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 May 27th, 1861. 
 Rev. J. Jones, 
 
 Dear Sir: — By a unanimous vote of Company, you are respectfully 
 requested to give us a copy of your excellent Discourse to the volunteers, 
 for publication, perusal, and preservation. 
 
 Hoping that you will gratify our desire, and accept our best wishes 
 for you and yours, we are, most respectfully, 
 
 Yours, 
 E. J. MAGRUDER, 
 Captain of the Rome Light Guards. 
 S. H. HALL, 1st Lieutenant. 
 M. DWINELL, 2d 
 G. R. LUMPKIN, 3d - 
 J. T. MOORE, 1st Serjeant. 
 
 May 29th, 1861. 
 
 To Capt. E. J.Magruder and his officers, Messrs. Hall, Dwinell, Lump- 
 kin, and Moore. 
 
 Gentlemen : — According to your request, I furnish a copy of the 
 Discourse for publication, &c. Please accept for yourselves and com- 
 pany, my kindest regards and earnest prayer for your protection in the 
 day of battle. 
 
 Very Respectfully, Yours, 
 
 J. JONES. 
 
 
The following chapter was read before sermon : Joel, 2d chapter, 1-24, 
 and 27th verses. 
 
 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy moun- 
 tain : let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord 
 cometh, for it is nigh at hand; (2) A day of darkness and of gloomi- 
 ness, a day of cloud and of thick darkness, as the morning spread up- 
 on the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the 
 like, neither shall be any more after it, even the years of many gener- 
 ations. (3) A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame bur- 
 netii; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a 
 desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. (4) The ap- 
 pearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so 
 shall they run. (5) Like the noise of chariots on the tops of moun- 
 tains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the 
 stubble, as a strong people set in battle-array. (0) Before their face 
 the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness. (7) 
 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men 
 of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not 
 break their ranks: (8) Neither shall one thrust another; they shall 
 walk every one in his path; and when they fall upon the sword, they 
 shall not be wounded. (9) They shall run to and fro in the city; they 
 shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall 
 enter in at the windows like a thief. (10) The earth shall quake be- 
 fore them; the heavens shall tremble; the sun and moon shall be dark, 
 and the stars shall withdraw their shining; (11) And the Lord shall 
 .:tter his voice before his army; for his camp is very great: for he is 
 strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is greatand very ter- 
 rible; and who can abide it? (12) ^[ Therefore also now; saith the Lord, 
 Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with wee- 
 ping, and with mourning: (13) And rend your heart, and not your gar- 
 ments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merci- 
 ful; slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the ev- 
 il. (14) Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a bles- 
 sing behind him; even a meat-offering, and a drink-offering, unto the 
 Lord your God? (15) ^ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call 
 a solemn assembly: (16) Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, 
 assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; 
 let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her clo- 
 set: (17) Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the 
 porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and 
 give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over 
 them: wherefore shouJd they say among the people, Where is their 
 God? (18) J Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his 
 
people, (19) Yea, the Loud will answer, and say unto his people, He. 
 hold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied 
 therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen; 
 
 (20) But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will 
 arive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east 
 sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea: and his stink shall come 
 up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. 
 
 (21) If Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great 
 things. (22) Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of 
 the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and 
 the vine do yield their strength. (23) Be glad then, ye children of Zi- 
 on, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former 
 rain moderately, and he will cause to come down the latter rain in the first 
 month. (24) And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the iats shall 
 overflow with wine and oil. (27) And ye shall know that I am in the 
 midst of Israel, and that 1 am the Lord your God, and none else: and 
 my people shall not be ashamed. 
 
 Soldiers of the Rome Light Guards, and Miller Rifles, Vol- 
 unteers for the active service of the Confederate States of North 
 America ! ! ! 
 
 In responding to your request to address you on this occa- 
 sion, and in thanking you for the compliment, I acknowledge 
 myself oppressed with a responsibility, strange, peculiar, 
 painful. This is the first time, in a ministry of twenty years, 
 that I have been called to address men whose marching or- 
 ders are onward to the battle-field, whose motto is victory or 
 death. The probability, nay, the bare possibility, that I may 
 be delivering my last message to some, perhaps to many of 
 you, fills my heart with inexpressible anguish. I feel there- 
 fore deeply solicitous to meet the responsibilities of this hour, 
 in a manner becoming a watchman for souls. 
 
 I have therefore earnestly sought divine wisdom, and have 
 endeavored to place myself in your position, and to realize 
 the duties, the denials, and the dangers of a soldier. 
 
 As a basis, therefore, for profitable meditation, we have se- 
 
 * N. B. This Discourse having been prepared in answer to a short 
 notice, I have added appendixes to illustrate certain positions which 
 were merely stated in the sermon. J * * * * . 
 
leoted the following passages from 1st Samuel, 4th chapter. 
 
 9th verse; and 2nd Chronicles, 20th chapter, 15th verse 
 "Be strong and quit yourselves like men, and fiqht " "For 
 
 the battle is not yours, but God's." ' 
 
 The first of these verses was used as a battle-cry by the 
 fhihstine captains to their soldiers, ou the eve of an eneaee 
 ment with the Israelites. The Israelites had made the ag- 
 gression, and had been defeated in a battle. Mortified and 
 exasperated, they determine upon another battle and pre- 
 suming success from the presence of the ark of God they 
 snatch it from its appropriate place, the Tabernacle in the 
 city of Sndoh, and bear it into the camp; and when it ar- 
 rived, all the soldiers shouted the ark of the Lord ' And 
 when the Philistines heard the rejoicings of Israel, they trem- 
 bled But their leaders encouraged them in the language of 
 
 a ^ ? G St , r ° llg and quit y° ul ' seh es like men, and fight 
 And they fought, and Israel was sorelv defeated; thirty thou- 
 sand were slain; and the ark of the Lord was taken, and up- 
 
 Ta 1 \° ry ?' J Srae1 ' this 8ad e l )ita P h wa « written, Icha- 
 bod, the glory is departed. Israel had sinned in transfer- 
 ring the ark of God from its appropriate place, to the camp 
 and battle-field. Israel was wrong, and God therefore gave 
 a signal victory to the Philistines. And these facts find a 
 parallel in our history. Our opponents claim to be the true 
 Israel of God; they have excited the war, and have lost the 
 farst battle; and as Israel sinned, by removing the ark of 
 God from its rightful place, so have they erred, in transfer- 
 ring the question of domestic servitude, a purely religious 
 
 T% T'ij I0 V h ? WOrd of God int0 civil cou n«l« and the 
 battle-field And they regard us as Philistines, traitors, reb- 
 els; and their embattled hosts are shouting: "The temple 
 of the Lord are we, and the ark of the Lord is with us ' — 
 Let us not be dismayed, let us answer, by adopting as our 
 watchword and reply: "Be strong and quit (acquit) your- 
 selves like men, for the battle is not vours, but God's " 
 And when the battle is over, we shall see to whom the name 
 of Ichabod will be applied. 
 
