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Southern (Coiifcdnacn
geo. W. ADAIRJ. HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1861.
FOR PRESIDENT,
.JEFFERSON DAVIS,
OF MISSISSIPPI.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ALEX. 11. STEPHENS.
OF GEORGIA.
Electoral Ticket.
STATE AT LARGE I
DaVID IRWINof Cobb.
VHOS. E. LLOYDof Chatham.
ALTERNATES:
J. R ALEXANDER,of Thomas.
W. 11. DABNEY,of Gordon.
DISTRICT ELECTORS :
1. —J. L. HARRIS,of Glynn.
2. ARTHUR HOODof Randolph.
3. J. L. WIMBERLY,of Stewart.
4. ED. McGEHEE,of Houston. !
5. I. P. GARVIN,of Richmond. I
C.—M. C. M. HAMMOND,of Clarke.
7. C. GIBSON,of Spalding.
8. -JOHN RAYof Coweta.
9. H. W. CANNON,of Rabun.
10.—H. F. PRICE,ofCass.
ALTERNATES:
1. J. L. SINGLETONof Scriven.
2. J. S. DYSONof Thomas.
3. J. M. MOBLEYof Harris.
4. —I. E. DUPREEof Twiggs.
5. *J. S. HOOKof Washington.
6. ISHAM FANNINof Morgan.
7. J. T. STEPHENSof Monroe.
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9.-J. H. BANKSof Hall.
10.—F. A. KIRBYof Chattooga. ‘
FOR GOVERNOR, <
EU G E \ I U S A . MSB ET,
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O F 818 B . |
THE SENTIMENT OF A PATRIOT. !
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From Judge Nisbet’s Letter of Acceptance. «
“IF I HAD BEEN CALLED OUT BY A CONVEN
TION, HAVING IN VIEW THE REVIVAL OF OLD,
OR THE ORGANIZATION OF NEW PARTIES, I 1
WOULD, WITHOUT HESITATION WITHHOLD MY 1
NAME. I COULD NOT LEND IT TO SUCH PUR- l
POSES. tORTUNATELY, PARTIES IN OUR GRIAT I
STATE ARE EXTINCT, AND HE WHO, UNDER EX- (
loTINQ CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULD SEEK TO DRAW
ANEW THE OBLITERATED LINES OF POPULAR
DIVISION, OR OPEN ISSUES CLOSED BY THE SE- 1
CESSION OF THE STATE, OR AROUSE PREJUDI
CES AND ANIMOSITIES LAID TO REST BY THE
WAR, IS SCARCELY LESS A TRAITOR THAN THE
MAN WHO WOULD APPLY THE TORCH TO THE
state Capitol, or, dwelling among us,
WIl'H THE REPUTE OF A LOYAL CITIZEN, GIVE
AID AND COMFORT TO ENEMIES.”
The following article appeared in our yes
terday’s issue, but with so many errors, that
wo insert it again with corrections.
The Intelligencer.
Our neighbor is respectfully informed that
we do look to our “ own position, and main
tain our own consistency.” We were not on
ly “recently the opponent of a Convention,”
but we are now, and expect to be through all
time. Tins we have said again, and again.—
Then why say we were recently opposed to a
Convention ?
From the first ariiclc against Conventions
which appeared in our columns, to the pres
ent time, we have distinctly slated that though
we were opposed to Conventions we should
support their nominees, whenever wo saw
lit, and oppose them when we should think
proper. Then how is it that we occupy our
present position at the expense of consisten
cy ? Please tell us.
That journal says that we were once neutral.
We have heretofore corrected this unfoun
ded assertion of the Intelligencer, but it re
peats it agaiu regardless of the facts which its
e liters well know.
We say again, that a man’s preference for
Governor, ought not to be a test of his fimess
to make laws ; but we also say that a man’s
being in favor of Governor Brown; being run
on the Brown ticket, as a Brown man, is no
sort of qualification for a legislator : and that
no man should run on this score. The candi
dates should have the privilege of voting for \
whomsoever they please and no one should
question their right to do so; but they should
not be supported by others, because they are
in favor of re electing Gov. Brown. The In*
telligeucer has made that issue ; wo have not.
