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SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1801.
Northern Mind—The Rea ton for it—Free Me*
grate in Lincoln'» Army— To Enslave them
if Captured- Virginia Convention — Proposed
Retaliation—A Storm Brewing.
Missouri A flairs.
For a day or two past we hate bad very
contradictory telegraphio reports about alTairs
in Missouri, soiue from Louistille and other
points, being newt brought by passengers,
that Got. Juokson had captured Gen. Lyons'
whole command; while we have bad dispatch
es from 8t. Louis, that the Missourians at
that point bad been severely repulsed.
We last night saw a gentleman just from
St. Louis, who informed us that there was
some truth in both these reports; that Lyons,
with his force was proceeding up the river in
three vessels, and arrived at a point about
four miles below Dooneville, where they were
attaoked by the Missourians, whom they re
pulsed—taking Gen. Price prisoner, &c. Gov.
Jackson then fell back on Uooneville, where
be had a masked battery erected, and as Ly
ons approached—net dreaming of an attack—
a most destructive fire was opened on his ves
sels, which quickly sunk them ; and the sol
diers who escaped to the shore were all taken
prisoners—among them Gen. Lyons.
This we are assured by the gentleman is
true.
Suggesting Candidates for Office.
We have received several communications
lately from most respectable sources, suggest
ing the names of some of the best men in the
State as candidates for Governor. These we
are compelled to declino—not from opposition
to any man whose name has been suggested,
but because it would be inconsistent with the
line of polioy we have adopted. We are re
solved not to take sides in parly political
fights, and for this reason, we must decline
being (he agent of bringing before the public
the claims of any mao. Our aim is to make
the “Confederacy” an independent news
journal—one whoso columns the people cau
always look to for correct and reliable infor
mation ; aud not one for the building up, or
putting down, any man or party. We ofien
notice the proposal of individuals for office,
by editors and correspondents, as items of
neics only, but we have not opened our col
umns to advocate auy man's claims to office,
rind hope we shall not. If we do, the case
mu9t be peculiar, and one that will not com
promise the policy we have marked out for
our paper.
For these reasons, we beg all our corres
pondents on such subjects as this, to excuse
U9 for not publishing their communications.
It is not out of any disrespect, or opposition
to their favorites—all of whom we will most
gladly accommodate in any way we can, with
out violating an essential rulo which we have
laid down for our guidance.
Melancholy.
Yesterday Mr. W. B Wood, A. J. Slaltlngs
and S. Haas, members of the Newnan Guards,
passed through this oily with the remains of
Mr. B. II. Meyer, en route to Newnan, his
late home, for iuterment. The circumstances
of his death are these : Whilst on guard at
Shaw's Gap, in Virginia, on Sunday night
last, a member of the Quitman Guards, named
Stokes, attempted to pass the line. Young
Meyer demanded the pass word. Stoke9 re
fused to give it, and insisted on passing,
which Meyer sternly, yet politely refused.—
Stokes returned to his owu lent, deliberately
loaded his gun, and returned and coolly shot
the sentinel dead. Ilis company, or some
members of it, bad on the previous afternoon
bought a barrel of whisky: hence ibis horrible
murder. We sincerely sympathize with
young Meyer's parents and friends. Below
we give the letters from his Colonel and Cap
tain, accompanying his remains j
Shaw's Pass, in thi Mountains of )
Vibqinia, Juue 17, 1801. /
My Dear Sir and Madam :
It becomes my painful duty, as Commander
of the 1st Regiment, to inform you of the
death of your son. He was shot last night,
while in the faithful discharge of bis duly, as
one of my sentinels. From the information 1
have been enabled to pick up in reference to
the affair, your eon was shot without sny
cause—simply for doiug his duly. I will see
that justice is done the offender,
1 know this news will come with crushing
effect upon your feelings, but console your
selves with the reflection that he fell at hie
post, and bad conducted himself so as to merit
and receive the high approval of bis offi
cers. I saw him soon after he was wounded ;
his sufferings were short. I send h m back
to you for burial, hoping God may give you
fortitude to bear this heavy affliotion. It is
the great sacrifice you have made for your
country.