 In advancing to a closer consideration of our text three 
 questions are suggested to the man who is bound for the 
 war *irst, does he realize what he is doing? Has he 
 counted the cost?_the great bodily exposure.? to burning 
 
suns and drenching dews, to summer s heat and winter's cold ? 
 The surrender of ease, comfort, and home, sweet home ? The 
 sacrifice of interest and business; and the jeopardizing, per- 
 haps the loss of life, perhaps of soul ? Has he said to him- 
 self, I shall soon appropriate the words of David to Jon- 
 athan, "there is but a step between me and death"? A sec- 
 ond question asks, w T hy these sacrifices? Are the causes ad- 
 equate, do the reasons justify? Am I about to peril com- 
 fort, interest, and life, without a proper reason ? Have I ta- 
 ken my place in the ranks, from a momentary impulse, or 
 with reference to some ultimate self-aggrandizement? Let 
 every soldier scrutinize his motives and ends ! He is a reck- 
 less man who goes to war, and cannot give the reason why. 
 As a third question, let each soldier ask, am I prepared for 
 these sacrifices? am I prepared with a sound body, a brave 
 heart, and a willing mind ? Am I ready to endure hard- 
 ness as a good soldier? and above all, am I prepared for those 
 solemn alternatives, death and judgment? It is appointed 
 unto men once to die, and after death, the judgment. Said 
 the Pilgrim, I find from the book in my hand, that I am to 
 die, and then to go to judgment; and I am unwilling to do 
 the first, and unprepared for the second. Soldiers, how do 
 you stand on this subject ? 
 
 In order that we may fully answer the questions propoun- 
 ded, let us carefully consider the words of the text. Be 
 strong and quit yourselves like men; for the battle is not 
 yours, but God's. First: Be strong in body; you live and 
 move in houses of clay ! guard them with diligent care. You 
 will need all the health and strength you can command, for 
 the fatigues and exposures of the campaign. Be temperate 
 in all things — religiously avoid the use of ardent spirits — 
 let them be numbered among the medicines of your physi- 
 cian. Cultivate an habitual calmness and self-possession. 
 Beware of overheated excitements, and sudden checks of 
 perspiration. Perform all your duties cheerfully and prompt- 
 ly, remembering that obedience is a soldier's first law. Do 
 not unnecessarily expose yourselves; secure needful sleep, 
 which is essential to health and vigor. Remember that the 
 majority of soldiers who die in a campaign, are the victims 
 of imprudence, disease, or climate. Napoleon's grand army, 
 of three hundred to four hundred thousand stronjr, which 
 
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invaded Russia in 1812, returned a fugitive remnant of thir- 
 ty thousand. They were conquered by the deadly cold of 
 a. Russian winter. Disease and climate were the worst ene- 
 mies encountered by our soldiers, in the late Mexican war 
 of 1846 and 1847. In one word, soldiers, take care of your 
 health; take with you Hall's* Rules of Health for Soldiers. 
 Be strong in body ! 
 
 Secondly: Be strong in your cause. Be strong in under- 
 standing the cause you espouse ; secure an intelligent com- 
 prehension of the wrongs and reasons which have involved 
 us in war, and the rights for which you are contending. Un- 
 derstand your cause, and realize that it is a righteous one. 
 "Thrice armed is he that hath his quarrel just." 
 
 Allow me to aid you with a brief summary of the reasons 
 which have aroused the South to warlike action. The South 
 is threatened by the North with a violent and brutal coer- 
 cion, because she has demanded a peaceable secession, 
 a quiet withdrawal from a Union which has failed to protect 
 the interests of the South. This is the language of the 
 North, as copied from one of their journals, the PhMcudebpfria 
 Sunday Transcript, of 21st of April, 1861 : "CRUSH THE 
 TRAITORS.— The time has come to end all this. The slave- 
 holding states must 1>< fnught a lesson that will never he forgot- 
 ton — a lesson of fire and blood. Their thr< -u -/*, bluster, arro- 
 gance, and outrages, must be fore; ■,< ierminatrd Tiny must 
 be made to feel that llu y cannot, <nul d<tr< not, arrest and as- 
 sault our Union, and our F lag. The// are as weak as they 
 are insolent. The gigantic strength, the superior civilization, 
 and the boundless resources of the free states, an able to carry 
 desolation from the Potomac to the Bio Grande. The whole 
 North, from Meiine to Cedifomia. although usually slow to 
 wrath, patient and forbeeiring, is at last fearlessly aroused. — 
 The descendents of the heroes of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Bran- 
 dywine, Tippecanoe, and Chippewa, ewe flying to arms. Pres- 
 ently the contineut irill rc-auud under the stern and steady 
 tramp of unprecedented myriads of the free medianics and la- 
 borers of the North. Let tltem plant the stars, stripes, and ea- 
 gles of an indissoluble Republic, on ilie steeples of Richmond, 
 Ohafdesto;i 9 and New Orleans. Let the tree 'be star- 
 
 *See these Rules in Appendix A, 
 
out by blockade, and [liven to the swords and bayonets of stal- 
 wart freemen. No matter at what cost of treasure, blood, and 
 suffering* the slave-holding states must be scourged into decency, 
 good behavior, and subjection. 
 
 The cannon is now the sacred instrument of Wisdom, Jus- 
 tice, and Liberty. The Union heretofore has been a smiling an- 
 gel of benignity; now it must be an angel of death, scattering 
 terror and destruction among its enemies. If necessary, myr- 
 iads of Southern lives must be taken, Southern bodies given to 
 the buzzards, /Southern fields consigned to sterility, Southern 
 towns surrendered to the /tames. Our flag mast wave in tri- 
 umph, though it float over seared and blackened expanses, ov- 
 er the ruins of razed cities. Our Union must be maintained* 
 and our constitution must be respected, and the supremacy of 
 Federal law vindicated, if it requires armies of millions of 
 men. Let no true man shrink or flinch. All duties, all occa- 
 sions, must be postponed, until the cannon and the musket have 
 restored decency to the South, and peace and order to our coun- 
 
 Surely we may exclaim, in the expressive language of 
 Scripture, all the men of thy confederacy have brought thee 
 even to the border; the men that were at peace with thee 
 have deceived thee; they that ate thy bread have laid a 
 wound under thee. — Obadiah, 5th. But why these bitter ut- 
 terances, this treasuring of wrath, this fellowship of iniquity, 
 this framing of mischief by law? f Because the South has 
 seceded? And why did she secede? Because, first, of the 
 vast and increasing hostility of the North to the peculiar in- 
 stitution of the South. 
 
