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About The Independent South. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1860-186? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1862)
THE I/SGISLOTHE- Uion ..rtlieii- I.rotul inheritance. It | manufactory in llm '™K-. H the i js uol (he Hist conclave which liMh.li.ntcr is Willing W sell his con. Int-l in perilous times big with the | at $ 1, per bushel and it i»furnished ; late of empire, uiul not the first tbe Govermnen at $200, the proper- j which hits failed to up pease the de- lummh of its constituent*; for some U1U J y, ty holder should surely pay by tax ation the difference, as the producer l nmims . ,, j pave not only proved the architectsJ if payed 100 should pay tho saino of of their own ruin, hut the reel: ; their people. | Revolution is in itself a commo tion, furiously stiring the masses |by which much of its dregs and tilth are brought up to tho surface. Ib[t is the sudden obscrimliun ol tbe social and orderly light of govern- l<v nenl, in the darkness of which, o.eiy ,i r ,l of evil omen and unclean beast Prowls forth from their dens of ‘“tench to glutton on their prey. It is ho time when dark browed treason I'l'talks in faction with the lire of pa- riotism. When base born ambition s found upon thi exchange, ‘•dis cussing largesses of corn.” When money fixes tho standard by which men nre classified, aud cupidity is emboldened to brave dishonor for fraudulent gains; ranks and classes of society change place, and fluctu ate with the alloy upon which they are based—Tho low become high and tho base noble. Hence the re- to the speculator, as it is unjust ami uuwrightcous that so useful a class should be made either to fight or starve. Ifa military necessity do-' miind the impressment of stock,' produce nnd negroes, to bo remun-. crated by its own taxes, then tho’ shy locks of tho Bazars should bo paid $ 220 per s aekfor salt to main tain the impressment, otherwise sup ply would cease. All this limy he an allegory, and we will close for fear you may think, that wo think that we are like the tress ot the for est in holy writ—given over to tho rule of tho bramble, from which, tho basest of shrubs, shall come forth the fire which is to devour the ceu- dars of Lebanon. SPEECH OF GOVERNDP H. V- JOHN SON. We regret that we are unable this and the base noble. Hence the re- j j (sue (0 |, re80 |ii our readers with tho sponsibility of that directoiy "hie 1 j S j, t .cch of Gov. Johnson which wo helms the ship ot state upon tie | s i 1HU ij j„ the columns of bosom of so treacherous and vacil a- I, ^ the Confederacy ting a deep, must indeed ho critical! ,, ~...i r, and read hv every southron. It is nnd fraught with anxieties. ^ U1 I ,„aiked with the nsiiiil Honorable Body opened it session i ^,(.j,j s <>enius and chnrncteris- h gh-toneiL | with the announcement of a seeming j I(ro |, ity —^7,1*1, independent and lu- ' consciousness of such a state of! .. ,. . ;.u I things, and at once advanced to the I entrenchment of their sever,Mg eid, every word is hurtling-with that . majesty of eloquence—an intense- i - 11 ' ! and unvizered earnestness, breathing land a violent charge upon iisuipa- j )bat ij^pp.-dion of patriotism which ! tion. With a fearlessness and an eii-1 ^ y,,, m t ) le , mre and fnith- ! tul. The imploring demand of his- slriki-n country fur ils in-,, to molest— 1 during assiduity, worthy of even a i more loyal and virtuous patriotism, they layed selge to lliu sintr-cav j Btn -„. 11 ’^ ns |,ijjj |, a s called him to her cutive prerogative, and entered a se- ; ^ j aid ajjl .lie responds with the chcer- rious parley with the ConK-deiatc. | |,, V ul: v ot a patriots mi l accepts — - i .. capitulation i - . • . , . . . They soon forced a cap,t.uuum, , ^ ^ h| th , 8 , lirit of his excenlencey’s „„ itm D annul,, ^ lll)UrtIlnli; spurning: and as the ermine ot the high Jut ,- ^ ob , riwivumw v „ Mn ., m „l ciary hud been uuturled upon the , ylbiv ,.. , inJ t i, ose - | itt i„ arts which abatis nnd that mnideiit (military | (V<1U .,„, ( | |j tt lonu n, thedistinc- necessity) with which despotism has , miiim j,| lt . often seduced the Goudess, lout I so With his accession to tho Protb- lian Guard and Jos. 11. Johnson to tie; command of tho army of the | been already cast round her neck .by , the “out-side” suppers, wo feared an onslaught cud a reck ot the consti- , rC( , UIltrv , u lY joyously hail tutional citadel; but they have pan-; ^ uvynt , |s „cheering prospect of a sed and while they have left to the ht fntm . 0 , )ml us ,| lu herald of state sovereignty out the sc, .hard ^ crm ., on ,, rs ._ of the sword, tlu*y Imvo, as the 1 i line - - - ! minister would say homoloyatal i ihe advanced position ot the contra il bly As- 1 lisoing beleaguers. has lieeu look^l to with the Mr. Lowly lias been m ole to say save a nation The triumphant advances and bril liant riitrogndcs of oar grand Ar my, is no longer to be impoverished by its spoj’ls and defeated by its successes; Us elicit is a schollar. H-st mixikty and L hopes of all | that those who to save a nation , niot ag( . lu . nl i and a gentleman, ;c cheered (with tVepmiuiso that from tyrants, excite it to civil war, t() bo vindictive in prosperi- lis the witter of ijur.discouteut," | hut minister the same miserable J ^ 01 . vnce Hatiag on uld by itsjwisdonf and virtues, be j kind of relief wherewith the W its on. ado yet “a glorious summer”—j review ofitslaboisand the rehear-, 1 of its calender best unfold the,| lo, while tlio nervous solicitude d sensitive apprehension which nrkes the under current of tbe ioplc bespeakesjitieast a sad dis- ipoiutiuent. Me know the con- ition of the country was one of the osf intricate and stupendous inter- it, demanding the whole wisdom fits diieofory.iu ita most earnest nd harmonious deliberation, yet zards of Plmrabh mocked the egyp- tian; When Moses had turned their waters into blood, those impious ma gicians not intending to benefit tho thirsting crowd, but in vain and em ulous ostentation of tiioir own art, did themselves change into blood, the water which the plague had spared; But as no power which is not limited by laws can itself bo protected by laws, it is safe for our the field, but combineing the heroic graces with misfortune and a com passion with justice, adorns the char acter of the disciplinarian with mag nanimity and tho warrior with dig nity. His valorous followers will not be mocked withfruitles toilsnnd wrcathkss triumphs nnd now joining With tho country at largo in the sa crifice of personal feeling and par tisan faction, wo may announce tho s doubted uotthnt our great and sovereignty that the cheif-executive should he thus circumvullatcd; advent of our delivery from the op pression of our foes. ,od with tho aid of a kind Provi- mce would evoke a policy from hicli all might have gleaned the oinise of a brighter future and a orious consideration fur tho paiti- d past. Our unwa,rentable ini- itieuce may he of evil report, and Waters which have been striken ln,t . liot be of Meriboh, tlio waters stile, for surely it is vowed that Wl ' people will pass into the possea- Aristides was still tho pure and just _ though tho somite was fallen by its discords. Their future efforts to establish a slideing scale of barter and trade enucleates its own policy; for should cotton be taxed 5 vents per pound, and furnished tbe Man ufactory at 10 to bo turned over to the Government for the Army at GOO cents per pound, certainly the producer should bn taxed tlio rich balance ol .500 cts., due tlio
