The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-02-18
Rebel Soldiers Refuse TO be Forced
TO Re.enter the Rebel Service.
They Denounce their Leaders
THE REBELLION ON ITS cRuToHEt


An Address by the Rebel Soldiers,
EDS. CoN:-The following address
was procured by me from some rebel
soldiers in Calhoun county, Alabama,
few days past. was on secret ser
vioe for the Government, =, and was there.
fore in disguise. and the rebels gave me
the address, supposing me to be a rebel
soldier. There Is NO mistake as to its
commences; and I know IL is circulat-
cd to considerable extent amoug the
dissatisfied rebel soldiers. Tho fol
lowing is the address:
FELLOW SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF
TENNEssEEI Three years ago vo we're
called upon to volunteer in the Confed.
crate army for term of three years.
and We all uobly responded to the cal' =,
with the express understanding that we
we're to be discharged as soon as our
term Of service expired. Indeed, We
wore faithfully assured by all of our
officials that such a course would be pur-
d. The Secretary of War proclaim
ed that those who volunteered for "thrce
years or during the war" would have
10 he discharged from the army at the
end of three years; but 10 our utter
surprise, We are DOW told that wo must
he cOnscrpted, and forced to enter the
army FOR another term Of three ycarsl
Our feelings are not to be eonsalted--
zee mast be conscriptcdt
Was such thing ever heard Of be-
for,2 Do the annals Of war furnish O
single instance of volunteer soldiers be-
ing forced to continue in the service
after the expiration of their term Of ser.
vicc7 Surely noii IF We search the
history of the world, from the days oi
Adam, down to the present time, We
will end that,in every instance, a vol.
uuicer soldier was discharged aS soon
as his term Of service expired, unless ho
Of his own accord,re enlisted as a volun
teer And ore we. Americans, once the
boast and pride ofthe word-are we to
to be treated worse than the heathcn oi
the dark ages Of the world treated their
soldier? And are we 10 become the
laughing stock Of tho world2 .'.
Fsllow Soliiersi Is it not clear to
every rational mind, that our pompouS
and mercilr@ rulers ara daily stealing
away our righ'S and liberties, and re.
ducinG us to the most 'j-ct slavery ev,
or known to the world? And thull we
cownrdly submit to this paIpablc in.
fringement upon our most sacred rights
We we've told that we must como out
to fight for our riGhts; yet our inhum n
leaders are gradually rnbbiug US of ev.
cry right inheri'ed by nature, and
transmitted to US by our predecessors
The FnderalS did not hesitate 10 dis
charge all their ninc-months' troop.
whose term OF service expired last sum
mer--they were promptly discharged
and their places filed up by new levies
and shall we suffer ourselves to be treat
I'd worse than our enemies are treated
No, brave comrades, let's assert ou,
lriGht', and unhinchingly maintain
them! Let's show our beustly rulers
that they cannot thus onSlsve us he.
cause We arc private soldiers. They
have cunningly, led us to the very
threshold Of destruction; they have
practised one deception after another
upon us: they have told US lies--korri.
bic leS-tO induce us to become theil
a' jet slaves. - r...... .-..
| Among tho innumerable lies promul
gated by these unmi gated scamps, ws
call your attention to tho following
They told us the war would not last
three months; that foreign natiop'
would recogniS' US as an iDdependcn
people, and help ns 6gh'; that the Yan
KEGS could not 6ghG tNst ono of u:
could whip ton Yankees; that Vicks
burg could never be takerj that Chatia
nooga eoatl never be taken; that th,
Peuce party of the North would fore,
Lincoln 10 make peace with the South
that ICE soldiers tooNld be discharged a
soon as our time srpirsd and that VI
would not be heavily taxed. These ar
but few of the hyPoOritical lies proclaim
ed by those conspirator. who have pre-
sipitated US, into irretriovable revolu
tion, Shall we submit to be beguiIe,
. by these rnpardoaaJ Die usurpers, a apd per
NIT our families to stdrvs 10 dsan
through want Of our labor at home
Arc ~ nOI aware that If our Abssno