Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-03-18
The Address Of . he n ebel s,oncres

The Address OF Z lae Rebel ComEres,
Owing to the crowded state Of our column
we have been unable to publish this addres
at length, A few passages, which we quote
will show its, d character. The address il
signed by Messrs. Orr, Semmes and Maxwell
on the part of the Senate, and Clapp, Curry
Hartbridge and ". N. Smith on The part o
the House. The intent Of the address is t,
goad the people of the South into making I
last desperate resistance, and we need not b,
surprised at thepyramid Of falsehood which
it rears. For instance, the following state
ment Is gravelY made 80 fafr edfo-
~" The Republieanparty was founded to de
stroy slavery and the equality of the States
and Lincoln was selected as the instrument
to accomplish this object. The Union was .
barrier to the consummation Of this policy
because the Constitutions, which was iti
bond, recognized and protected slavery and
the sovereignty Of the States.
The Upion must, therefore. be, sacrificed
and to insure its destruction this was deter
mined on" ..f,,,rsi ,,....- .s.1t. yd .siecs
If that is not putting the cart before the
horse. then we never saw the ludicrous ope.
ration performed. The Republican party
was formed to destroy the Union, the Consti
tuition, and the equality. of the States and
the secession party was founded to sustain
the Union, the Constitution, and the equality
Of the States + That is sublimely impudent
tits almost equal to some Of the. logical CD
points ip Judge Thsyers editorials. - sa.
Again we read in this remarkable =" ad
dressp :aY errs -5-at '-.i Dha -f '.'
ITO rally the people to the support Of the
war, its object was proclaimed TO be d restor.
alton of the Union, as il that which implied
the voluntary assent Of such ar agreement
was an indispensable element and condition
to be preserved by coercion. 1t is absurd to
pretend that government really desirous of
restoring the Union would adopt such meas!
ures as the confiscationf Of private property,
the emancipation eff the slaves, systematic ef-
forts to incite them to insurrection, .forcible
abduction from their homes, and compulsory
enlistment in the army the division of q
State without its consent, and proclamation
that one.renth of State, and that tenth un-
der military rule. should control the will of
the remaining nne-tenths."
This is as clear as mud, and shows just
where the shoe pinches on these "intensely
loyal" fellows. They don't like coercion,
con6scation, emancipation and reconstruction
OF course not! Neither do the Oopperheads
Of the North, with whom they have a Sia-
mese-twin bond Of sympathy.
Here is conso!atory aorceau for Copper
beads. 1t is an assurance that their South
erii masters appreciate their devotion to the
cause Of the rebellion .-.,is s.-..r q
'It would be hardly fair to assert that all
Northern people participate in these designs
on the country. There exists powerful po-
litical party who openly condemn them
The administration has, however, been able
thus far, by it's enormous patronage and its
lavish expenditures, to seduce, or by its le-
gions Of Hessian mercenaries, to overawe the
masses, to control the elections, and to estab-
lish an arbitrary despotism. 1t cannot be
possible that this state of things can contin-
ue. The people Of the United States, aecus-
toned to freedom, cannot consent to be ruin.
ed and enslaved in order to ruin and enslave
u.s." .... lie f,.s -.sy a. -,;c'l0
That this overawing Of the masses, and
controlling Of the elections, running and en-
shaving Of the people, should be accomplished
Without their knooing it, is one of the most
remarkable occurrences Of the age When
will wonders cease?