Respectfully, J M. RAMSAY.
Col. Commanding 1st Reg Ga. Vol.
Camp First Gkoioia Rnoimknt, 1
8haw’» Pass, Va., June 17, 1801. j
Mr. Meyer:
It is with feelings of deep regret that I have
to communicate the sad intelligence of the
unfortunate deajh of your eon. lie waa bru
tally murdered last night, whilst in the dis
charge of his duty as sentinel. The nature of
this thing can be more fully ixpleioed to you
by the soldiers who have beeo dei ailed to to
company hie remaine borne. Your son had
always borne himself in the most high-toned
manner, end do ooe in the Regiment had
more reputation as a soldier—piompt in the
discharge of bis duties It fa needless on this
oooMsmn for me to undertake more to oonsole
you for a loss eo entirely irreparable.
Hoping you may become reeigoed to the
loss, I remain, aincvr.Jy, fyar friend^ and
sympathizer.
GEO M. HANVEY,
Captain Newuan Guards.
Richmond, June 19.
General Scott is reported to be cbuckliog a
good deal over the evacuation of Harper's
Ferry. He says it is the natural result of bis
plans, and in precise accordance with his ex
pect .lions. He pretends to see a oat under the
meal, however—the meal being at Manassas
Junction, and tbe cat being General Beaure
gard. lie admits tbe trap to have been clev
erly laid, and declines to step into it. We
shall see. The evaouafion has already had a
moving effeot in the direotion of Romney and
Leesburg, and bee exposed to tbe dullest in
tellects tbe character of the trap which bad
been devised at Washington for the Confeder
ate forces at Harper’s Ferry, indeed, the
more one considers the abandonment of the
Ferry, the greater appears the wisdom of the
movement.
You have doubtless seen some eocount of
the affair near Vieuna, on the Alexandria,
Loudon & Hampshire railway, which occurred
tbe day my last letter to you was posted, it
was some eighteen miles from Alexandria, at
a point where our forces had destroyed a
bridge, the timbers for the rebuilding of which
tbe enemy had forwarded from Alexandria
the day previous. Hearing what was going
on. Col. Greg/, of the South Carolina volun
teers, repaired to the neighborhood of tbe
bridge with a detachment consisting of a few
companies and two howitzers. He bad just
taken his position at a curve in tbe road, when
a train appeared in sight. It consisted of a
locomotive, (which was pushing the train
a baggage car, and six flats or long open can
loaded wiih some 400 soldiers, whose bayonets
glistened in the sun, though not so brightly
as did the eyes of Gregg's boys, who were
eager for the fray. The soldiers were intend
ed to protect ihe workmen while e gaged in
rebuilding (be bridge. A moment before the
train stopped, >t couple of shot were fired into
it from the howitzers, which raked the
wretches fore and aft. The greatest conster
uaiion was the result of those well directed
missiles, and tbe Lincolnites hastily quit tbe
truin and took to their heels, not having time
• o wail for the cars. Some of their officers
endeavored to arrest the flight of the fugitives
but they might as well have called to
rushing winds. Meanwhile, tbe engineer
coupled his locomotive and took to his heels
leaving the Confederates in possession of the
cars, tools, provisions, amunition, and some
twenty good muskets, one live prisoner and
eleven dead men. Col. Gregg ordered a pur
suit, but fleet as their horses were, they wen
uuable to come up with the flying Yaukees
Having burned the cars, secured tbe tools,
muskets. and buried their dead, Col
Gregg returned <o his camp.
It is believed that a great change is going
on in the Northern mind, and especially in
the north western States, in regard to the war.
The pe pie begin to see to wbat frightful re
sults it is rapidly leading them. A letter
from Ohio to the N. Y. “Journal of Commerce
says, that there is an undercurrent of feeling
among the masses opposed to tbe further pros
ecution of tbe war. Although most of the
presses and politicians have been carried away
by the furor of the hour, still, ibis writer al
leges that the hearts of the people have noi
gone with them, and that a decided reaction
is evident in the popular mind. Another let
ter from the same section to tbe N. Y. “Titres”
speaks of a monster petition which is now in
circulation in the north-west for signatures,
preparatory to its being sent on to Washing
too upon the reassembling of Congress on the
4th July. This petition asks that the block
ade of the Obio and Mississippi rivets may
be removed to the extent of allowing the peti
tioners to diapose of thsir surplus corn, meat,
mules, &c. to the people of the South. Of
course tbe politicians will not have sense
enough to grant the petition.
