Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-09
ANIMPENDING REBEL REVOLT.
The r Results of Their Wholesale Con.
scriptiOn-Remark Address OF
Rebel Soldiers i'll Arms-They De-
nOunce their Leaders and Refuse
IN Serve.


Rebel Soldiers i'll Arms-They DE.
nOunce their Leaders and Refuse
to Serve.
The Cincinnati Commercial, ofFcbruary ID pub
fishes the following address, which it edtOrially
youchrs for rs genuine lt says: ut comes TO
us from two distinct and independent sources, each
Processes to be II literal copy of the document Ill.
Guiding italics anil capitals. These transcripts ot
the original are corroborative, and leave no room
10 doubt the gcnuiuenesS of this revolutionary
manifesto How extensively il has been circula-
ted or 10 what extent it has influenced the rank
and file of Johnstons army, we have no means OF
knowing.
EDS. COMMERCIAL: The following address was
procured hv me from some rebel soldiers IN Cal-
houn cnuntv, Alabama, few days past. was
on secret service for the Government, and was
therefore in disguise, and the rebels gave me the
address suppOsing me TO be Il rebel soldier. There
is 10 mistake Us to its genunencss: and Know
il has circulated to Z considerable extent among
th, dissatisfied rebel soldiers. The italics and
capitals are the authors: the punctuation il mine.
have the original i'll my possession.
THE ADDRESS.
Fellow soldiers of the Army Of Tennessee
Three wears ago we werr called upon TO vOlun-
,p,r in the Confederate army for the term of three
years: and We all nobly responded to the call
with the express understanding that we were to
be discharged Us sOOu rs our term oi service ex.
pired. Indeed we were faithfully assured by al
our officials that such course would be pursued
The Secretary OF War procaimed that those
who volunteered for three Years or during the
war would have to be discharged from the army
ut the end of three wears But, to our utter sur
prise we are now told that WE must be conscript-
ed and forced to enter the army for another term
nf three wears Our feelings are not to be on
su,ted-Hv must be conscriptcd!
Was such Il thing ever heard of beforet Do
the annals OF war furnish single Instance oi
volunteer soldiers being forced IL continue III the
service after the expiration ~ their term oI beF
yicc2 Surely not Ii we search the history OF
the world from the days OF Adam down to the
present time, we will fluid that in every instance
a volunteer soldier was discharged as soon rs his
term oi service had expired, uulsch ne OF MS
own accord rr.cnlisted as II volunteer; ana are
we Americans once the boast anu prldc oil tho
w worl,l-urv we 10 be treated worse than tho hea'
then of the dark ages treated their soldiers Are
We to ht made the worst slaves ever Known 10
the world! And are We 10 become the laughing
stock Of the world
Fellow Soldiers is it not clear 10 every ra'
tional mind that our pompouS and mercl!ehS ruI'
ers are daily stealing away our rights ana h"er'
Ties. and reducing uS TO the most a6jeet slavery
ever known TO the world And shall we cow
ardly submit 10 this pRlpablo infringement OF our
most sacred rights. We are told that we must
come ont fight for our rights yet our inhuman
leaders gradually rObbnG us OF every right i'll
hrrirru by nature or transmitted TO by our
predecessors! The Fcdcrals did not hesitate 10
discharge all their nine months troops whose
term OF service expired last suinmer--ihey We're
promptly discharged and ;hcir places filled up oy
new leyies aud shall We suffer ourselves TO be
treated worse than enemirs No, brave com.
rlLrS, let Us assert our rights, and untliuchingly
maintain thc!R Let lis show our bedStly rulers
that they can not thus rnslave because we are
private soldiers They have already cGnninglv
led us 10 the very threshold Of trstrnctioni they
have practiced one deception after another upon
us; they have tUld us licS-horr!ble lies-to ill.,
ducc us 10 become their abjcct slaves.
Among the innumcrablr lies promulgated oy
these unnlitgGted scanpS. we call your attention
to the following: They told us that the war
would not last three months; that foreign nations
would recognize us aS an independent people
and help us hight; that the Yankees could not
light; that one OF could whip ten Yankees;
that Sicksburg could never br taken; that Chat
tanooga could never be taken: that the peace
party Ut the North would force Lincoln 10 maze
peace with the south; thar we soldiers should be
discharged rs soon our time expired, and that
we would not be heavily taxed. These are but
few Of the many hyp"cri::caI lies proclaimed Dy
those cOuSpirators who have prtctpitatco us lnt"
irrrtrcvablr revolution. Shall we submit TO De
bcgatlsj by these objectionable uSurperS' anu
permit our families 10 starve TO death, through
want of our labor NJ home! Are we not aware
that if our absence from our families be pr0trtrt'
y
will suffer wretchedly for the nccesSarieS ct lie,
if they do not slarve entirely to death Ana are
We not bound by the most sacred laws known 20
man TO provide for our families? And Shonil we
permit set OF usurping profigatcs I" prevent US
from complying with this divine law! BY the
late laws OF Congress our families are to DE- taxed
TO IN almost unlimited extent: and if WE submit
10 becoue couscripts. 'hc last ray OF hope Will
have 10 be expelled from our hearts, for we can
than hope for nothing but an untimcly end OF 'ao-
ec slavery, not only Of ourselves, out also OF our
families
Now il the time TO assert our rights, for if we
wait longer our doom will be forever sealed! We
who write this address are determined to demand
our rights and, ii Necessary we will demand
IT,. a, the point oI .nr bayunct We are not
enemies 10 rhe South hut we are lovers OF our
rights liberties and families and il we must lose
ali our sacred rights, and permit our families 10
starvc. in order to sustain our wicked leaders IN
their deceptive course, we prefer to return 10 our
allegiance 20 the old Government accept OF Lin.
coins pardon. and let the leaders and their Con.
ftderacy 60 to hell together. This may be hard
language for men who have fought in many
hard battle to Use but silent endurance ceases to
be n virtue, and confident are we that the Gov
ernIhent OF the United states can treat us no worse
than we are being treated by our hcartless Of
fiCias in the field as well rs at Richmond.
But we are told that if we will let the authori.
ties conkcript u.s. the war will soon close. favor.
such pcrfidious lci Does not this conscriptng
business plainly say 10 the world we are fast
playing ont that our weakness is rapidly mani
testing itself TO our own deuded minds : Fellow
soldiers we have been too often deccivedby these
willy liars to place the slightest confidence in any
thing they tell us. They are but invented lies TO
enable them 10 tie the cord of despOtism tighter
around our wrist Every intelligent soldier
among us knows that we are already whipped
and why not acknowledge it at once; why not
show our leaders that we know we are whipped
aS well as they do President Davis virtually
acknowledges this fact so do the Secretary OF
War and the Secretary of the Treasury What
use is there for us to contend against dead cur.
rency and an empty commissary in the face of the
best army ever marshalled for combat Think Of
these things fellow. soldiers, and decide what
shall be your courScl We have made up our
minds to go home as our time is out
MANY SOLDIERS.