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THE COUNTRYMAN.
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Will become of you.” We do not read that,
tlietfe was any effort on the part of the
Doctor to peisuade him to repentance, but
he rather vindictively tells him he will “go
to hell.” This seems to me to be wrong,
and particularly in a minister of Him who
is all mercy, all love, all forgiveness.
I yield the palm to no one in mv undy
ing hatred of the yankees. I wish that
everyone of them would drop dead as he
sets his foot on Confederate soil. But my
hatred shall pursue no one of them beyond
the grave, not even to taunt them that they
will go to hell. And were it in my power,
I would administer the consolations of re
ligion to everyone of them on his dying
bed, and forgiving them, as I wish to be
forgiven, pray for their entrance into the
kingdom of heaven. This much would I
do : and a minister of the gospel should
certainly do better than The Countiyman.
The extract upon which these remarks
are founded was first published in the
Southern Presbyterian, and then in the
Southern Christian Advoeate, from which
I copy it. Will my brethren pause and
think ? It seems to me they are guilty of
unchristian thoughts and feelings.
Mr. Fox’s India Bill.
“ When the India Bill of Mr. Eox was
brought from the committee, and read in
the House of Commons, Mr. Sheridan ob
served that twenty-one new clauses were
added, whieh were to be known by the let
ters of the alphabet from A to W. He
therefore hoped that some gentleman of
ability would invent three more for X, Y,
and Z, to complete the alphabet, which
would then render the bill a perfect born-
book for the use of the minister, and the
instruction of rising politicians.”
Not Drunk.
“The correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, speaking of Gen. Jackson, relates
the following :
He is said to be, under ordinary circum
stances, inclined to take ‘ cat naps,’ and
before and during the late battles around
Richmond, lie took little regular slumber.
One evening, as he was riding with a single
companion, he was observed to be asleep
and to be nodding. His companion won
dered, but did not wake him. Presently
they passed a man lying on the roadside,
who cried out, ‘ Halloo, where did that
man get that liquor V This woke J ackson,
who said, ‘Well, 1 think I’d better keep
awake now.’ ”
“Women affect coyness as an addition to
their beauty.”
The Southern National Anthem.
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“God save the South!
God save the South,
Her Altars and firesides!
God save the South!
Now that the war is nigh,
Now that we’re armed to die,
Chanting our battle cry,
Freedom or Death!
ii.
God be our shield,
At home or in field:
Stretch thii.e arm over us,
Strengthen and save !
What though they’re three to one,
Forward each sire and son,
Strike till the battle’s won,
Strike to the grave !
hi.
God make the right,
Stronger than might!
Millions would trample us,
Down with their pride!
Lay Thou their legions low,
Roll back the ruthless foe,
Let the proud spoiler know
God’s on our side!
IV.
Fame ! honor call,
Summoning all,
Summoning all of us
Unto the strife.
Sons of the South, awake,
Strike till the bonds shall break !
Strike for dear honor’s sake,
Freedom and Life!
v.
Rebels before
Our fathers of yore :
Rebel, the glorious name,
Washington bore.
Why, then he ours the same,
The name that he snatched from shame,
Making it first in fame,
Foremost in war.
VI.
War to the hilt,,’
Theirs be the guilt,
Who fetter the freeman,
To ransom the slave.
Then still be undismayed,
Sheathe not the battle-blade,
Till the last foe is laid
Low in the grave!
A gallant young offieer, who hands us the
foregoing lines, tells us, says the Atlanta In
telligencer, ‘ they are sung by the patriotic la
dies of Kentucky as The National Anthem.’
It was his intention, he says, ‘to have them
published immediately on his arrival from
Yankeedom (being a prisoner there) into the
Confederacy, but being engaged in military
duties he has been unable till now to do so,’
and he asks for their insertion in the Intelli
gencer. We comply with great pleasure with
his request. What the ‘patriotic ladies of
Kentucky sing,’ we esteem it a high privilege
to lay before our readers.”
R. R. Meeting.
On Tuesday 23d inst., a R. R. meeting
was held at the court-house in Eatonton.
Gol. Credille was called to the chair, when
E. D. Brown, Esq., of Milledgeville, rep
resenting the company proposing to build
the new road, explained the object of the
meeting. He made an informal proposition to
build a mad to Madison, provided the Cen
tral Road will guarantee 7 per cent, upon
the capital stock.
A committee to confer with the Central
Road was appointed by the chair, consist
ing of the following members: M. Den
nis, D. R. Adams, Edmond Reid, W. D.
Terrell, Sami. Pearson, and J. A. Turner.
On motion, the chairman was added to the
committee, and the meeting adjourned.
Two Wishes.
“ It were to be wished,” says Pascal,
“that the enemies of religion would at least
learn what it is before they oppose it.”
It were to be wished, says The Coun
tryman, that many of its indiscreet devo
tees would at least learn what it is before
they are so intolerant and inhuman in its
advocacy.
Lincoln as Described by Seward.
“ Clias. Francis Adams was sent by Mr.
Lincoln, as his minister, to Great Britain.
Under date of April 10, 1861, Mr. Seward,
as Secretary of State, undressed Mr. Adams
a long letter of instructions, a copy of which
we have before us in a U. S. official publi
cation. The troubles in this country form
ed the almost exclusive subject of the let
ter; and President Lincoln’s views were
largely unfolded for the benefit of Mr.
Adams, and through him, of the British
Government. From this letter we take
the following extract :
‘ For these reasons (the president) would
not be dispose! to reject a cardinal doc
trine of (the Southern leaders) namely,
that the Federal Government could not re
duce the seceding states to obedience by con
quest,-even although he were disposed to
question that proposition. But, in fact, the
president willingly accepts it as true. Only
an imperial or despotic government could
subjugate thoroughly disaffected and insur
rectionary members of the state. This
federal republican system of ours is, of all
forms of government, the very one which
is most unfitted for such labor. ”
“ There are relapses in the distempers of
the soul, as well as in those of the body :
thus we often mistake for a cure, what is no
more than an intermission, or a change of
disease. ”