But this is not all. 1 gather from the
money article io a late number of the N. Y.
“Herald” these figures: “The imports al
that point for the week ending tbe 9th inst.
were only $1,217,006; whereas the imports
for the corresponding week in 1859 and '00
were nearly four times as heavy, being in 1859
$3,820,959, and in 1800, $3,860,381.” If this
be true in the green tree, what may we not
expect hereafter ?
The Northern papers, much as they try
to hide the truth, tie full of proofs of the
frightful loss of business and wide spread
financial distress under which their people
now labor. In the single town of Lynn, in
Massachusetts, from which ths South has
heretofore obtained most of its shoes, the
falling off in business is incredible. A state
ment now before me says that only about
1,000 pairs of shoes are now manufactured
there weekly ; whereas, before the withdrawal
of the Confederate States, the weekly supplv
an average was estimated at 50,000 pairs.
8ucb facts as these will do as tnuob to bring
tbe Yankees to their senses as cannon balls.
Reports have reached here that free negroes
have been received into some if the Northern
regiments. Tbe Virginia Convention, now in
session, baa instituted an inquiry into the re
port. Ex President Tyler, a member of tbe
Convention, lakes the po»itlon that these ne
groes. If they have indeed entered the volun
teer service of the North, should be oooverted
into slaves when captured In battle; and such
is likely to be the course adopted In the event
any of them should be taken prisoners
An ordinance ves introduced in tbe Con
vent ion yesterday is revoke all resolutions
and other legislative proceedings, by which
the Slate of Virginia may at any time have
expressed her approbation and thanks to Gen.
of tbe destruction of the properly and steel
ing of the negroes of private eiiitens, to con-
fiscale $15,000,000 worth of the bonds and
other securities of tbe State now held by
Northern capitalists, and to appropriate tbe
same to the indemnification of those citizens
of the Stale whose property and negroes have
been thus taken from them.
The air is thick and heavy. A storm Is
brewing iu the direction of Manassas and
Winchester, and the result may be flashed to
you by tbe lightning before this reaches you.
I may go to Manassas to morrow. A
The God of Hatties for Us.
A Sermon Delivered on the 13tb of June, the
Day of National Fasting and Prayer, Pro
claimed by tbe President of the Confederate
States, in tbe Presbyterian Church, Marietta
Street, Atlanta, Georgia,
BY J. 8. W1L80N, D. D.
2 Chronicles 82: T,
‘•Be strong and courageous, be not afraid
r dismay \
;iy-d
tbe king of Assyria: for thoru be more with us than
1 ‘' ’—UUn is
With hlin Is an arm of flesh: but
the Lord our God to help us, and to light our battles.'’
The events recorded in this chapter occurred
about the time of founding tbe City of Rome,
or some seven hundred years before the com
ing of Christ. Shalmaneser, the father aod
predecessor of Sennacherib, had made himself
master of the kingdom of Israel, and carried
away tbe ten tribes into captivity. Aod Sen
nacherib thought in like manner to win the
kingdom of Judah to himself. This Sen
berib was a roan of unboundleaa pride and
ambition, aud aimed at raising a boundless
monarchy on the ruins of his neighbors. He,
therefore, prosecuted, with merciless vigor and
relentless cruelty, tbe wars began by his fath
er, becoming a terror and scourge and oppress
or to that part of tbe world. In accomplishing
his purposes, he hesitated not to employ the
most barefaced treachery, perfidy, dishonesty
and blasphemy.
It has been said that history reproduces itself,
and the wise man has said, that which has
been shall be again—that there is nothing new
under the sun. Sennacherib was a represen
tative man. The revolutions of time have
thrown many such on its surface, who, in their
brief day, hove been the curse and scourge of
the world. We need not be surprised to fiud
one such in our own day, acting the part of a
perfidious and unprincipled tyrant.