That journal assumes more than it knows,
when it intimates that we would not have sup
ported them any way. We are perfectly wil
ling for them to vote for Gov. Brown and do
all they can to induce others to do so ; but we
do object to the Intelligencer advocating their
claims before the people on this score—thus
introducing the worst possible of all partisan
features—that of running men for office on
the merits of their being in favor of some
body else.
The Intelligencer advocates,
Asdrkw J. H anssix, of Cobb. forthe Sen.
ate.
Dit 11. XV. Brows and S. B. Robscn, of
Fulton, for the House,
because they are Brown men; and has put
them on the Brown ticket according to the
most odious feature of party custom in its
worst days.
We complain of the Intelligencer for intro
ducing this dangerous corrupt old party cus
tom ; for continually crying out against the
revival of parties, and introducing the most
objectionable corrupt and dangerous custom
that parties were ever guilty of producing.
Concering these gentlemen's personal quali
ficnions and fitness for the offices to which
they aspire, we have nothing to say. We only
repeat what we said before ; if they allow their
names thus to be u»ed by the Intelligencer in
its endeavors to ioaugurate political parties
and reviva the most odious features of corrupt
party practices, they are particcps erimutu
in thia unholy work. That's all.
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
Our Special Army Correspondence.
A RETROSPECT OUR FORCE AND SUPPLIES
THE EFFECT OF THE VICTORY, AND WHAT
HAS SINCE BEEN DONE WHAT NAPOLE
ON WOULD HAVE DONE SPECULATIONS
DISCLAIMER TO WINTER IN WASHING
TON OR BALTIMORE— GEN. SMITH DAN.
SICKLES AND HIS OUTRAGES.
Army of the Potomac, |
Near Fairfax, Va., Sept. 23,1861. j
Nine weeks ago. yesterday, the battle of
Manassas was fought. The Confederates won
the victory; but where are its fruits? Has
the Government—has the commanding Gen
eral -done tlie best that could be done ? If
they have then the country ought to be satis
fied. If they have not, the country may over
look, though it will not forget, the short com
ing.
Our effective force here is very little, if any,
greater than it was two weeks after the battle.
The number of regiments is considerably lar
ger, but owing to sickness, it may well be
doubted whether the number of fighting men
is much greater Our means of transporta
tion have been increased, and the Commis
| siarat department is somewhat better supplied.
I Our supply of ammunition is ample, and a
' number of field batteries have been organized
! and brought into service. Another object of
great importance, which it would be impru
dent to name at this time, has bean accom
plished. Meanwhile, the moral effect cf the
victory in the United States has been most
beneficial, while its political effect in Europe
has been all we could desire. A wholesome
lesson has been administered to the enemy,
and European nations have been taught to
look upon the Confederate Government as a
fixed fact—a power in the earth which will
make itself felt and respected. This much,
at least, has been accomplished.
On the other hand, time has been given the
enemy to supply the places of his retiring
regiments, to re-organize his demoralized for
ces, to recruit his broken columns, and to re
cover, in part, at least, from the panic with
which he was seized at Manassas. He has.
had time, also, to surround his capital both on
the Virginia and Maryland sides, with defen
sive works of the most formidable character,
and to accumulate vast amounts of provisions,
clothing, ammunition and stores of every kind.
It may be doubted whether the works this
side of the river can be carried, except at a
sacrifice of life too great for the object to be
accomplished. No apprehensions need be en
tertained as to the result of a conflict on the
open field. Behind entrenchments, however,
and protected,by fortifications, the enemy may
staud his ground against equal numbers and
inflict heavy loss. But should our meu ever
get near enough for him to see their gleaming
eyes, neither his breast works nor the Poto
mac River will ba sufficient to stay bis flight.
Such is the debit and credit account of the
battle of Manassas. The reader must decide
for himself upon the wisdom of the policy
that has been pursued. That we could and
should have entered Washington ten days af
ter the battle, is now conceded upon ail sides.
Indeed, it has seemed to me that the way has
been left open to us at any time since the 21st
July. If Napoleon had been at the head of
our forces, or any other commander who pos
sessed their confidence, and understood the
aggressive spirit of the volunteer, the Army
of the Potomac would to day have been thun
dering at the gates of Philadelphia and New
York. And yet, I do not wish to be under
stood as finding fault with Johnston and Beau
regard. The latter yielded up the command
the day after the battle, and since that lime
Johnston has had the direction of affairs He
is believed to be a good strategist, and he cer
tainly possesses great coolness and courage.
