The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-23
The Collapsing Rebellion.
HARDWOOD L. s. A. HOSPITAL,
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Mr. EDITOR: That the Shareholder
rebellion is on its last legs, aud soon vii
tumble into the last ditch, is apparent t
every unbiased and rejecting mind. TIL
ferocious growl raised by the Richmon,
dynasty upon the return of those philan
thropic gentlemen, Messrs Stephens
Hunter and Campbell, rebel peace com
missioners, who had gone to Hampto,
Roads to consult with President Lincoln
and to get their bogus Government rccog
nizcd, for it is evident they did not como
10 settle on any other terms, showed this
clearly. The hearts Of many Of the mos
loyal and Union loving men beat high
between hope and fear; knowing that
these shrewd Southern lawyers would, il
they possibly could, entangle the plain,
honest Old Rail Splitter, of Illinois, in
their negotiations for peace, to yield to
terms that would be degrading to our
cause, aud the principles of democratic
government, for which we arc fighting
We arc happy to know the fears were
grouudless. The gaunt Illinois lawyer
told them he was anxious to settle
our national difficulties without further
cfusiou of blood, and would yield every
thing. not inconsistent with the honor of
our common country, and that he was de-
sirOus to have peace and happiness re-
stored TO our distracted country. He told
thcm they could have peace any day, by
simply laying down their arms, going to
their homes, and, as peaceable citizens,
submitting to the Constitution and Laws
Of the United States But these men,
possessed of the coming and spirit Of the
first emblem Of their cause, raised on the
walls of Fort Sumpter, the rattle snake,
were not to be so easily blufed of, and
in true serpcntine style, they seek to be-
guile Father Abraham TO agree to the
harmless thing Of an arnisticc to work up
the minds of their people to the negotia-
ting point. Their object was to open the
way for recognition by Foreign Nations
The old rail splitter discovered the deep
schcming game they were playing, and
was as firm as rock with his ultimatum.
Thus foiled, these chiyalrous knights
returned to the rebel Capital with flea
IN their cars. They report the result of
their mission to his Imperial Majesty,
Jefferson Davis, who gets into a rage at
their Ill success, and the ;nsolcnt demands
Of Abraham, and declares, that if the Sun
ny South is ever united again to the ha-
ted Yankees Of the North. it must be done
hy ether hands than his; that Is he had Il
thousand more such valuable lives as his
he would lay them al upon the altar Of
their Deity. Jew Benjamin, his Premier,
declared they never dreamed of recon
struction and the terms of the usurper
at Washington was an insult to such men
of dignity" as they we're. The rebel
Congress, and rebel Press, take up the
cry, and Extra Billy Smith, rebel Cover
ror Of Virginia, calls war meeting at the
African Church, and the would be apos-
lie of peace, r. VI. 7. Hunter, breaches
treason in the African Church, while
jeff Davis holds forth. not on Mars hill
where the unknown God is worshipped,
but on Capital hill, where the peculiar
institution is worshippcd. The burden
Oftheir messages are, great is the Peculiar
Institution Of ChiraLy. More able bod
led men, mules, oxen and silver spoons
are needed to be sacrificed upon the altar
of our 'diety;' for it is by this craft you
see that we have our wealth. And not
only is this, our Goddess, which all slave
holders worship in danger, but there is
Danger that the power of the whole Con-
federacy will be set at naught. For this
rail splitter saith, that a Government,
whose corner stone is human Slavery, is
not free and Republican Government,
and that he will not tolerate any despotlc
government within his dominions; and,
as these priests, worshiping at the shrine
Of Moloch, begin to warm up in their dis
courses, the sound of the war whoop
browns all other voices in the rebel Camp,
and another shout, loud and long, Great
is the Peculiar institution Of the ChtUdt
yy, rends the air
The effects of this great halo baloo is tc
be wonderful. The rebel Press tells us
that rebel deserterS will now return to
their ranks in swarms, like bees to the
rose buds, and honey suckles, that the
war spirit of 1861 is once more aroused
and the whole rebel Capital is set ablaze
by the patriotism of these secession mad
caps But the cautious Jew Ben jamir
has something to report from statistics in
bis possession, and that is the fact that