Twice had Sennecherib invaded Judah. At
first the Assyrian required, as the price of bis
forbearance, three hundred talents of silver
and thirty of gold. This wa9 a heavy sum for
JudHh to raise, and it was obtained with great
difficulty, perhaps never fully paid It obliged
tbe King to take all the silver in the house of
the Lord, al! tho treasure in tbe palace, and
even to strip off all tbe gold with which tbo
doors and pillars of the temple were decorated
But 8ennacherib having taken Asbdod, which
was regarded as tho key to Egypt, from whence
the Israelites hud expected help in their ex
tremity, with a perversity of purpose and iu
violation ot his plighted fjith, returned his
military operations against Judah. He des
patches one of his officers, a vain and aatyrical
genius, with a large force, to demand the un-
sonditional surrender of the King aod his cap-
ltd, and the submission of tbe nation to bis
authority. And not only this, but he prooceed
m to insult the people by bravado; and utter
ng blasphemies against tbe God of Israel, hi
boasts of the greatness and power of his mas
ter, he rehearses the conquests he had made,
and the many god? of the natious ho had tram
pled under foot; he tells of the multitude ol
his armies, and tho certain destruction of He:
ekiah and bis people if they resisted.
Though IL zekiah had at first succumbed to
s mighty cuemy and submitted to bear any
burden be might put upon him, yet there was
t at which forbearance ceased to be a
virtue. He resolved to yield no longer. He
determined to withstand to the uttermost, “for,
he said,” says t).e sacred historian, “that Sen
nacherib was determined to fight against Jeru
salem”—he was bentou a war of subjugation.
Hazekiah, therefore, assembled a council of
the princes aud mighty men, and adopted ac
live measures lor defense. He set captains of
warover the people, and finally gathered them
together in a broad opeu street of tbe city and
spake comfortably to them saying, “ Be strong
and courageous, and be not dismayed for the
King of Assyria, nor for al) tho multitude that
is with him : for there be more with us than
itb him. With him is an arm of flesh: but
itb us ia the Lord our God to keep us, and to
fight our battles.”
I have said that the King of Assyria was a
representative man. He was a tyrant—an op
pressor-waging unjust and cruel wars upon
the unoffending. He was a perfidious and un
principled wretch, a covenant breaker, a great
boaster, relying upon the multitude and power
of his armies; his will was his law—ambition
tbe leadmg passion of his soul, he utterly dis
regarded the most sacred rights of others—
subjugation was his aim and end. He made
war upon those who had never injured him,
1 who only asked to be let alone in the ex-
se of tbe inalienable right to govern them
selves. Nor waa he the antitype alone of tbe
Caesars, the Alexanders and the Napoleons of
despotic fame iu other ages and other lands;
our own day aud our owu country, be
has his representative, if not in royal prealage,
yet manifestly possetsing hia characteristics,
trails of tyranny, oppression aod perfidious-
neas. Regarding the present Federal Admin
istration as a poraon, (it is declared to be a
unit.) it has but one mind, one fell purpose in
levying war upvn these Confederate Slates-
their subjugation or total extinction. This, it
is attempting to do in utter disregard of all
Constitutional law, in open contravention of
that Const it itioo which it baa solemnly sworn
to support aud defend.
It suspends tbe operation of the civil laws
aod establishes in lieu thereof a military des
potism ; it imprisons unoffending cilisens on
tbe ground of suspected disaffection—not for
words uttered ; it seta at nought tbe writ of ha
beas corpus—the most stored palladium of free
tuon ; It forbids tbo liberty of epeeoh aad ot
tbo press ; it dec.sree war against Btatoe who
disomeot by o ’aquest. and whose oft repeated
%nd solemnly declared wish has been for peace,
and to bo lot al >ne in tho exercise of their
sovereign aod inalienable right of self-govern
ment. Under tbo pretextof putting down what
it is pleased to call an insurrection in tbe elev
en Confederate States, w.ih a population of
»ims ten millions, it is assembling tbo moat
efficient armameuta by land and by aea. end
proclaims its purpose to overrun, crush, sub
jugate and lay them aa conquered provinces at
the feet of tbe despot. It boasts of its strength
in men and money. With it is the arm of fl-ah.
