . war the most unjust, cruel and afro.
cidus has been waSed against them. As
long rs their enemies entertained the least
h6pe of subjccting them, but one voice was
heard among them, and that voice was the
demand for the vigorous aud unrelenting
prosecution Of hostilitics, even to the bitter
end Conquest, subjngation, annihilation
IT NECESSARY, but war, war, war. From no
party at the North was there heard a
whisper of peace, n proposal of adjustment
or reconciliation. Philanthropy WIS en-
crossed with one fanatical idea, and could
hnd neither time nor place 10 compassion
ate the sufferings Of an innocent -people
whose territory was ruthlessly invaded, aud
whose sons were murdered because they
dared to defend their homes from po,!u,ion
aud violence. Religion was prostiu,tcd to
the service Of Satan, and its ministers, the
pfOfsssed Ambassadors OF the Pr;.s se of
Peace, were the londest advocates for
siaughNr: Every consideration of reason
and every prompting of humanity were
abjuted, ana tie .si,n aud universal shout
Of "a denoninc people was for war.
For nearly two years has this continued
But the promise of carly success was moi
realized, the confidence 10 numerical supe
siority =nd ip the vass ar,nrme., cr war
wac disapi c:nted--evon the navy,te ptscd
to be irresistible. ftilel TO accomplish The
work OF snbjugation. The smaller party
waxed stronger and stronger as the contest
was prolonged, and the arrogant boaster
grew weaker and weaker. The South, cat
on from the sympathies of the wotld, but
relying uron the Providence. of Cod and
those high moral considerations which
constitute the true secret OF power and
success, maintained her cause with noble
keroi3i /; and again and again all over her
territory few the inspiring Dispatches OF
her leaders, .. God has given us the victo-
ry. And now ut last, when our enemies
discover the hopelessncss OF the work they
have undertaeer-Ahen their promises to
the word have been repeatedly belied-
when they have used up the pauper FOR
elgn populatio., over which they have
been lording it rs masters in former wears
when they have emptied their prison
houses and penitentiarics 10 turn! loose up.
on us in vandal fury the very flth and of
securing OF the earth-Rhen they have
accumulated upon themselves n Ioad OF
debt which Their posterity will be unable
to pay fer generations TO come, and End
that the heart Of the South is We. uusub
dued, and never can be subdued--now
when there looms mp before item the
prospect OF utter and irremediable ruin
now, iorsooth, they profess Tor us whom
they have sought to murder, to subjuyate
and to destroy, so ctrong and undying
friendship that they cannot live IN state
OF separation from US, and offer Us the olive
branch of peace upon the condition of
of the Union. To such
how appropriate an answer is
found IN the text, Should we again break
thy communicating, and join in affinity
with that people Of these denominations p
The bare proposal of such thing mani
tests its impossibility. 1t adds insult to
injury. 1t shows tho other irreconcilia.
b,lify OF the characters Of the people of
the two sections. The man OF the North
who makes such proposition is Landed
and cheered-the Southern man who wonld
entertain it would be sunk in the esteem
OF has fellow-citizens beneath contempt.
There was time when the traveller
from these sunny lands would stand in the
presence OF tho haughtiest peer of Europe,
and feel the stirnugs OF national pride
while he avowed himself citizen of the
United States. But that time is past for.
ever. Now, the blush OF the shame would
mantle his face to be called by such n
name. lie had rather become scli-ex
patriated wanderer on ,he bleak hill, of
Scotia, denizen of the hardy Switscrs
or dwell in the land of Brutus