 Because, secondly, this hostility has been thoroughly or- 
 ganized. It began to organize in 1835, in the form of aboli- 
 tion societies and petitions to Congress. It has grown into 
 regular shape, embodying itself with state authorities, and 
 legal enactments, until eleven states have passed personal 
 liberty bills, in direct violation of the constitution of the 
 United States. 
 
 Thirdly, we have seceded because Northern opposition to 
 slavery has greatly damaged the South. First, by inflamma- 
 tory pictures, tracts, and secret agents, they have disturbed 
 
 f Sg$ Appendix B. 
 
the peaceful relation of master and servant. Secondly, by 
 a regular system of enticement and concealment, known as 
 the Underground Railroad, they have defrauded us of millons 
 of valuable property. Dr. R.J. Breckenridge. who is equal- 
 ly opposed to secession and abolition, says that, according to 
 the statements of the Northern man-stealers, ten thousand 
 servants, estimated at ten millions of dollars, are annually 
 abstracted from the South. According to this .statement, one 
 hundred millions of dollars would not indemnify the losses 
 of the South. 
 
 Fourthly, we have seceded, because Northern hostility, 
 Mushed with success, has overleaped state lines, and grasped 
 the General Government, with the avowed intention of ulti- 
 mately abolishing the peculiar institution of the South. 
 
 This policy was clearly foreshadowed in the Chicago Plat- 
 form, in the election of Lincoln, in his undisguised "opposi- 
 tion to slavery, in his denial of the authority of the Sup- 
 reme Court of the United Ssates, by his rejection of the Dred 
 Scott decision. In the determination of the Black Republi- 
 cans to remodel or enlarge, according to their views, the Su- 
 preme Court, and to exclude slavery from the Territories by 
 Congressional logislation. All of these measures are intend- 
 ed to limit the territorial expansion of slavery, to surround 
 it with a cordon of free states, to so hedge it 'within certain 
 prescribed bounds, that its rapid natural increase will over- 
 burden and crush itself, and, like the scorpion engirt with 
 fire, it will sting itself to death. But the working of 
 this policy has become too slow for the telegraphic anger 
 of our enemies, and they have therefore announced, as one 
 of their conditions for granting peace to the South, that we 
 shall "immediately and unconditionally abolish slavery/' 
 
 Soldiers, be strong in your cause, understand and know 
 for what you are to contend. Not only honor but interest 
 is at stake. The political and social and pecuniary life of 
 the South, is suspended on the continuance of the peculiar 
 Institution. Abolish it, and in 20 years, our history may 
 be the record of Jamaica and St. Domingo. 
 ^ We have seceded, because, in the 5th place, the constitu- 
 tion, the great national compact, was violated, and had be- 
 come a rope of sand. J 
 
 I See Appendix C. 
 
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 Sixth, in seceding, we demand no novel right. It was 
 was claimed 50 years ago by all of New England, in the 
 Hartford convention; and conceded as a right 70 years ago, 
 to three of the original thirteen States, on their adoption of 
 the Federal constitution^ The right of secession, which is 
 that of peaceable Revolution, is clearly deducible from the 
 Declaration of Independence,! | and has been taught and ad- 
 mitted by some of our first statesmen, and truest patriots 
 North and South. ]f 
 
 Finally, we have seceded, because the southern view of 
 slavery is derived from the unerring word of God. The 
 curse of Noah pronounced on his son, was only a judicial 
 decree of the Most High, consigning the descendents of Ham 
 to perpetual bondage. And even in their own land, this 
 curse follows them, for out of fifty millions in Africa, we are 
 told that forty-three millions are bond servants. 
 
 The ten commandments written by the finger of God on 
 tables of stone, and intended for all men in all coming time, 
 do repeatedly acknowledge, and sustain the relation of mas- 
 ter ana * servant. Mark the 4th and 10th commandments. 
 Ab ranam the Father of the faithful, the head of the church, 
 had three hundred and eighteen servants born in his house. 
 God said to His ancient people, your man-servants and maid- 
 servants, ye shall buy of the heathen which are round 
 about you, and they shall be an inheritance for your chil- 
 dren forever. — Levit, 25, 44-46. 
 
 The relation of master and servant is repeatedly ac- 
 knowledged, and taught in the New Testament. Paul was 
 an observer of the fugitive slave law, for he sent the runa- 
 way Onesimus, back to his master Philemon. And to Tim- 
 othy, Paul says in his ordination charge, 1st Timothy, 6, 
 1-5 : " Let as many servants as are under the yoke, count 
 their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of 
 God be not blasphemed, and they that have believing mas- 
 ters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren, 
 but rather do them service, because they are faithful and 
 beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and 
 exhort. If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to 
 wholesome words, even the words of ovr Lord Jcsius Christ ! 
 
 § See Appendix D. || See Appendix E. | See Appendix F, 
 
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 a £ W <-' kll ° wing , nothin & b "t doting about questions 
 and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railing 
 evil sunmsings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt 
 minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is 
 godliness : from such withdraw thyself." Is not this a most 
 perfect picture of the Abolitionists ? Surely the abolition 
 pestilence made some showing in Paul's day, or his words 
 are prophetical of their existence in our day. What does 
 Paul advise ? Secession unquestionably ! From such, with- 
 draw, in the original, separate thyself, which is to secede 
 train. But suppose they oppose your peaceable withdrawal ? 
 1 hen forcibly secede ! The Bible says resist the Devil and 
 he will flee from you. Be strong! quit yourselves like men, 
 and fight ! Abolitionism is pure infidelity, it is the child of 
 the itevil. It is a vast insurrection against God and man 
 it was well expressed in a recent Congress, by one of the 
 rMorthern members in these words : "I desire an anti-slave- 
 ry constitution, an anti-slavery Government, an anti-slaverv 
 Bible, an anti-slavery God." J 
 
 Soldiers, you are struggling for the Book of Books. It is a 
 war of principles as well as a war of peoples. The Bible a- 
 gainst falsehood God against the infidel. The present rei^n 
 of terror at the iNorth, reminds one of the French revolution 
 
 You are engaged in a holy war! If the rescue of the ho- 
 ly sepulcre from the infidel Moslem, induced tbree millions 
 ot men to lay their bones in the East, shall we not willing- 
 ly contend to snatch the word of God from the modern infi- 
 del who is ready to trample it under foot, when not accord- 
 ing to his furious principles? 
 
 Soldiers be strong in your cause, and realize that honor 
 and interest, patriotism and piety, loved, loving, and depen- 
 dent ones, your existence, and the prosperity of true relidon 
 mid the authority of God's word, all are committed to your 
 keeping. If Providence favors our cause, bright and glorious 
 days are m reserve for us, and especially for our children. The 
 South W1 n aW a ke from h long gleep rf d ldence on ft 
 
 Moith : she will begin to think and act for herself. A thou- 
 sand occupations, and sources of affluence, will open their 
 doors to our sons. They know nothing of the wide, wide 
 sea, as a fountain of wealth. The North has grown rich in 
 
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 buying and carrying, and manufacturing our raw materials-,, 
 and selling them back to us. 
 