It ia true it has many millions more meu at iu
command than we bave—it may bring more
fleets aud armies into the conflict than we can.
Iu one more particular only will 1 note tho
parables between the King of Assyria and the
Federal Goverumout, aud that is in their per
fidiousness. Sennacherib was a faithless, treach
erous man. While he was promising peace, he
was preparing for war; while he smiled
placently, he was concocting plaus for tbe sub
jugation of his unoffending neighbors; and
wbat, let me ask, did the Federal Adminialra
lion do while the Confederate States sought for
a peaceful settlement of the whole question
issue ?
It talked of peace, (true its utterauces w«
as ambiguous as those of tbo Delphic Oracle,
but still by many i* was supposed to mean
peace; it promised to evacuate Sumter; it
never would invade tbe Confederate States; it
detained our Commissioners week after week
while it addressed them in honied phrase and
led them to hope for a peaceful solution ; when
lo! they were suddenly startled by tbe report
that a large fleet had been fitted out and|was
on its way to resupply and reiuforce Sumter
or, in other words, to commence tbe work of
coercion and subjugation.
From that day the wolf threw off his cover
ing—his oracular utterances arc understood to
mean war—a war of extermination—the deao
lation of our land with fire and sword
No page of the world’s history furnishes a
picture of more heartless tyranny, of more
black-bearted treachery aud basentss, than w
be that one on which is inscribed the record
tho events now transpiring in this land. A peo
ple who have nev r invade 1 the right) of those
who now seek their destruction, who have nev
er asked for anything more than their Consti
tutional privileges of equality and protection
and who have, for more than a quarter of i
century, borne insults, reproaches and injuriet
without number, are tureutened with annihi
lation, merely because they claim the right to
govern themselves as free and indopend
States. Threatened, I say—not that it will
can be done. Tho God of Justice reigns—truth
will rise out of the earth, and righteousness
will look down from heaven. What becam
of the boasting, flagitious, Sennacherib? Tb
simoon of the desert slew them all in one night;
and the same God of righteousness that reign
ed then, yet reigns and will defend the right.
Our appeal is to Him—our trust is in Him.
We believe “our cause is just and must pre
vail.” This is the honest and deep-seated co
viction of every honest mind in the South;
is the sentiment, I d>*ubt not, ot nil classes n|
men, including many who are not accusto
ed to express a willing reliance in Divne j
tice. Tbe fueling is, that the righteous Arbiter
of human destiny must decide in favor of a
claim so reasonable and equitable as ours, and
avenge wrongs so foul and protracted as those
already suffered by us, aud that He will speed
ily and terribly overwhelm the wicked schemes
which the Northern republic threatens to car
ry out for our destruction.
That our cause is just—that the Lord our God
is with us, and that lie will fight our battles for
u.f, we argue from the history of the past. Let
us refer to a few facts in proof of this:
1. The John Brown raid was generally re
garded as ouly the mad prank of an infatuat
ed fanatic; and wheu ho and his co-conspira
tors had received their merited doom, the pub
lic mind seemed satisfied. Not so, however,
with al). There were those who saw things
behind the scenes, and who were confident
that they beheld, iu this recklcs* emute, the
beginning of the end—a foreshadowing of
coming trouble, and it aroused to action at
once tbe only agents who could put things in
trim for the approaching storm. It was found,
oa taking an inventory of all tbe material of
war in the Southern arsenals, that the country
was comparatively destitute of all the imple
ments of defense. The resolution was at once
taken to supply this deficiency from the pub
lic shops and armories. And the thing was
efficiently done, without aoise or confusion.—
I see the watchful care of a Holy Providence
iu permitting that muderous assault upou a
peaceful and unsuspecting community—I see
a benificent Providence in having placed a
Southern man, alive to the dangers of his na
tive South, in tbe right place, althe right time.