He knows, too, that the Government is in its
infancy—that, like a child beginning to walk,
we are just taking our first steps among the
nations of the earth—that the whole world
looked upon us with more or less distrust, and
that many of our own people even felt some
misgiving as to the result. In view of these
facts, and knowing how much depended upoi>
success in our first endeavors, he may have
felt that he could not be too cautious, and that
eves where the chances were in favor of suc
cess, it was hazarding too much to make the
attempt unless he were doubly sure of victo
ry. Au empire is the stake, and the happi
ness and liberties of unborn generations trem
| ble in the balances. Who would uot feel op
: pressed with this tremendous responsibility
resting upon his shoulders I
It may be presumption in a mere civilian
to criticise the military movements of the ar
i my. Thus far, you will bear me witness, I
have abstained from doing so. And even now,
i I wish to be understood as merely expressing
the opinion of one who disclaims all preten
sions to military science. I certainly do not
sympathise with those whose daily cry is •• On
to XX ashington.'' Wo have all seen the disas
trous results of a similar utterance on the oth
er side cf tho Potomac—“Ou to Richmond.”
There are abuses and defects in the army,
which I shall claim the privilege of exposing
jat the proper time. But, for the present. I
i am willing to trust our officers. They are in
i a position to judge what is wisest to bo done.
There is but one proviso I would insist upon,
and that is, the Army of the Potomac must
winter in Washington and Baltimore, or make
au effort to do so. Short of this, neither the
army nor the country will be satisfied.
Gen. G XV. Smith, of whom I gave you some
account in my last letter, has arrived here.—
He has been assigned to the e iumaud of the
second corps of the Army of the Potomac.— I
Gen. Beauregard commands the first—Gen ■
Johnston being Commander in-Chief, and as i
such, controlling and directing both. Gen.
Smith resigned his office in the old army to
join Gen. Quitman in his contemplated expe
dition to Cuba. His arrival here has given
much satisfaction.
Do you remember Dan. Sickle- ? Os course
you do. XX ell, he commands a brigade in the
Federal service, and has very appropriately
been assigned to the congenial duty cf har
rassing and kidnapping gentlemen and ladies
along the lower Potomac, and stealing and
running iff their property. His operations
are confined to those counties in Maryland
which lie immediately below Washington,
and where the Southern feeling is very strong.
’He distributes his forces along the highway,
! and through the fields and woods, and around
the houses of suspected persons, with instruc
tions to scour the country and bring in every
one who does not cry, “Great is Diana of the
Ephesians.” There is one person against
whom he seems to have a particular grudge,
but who has thus far been successful in elu
ding the spies who have been set upon his
track. Having made repeated efforts to cap
ture him without success, one day last week
the aforesaid Daniel ordered a squad of his
myrmidons to seize the farmer’s daughters,
hoping thereby to draw the father out from
his hiding place. The order was executed,
and the girls arrested and taken a short dis
tance from the he use. Still the father, who
had fled the neighb irhood, did not make his
appearance. The next step was to carry the
girls some five miles, where they are now kept
as prisoners, under the idea that to catch the
mother bird, you must first catch the young.
We dare not anticipate what may be the fate
of those poor girls. Their father has escaped
to Virginia.
But these worse than Austrian wretches do
not confine their operations to Maryland. A
few days ago, a band of marauders crossed
over the Potomac, a few miles above Washing
ton, and paid a visit to the widow of the late
Commodore App Catesby Jones, who has a
country seat on this side the river, where she
and a large family of children reside. They
drove her and her'family from the house; took
all of her negroes, horses, cattle and furniture,
and indeed everything upan which they could
lay their thievish hands. Mrs. Jones is now
in Fairfax.
These outrages are of frequent occurrence,
especially in Maryland. Men and women cf
Southern sympathies are bunted from their
homes, day and night, like so many wild
beasts, and their property destroyed or carried
off Surely the wrath of heaven will yet be
let loose upon the barbarians and their vandal
masters. A.
■■ -
Special Correspondence of the ‘ Confed
eracy.”