 The commercial marine of the North is equal to that of 
 any nation on earth, and hence her merchant princes. It is 
 high time to compete with her, to forsake our lazy dignities, 
 and call forth our buried talents. But we shall never do 
 this until we have a separate national existence, and cease 
 to depend on Northern manufacturers, Northern factors, and 
 Northern commerce. 
 
 And in the third and last place : Be strong in faith, faith 
 in the Lord, for the battle is not yours, but God's. The race 
 is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Jeremiah 
 1st, 14th, 19 th verses: "Then the Lord said unto me, out of 
 the North an evil shall break forth upon the inhabitants of 
 the land, and they shall fight against thee, but they shall 
 not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, 
 to deliver thee." Joel 2, 20: "I will remove far from thee 
 the Northern army." 2 Chron. 20, 15th: "Thus saith the 
 Lord, be not afraid, nor dismayed by reason of this great 
 multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's." 
 
 These promises we may appropriate, if ours is a right- 
 eous cause. This we have endeavored to establish, and this 
 we honestly believe. Let us therefore have faith in our 
 Heavenly Father, because He is a righteous Father, and 
 a just Judge. The Judge of all the earth will do right. A 
 righteous God is consistent with Himself; His word and 
 Providence will not conflict. We have shown that we have 
 the approbation of His word; and, without presumption, we 
 may hope for His sustaining Providence. Have faith in God, 
 His omnicience, that He may watch over you with His sleep- 
 less eye, and guide you with His unerring wisdom. Have 
 faith in His omnipotence, that He may shield your head in 
 the day of battle, and grant you victory. He can make one 
 chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight. 
 
 Have faith in God, for without faith it is impossible to 
 please Him : and if He be not pleased with you, you shall 
 be utterly overcome in the conflict. The battle is the Lord's,, 
 not yours. His favor is life, and His loving-kindness better 
 than life. Settle it now and forever, that God's favor is in- 
 dispensable to your successful triumph over the enemy. Do 
 
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 not forfeit His blessing, for He withdraws from His own peo- 
 ple, when they sin against Him. 
 
 Have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, because faith unites 
 us to the Son, and the Son unites us to the Father, and we 
 become joint-heirs of the Father, through our elder Brother. 
 Carry personal religion into the camp and the battle. '-It 
 hath been well said, that no soldier is so undaunted as the 
 pious man, no army so formidable as those who are superior 
 to the fear of death." "There can be no courage like that 
 which springs from religious conviction, and is sustained by 
 a religious hope." "The christian hero is doubly armed. His 
 courage is not that of passion or the drill, but of principle." 
 Men may school themselves to face the mere article of death, 
 with coolness. But it is not all of death to die; there is a 
 second death that kills beyond the grave : it is the judgment. 
 And only faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can remove the ter- 
 rors of the judgment. The bravest man therefore is the tru- 
 lv pious man, and an army of pious men would be invinci- 
 ble. 
 
 This was true of Cromwell's army, and remarkably true 
 of that wonderful regiment led by himself, and known as 
 the Ironsides. They were never defeated! These men, 
 w T ith their leader, carried their bibles into their camps, and 
 studied them as they did their maps and charts. Their bat- 
 tle-cry often was a word or verse of scripture. At the bat- 
 tle of Naseby. it was : "God is with us." At the battle of 
 Dunbar: "The Lord of Hosts, the Lord of Hosts!" And at 
 that battle, 12000 of Cromwell's army defeated the Scotch 
 army of 23000. 
 
 Cromwell's men were remarkable for their obedience. In 
 the hottest pursuit, they halted and rallied at the call of 
 their leader. In the midst of the battle of Dunbar, when 
 the enemy were flying, Cromwell called off his Ironsides, 
 and they united in singing the 117th Psalm; and their thun- 
 der tones rolled up to the heavens, above the din of war- — 
 And then the}' dashed upon their foes, sweeping them like 
 chaff before the whirl-wind. 
 
 Be strong, therefore, and quit yourselves like men, for the 
 battle is not yours, but God's! Be strong 1st, in body, 2dly, 
 in your cause. 3dly: Be strong in faith. Be strong in God 
 vour Saviour. 
 
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 FINALLY:' 
 
 Soldiers! do your duty to your country, yourselves, and your 
 God. 
 
 On the- eve of a great battle, Lord Nelson said to his men, 
 "England expects every man to do Ms duty!' Nelson fell, but 
 victory crowned his icords. 
 
 Once, when the Rev. George Whitefield was 'preaching, a mob 
 threatened to drive him from the stand. For a moment he 
 seemed intimidated. His courageous wife perceived it, and she 
 ran up, and seizing him by the skirt of his coat, said, " George, 
 you must play the man!" He gave heed to her words, and the 
 mob retired. 
 
 Your motlwrs, sisters, and wives endorse these words: there- 
 fore do your duty to your country, and play the man. 
 
 But you must not forget yourselves and your God! Take 
 your bibles with you, and be men of prayer! ! Bannish the 
 oath, the obscene jest, the ribald song, the gaming table, the so- 
 cial glass, and the private flask. 
 
 Fortify yourselvss with God's word, and thus meet every 
 temptation and trial. Remember the text, and be strong ! 
 Take another scripture : "Be of good courage, and let us play 
 the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord 
 do that ivhich seemeth Him- good." And another : "Pride goeth 
 before a fall, and a haughty spirit before destruction" And 
 another : " The Lord is with you, while ye be ivith Him; if ye 
 seek Him, He ivill be found, of you, but if ye forsake Him, He 
 wilt forsake you." 
 
 Cromwell's world-renowned injunction, trust in the Lord 
 and keep the powder dry, was a liberal paraphrase of the 
 Psalmist's words, trust in the Lord, and do good. It was 
 faith and works. You must believe, pray, fight! Fight you 
 must, you cannot avoid it; but fight religiously, not malicious- 
 ly. Pour down your amunition, wad with a scripture, and 
 fire with a prayer! Be merciful to every cry for quarter, 
 and never rush upon a fallen foe! 
 
 Officers! unite kindness with firmness. Rule diligently, 
 prudently, humanely. Be constantly mindful of the com- 
 forts, the health, and morals of your men. 
 