He filled your armories with tens of thousands
of the best and most improved weapons, ready
for use when the day of trial should come.—
It is needless to ask wbat would have been the
condition of these States to-day, without a sup
plement to their existing armaments? True,
this movement excited some suspicion at the
time, in some Northern minds, and doubtless
led to preferring, subsequently, a foul charge
of peculation against thut individual.
Thus early, we confidently believe, did the
Providence of God begin to vindicate tbe jus
tice of our cause, by moving the hearts of men
lo provide for our defense.
2. I argue tbe justice of our cause from that
prayferul dependence^ the guidance and su
perintending care of Almighty God, which bas
everywhere manifested itself among the peo
pie.
Even during the canvass of last year, when
our beans were filled with fearful forebodings
that the success of a sectional candidate (or
the Presidency would lead to fatal results, the
primary assemblies of the people, their mass
tneelidfes, were generally opened wi h solemn
prayer. Tbe daily aeasiona of tbe State Legis
latures, last winter, were pr*ceded by invok
ing Heaven's guidance. Tbe Conventions of
all the States, I believe, thus began their daily
deliberations. Aod tbe Congress of the
Confederate States baa thus invariably
invoked the G d of Heevea in nil itapro*
ceedinga. .The Constitutions, both pro via
ional and permanant, bave been framed aod
adopted with an explieitacknowladgoient and
xplicit invocation of the favor aad fuid*oee
have never injured it—who have Bade no •(- I of Almighty G.»d ; a fact nowhere found in thn
greeaion upon iu territories or sought aggran- J Constitution of old Republic. Aa Heaefciah
carried up the insulting letter of the King of
Assyiia, and apread it before tbe Lord, eohave
tbe people spread their cause before theHrar-
er aod Answerer of prayer. A cause thus in
augurated and prosecuted in depot donee upon
the Divine arm. must be a righteous cause aud
must bave the Divine approval. It fa Gad who
bestows tbe spirit of prayer—He alone iodines
the hearts of men to inquire of Him for needed
help.
4. That God is with t«», and fights our battles
fsr us, I argue from what has taken place on
various occasions, since the commencement of
actual hostilities.
The meditated supply and re enforcement of
Fort Sumter, and'tbe subsequent fall of that
stronghold, aff»rds unequivocal evidence of
the superiutendauce of a benign and watchful
Providence. The Black Republican armada
that, sailed forth stealthily ou that expedite
most signally failed iu its execution. Accord
ing to the ordinary ourse of navigation,
should have reached its destination many
hours earlier than it did: but He who gathers
tbe winds in his fists, and binds the waters
a garment, sent forth the stormy winds on tbe
paths of the deep, s > that when the ill omened
fleet arrived, the storm of iron bail waa al
reaJy emptying itself on the doomed walla of
Sumter, and the turbulent oejan forbid
entrance to bring succor to tbe beleagured cas
tie. It could only witness at a distance its bu
miliation and surrender.
Nor should it be forgotten—it never will be
forgotten, so long as a page of the history of
modern warfare exists—that during all th
terrible thuuder-storm of battle of some thirty
or forty hours, not a life was lost on either side.
Surely the God of battles presided over that
fearful conflict; and while tbe lives of all were
preserved, He gave tbe victory to our arms by
kindling the flames within the enemy’s walls.
Though none were slain during the bombard
ment, it is worthy of particular note, that
when afterwards, Maj. Anderson was permit
ted to salute his flag, by the explosion of a gun
several of bis men were either killed
wounded. This fact has seemed to us a warn
ing voice of God’s providence.
The fall ofSumter is marvellous in the ey
of a’l 'men, not accustomed to observe the
wonder-working hand of a just God.
