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forms of the Constitution and seek to turn the whole power and patronage of the Government against the South. The sword of a broken Constitution and the chains of a military despotism are suspended over us; the army which we have helped to establish; the navy which we have helped to build; and the treasury which we had helped to fill, have all been turned against us by a fanatical Government, indiscriminately crushing its friends and foes. We have no alternative but to fight; and as Chief Justice Ruffin remarked the other day in the streets of Raleigh, "We must fight to the death--the bloodier the fight the quicker peace." We must let the North see that the South will baptize the whole country in blood, rather than give up her rights — rather than have her people submit to be corrupted by patronage or conquered by power. Convince them of this and the slavery question is settled forever; faith and friendship will reign between us through all time to come; we will not even need a poli