Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1865-04-05

"''i" "'S2N nhVSnnS HoAScocy, Tne, STATES,
by bare possibility, might have sent better,
.tFreT, paret men, TO represent them in such
convention, HeSce was it that Mcclellan Was
deprived Of bis platform BY the Richmond
politicians. Without thtlr cOncurren.e 90, and
bat OF tlg press OF the South, Comprehend.
'S'0 had no pIAtlorE', We spurGedif, ara i.
vitality WAS gone. There could be no con.
vendor Of Sts,rs without our concurrence.
We "ere told by the politicians that these
bIAtf' were not to ba trus!cd ia acoAvention
Js' res aow Georgia, thrOuEh he. Legislature,
'f'tha 'aa rsvo.aIionary propositions Of Gov.
Brown. The states, the people, are lrag to
he cause OF independence, and they csn on,y
be trae TO Themselves when they throw off
the yoke of the poIiticiENa which they have SO
smelly ''Srne for quarter OF n century
NAeH thI5 end Ia achieved, when ibis Dur.
posf IA promulgated, when tho Notshcrn peo
pie Nave done the sauls thing, when we make
'n'n U'o'f'tSnd that We ARE tghtinY for n
cS''"e AS dear 10 them as ourselves, Local IN,
dependence, then We may hope for pssc. and
I'LL then. We may be cgerwh, mod IA
war. As nov conducted, it is srly a
struggle Of brute force between tso Upiors
We are hIindiv ~folIowirg a pack Of prtlt
We have bees fighting wi.Lou,
! prrrose. Va drst, in imitatic of our blind
leaders, relied for he "nigssl " that
"Gr. crT abandoned. The Kansas hp,,bug ex,
oIoced, Ne again howl on the tracr Of III.
% power, and, decmiue a thin,
by changing It's name, Na struggle to
establish another ra'5n.
tn" i''gc u his var is not Tho r,eio j,i,
roi Davis so Lincoln, :: i, the Independence.
II ali ia S,ate', north aud -ouu or tbs, Al,
me 2erHs r"ptIRantA empire BE vho talk.
the establishment OF another Briti,h MIA.
with hi4 majesty entAroned at R,ch.
lond, IL tho traes: 'dherens of Lincoln. fro.,
'bom he OIL, i Hrrs in his, thh, Lincoln
"''I1 snake Washington 'hS imps.ial capital
'at W. are sEAve9 sold, thai il the STATE,
''rr'ne natious they will always he a, war
.ei as sec. Hot dfricuit did we 6nd !, IN
''ke Kentucky fs't Illinois, Ohio and H.. =,
HoE equally iiticuIt to- Array TIM,
tat" against Tennes'r"l Sec how the Gull
ta'es A"d Ne" y gsuld, Ghoss mos, r,ro,.
ON each ether, plugged us into all thi, str;C. Il
eIoodshed! ~CJteYmiueus State, wouid,
have fought each other; and tao ,nh
0s''o!e mcd" Of preserving tie peace of ro,,
'nt''ent rs by raising a barrier Of iGdens,. =
mt Ha''onn'';'es between the extreme Sac
Of the former Union. How can tuo
'onarchierr (call them confedsratioDs -,
nlon', they would prr force be eonsoIid,
s'p"t'm',) how could they sdjnst CONNER.
al que.!ion0 growing out Of our r,iIwa,
'f'9nS and tie rivers of the co.,ses,,
here would Le a double lire Of Custom.
buses, 1000 miles long, from the Po,ou,o
u" N'0 Grards' Ths people would Vroau
'aer 'he e1acslons Of the hcll.born s,stsn u
." would we endure European st.ubn, =,
MES, aid these armic-, rorth and .orn' =
Of negroes? how d.Iiylio Y I,,
ould be TO burden oar e llrcn will =
dsi'sht successive geAerAiiuns Of GalIorios
20 's spIendors and achievements Ara
g people fools THAI they fight for ,b.ss
SO Impossible, because 80 n,0tye,.h,.
such a confederation were esa.l.b.d -.
y We would revolt against II ,o.um,ov
EN- why fight Tor itH We ara oet s,h,;.
any 'ucS con'urnNa'iOn. We seek oalv
I independence Of these States. We n.y
'er'nSd CopperhsAds. We do not AHA,
odIOuS word Uliion" be stricken fro,r
, sAFoaroa' vocabulary Of tia, AOrthoyp /.
rty.
But we are told that these States will soh.
Oh other Suppose this true; will 70,
's'"as nght eaeh other? A blind da..