Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-02-11

rights ami fiJerfies, and reducing us to the
most abject slavery ever known to the
world? And shall we cowarlly submit to
this palpable Infringement upon our most
sacred rights We were told that we
must come out to fight for our rights; yet
our mhaman leaders are gradually robbing
us of every right inherited by nature or
transmitted to us by our predecessors!-
The Federals did not hesitate to discharge
all thsir nine months troops whose term
of service expired last summer-they were
promptly discharged, and their places fill
ed up by new lev;es; and shall we suffer
ourselves to be treated worse than our en-
emies are treated? No, brave comrades.
let's assert our rights and unfinchingiy
nsaintain them. Let's show our beastly rul-
ers that they can not enslave us because
we are private soldiers! They have al
ready cunnngly led us to the very thresh-
hold of destruction; they have practiced
one deception after another upon us: they
have told us lies-HoRRrBLE I.IEs--to in
duce us to become theirABJEcr SLAVES.
Among the innumerable lies promulga-
ted by these unmitigated scamps. we call
your attention to the following: They
told us that the war would not last three
months; that foreign nations would recog-
nize us an independent people. and help us
fight; that the Yankees could not fight,
that one Of us could whip ten Yankees;
that Vicksburg could never be taken; that
Chattanooga could never be taken; that
the Peace party of the North would force
Lincoln to MAKE PEACE with the South;
THAT WE SOLDIERS SHOULD DE DISCHARGED
AS SOON AS OUR TIME EXPIRED, and that
we would not DO heavily taxed. These
are but few of the many hypocritical lies
proclaimed by those conspirators who have
preciptated us into irretrievable revolu-
ton. Shall ,oe submit to be Jeguiled By
these UNPARDoNABLE UsURPAToRs, and per.
NIT our families to sTARvE TO DEATH,
through want of our labor at home?
Are we not aware that if our absence
from our families be protracted another
term Of three years. many of them will suf
fer wretchedly for the nccessaries of life,
if they do not starve entirely to death.
And are we not bound by the most sacred
laws known to man to prouide for our fam
iiiese And should we permit a set o.
usuping prcfigates to prevent us from
complying with this DIVINE LAw?, By the
late law Of Congress. onr families are to bt
taxed to an almost unlimited ertent; and i
we submit to become conscripts, the las
ray of hope will have TO be expelled from
our hearts, for we can then hope for moth
ing but an UNTMELY STATE OF ABJEc1
| SLAVERY, NOT ONLY OF OURSELVES, BUT Also
OF OUR FAMILIES. m
| Now Is THE TINE TO ASSERT OUR RIGHTS
for if we wait longer our DOOM WILL BI
FOREVER Sealed We who write this ad
dress are determined to demand our rights
and, If necessary. we will DEMAND THEM AT
THE POINT OF THE BAYoSET! We are no
enemies to the South; but we are lovers O
our rights, liberties and families; and if W;
must loose all our sacred rights. and per
nit our .famiiies to starue, in order to sus
tain our ,c;cked leaders in their DECEPTIVE
COURSE, we prefer to return to our ALIEGI
ANcE To THE OLD GOVERNMENT, ACCEPT ol
LINCoLN's PARDON, and let the leaders anC
their CoyFEDERAcY go to HE'LL TOGETHER
This may be hard language for men who
have fought in many hard battle to use
but silent endurance ceases to be VIRTUE
and confident are we that the Governmen
of the United States can treat as no pors
than ,0e are being treated by our heartles
officials in tie field as ,ceH as at Richmond
I But we are told that if we will let tn,
authorities coysCR;PT US the war will soor
close, favorable to our side! Can any ra
tional man credit such perfdioxs lie
Does not this conscripting business plainl!
say to the world that ws are fast playin,
out? that our weakness is rapidly mani
Testing itself even to our own dcludet
minds Fellow-soldiers, we have been TOT
often deceived by these willy liars to plsc
the slightest confidence in any thing the,
tell us! They are but INVENTED LIES t.
enable them to tie the chord OF DEspoTrs,
tighter round our wrists! Every intelli
gent soldier among us knows that we ar,
already whipped, and why not acknowl
edge it at once? Why not show our lead
ers that we do know we are whipped q
we'll as they do? President Davis virtual
ly acknowledges this fact; so do the Sec
retary of War and the Secretary of tn
Treasury! What use is there for us t.
contend against DEAD CURRENCY and al
EMPTY coMMIssARY in the face of the bes
army that ever marshalled for combat
Think of these things, fellowsoldiers, an.
decide what shall be your course. WI
HAVE MADE UP OUR MINDS TO GO HOME Al
SOON AS OUR TINE Is OUT. eF.
MANY SOLDIERS.