Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1862
No news this morning. All late intelligence represents
our army as concentrating at or near Winchester, and the
enemy as advancing. Lincoln has issued a proclama-
tion declaring slaves in the "rebel" states free after the 1st
of January next. In consequence of this proceeding,
it has been proposed in our Congress to wage a war of
extermination of the Yankee invaders, to take no
prisoners, and ask and give no quarter. The war must
come to this. There is no prospect of an end. Civil liberty
is nearly gone in this Section, as well as among the
Yankee states, and a military despotism will finally
prevail. Wearied out as they are, the people will
soon be ready to accept any authority which may restore
peace. The drought continues, and a scarcity of sub-
sistence is threatened. The yellow fever is prevailing
at Wilmington, N. C. None at Norfolk and New Orleans
where the Yankees have possession.
[transcript by the Valley of the Shadow project]
MSS 38-258
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