A FIGHT EXPECTED ITS EFFECT ON THE
SOLDIERS THAT CANNONADING THE
LOCALITY ORDER COMPLIMENTING COL.
STUART HEALTH IMPORTANT SUG
GESTION THE HOSPITAL AT RICHMOND.
ETC.
Camp Jones, 2 Miles S. E. of Fairfax C. 11., 1
September 18th, 1861. j
Dear Confederacy : Look out for fun, defeat,
victory, or death, within the present week, or
thereabouts; for we are now on the very skirts
of old Abe’s “Grand Army”—second edition.
Our present position is in advance of camp
Stephens (from which I addressed my last)
some two miles, and within one of our pickets
One portion of the Brigade—the Bth Georgia,
and Col. Taylor’s Kentucky Regiment—have
out scouts within tide distance of us, thus
“tightening up” our once unlimited freedom.
Now that affairs are shaping into something
like a fight, the boys forget the petty grunts
they so often imagined, and sport with as much
ease as when their mammas whipped their
stubborn natures into obedience, whilst yet
tied to the apron string and matting. I imag
ined when the command to march was given
some of these very men we call boys Would
beg to be left as guard to the baggage wagons;
but, since yesterday, 1 have been convinced
that no better material for the rough and turn
ble of a fight exists than these self same strip,
lings.
So early as 9 o’clock \ esterday morning
brisk connonabing was heard in the direction
of Munson’s Hill, five miles south east of Al
exandria. Ninety-one shots weie fired within
ten minutes. Au accurate count was made by
myself and others. Col. Anderson had out the
men on a regimental drill, when Gen. Jones
rode up and ordcred the meu to stack their
arms, fill their canteens, take two days rations
in their haversacks, and hold themselves in
marching order at the tap of the drum. One
long an<l continued shout came from the ranks
as they left their gans to supply their two
days wants, which occupied but a few minutes,
when to their places they stood awaiting fur
ther orders. Sam, however, a courier came in
announcing the total rout of some five hun
dred infantry, four pieces of artillery, and a
body of horse, which had attacked a small de
tachment—two companies from a Virginia
Regiment, then in command of the Hill. So
secure did our men feel on the little mound,
that they stood by with folded arms as the
grape and canister passed by and over them.
The enemy grew faint and fell back on Alex
andria. This news saddened the countenan
ces of the boys, as they turned in to sleep on
disappointment and cold snacks. 1, and my
worthy associate, had saddled up our horses,
closed our canvas preparatory to marching;
but, like the boys, went back to bed.
Uur tents are pitched ou a hill overlooking ,
a vast extent of territory, reaching far to the
westward, and, but for a cluster of pines, might i
probably reveal to us the far off tents of Gen.
Lee’s command. Tec uatry is undulating,
and covered with rich green foliage, just now
putting on the dusky brown of winter. Yan
kee cottages stand close to the hill sides, shut
ting in the diaffected owners, and keeping at
arms’ length the thousands of soldiery en- i
camped in their meadows, and on hill sides, j
They are restless —fearful lest we should de- I
stroy their corn now ripening— yet our charity
extends to them protection.
Tae following was read, at Dress Parade, j
last evening, by order of Gen. Johnson :
“Head Quarters, I
Army us Potomac. J
“The commanding General has great satis
faction in making known the excellent con
ductor Col J. E B. Stuart, and of the officers
and men of his command, in the affair of Lew
isville on the Uth insL, on which occasion,
: Col. Stuart, with XLj Terrell’s Battalion--13th
Virginia X’olunteers—two pieces of the XVash
ington Artillery, La., under Capt. Rosser and
Lieut. Slocum, and Capt. Patrick’s Company
of Ist Virginia Cavalry, attached and drove |
from the position, in great confusion, three i
regiments of infantry, eight pieces of artiile- ■
ry, and a large number of cavalry—inflicting
serious loss, but receiving none themselves.
By command of
GEN. JOHNSTON.
T. G. Rhett, Adj’t. Gen’l.”
Now that we are in speaking distance of the
1 enemy, we Lear of skirmishes, conquest?, and ;
no defeats. This is encouraging, and but fore
shadows our success in the further progress of
tho war.
The health of the Regiment has greatly im
proved since leaving camp Bartow, now that
pasturage gives us good ground. Water, in
great abundance, gushes out from every hill
side—a delicacy much needed since our cour
arge has sharpened itself to the sticking point.