 Men! be obedient to your officers, and frown down insub- 
 ordination. You will be led by gallant officers, from the 
 peerless Jefferson Davis, to the lowest subaltern. Christian 
 
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 Soldiers! honor the Captain of your salvation! Show your 
 colors, and inscribe on them the words, "Jehovah Nissi" the 
 Lord our Ensign! Let your light shine in your tents, around 
 your camp-fires, and on the field of action! Never forget 
 that you have named the name of Christ! But some of you, 
 my friends, are not soldiers of Christ: you have no hope in 
 Jesus! and you are marching to death! Oh! Prepare to meet 
 God! Begin to-day, " 'tis madness to defer!" Begin by pray- 
 er, and a forsaking of your sins! In the day of battle who 
 will cover your defenceless head? In the hour of death, who 
 will shelter your defenceless soul? Seek the Lord whilst He 
 may be found : let your ceaseless prayer be that of the Pub- 
 lican, "God be merciful to me a sinner." 
 
 Some of you are our sons, our first-born. We have most 
 painfully, yet dutifully, laid you on the altar of our country. 
 We have endeavored not to stagger at the call of God: Oh! 
 may he accept our faith, and spare the offering!! But you 
 may never return! And should you fall in battle, without 
 a hope in Christ, then shall there be heard in our land, a voice 
 of weeping, and great mourning, mothers weeping for their 
 sons, and refusing to be comforted, because they are lost : 
 and fathers will take up the lamentation of David, "0! my 
 son Absalom! my son, my son, Absalom ! would God I had 
 died for thee, 0! Absalom, my son, my son!" 
 
 0! soldiers, brothers, sons! spare us such untold agonies, 
 such life-long sorrow, by seeking first, now, the kingdom of 
 God. 
 
 Farewell! God be your shield by day and night; and if 
 it be possible, grant to you all, a safe and honorable return, 
 to loving hearts and happy homes. ! ! 
 
A.X*rEJKTX>XX13E3JS, 
 
 APPENDIX A. 
 
 The following article, on "Soldiers' Health," is from Hall's Journal 
 of Health. It contains much valuable information for both soldiers 
 and civilians : 
 
 1. In an ordinary campaign, sickness disables or destroys three time? 
 as many as the sword. 
 
 2. On march, from April to November, the entire clothing should be 
 a colored flannel shirt, with a loosely buttoned collar, cotton drawers, 
 woolen pantaloons, shoes and stockings, and a light-colored felt hat, 
 with broad brim, to protect the eyes and face from the g-lare of the sun 
 and from the rain, and a substantial, but not heavy coat, when on duty. 
 
 3. Sun-stroke is most effectually prevented by wearing a silk hand- 
 kerchief in the crown of the hat. 
 
 4. Colored blankets are best ; and if lined with brown drilling, the 
 warmth and durability are doubled, while the protection against damp- 
 ness from lying on the ground is almost complete. 
 
 5. Never lie or sit down on the grass or bare earth for a moment; 
 rather use your hat — a handkerchief, even, is a great protection. The 
 warmer you are, the greater need of this protection, as a damp vapor is 
 immediately generated to be absorbed by the clothing, and to cool you 
 off too rapidly. 
 
 6. While marching, or on other active duty, the more thirsty you are, 
 the more essential is it to safety of life itself, to rinse out the mouth 
 two or three times, and then take a swallow of water at a time, with short 
 intervals. A brave French General, on a forced march, fell dead on 
 the instant, by drinking largely of cold water, when snow was on the 
 ground. 
 
 7. Abundant sleep is necessary to bodily efficiency, and to that al- 
 ertness of mind which is all-important in the engagement; and few 
 things more effectually prevent sound sleep than eating heartily after 
 sundown, especially after a heavy march or desperate battle. 
 
 8. Nothing is more certain to secure endurance and capability of 
 long continued effort than the avoidance of everything as a drink ex- 
 cept cold water, not excluding coffee at breakfast. Drink as little as 
 possible, of even cold water. 
 
 9. After any sort of exhausting effort, a cup of coffee, hot or cold, is 
 an admirable sustainer of the strength, until nature begins to recover 
 herself. 
 
 10. Never eat heartily just before a great undertaking; because the 
 nervous power is irresistibly drawn to the stomach to manage the food 
 eaten, thus drawing off that supply which the brain and muscle so 
 much need. 
 
 11. If persons will drink brandy, it is incomparably safer to do so 
 
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 after an effort than before ; for it can give only a transient strength, 
 lasting but a few minutes ; but as it can never be known how long any 
 given effort is to be kept in continuance, and if longer than the few 
 minutes, the body becomes more feeble than it would have been with- 
 out the stimulus, it is clear that its use before an effort is always hazar- 
 dous, and is always unwise. 
 
 12. Never go to sleep, especially after a great effort, even in hot 
 weather, without some covering over you. 
 
 13. Under all circumstances, rather than lie down on the bare ground, 
 lie in the hollow of two logs placed together, or across several smaller 
 pieces of wood, laid side by side ; or sit on your hat, leaning against a 
 tree. A nap of ten or fifteen minutes in that position will refresh you 
 more than an hour on the bare earth, with the additional advantage of 
 perfect safety. 
 
 14. A cut is less dangerous than a bullet wound, and heals more rap- 
 idly. 
 
 15. If from any wound the blood spirts out in jets, instead of a steady 
 stream, you will die in a few minutes, unless it is remedied ; because 
 an artery has been divided, and that takes the blood direct from the 
 fountain of life. To stop this instantly, tie a handkerchief or other 
 cloth very loosely between the wound and heart ; put a stick, bayonet, 
 or ramrod between the skin and the handkerchief, and keep it thus un- 
 til the surgeon arrives. 
 
 16. If the blood flows in a slow, regular stream, a vein has been 
 pierced, and the handkerchief must be on the other side of the wound 
 from the heart — that is, beloiv the wound. 
 
 17. A bullet through the abdomen (belly or stomach) is more fatal 
 than if aimed at the head or heart ; for in the latter cases the ball is of- 
 ten glanced off by the bone, or follows round it under the skin; but 
 when it enters the stomach or bowels, from any direction, death is in- 
 evitable under all circumstances, but is scarcely ever instantaneous. - 
 Generally the person lives a day or two with perfect clearness of intel- 
 lect, often not suffering greatly. 
 
 18. Let the whole beard grow, but no longer than three inches. This 
 strengthens and thickens its growth, and thus makes a more pefect pro- 
 tection for the lungs against dust, and of the throat against winds and 
 cold in winter, while in the summer a greater perspiration of the skin 
 is induced, with an increase of evaporation ; hence, greater coolness of 
 the parts on the outside, while the throat is less feverish, thirsty and 
 dry. 
 
 19. Avoid fats and fat meat in summer and all warm days. 
 
 20. Whenever possible, take a plunge into any lake or running stream 
 every morning as soon as you get up. If none is at hand, endeavor to 
 wash the body all over as soon as you leave your bed, for cleanliness 
 acts like a charm against ail diseases, always either warding them off 
 altogether, or greatly mitigating their severity and shortening their du- 
 ration. 
 
