Year: 1862

have never been able to make It out Ou know that we have never pretended to have on our side more than 400,00 men in the field at any one time, and that in every advance that Lin> coin has attempted to make upon us, lie has been brought to a stand still, or driven back as soon as he parted from his ships and gunboats. Neither Hunter in Georgia, nor Benham in South Carolina, nor Burnside in North Carolina have found themselves in sufficient force to ad' vance against us. Haeck had to be called with his army from Missouri to reinforce Buell. so as to enable him 10 advance upon Beaure- gard at Corinth, where we have held the two armies in~ check for months. Butler has not force enough to Venture out ot New Orleans and our Jackson, with an army all told, of not over Fl ,000, drove the Yankee Banks out of the valley of the Shenandoah two or three weeks ago. With this small force he created such a panic in Washington that Lincoln called out the militia by telegraph to defend the capital. He also called Gen. Fremont with his division from ss'h essmountains, and. MeDowell with his from the Rappahannock, to reinforce Banks and hold in check this handful of Confederates, while Mcclellan, with his grand army, has been chased from Richmond.

 Either we are superior to the Yankees in prowess as two to- ore, or they have lost in this war since December last not less than quarter of million of men: or the " Universal Yankee nation" has attempted fraud upon the govern ments of Europe by misleading them as to the extent of the preparations to crush out the so-caed rebellion in ninety days Ls. Moreover, in all of our engagements with the enemy, he claims that we outnunlher him. How could this be with his G67,000 against our 400,0 ,000 men?

 Where are these G67,000 men? 1 cannot act count for more than about 100000. It is true Iox,o o4oJ T the enemy in what he has proclaimed to you as cictories But great as these losses have been, they do not account for the difference between 667 ,000 and 4000000.

 4ctUm es de Repa6tica'. The union is gone, and the sooner the world addresses itself to that fact, the better will it be for humanity and commerce.

 Most that Europe knows of us has been earn- ed through Yankee sources and I have taken up your precious time with this disgusting re- cital mere by to disabuse your mind of any ani kee falsehoods that may have found lodgment there, and togive you practical illustration of the despicable character of the people with whom unfortunately, we find ourselves emt broiled and from whose association wewish to withdraw.

 pass by Buffers infamous proclamation at New Orleans, and the arming of our slaves

 

 Yankee refinement upon savage barbarity which we have to contend with

 To shoot with poisoned arrows is universally admitted to be both savage and barbarous, but our men have been shot with erp(oStce bullets. Imagine minnie bullet to be cut in two transI Yersely, and wire to be inserted axially through the front half or cOne-the other part Is then holowed out into a cup filled with fulminat or some other explosive preparation, and then SCI curely fitted into the front part, and in such manner that when the ball strikes, the wire is driven back, and so by percussion explodes the ball inside the wounded man. Is not that, think you, equal to the poisoned arrow? There can be no mistake about it, for 1 have seen the missile itself, and would send you one if I could find a safe conveyance for the dangerous thing The rue aim of savage warfare Is to kill and murder-ot civilized to wound and disabe.- Which is 1t that the Yankees are waging?

 The negro is not, as the Yankee would have the world believe the cause or the object of this war. The tariff and hatred of the Yankee char acter-theSe are the true causes. They are a nation of shop keepers and pedlars; and, under preteXt of raising a revenue to maintain the government, southern industry was taxed to support Yankee workshops. With this they waved fat and grew inSOlent until their inSolence became unbearable.

 We chose no longer to submit to their rule, and so sought simply to withdraw from all pc litical association with them We ask nothing of them. All we want is simply to be left and let alone. And the simple fact that they should attempt to force us to remain in political associa- ton with them. is proof enough as to the in equality of benefit which the old Union confer red Upon the two sections.

 The fuss and turmoil about slavery is merely incidental in this unhappy state of affairs In most Of the northern States 1t is against he law for free negro to come there. They will not allow a negro from the South to dwell among them.

 After supplying the North with whatever they requiredof our produce and,buying of the North, upon their own terms, whatever we required of their manufacture, there remained annually to the South quantity of surplus produce which requires 10000 ships and more than 100000 Seamen to carry abroad and distribute among the markets of the world.

 In the handling of this produce northern fac torss Band northern shipping had the principal part Besides this the laws of the Union gave the North the preference over all the world in the markets of the South. These were great advantages, and the North waxed fat and strong upon them. Their correlatiyes were wanting to the South--for the South could sell dearer and buy cheaper in other countries.

 Twelve millions of such customers as inhabt the South are enough to make any people rich, and they are such no nation can afford to lose But let secession be acknowledged as an accomplished fact, ,sand the North will lose this preference, this trade, and these customers, with all the benefits derived from their political asso- citation with us. It Is therefore not for the nc~ gro, but solely on account of pecuniary and sell fish considerations that the North is waging this war. She is vainly seeking to compel us to re- new an association that we abhor.

 Hitherto we have acted purely on the deen- sive. We have not sought to invade the North, but, panoplied in the triple armcr ofa just cause, we have stood still, and ever since the battle of Manassas-now year ago-quietly looked on while the enemy raised his armies and compile ted his preparations for the war in his own way. Having destroyed his "grand army we shall now carry the war into Africa,I hope, compel ling him to ~ithdraw his forces from our bor- ders and sue for peace.

 But peace Is very difficult at present, admit: In the North, reason has lost it's sway over the mind of the people, and the judgment of their rulers has been taken away. In the South pas sions run high, Therefore, in the present tenn per of the two peoples it would be impossible just now fer them to agree upon the preliminary step to any lasting peace, viz: the adjustment of boundaries We are, therefore, drifting into war of exhaustion.

 There are rumors of an armed intervention IL ty.-k. II.