One suggestion to those who have friends or
relatives in the service, whose comforts I know
concern them. Each soldier is entitled to so
much luggage, exclusive of that carried on his
back, uot in bulk, but in pounds. Box after
box filled with delicacies, extra clothing, bed
ding, loiiet articles, Ac., reach us. These must
either be transported where we go, or left, and
tb>« service has to be carried on with a certain
number of wagons, supplied by the Confeder
ate States—numbering one to each company
amply sufficient to convey the necessary omfit
by bulk and weight; but these extras muke
up a double service, which has grown to such
an extent, as to make necessary the issuing of
the following order from Gen. Jones: “Al!
extra boxes, bales, or plunder, not actually
needed, will be left out in the transport, and
condemned as useless. The Q. M. will see that
this order is strictly enforced.” I admire lib
erality, but would warn all concerned not to
feed men with sweet-meats, especially as nine
out of ten suffer more or less injury from their
use. Then keep back your boxies laden with
rich jellies, candies, cake, Jcc. If vou must
satisfy your generous natures, as well as grat
ify those in arms for your defense, send us
candles, (sperm, if convenient,) soap, thread,
buttons, woollen socks, shoes, and under-shirts.
These are allowed in berth, whilst the others
are condemned, both by Physicians and Mas
ters of Transports. But few things are wan-
flavor the palate, while much is needed
to comfort the body.
I see, from one or two newspaper para
graphs, that there has been established a Hos
pital at Richmond, exclusively for the sick
aud wounded soldiers from Georgia, now in
the field in Virginia. This has been long wan
ted, and cannot be too highly approved, yet its
location is too remote from the majority of our
forces to render immediate comfort to those
who may need it. It would be a good plan to
imitate Louisiana and Mississippi, by also
having erected a temporary shelter at Manas
sas, or some point near by, to which all could
bo sent, then, if necessary, ship them to the
major Hospital at Richmond. This would
save many lives that are constantly being
jeopardized by the long and tedious trip by
rail to Richmond. Attached to this, there
might be an Express agency for the reception
and distribution of all goods and packages for
each regiment, as this would ensure safety of
delivery as well as save freight expenses. As
it is, hundreds of packages are lost, either by
the pilfering of thieves, or the wild waste that
can only be looked at ami wept over.
MORE ANON.
Written for the “Southern Confederacy.”
The Devil's Visit to “Old Abe.”
nr REV. E. P. BIRCH, OF LAGRANGE, GA.
Ohl Al e «::s sitting in bis chair of State,
With one foot on the mantle and one on thegrate—
Smoking his pipe, and scratching his pate,
For he had heard some disastrous neivs of late.
As fearful as death and as cruel as fate.
In an old earthen jug, on a table near by,
Mas a gallon of “Buck-eye,” or “ Choice old Rye,”
To cheer up his hopes which were ready to die —
Under whose potent charms Old Abe would be able,
To lay all his griefs, like a Dill “ on the table,”
Or shut up his wo, like a horse in a stable.
He sat in his chair,
With a wo-hegone air,
Gazing at nothing with a meaningless stare,
And looked like a wild beast just “skeered” In his lair.
His cheek bones were high, and his visage was rough,
Like a middling of bacon—all wrinkled and tough ;
His nose was as long, and as ugly and big,
As the snout, of a half-starved Illinois pig;
He was long in the legs, and long in the arms—
A Zonff/ettoir, indeed, save the poetic charms;
He was long In ids limbs, and long In his face,
And anxiously longing to prolong his race,
’Till he’d finished his wild goose political chase—
Bringing wreck on his country, and endless disgrace,
On the blockheads who’d placed him in “the very wrong
place.”
The news had just reached him of rout and defeat,
Os bis “Grand Army” broken —of disastrous retreat;
His best men were slain on the field of the fight;
His legions were scattered with panic and flight,
And his plans had all met with a ruinous blight ;
His treasury was bankrupt, his finances smashed,
His credit was gone, and his bills were uncashed.