 21. Keep the hair of the head closely cut, say within one inch and a 
 half of the scalp in every part, repeated on the first of each month, and 
 wasli the whole scalp plentifully in cold water every morning. 
 
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 22. Wear woolen stockings and moderately loose shoes, keeping the 
 toe and finger naiJs cut close. 
 
 23. It is more important to wash the feet well every night than to 
 wash the face and hands of mornings, because it aids in keeping the 
 skin and nails soft, and to prevent chafings, blisters and corns, all of 
 which greatly interfere with a soldier's duty. 
 
 24. The most universally safe position, after all stunnings, hurts and 
 wounds, is that of being placed on the back, the head being elevated 
 three or four inches only, aiding more than any one thing else can do 
 to equalize and restore the proper circulation of the blood. 
 
 25. The more weary you are after a march or other work, the more 
 easily you will take cold, if you remain still after it is over, unless, the 
 moment you cease motion, you throw a cloak or blanket over your 
 shoulders. This precaution should be taken in the warmest weather, 
 especially if there is even a slight air stirring. 
 
 26. The greatest physical kindness you can show a severely wounded 
 comrade, is first to place him on his back, and then run with all your 
 might for some water to drink. Not a second ought to be lost. If no 
 vessel is at hand take your hat ; if no hat, off with your shirt ; wring 
 it out at once, tie the arms in a knot, as also the lower end, thus making 
 a bag, open at the neck only. A fleet person can convey a bucketfull 
 half a mile in this way. I've seen a dying man clutch at a single drop 
 of water from the fingers' end, with the voraciousness of a famished 
 tiger. 
 
 27. If wet to the skin by rain or swimming rivers, keep in motion 
 until the clothes are dried, and no harm will result. 
 
 28. Whenever it is possible, do, by all means, when you use water 
 for cooking or drinking from ponds or sluggish streams, boil it well, 
 and, when cool, shake it, or stir it, so that the oxygen of the air shall get 
 to it, which greatly improves it for drinking. This boiling arrests the 
 progress of fermentation which arises from the presence of organic and 
 inorganic impurities, tending to prevent cholera and all bowel diseases. 
 If there is no time for boiling, at least strain it through a cloth, even if 
 you have to use a shirt or trowser-ieg. 
 
 29. Twelve men are hit in battle dressed in red where there are only 
 five dressed in a blueish gray — a difference of more than two to one ; 
 green, seven ; brown, six. 
 
 30. Water can be made almost ice in the hottest weather by closely 
 enveloping a filled canteen, or other vessel, with woolen cloth, kept 
 plentifully wetted and exposed. 
 
 31. While on a march, lie down the moment you halt to rest. Every 
 minute spent in that position refreshes more than five standing or loit- 
 ering about. 
 
 32. A daily evacuation of the bowels is indispensable to bodily 
 health, vigor and endurance ; this is promoted in many cases by stirring 
 a table-spoonful of corn (Indian) meal in a glass of water, and drinking 
 it on rising in the morning. 
 
 33. Loose bowels, namely, acting more than once a day, with a feel- 
 ing of debility afterwards, is the first step towards cholera. The best 
 remedy is instant and perfect quietude of body; eating nothing but 
 
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 boiled rice, with or without boiled milk; in more decided cases, a avooI- 
 en flannel, with two thicknesses in front, should be bound tightly around 
 the abdomen, especially if marching is a necessity. 
 
 34. To "have been to the wars" is a life-long honor, increasing with 
 advancing years, while to have died in defence of your country will be 
 the boast and glory of your children's children. 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 But why this remarkable unity of opposition to Southern secession ? 
 The reason is, that by a united opposition, each party may serve its own 
 ends. There are at least four distinct parties in this opposition. 
 
 First, those who are sincerely ami laudably attached to the old Union, 
 and desire its preservation. 
 
 Secondly, politicians and demagogues, who would lose their chief ral- 
 lying; cry, if the slavery agitation should be destroyed by Southern se- 
 cession. And politicians soek for power and plunder, the loaves and 
 fishes. But these depend on a full treasury, which must come from a 
 fruitful revenue. And they know that more than two-thirds of the rev- 
 enue of the old government came out of Southern exports. There- 
 fore, if the South secedes, they must lose the spoils. 
 
 A third class are Northern capitalists, manufacturers, merchants, and 
 shippers. This large class will be materially damaged by the secession 
 of the South, and a direct trade with Europe. Therefore covetous self- 
 interest makes them specially devoted to the Union. And like Deme- 
 trius and his fellow craftsmen, who made much money by selling silver 
 shrines of the goddess Diana, when they saw that Paul's preaching the 
 true God was annihilating idolatry, and reducing the demand for silver 
 shrines, they gathered a multitude, and all with one voice for two hours 
 shouted : "Great is Diana of the Ephesians." And these Northern cap- 
 italists are shouting: ''Great is the Union! Great is the Union!" 
 
 A fourth class, the largest, is the real simon pure abolitionists, the 
 worst grade of modern infidels, the legitimate sons of Belial, whose 
 motto is rule or ruin; and whose religious creed has this one article, op- 
 position to slavery is piety towards God. These men care not for the 
 Union; nay» they are avowed disunionists in church and state. But they 
 are now united in the Northern opposition to the South, with the hope 
 that coercion will be the death of slavery: and already have they flung 
 their dark banner to the breeze, and threatened a servile war. The op- 
 position therefore of the North, embraces a coalition of union-lovers, 
 demagogues, capitalists, and simon pure abolitionists. 
 
 APPENDIX C. 
 
 The Southern iiiterpretaiioii of tin- Constitution, is fully maintained 
 by. the Supreme Court of the late U. S. '-In the case of Prigg versus 
 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it was asserted by every judge on 
 the bench, that the provision lor the rendition of fugitive slaves was de- 
 signed to secure to the citizens of the slave-holding'states. the complete 
 
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 rio-ht and title of ownership in their slaves as property, in every state 
 of the Union, into which they might escape from the state where they 
 were held in servitude." 
 
 These are the words of Mr. Justice Story, of Massachusetts, who al- 
 so added this testimony: "The full recognition of this right and title, 
 was indispensable to the security of this kind of property, in all the 
 slave-holding states ; and, indeed, was so vital to the preservation of 
 their domestic interests and institutions, that it cannot be doubted that 
 it constituted a fundamental article, without the adoption of which, the 
 Union could not have been established." 
 
 ' Said judge Daniel, another of the judges of the Supreme Court : "The 
 paramount authority of tnis clause in the constitution, to guarantee to 
 the owner, the right of property in his slave, and the absolute nullity 
 of any state power, directly or indirectly, openly or covertly, aimed to 
 impair the right, or to obstruct its enjoyment, I admit, nay, insist upon 
 to the fullest extent." 
 