L >oking farther North, we again witness
wonderful display of the divine interposition
when the frightened keepers of tbe Gosport
Navy Yard applied tho torch to that immense
ly valuable property, with a view to its entire
d -struclicn, of material, machinery, and ship
ping and then fled away as on the wings ol
tbe wind, believing that the enemy was
their heels; and yet there was no enemy to be
feared. It was an imaginary alarm—no hosts
were pouring into the neighboring city
they supposed. They were made to hear the
anise of railroad traius approaching, and as
they fancied, filled with armed men.
case, one is ttrougly reminded of wnat occurr
ed when Beuhadad, King of Assyria, beseiged
the city of Samaria, “The Lord made the host
of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots,* and
a noise of horses, even the noise of a great
host; aud they said one to another, Lo, the
Kiugof Israel hath hired against us the Kings
of the Hittkes, and the Kings of tbe Egyp
tians, to come upon m. Wherefore, they arose
and fled iu the twilight, aud left their tents,
nd thoir horses, aud their asses, even the
ciinpas it was, and fled for life.” Nor did
they accomplish what they intended by the
destroying element—for the wind again veered
about and blew the flames into the water, in
stead of sweeping over the devoted property;
aod though millions were consumed, yet mill
ions escaped unharmed.
And again, at Harpei’s Ferry, G»d caused
fear to tall upon them, and their host fled
away, supposing that armed bands of Virgi
were upon them, when no enemy was
n miles of them; and so great was the
fright, that they did not stop their flight dur
ing the livelong night, nor till they were forty
les distant. Like the Pnilistines in David'
ie, they probably beard a sound in tbe tops
of the trees, wherefore they arose and fled.
4. I argue the righteousness of our cause,
from the benignant smiles of Providence on
our agricultural interests at tbie moment.—
God is blessing us with rich and abundant har
vests, giving bread to the eater and seed to tbe
sower. Though it in attempted to cut off our
pplies from tbe sources usually open to
vine Providence is filling our barns with
all noeded provision for man aud beast.
5. I might mention as a still further proof of
this gracious approval of Heaven, the over
whelming unity of sentiment which prevails
q these States, aud the readiness and alacrity
ith which the people flock to tbe standard of
leir country, with the firm resolve to be free
' die. Vie aro in the midst of a great revolu
tion. A great people-many millions—have
solemnly determined to change their form of
government, for one affording them greater se-
curity of life, and property, and liberty. And
bile there may bn some who are disappointed,
either from the prejudices of birth, interest or
education, yet in all tbe States separating from
the old Government, whether by the action of
popular conventions, or by tbe people at the
ballot-box, they have spoken out in thunder
tones, as from the heart of oue man. God haa
turned the hearts of the people, as he turnetb
the rivers of water, withersoever he will.—
Some there aro who would assume a neutral
position in this conflict; tbie ie simply impos
sible. He who is not with us, ie agaiost us
Neutrality is traitorism—in a matter of this
kind. Nations may assume the position of
neutrals between belligerent nations; but in-
divid lals of a belligereut nation cannot do eo.
in relation to their own nation. They mu.t
stand on one side or the other of the line. Iu
so far as their influeuce goes, if they are not
for us, they are giving aid and comfort to the
enemy. It was so iu the revolution of '76.
Tbe neutral received tbe broad Cain mark of
Toryism.
I have now mentioned some incidents which
are indicative of tbe Divine superintendence
and approval cf our eause. That eye that
watches over the flightof a sparrow, and num
bers the hairs of oar bee Js, we confidently be
lieve watches over the inlereete of theee Coo*
lederete States, end will fight our battles for
nr. With our enemy, we admit, ia the arm of
fleeh—with him ere myriads of men more
then with us. Rut if the L >rd oar G«d is with
us, though his bo»le stood thick through the
iend es gre«ahuppers, we shell certainly tri
umph.
But to secure tbe approval and
Heaven, we roust do right. Ro w# ,
righteous our reuse, we must tol
favoring smiles of God, if we de , *
claims to hie approval may bel*-.
pride, self-righteousaees, boaatfri l
presumption, and similar iin, f u
are tempted by our very conciomnril-
It, therefore, becomes us to ab«uj!!l
from wicked feelings, end wicked "
every kiod. War, even defensive J
waged against the most uoja»t, cr jH
bolical of enemies, does not justify n
Recklessness end wicked reveng#,,
feit our claim to God’s approbate \
all remember that the same Being ,
we this day invoke, to bless oar earn
ed Himself against national and
of every kina. Thu. Ur, I tbiok
marvelously guided our rulers tod
There has been a gratifying absence til
of revenge. While there bus been J
a determination never for a moment!