His country witli terrible foes was begirt,
XVas tumbling to ruin like a fabric of dirt— [AwrL”
“I’m afraid,” said Old Abe, “that there'sflomebraly
Thus sitting and thinking—
’Twist smoking and drinking—
His head on his bosom was gradually sinking,
When a sound met his ear—
'Twas so sharp and so clear,
That, he sprang to his feet—standing breathless to hear,
With his mind full of dread, and his heart full of fear.
’Twas not like the roll of the hurricane's thunder,
! Nor the earthquake that cleaves the tall mountains as
| under—
j 'Twas not like the stonus which tumultuously sweep,
, O'er the ione beading woods and the dark rolling deep,
But a sharp angry crashing—
A confusion ami clashing’.
Like things in general, promiscuously swashing.
j “It’s the Devil,” thought Abe, in the sorest of frights,
“ Or a rebel ‘z?iasle<Z battery,' on Arlington Heights.”
j On the wings of the midnight winds it flew,
■ And nearer it came and louder it grew,
’Till XVashington City seemed ail in a stew.
Then it paused just before
The “ White House” door,
' And died away with an explosive roar.
I “/f* the Deril," said Lincoln; and sure he was right,
j For just at that moment there gleamed on his sight,
j The glare of a horrible sulphurous light,
i Encircling a form so ghastly and grim,
- That h’s heart ceased to beat and his eyes grew dim—
That form stood before him, majestic and dread,
With large cloven feet, and huge horns on his head.
Mr. Lincoln was seized with a terrible quaking,
And the bones in his skin were rattling and shaking.
Like the “ dry bones” in the “ Valley of X ision,”
With such dreadful collision,
i As threatened to make a “ long division,”
Os his body and members without “ legal decision.”
’ “ How’s your health, Mr. Lincoln?” said old nick with
1 a grin,
“ I have just now stepjted in
To renew old acquaintance with your honor agin'.
How is Seward, and Scott, and your good Mrs. L. ?
1 I hope ail your friends are getting on very well.”
■ Thus saying; he seated himself in a chair,
l And gazed at Old Abe with an impudent stare—
I Took a drink of “ blue blazes” from a flaming sky rocket,
j Which he carried for convenience in his overcoat pocket;
Consulted his watch with a dandyish grace—
, Said he’J made a quick trip thro’ the regions of space,
I On the train of a comet, in a journey sublime,
; Over millions of miles in a moment of time. [smile,
“You, yourself, Mr. Lincoln, said the fiend with a
Have done some fast traveling in a very short while.
1 Test Grand Army, too—it is noted for speed,
And makes excellent time in all cases of need.
But all this aside—allow me to state
I have come here on business momentously great,
Which deeply involves your political fate. [tion?
“What means, Mr. Lincoln, this strange proclama-
In which you’ve invited the whole Yankee nation,
To fasting and prayer, and to humiliation.
It is strange how a thrashing has altered your notions. [
And called into action your pious devotions—
It seems to me, sir, you're a whimsical set,
Ever twisting and turning like an eel in a net :
You flounder and flout,
And turn in and turn out,
’Til my wits are puzzled to know what you’re about.
And now in all candor, I must call your attention,
To the plain truths which now you’ll allow me to men
tion.
“ You know, in the first place, you owe your election
To the aid and protection
Os a demagogue crew under my own direction.
I invented your platform, and gave it eclat, [law.”
About “ niggei s,” and “ freedom” and the great “higher
“ From the top of this platform—outstretching below—
I showed you the kingdoms which I would bestow.
If you and your party would only agree,
To fall down and give worship forever to me—
Obey my directions—fulfill iny commands—
Spread carnage and death over all of these lands,
an honorable warfare, just such as would win,
Success to my cause, and a triuwph to sin.
To all of these terms you most promptly agreed,
And made them your grounds of political creed.
I gave, you my subjects—the best I have got, [NcoZ/;”
Such as Cameron, and Seward, and “ Old Granny
Assisted by Greeley, and Bennett and Weed,
As miserable scoundrels as Tophet could breed —
To fix upji plan for "preserving the Union,"
In the bonds of a happy fraternal communion,
By a terrible warfare of conquest and blood,
Such as never was known since the days of the flood.