 It is therefore clear, from the opinion of judges Story and Daniel, that 
 the right of secession may be inferred from a disregard of the fug- 
 itive slave clause. Because the insertion of that provision in the con- 
 stitution, was a condition fundamental to its adoption by the slave-hold- 
 ing states. The repudiation therefore of said provision, on the part of 
 the free states, either by statute or actual violation, is a nullification of 
 the original compact binding the states together, and becomes a condi- 
 tion precedent for secession. For if one party violates a mutual com- 
 pact, the other party certainly has the right to withdraw from a broken 
 compact. 
 
 Says the North, in actious speaking louder than words, eleven of our 
 states will break that compact when we think best, but not one, nor sev- 
 en, nor eleven of the Southern states shall withdraw, although the com* 
 pact be repeatedly broken. 
 
 APPENDIX D. 
 
 It appears from the history of the country, that the doctrine of seces- 
 sion is by no means novel, although pronounced so monstrous in these 
 days. It is a well known fact that the war of 1812, undertaken to re- 
 sent injuries and insults to our commerco and flag, was strenuously op- 
 posed by the New England states; and they were so much inflamed by 
 the passage of the Embargo Act, that their members, in open Congress, 
 "declared°that they were repining for a secession from the Union." — 
 And in the Hartford Convention, assembled in the midst of the war, by 
 delegates from every New England state, "the report adopted by them 
 uses°the following language: "whenever it shall appear that these cau- 
 ses are radical and permanent, a separation by equitable arrangement 
 will be preferable to an alliance by constraint, not among nominal friends, 
 but real enemies, inflamed by mutual hatred and jealousy. Again: In 
 cases of deliberate, dangerous, and palpable infractions of the Constitution, 
 affecting the sovereignty of a state, and the liberties of the people, it is 
 not only the right but the duty of such state to interpose its authority 
 for their protection, in the manner best calculated to secure that end." 
 ^When emergencies occur, which are beyond the reach of the judicial 
 
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 tribunals, or too pressing to admit of the delay incident to their forms, 
 states which have no common umpire, must be their own judge and ex- 
 ecute their own decisions." 
 
 Here is secession full blown, and nearly fifty years old. And it is 
 singular that the very people now so zealous for the constitution, aud so 
 ready to arm for the coercion of the South for secession, could claim it 
 for themselves, when it suited their prejudices and interests, And ma- 
 ny remember, that the annexation of Texas was so opposed by Massa- 
 chusetts, that she regarded it a cause of secession, and actually pas- 
 sed the following ordinance: "Resolved, that Texas in the Union", Mas- 
 sachusetts is out of the Union. " 
 
 But the right of secession claims a more ancient and imposing author- 
 ity, in the action of the states, in their adoption of the Federal Consti- 
 tution, between the years 1787 and 1790. We allude to the remarkable 
 fact, that in the very act of ratifying the Federal Constitution, three 
 states assertad their sovereign right to resume the powers they had del- 
 egated. 
 
 "New York declared in these words, that the powers of government 
 may be reassumed by the people whenever it rhall become necessary to 
 their happiness" — "and further indicates what people she means, bv 
 speaking, in the same connection, of the residuary power and jurisdiction 
 in the people of the state, not granted to the General Government." 
 
 "The delegates of Virginia, declared and made known, in the name 
 and behalf of the people of Virginia, that the powers granted under the 
 constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, may 
 be resumed by them, whenever the same shall be perverted to their in- 
 jury and oppression." 
 
 "In like manner Rhode Island protested against the remission of her 
 right to resumption." 
 
 But these three states, with their recorded right to secession, were re- 
 ceived into the Federal Union. And if the right was admitted in one, 
 in three cases, it embraces an implied right for each and every state.' 
 This right therefore has been acknowledged by our government seventy 
 years ago. 
 
 APPENDIX E. 
 
 Secession can be plainly deduced from the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence, that particular political Gospel of the free states, in which it is 
 especially claimed, that the right to govern shall be derived from the 
 
 consent of the governed, This is the language of the Declaration: 
 
 "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, 
 deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; and when- 
 ever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is 
 the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new gov- 
 ernment, laying its foundation on such principle*?, and organizing its 
 powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their 
 safety and happiness." And certainly the right to alter or abolish, im- 
 plies, yea includes, the right to secede. And if this right was assumed 
 by the colonies of a regal government, it certainly appertains to the e- 
 
 
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 qual sovereigns of a republican confederacy. Deny this rio-ht, and a 
 Republic becomes the worst of despotisms, a Democratic Despotism, 
 wherein a minority has no refuge from the violence of a majority, whose' 
 right consists in might, and whose numerical supremacy will justify 
 them, in misinterpreting or setting aside a mutual compact, at wijl or 
 pleasure. 
 
 APPENDIX F. 
 
 Omitting the utterances of Southern statesmen, we quote first from a 
 patriotic speech made by Millard Fillmore in Albany, in July, 1856, a, 
 gainst the Black Republicans. Said he: "We see a political party pre- 
 senting candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency, selected, for 
 the first time, from the free states alone, with the avowed pnrpose of 
 electing these candidates by suffrages of one part of the Union only, to 
 to rule over the whole United. States. Can it be possible that those en- 
 gaged in such a measure, can have seriously reflected on the consequen- 
 ces which must inevitably follow in case of success? Can they have 
 the madness or the folly to believe that our Southern brethren would 
 submit, to be governed by such a chief magistrate? ***** Suppose 
 that the South, having a majority of the electoral votes, should declare 
 that they would only have slave-holders for president and vice-president, 
 and should elect such by their exclusive suffrage to rule over us at the 
 North! Do you think that we would submit? No! not for a moment! 
 And do you believe your Southern brethren are less sensitive on this 
 subject than you are, or less jealous of their rights? If you do, let me 
 tell you that you are mistaken ! And therefore you must see, that if 
 this sectional party succeeds, it leads inevitably to the destruction of 
 this beautiful fabric, reared by our fathers, cemented by their blood, and 
 bequeathed to us as a priceless inheritance." 
 
 Thus spake Fillmore in 1856. Now that his prophecy has come to 
 pass, that "the South would not submit," and, as he then thought, ought 
 not to submit, where is Fillmore to-day? He renounces the principles 
 of 1856, embraces the party he then condemned, repudiates the South, 
 and subscribes to subjugate her, fordoing what he virtually advised her 
 to do. 
 
 And what said that ardent unionist, Ex-Governor, now General, Banks* 
 in 1856. He spoke prophetically, little dreaming that a fulfillment was 
 so near at hand, He said: "I can conceive of a time when the consti- 
 tution shall not be in existence ; when we shall have an absolute mili- 
 ary dictatorial government, with men at its head who are made rulers 
 by military commission." 
 
