Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1864-03-19
NUMBER 10.
An Impending Rebel Revolt.

THE RESULTS THEIR WHOLESALE coSsCRIP-
TIoS-REMARKABLE ADDRESS OF REBEL SOL
DIERs IN ARMs-THEY DESoUYcE THEIR LEAD
Frs AND REFUSE TO SERVE.
The Cincinnati Commercial, of February I'd,
publishes the following address which il editori-
ally vouches for as genuine 1t says "It
comes to us from two distinct and independent
sources, each profess to be a literal copy of the
document including italics and capitals These
transcripts of the original are corroborative and
leave no room to doubt the genuineness of this
revolutionary manifesto. How extensively it
has been circulated, or to what extent it has in
fuenced the rank and file of Jonhston's army,
we have no means of knowing
EDS. COMMERCIAL The following address
was procured by me from some rebel soldiers in
Calhoun county, Alabama few days past. /
was secret service for the Government, and
was therefore in disguise, and the rebels gave
me the address, supposing me TO be rebel sol
der. There is no mistake as to its genuineness !;
and know it has circulated to some considera-
bic extent among the dissatisfied rebel soldiers
The italics and capitals are the authors the
punctuation is mine. have the original in my
possession. Z. S. Scout
THE ADDRESS.
FELLOW SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF TENNEs-
SEE Three years ago we were called upon to
volunteer in the Confederate army for the term
three years and we all nobly responded to the
call, with the express understanding that we
were to be discharged our term of
service expired. Indeed we were faithfully as
sured by all of our officials that such course
would be pursued The Secretary of War pro-
claimed that those who volunteered for g three
years or during the war " would be discharged
from the army at the end of three years. But,
to our utter surprise, we are now told that we
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for another term Of three gears Our feelings
are not to be CONSTRUCTIVE MUST BE coNscRIP-
TED
Was such thing ever heard of before? Do
the annals of war furnish a single instance of
volunteer soldiers being forced to continue i'll
the service, after the expiration of their term Of
service Surely not If we search the history
of the world, from the days of Adam down to
the present we will find that in every instance, a
volunteer soldier discharged as his
term of service expired, unless he of his own
accord re-enlisted as a volunteer and we,
americans. once the boast and pride of the world
ARE WE to be treated worse than the heatbens
OF the dark ages treated their soldiers? Are zee
to be made the worst slaves ever known to the
world? Are re to become the laughing stock
of the world
FtHow Soldiers! is it not clear to every ration
al mind that our pompous and merciless rulers
daily stealing array our rights and liberties, and
/ reducing US 10 the most aDJect StHrGy ever
known to the world ? And shall we cowdrdly
submit to this most palpable infringement
most sacred rights9 We told that must
come out to fight for our rights; yet our inhu-
man leaders gradually robbing us of every
right inherited by nature or transmitted TO as by
our predecessorst The Federals did not hesitate
to discharge oil their nine months troops whose
term of service expired last summer-they
promptly discharged, and their places filled up by
new levies and shall we suffer ourselves to be
treated worse than our enemies? No, brave
comrades, lett assert our rights, and unfnchingly
maintain them Lets show our beastly rulers
that they can not thus enslare because we are pri-
rate soldiers They have already cunniagiy led
us to the very threshold Of destruction they have
practiced deception after another upon
they have told us lies-horri6le Hes-to induce us
| to become their AFFECT SLAVES.
Among the innumerable lies promulgated by
these unmitgated scdmps, we call your attention
to the following: They told us that the war
would not last three months that foreign nations
would recognize independent people,
and help fight that the Yankees could not
fight that one of us could whip ten Yankees
that Vicksburg could necer be taken J; that Chat
tanooga could be taken that the peace party
of the North would force Lincoln to make peace
with the South: that 1ce soldiers sh0Hfd be DIS
charged as soon as time expired, and that we
scOuid not be heavily taxed These are but few
of the many hyocritical lies proclaimed by those
conspirators who have preeipitated us into ire
trevable revolution. Shall zee submit to Be be-
guiled by these UyPARDoyAhLE usURPERs, 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 pro-
traeted another term of three years, many of will
| suffer wretchedly for the necessaries of life if
they do not starve entirely to death And are
we not hound by the MOST SACRED LAWS known
to man TO provide for our famiiiesP And should
we permit set of usurping proRigates to prevent
us from complying with this DIVINE Law? By
the late laws Of Congress, our families are to be
F taxed to almost unlimited ertent; and II we
submit to become conscrpts, the last ray OF hope
will have to be expelled from our hearts, for we
can then hope for nothing but an untimety state
Of affect slavery, not only Of ourselves out aso Of
our families
No,, is the time 10 assert rights, for if we
+ wait longer our doom will be forever sealed =
/, We who write this address determined to de-
,nond our riqhts and, if necessary, we will demand
|, Them at tie point Of the 5ayonet! We are not
enemies of the South but are lovers of our
r;oht,. liberties and families; and if we must lose
, ali our sacred rights, and permit our families to
, starve in order to sustain our wicked leaders in
their deceptire prefer to return to our
allegiance to the old Government, accept of Lin
coin S pardon, and let the leaders and their Con-
federacy go to hell together This may be hard
language for men who have fought in many
nhru Ddttie 10 Dut SHeW endurance ceases to
be virtue, and confident are we that the Gov
eminent of the United States can treat US no
,corse than being treated 5y our heartless Of
fcials in the field as reH as at Richmond
| But we told that if we will let the author
tiles conscript us the war will soon end favor
able to our side Can any rational man credit
such perfd;ous heF Fellow soldiers, we have
been too often deceived by these willy liars to
place the slightest confidence in ANYTHING they
say. Every intelligent soldier among US knows
thai we are only whipped: and why not ac-
knowledge il at once why not show our leaders
That we know we are whipped as they do >
President Darts rtrtuatty acknowledges this fact J;
so do the Secretary Of War and Secretary Of the
Treasury! Think of these thing fellow soldiers,
and decide what shall be your course. We hare
made up our minds to go home achen our time is
out! MANY SOLDIERS.
The Boston Post wants to know why credit