to invasion, there bas been at every]
earnest appeal to God for the rectrt*4,|
purposes, and a willingness to «m
selves into his hands, who haestid,*,
is mine, I will repay ” We feel co#
not having originated this war-nay, ,
most earnestly sought to evade the #i
We have, aa it were, pleaded #t the ft
our enemies, to forbear tbe blow,
asked for peace upon just and honorai
—we have entreated to be let alone-1
atead of bread they gave us astons-i*
an egg they have thrown us a scorpion,
bave toyed, cajoled and deceived i
now, with feline savageism, they*
us. We feel that this is a cruel andasji
Dreadful is the responsibility of those v
inaugurated it—terrible tbe eccoaet
they must render at the berofQod-
destruction of life and hsppineu tobeii
ed by it. Who among us would osei
wear the robes of office with whichthai
is girded, and stand in his place be«
bar of a juat and holy God? Not ooe I
But if others have incurred great |
we verily believe they bave—if their 1
are uow stained with innocent blood-i
have tantalized and oporessed ns, let i|
care not to imitate their example, i
course, aud even wrong feeling, would k
the worst of all evils, both in itself aril
results. It would originate s danger a
midable than that which now confroaii
Better bave our towns and dwellings 4
— better lose all our wealth and comforts-
ter offer up our sons, and brothers, sri
bands, on the altar of our country, I
against God. That would make him car
my ; and better bave all on earth o
by laod and by sea, at home and abroad,
hava God nur enemy. If bo is agaiait i
are powerless and defenceless.
Nor let ue forget, innocent as we rnayk
wards our enemies, that we are aU,uip
and aa individuals, guilty a thouiandW
wards God. We deserve tbe stripes wee
□g at the band of our Ileaveily
er. lie has seized the rod of <
• ndhow long and how heavy tbe blew* Be
upon us, we know not. He may 1
by a path of blood aud fire—through tail
of lose and suffering. This may be ike*
of justice to us—thi* may be the t
means of our political redemption. Ill
necessary to prepare us, as a people,
glorious destiny which is before ue, hy I
bling, sifting and purifying us, end gin
more strength and elevation of charade
We know not wh at is before us.
sad desolation—wide spread ruin to eurp
erty—tbe slaughter of thousands of esr
and brethren, and the dread evils of f
od and cruel war. But, with a right d
God, we shall be able to bear all l
despair or bewilderment; we shall be s
go forward steadily, courageously, |
ingly—still, and ever, feeling that*
a cause as righteous as ever nerved the I
valor or cheered the heart of patriots*
dom. Many calamities; yea, repeated r
see, and even defeats, do not provs efl
be bad. The best of all causes hsvill
such. As the truest patriotism loves lus
try, in its deepest misfortunes, so doss tks
est courage fight on, even amidiai
verses.
Since, theu, we are dependent for pi
mercy on that very God, whom w# s
protect and deliver us, it should be is Al
it of humanity, penitence and meekssX
we urge our solemn appeal to iromotsMl
tice—Goi forbid that we should loossll
vantage ground by a presumptuous s*d<
mind.
If we delight in war, God will scattsM
We must seek to have God with us, ns*i(
Notice.
J N cmaequence of the withdraws!
Steamers bei ween Mobile and
the Throcoi Frsioht Tariff from *
leans to Atlanta and Cdumbus, estsWi
March 1861, ia suspended until furtasr
GEO. G HULL, „ 0 ,
Supt. A. k W. F-*
D. H. CRANE.
Supt M. h* * 1
COX, BRAINARD k 00-
Mobile and N. 0-
June 8-dtf.
BUTLER & I’ETER
(SncctMon t. High, Butin » Co J
Commission Merchant
vox tib rcxcuai and badi
r Kcecrm s s k k rnssS\.
Cotton, Orocerle*. *'•
ATLANTA,.
[TAVK in .tor., nt th.ir F'rtfW
1 Houm, on th. corner of B ,r *T'»rT
tho Railroad, (oppo.il. lh. Suu
100 BARKELS LARD OIL
50 BALES YARN;
100 BARRELS LARD;
200 KEGS PRIME LEA FLA
1,000 BARRELS FLOUR-
