The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-23


fy white men to conscript; and, unpleasan
d, as it may seem, it is nevertheless true
or they must put their slaves in the army
al they would further prosecute the war SUI
cessfully. He would advise them to trea
Sambo very tenderly; not conscript hir
and force him to fight, for then he woul,
,e desert to the Yankees; but he would sa
to every woolly head that wishes, Omar
that !-"wishes!') go in the army-g
and fight, and you shall be free" IF W
don't do this, they will, when opportuni
ty offers, run to Abraham's bosom, and h
will, the faithful old Patriarch, emplo,
them in his army to conquer us. Thi
we must by all means prevent, if We hav,
to turn aboitionists ourselves. Bette
g llberate, some who will fight to keep tht
| balance in bondage than to loose all.
We will llNow leave these Southern Ma
bobs, In the hallucination in which the
idea that their slaves would fight for then
has thrown them, and cast our eyes away
| from the Rebel Capital, and take a view
of what is going on in otLer parts of the
promised land. The Richmond papers
Informed us that when the rebel Peace
Commissioners passed through their lines
on their way to Washington, that their
soldiers were SO overjoyed at the prospects
of peace that they shouted until their
throats got hoarse an evidence that they
want peace regardless of what becomes of
the Confederacy. The effect of the fail
ure Of their mission is visible in the
hundreds of desertcrS that daily come
into our lines, since their return. The
effect is rice versa to the prophecy
! Instead of deserters rushing into the reb-
el ranks. like pigs running after an car
Of corn, they give the cold shoulder to
I the conledcracy and turu their faces A.
braham- wards.
! had an opportunity q few days ago,
to converse with number of these erring,
but repcntins brethren. They are now
in the Government service as tcamsters.
They deserted on the I'd of February, in
front Of Petersburg. One of them be-
longed to the 10Th n. G. He said the
rebel soldiers were discouraged-they
could plainly see that they never could
gain their independence, that they would
be fools to remain any longer to be killed,
that ten were deserting to their homes, to
one coming into our lines Another, of
the Sd Ga, said, they had no hopes of
success since Hoods defeat, and Sher-
mans march through Georgia, and the
capture of Savannah and Fort Fisher. On
the line he came from, the desertions
were most frequent to the Union lines, as
they would shoot every one that was
caught deserting to the rear. 4 third
said that one half Of Lees army would
desert, or surrender, if IN opportunity Of
fered to do so without their getting killed.
[ will not vouch for the truth of the ac-
count given by these deserters of affairs
in the Confederacy, but they declare their
rations was one pint of meal and one
ounce Of meat per day. Their appear
ance attests the truth that the Holy Land
no longer flows with milk and honey, and
that Cotton and darkies are not as abun-
dant as in the days of yore, when that
fbrous and downy monarch swayed his ty-
ranicle sceptre.
Since these dcserters came into our
lines, Uncle Sam has been contracting the
muscles Of his hand, which he has laid,
with a death grip, upon the throat Of this
bastard republic, and the result is most
glorious. Charleston, the mother that gave
birth to this hellish monster, and the
cradle in which it has been Graded for
the last thirty years, defended by 450
guns, has fallen, with her sister cities
in crime, Columbia and Wilmington, and
the mud sill of the North are intruding,
with their hateful presence, upon the sa-
cred soil, from the four winds of the earth.
The Oh Flag waves in majesty and tri-
umph over Fort Sumter and the once
proud harlot, but now humbled city of
Charleston. One rebel stronghold after
another yields to the untiring energy of
a free and determined people, engaged in
holy cause; and vindictiye rctribution
is visited, in judgment, upon an insolent
and ungrateful people, teaching them that
aristocracy is being played out. Father
Abraham, with his noble army and navy
has been SO munifccnt Of late, in lavish
ing blessings in disguise upon the happy
family at Richmond that dcsertions to
our lines are getting to be more numer-
Gus than ever and the Chivalry are in
such ecstacy and joyous delight, that they
find it difficult for them to contain them
selves in the narrow limits of the Corfed
eracy much longer; and If Gen. Grant
and his Corporals, don't keep watchful
eve upon them hereafter, when admins
tering these disguised blessings which
have such sweet and happifying infu-
encc upon the Chivalry, they will in some
of these joyous moments jump out of the
Shareholders Paradise, and turn up in the
dominion of the would be Emperor OF
Mexico, Maximillion.
Let US take fresh courage, believing
that He who has of late crowned the ef-
forts of our Army and Navy, with brilliant
success will, If we trust in Him, continue
to show his fayors upon our cause. Let
us pray that the day may soon come when
Ieyery rebel stronghold shall fall, and the
| - r. trooson chaH he trailed in the dust