Year: 1862




-Four ominous clouds are lowering in the Northern
skies.


First The Federal tax, onerous in amount, which,
if paid destroys the ability Of the to pay their
local taxts, thus conflicting with the prosperity, the
sovereignty, and the actual existence Of States


Second The drafting of unwilling population
for invasive war, rendered odious to many from its al
ready onerous pecuDlary burhens its indefinite continu
to tme but It's certain eshanced and continual
y enhancing cost in the future


Third The greatly Increased price of common labor
operating as an inducement for the poor man to stay
home, and drawback against the best material the
North has from enlistng in their armies,


Fourth The coming election, and the impetus
given to the Democratic party the only representa-
tive of constitutional civil and personal freedom in the
North.


These clouds are porentous of trouble for the North
in the way of dscord and dissentons and overthrow
the present dominant power there Can they be made
available elements of advantage to the South? II
taken at the food and vigorously urged, they
Seize the opportune moment strike in the very nick
of time" and every staWart will count host in
effect Push our columns promptly and energetically
FORWARD disenthral Tennessee and Kentucky
Fifty thousand of their will join armies they
push on toe victory" Missouri and Maryland will
rise with wild shout of exutson when they hear the
clarion notes of restored freedom and the gather
ing of the clans in their sister States. Let blows
thick and fast be struck wherever enemies can be reach
ed Pour OH the tide of war " to their borders Let
the cry of RETALIATION ascend from our ranks
retaliation kind for the inhumanities and suerings
inflicted On people and on CIR countTy-invasion
for invasion Imprisonment for Imprisonment; distress
of communities for such distress burning, plLage, DESC
LAT1oN and DEVASTATION for such outrages.-
The policy pursued will impress on the minds Of the
now vacillaipg subjects of the Northern Government
that letting US alone and TAKING CARE THEIR OWN
HOMES is tEer duty and the only way to conserve their
interest, prosperity, and safety. Never bad more
incentive to pursue this vigorously, rapidly, with
out rcs-aye turiousy, ferociousy, and without quar-
ter if need be, and even against noncOmbatant private
citizens as our lemies have been doing, than now.
Independently OF causing these dark clouds to pour
down their flo ds to assuage the fever at the North
we want Kentucky and Tennessee for the resources they
would yield We need them they long for us-the
time and events propiti0us. F0ravard STILL FOR
WARD and EV ER FOR YARD, should be the course o.
our armies it is the cry ringing from end OF
our Confederate land to the other. Push on the col
umns and in forty days, 10 triumphe! be shouted
the Ohio river and then the free States still
ask for grim visaged war" will give it to them or
their own SOIL with all its horrors in lis train But the


gage OF war rendered to them their SOIL they vii
decline-they will avoid peace will have then peculiar
charms for them, and they will be apt to extend The
olive branch instead Let US then carry the war into
Africa the Africa of black republicansm and con
quer peace there before the year ends. FOrDard
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