Year: 1863

unless an election ls prevented by.as coun.
ter revolution of which l have little hope,
he or Mr.. Chase will be elected.


You can scarcely form an idea Of the
concentrated despotism Of their government
unless you were to goamong them and see,
also, the causes which are likely to render
this despotism> permanent, at least for some
time. First and most important is the
character of their discipline in the army
A. corporal or sergeant has the same OF
greater power than would be exercised by
one Of our Generals. They buck and gae
or tie up by thethumbs for the slightes,
offence, and SO on up to the highest grade.
Consequently all individuality is entirely
crushed out, and their army is no longer an
army of volunteers but regulars, a. vast ma.
chine thatfghts and'moves without thought,
and can, therefore, be as easily employed
against themselves as against u.s. The fa'
cility with which they have hitherto been
ablet do this has almost extinguished the
spirit of liberty among the opponents of the
administration, and if the defeatsof Rose
Grams had not occurred when it did all spiy.
it of resistance at home would have been
so entirely quelled that do not think we
would again have heard of apeace demo
Gratis" Yet it is my confident opinion that
they are'in the majorityin Indiana, Illinois,
aud even. in Ohio I know very well that
Vallandigham would be beaten, because
the Government had determined that he
should be, and bat for their being COMPEL
ed to save the army Of Rosecrans by with
drawing their forces, they had sent troops
there as they had in Kentucky to arres,
every prominent man who daredto vote for
him, and should we lose great.battle soon,
/ fear the pressure Of the Government will
be SO great, with the habeas corpus suspen.
ded, that even such bold champions as
Pugh and Voorhees, will be obliged either to
keep silent or be driven into a violent sup
port of therwar.


I remarked one day to prominent Fede.
raj officer in the presence of several other
officers, wherewe had been discussing this
matter, "why they allowed Pugh togo at
large and to denounce Order No. %, and
defy its execution, &c3when Vallandigham
had been arrested and convicted for saying
half SO much ?p He very candidly and
earnestly replied, "Sir, we made two great
mistakes when we arrested Vallandigham /:
1st, in arresting him at all, at the time, "a,
after we did arrest him that we did not hang
him, for stirring events would have succee-
ded each other SO, rapidly that he would
soon have been forgotten; now, we do not
intend to commit the same blunder with
Pdghas hes issso prominent as the stsnd.
ard bearer in this approaching election, but
wait until we have carried this election, and
then, Cd d-n him, if he dares to open
his mouth or does not open it in support of
the war, we will hang him as high as Ha-
man"


You see here is the danger, allthe weak
kneed leaders will either be bought up or
driven by fear into the support Of the Gov
ernment.s The Republicans are perfectly
united, not only in. their vindictive hatred
of the South, but also in the vigorous pros
,ecution of the war, bnt I earnestly believe
that their entire confidence in their ability
to conquer us and what must inevitably be
the final result, are equal, if not greater
than our own hopes Of resistance. There
is but one sentiment expressed by all with
whom I have ever conYersed and that is er-
termination of the leaders and utter subju
CATION of the masses. They have neither
hope or desire forreconstruetion, and would
not listen toproposals Of peace on any terms
short of the most abject submission.


They say, "G-d d-u:you, weintend
to conquer you; we intend to garrison eve
ry town in the South with your own ne
groes; we intend to subvert your whole So
cal system and people your territory with
an entirely new race of men. The conquest
shall be as complete as that Of the Mormans
over the Saxons, and those of you who will
not assimilate shall perish"


This, Judge, is the universal sentiment
of the dominant party, and would to God
/ could speak to every man, woman and
child in the Confederate States and impress
upon them the terrible consequences of
peace on any terms short Of an uncondition-
al recognition Of our independence, and an
eternal separation from the hybrid atheist.
cal red Republican fanatics of the NORTH
For Gods sake, let all differences between
our people and our general, cease, let every
man grid on his armor and resolve to perish
With all that is dear to him rather than
cherish for moment the slightest thoughts
of compromise.


Let every patriotic son of the South re.
gard the man who speaks Of compromises or
reconstruction as an enemy of the deepest
dye, les such men as the editor of the Raj.
eigh ,Stadard be- hung, and the whole
South as one man resolve to perish in one
common destruction, rather than yield one
iosa of principle upon which this revolution
began. Let US resolve to carry on this war.
more fercely and make the internal hire
lings feel that when once they venture on
our soil breathing such sentiments of de.
struction and hate to all that We hold dear,
that death will be their portion if the
chances of war throw them into our power.
Thisis the only plan that will prevent their
recruiting their armies and upon this and
this alone depends our hope of successful re.
sistanoe. Do not suppose l have not as en-
IL la.a III auor had nf nnr Eanl