 So far as the old Federal Government is concerned, the door to mili- 
 tary dictatorship is opening every day; perhaps too late to be attained 
 by "that aged Ahithophel, General Scott, but just in the nick of time for 
 General Banks. 
 
 And now, reader, who do you suppose used the 'following language? 
 ♦'Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have a 
 right to rise up and shake off the existing government and form a new' 
 One that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right 
 
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 — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Nor is 
 this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing 
 government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people 
 that can, may revolutionize, and make their own of so much of the ter- 
 ritory as they inhabit. More than this, a majority of any portion of 
 such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority, intermingled 
 with, or near about them, who may oppose their movements. It is a 
 quality of revolutions not to go by old lines, or o/t/iaws: but to break up 
 both, and make new ones." — [Appendix to Con. Globe. 1st Session 30th 
 Congress, page 94. 
 
 Would you ever guess that Abraham Lincoln was the author? He is 
 the very man, and now he is in the very face of that declaration, call- 
 ing for hireling troops to subjugate a people who have dared to exercise 
 that "most sacred right" of rising up and shaking off the existing gov- 
 ernment to form a new one that suits them better. 
 
 Thus spake Lincoln in Congress, in 1848. Who would believe that 
 the poor hunted despised Bird of Secession, alias Revolution, once had 
 a resting-place in Abraham's bosom? Then, if ever, he was honest 
 Abe, the rail-splitter. But now, his majesty, the Nation-splitter! the 
 American Autocrat, who dares to trample on his own constitution, and 
 suspend the writ of "Habeus corpus," an usurpation which no sover- 
 eign of England has dared to assume, since the downfall of the Stuart 
 Dynasty. 
 
 Muster Roll of tin Rome Light Guards. 
 
 E. J. Magruder, Captain. 
 
 S. H. Hall, 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 M. Dwinell,2d 
 
 G. R. Lumpkin, 3d " 
 
 J. T. Moore, Orderly Sergeant. 
 
 R>F. Hutchings, " 
 
 W. S. Hutchings, 
 
 J H Anderson, 
 G L Aycock, 
 A J *Beard en, 
 J F Beasley, 
 W A Barron, 
 W S Booton, 
 R W Boggs, 
 L Barnsley, 
 W J Barrett, 
 George Barnsley 
 J N Bearden, 
 Philip Cohen, 
 J B Clark, 
 9 S Clayton, 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Isaac Donkel, 4th Serjeant. 
 W. S. Skidmore, 1st Corporal. 
 M. B. Holland, 2d 
 L. S. Mitchel, 3d 
 J. J. Black, 4th, " 
 .1. M. Gregory, M. D., Surgeon. 
 G. G. Mercks, Bugler. 
 Jimmy Smith, Drummer. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 W F Glenn, 
 
 Z B Hargrove, 
 
 T C Howard, 
 
 Silas R Jones, 
 
 Josiah Johnston, 
 
 J M Jack, 
 
 A R Johnson, 
 
 C L Johnson, 
 
 J Dunwoody Jones. 
 
 M Kaufman, 
 
 J W Kins, 
 
 Win Lother, 
 
 W S Lansdell, 
 
 Win Leigh, 
 
 ( ! H Norton, 
 G C Norton, 
 W F Omberg, 
 J R Penny, 
 A F Pemberton, 
 W M Payne, 
 M A Ross 
 C WRush, 
 V A Stewart, 
 J F Shelton, 
 M L Sanders, 
 <i T Stovall, . 
 T W Swank, 
 H A Smith, 
 
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 H D Cotbran, 
 R D DeJourriett, 
 G G Demming, 
 F M Ezzell, 
 J S Gibbons, j 
 L Graves, 
 
 W H H Martin, 
 
 Wm McCay, 
 M D McOsker, 
 Thos McGrath, 
 W S MorefleJd, 
 D H Miller, 
 
 GR Sanford, \ 
 J J Stinson, 
 F M Stovall, 
 J A Stevenson, 
 J T Shackelford, 
 R P Walters. 
 
 Muster Roll of the Miller Rifles. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
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 J. R. Towers, Captain. 
 
 E. W. Hull, 1st. Lieutenant. 
 
 Dunlap Scott, 2d " 
 
 A. R. Harper, 3d 
 
 O. B. Eve, Orderly Sergeant. 
 
 John Berry, 2d " 
 
 J. L. Skinner, 3d Sergeant. 
 
 C. C. Campbell, 4th 
 
 B. F. Price, 5th 
 
 A. C. Morrison, 1st Corporal. 
 
 , 2d 
 T. J. Hill, <V 3d 
 
 R. B. Wright, 4th Corporal. 
 
 S H Adams, 
 L B Arnold, 
 S B Asbury, 
 T W Asbury, 
 W J Andrews, 
 Dr. A M Boyd, 
 Edmund Bishop, 
 R NBowden, 
 A J Bobo, 
 V A Bell, 
 John Baily, 
 TV P Coleman, 
 N R Coleman, 
 TV J Cannon, 
 W T Cornelius, 
 S H Chambers, 
 J H Cooper, 
 TV P Diamond, 
 E R Diamnod, 
 J T Duane, 
 Elijah Donnough, 
 J H Davis, 
 J J Davis, 
 J C Eve, 
 TV J Evans, 
 Silas Embry, 
 E M Eason, 
 J T Eason, 
 J Earp, 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 M Funderburke, 
 TV L Foster, 
 N S Fain. 
 L L Floyd, 
 E P Griffith, 
 W M Greer, 
 T J Glenn, 
 H T Garrett, 
 R J F Hill, 
 TV A Hardin, 
 C M Harper, 
 D C Harper, 
 H C Harper, 
 Charles Hooper, 
 Gabriel Jones, 
 W A King, 
 Frank Lathrop, 
 J R Leazer, 
 TVm Leazer, 
 Maj. John Minton, 
 J H Miller, 
 H L Miller, 
 J M Montgomery, 
 Tyler Motes, 
 Thomas Mobley, 
 J L Mitchell, 
 TV H May, 
 W T McNatt, 
 J E Moore, 
 
 Joe McKinzie, 
 Jno. O Oswaltz, 
 M L Palmer, 
 TV M Parks, 
 G TV Payne, 
 J L Pyle, 
 R D Price, 
 F JFGluarls, 
 J TV Robertson, 
 Jourdon Reese, 
 F M Reynolds, 
 TV H Skinner, 
 T C Sparks, 
 T J Self, 
 J H Silvey, 
 J M Taylor, 
 W J Taylor, 
 T E Thomhill, 
 D S Teat, 
 S C Trout, 
 TV P Trout, 
 M M Wright, 
 A J Wiikins, 
 L B Wimpee, 
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