“ I gave you my minions from the purlieus of hell,
The ranks of your terrible grand army to swell;
I stirred up the North with its vagabond crew,
And set witch-burning Y’ankeedom all in a stew,
XVith its isms, and schisms— fanatical trappings—
Its free-loving humbugs, and spiritual rappings:
1 called out its teachers,
(Hypocritical preachers)
Aud demagogue schreechers,
To marshal your legions to conquest and fame,
But alas ! to your shame.
No victory came,
But reproach and disgrace ou the whole Yankee name.
Y'our armies went forth, but not to the battle;
They went forth to plunder the fields of their c&ttle :
To steal the young chickens aud capture the hens
(Like ‘William Come-Trimbie-Toc) and put ’em in pens.’
In the pages of history no loftier place,
Can be claimed for your thieving and cowardly race,
Than to tell they were i aliant in stealing a hen,
But ran in confusion from the presence of men.
XVhen at last your grand army was forced to a fight,
They were routed, defeated and driven in flight,
Overwhelm’d with confusion from the plains of Manassas
Like a miserable pack of terrible asses.
XVas’t for this that 1 labored with vigilant toil,
To sow tares of contention all over your soil ?
To build up your party with lying pretensions,
Witli demagogue tricks, and Chicago Conventions?—
If this is the fruit of my labor and zeal,
I am sure I deserve the remorse that I feel,
For becoming the tool,
Os a shallow-brained fool,
With tlie form of an Ape, and the head of a calf —
It is sewing the whirlwind and reapiag the chaff.”
“ YY’hat say you to this ?” cried Old Nick, waxing hot;
Quoth President Lincoln, “ You- must ask Gen. Scott."
“Old Scott’s an old ass aaid Seward to boot,
And as for yourself, you’re a pitiful brute,
Too mean to let live, and too worthless to shoot.
“ But to come to the point more directly in hand,
Allow me, once more, in good faith to demand
The grounds of tins pitiful cant proclamation,
For fasting and prayer by tlie whole Yankee nation.
Do you think that Jehovah will favor your cause,
XVliHe you murder, and steal, and violate laws ?
M ill your prayers be heard « hen you ask the Eternal
For help to accomplish your objects infernal?
No ; this war, like yourself, was begotten in sin,
And lose it or win.
You now must begin,
To fight witli the spirit of “Seventy-Six,”
And abandon your pitiful old Yankee tricks.”
Quoth Abraham, “ I'm in a eery bad fl.e." [grin,
“ You are right, now, for once, “Said Old Nick with a
But such are tlie fruits of transgression and sin :
Then where lies the blame? not witli me, I am sure—
You made the disease ; you must seek for the cure.
“Aud now, in conclusion, your attention I call
To a single fact more. 'Tis the saddest of all
(As he spoke, the hot tears came up flush to his eyes.)
“Tlie Gospel has made 'me “the father of lies,”
And tlie record is true. From tlie very beginning,
I have tutored the world in lying and sinning;
But it stirs up my soul with grief and vexation,
To see your abominable Yankee nation,
Outstripping me far in the depths of its shame,
Ami heaping reproach ou my kingdom and name.”
“ I've but one word to add’; it’s a terrible one!
Your treacherous race is almost run ;
Y’our political sky looks dark and dun ;
Tile fate-clouds are gathering o'er your setting sun:
You have ruined your nation —degraded its name—
And hurled on its people a heritage of shame ;
Y'ou have murdered its glory and pride at a blow,
And filled its proud cities with wailing and woe.
The avenger is coming. O'er your dark future path,
Is brooding a storm of terrible wrath.
The wrongs of oppression—the blood of the slain—
The pleadings of widows for their lost ones again—
The cries of the ]>oor, all starving for bread—
Tlie curse of tiic nation, overwhelming and dread.
Shall break like an avalanche full on your head.
Then woe to tlie day when Beauregard conies
With his iircy Legions from their Southern homes—
When tlie roar of their guns shall fill you with fright.
And the flash of their -alzres shall gleam on your sight.
All! then shall you sink to a merciless tomb,
And the shouts of their triumph shall herald your doom.
Y<,ur fate is now writ by “the hand on tho wall[fall,
O'er your “house on the sand” the bleak tempest shail
And sweep you away in it- ruins to hell—
I have told you your doom —I now bid you farewell!”
Thus saying, he vanished, like a storm, in a hurry,
And left old Al>e in a tit. and Mrs. L. in a flurry.
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