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KALEIGH: FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 1864.
We bad no mail from Richmond on Wednesday
a4, and did not, therefore, receive the President's
nJsagein time for today's paper. We give a
synopsis of the message to-day, and will publish it
iu full in our next
Ye have the pleasure of laying before our readers
to Jay that portion of Gov. Brown's message which
treats of "Confederate Relations." This is the
boldest and ablest document of the kind which has
yet proceeded from the pen of the Governor. We
commend it to jour readers. It has our warm and
unqualified approval.
Tbe Confederate, of this City, is not willing that
its readers shall have the privilege of perusing Gov.
U'own's message in its columns. It not only re
fuses to let its readers see the message, bat it de
clares " vre have not" ourselves " read this produc
ts'and then the Editor proceeds at length to
ridicule and assail Gov. BroJra for penning and
issuing a document which he, the Editor, confesses
he has not read 1 This is a specimen of candor
which would excite generll attention at any other
tune thn this.
The attack by the Confederate on Gov. Brown
reminds us of the sparrow hawk dashing at the
ca:'le. We may admire the courage of the former,
but we can have but little respect for its judgment.
The annual meeting of the stockholders ol the
Wilurngton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
Coropanv will be held in Lincolnton on Wednesdy
the 30th November: and the annual meeting of tbe
stockholders of the Wilmington Railroad at Wil
mirigton, on tbe same day.
The people of the United States voted on Tues
day last for President and Vice President We
have no returns at the time of writing this, but it
tee ms to be conceded that Mr. Lincoln has been
re elected.
What dos this mean ? It means that a vast ma
jority of the people of the United States are deter
mined to prosecute the war against the South for the
next four years. This is so, and wo might as well
look it right in the face. Well, what then f Can
five millions ot white people, situated as ours re,
successfully resist twenty millions of white people
four years longer? Sliall we of the' South grow
wronger or become weaker as the war progresses ?
Is it the part of wisdom to hold out and fight on,
knd meanwhile make no effort through the Congress
or through tbs States to end the conflict by nego
tiation ? What wouiu independence be wwih with
three-fourths of our male population slain, with the
Eiaves bet louse, and the women and children beg
gared, and som of theui starved 1 Suppose the
North shoul 1 say to us, go, and take what you
hive, would we be willing to establish an independ
ent government over the Slates and fragments oi
States in our possession J And if we have not been
at.le to recapture Newborn or Norfolk, islt by any
m?ans certain that we shall have the good fortune
to drive our-eatmies off the territory they now oc
cupy f
Three are questions which are calculated to ex
cite tl.e deepest interest among tbe people. We
hear them frequently asked and discussed. Depend
upon it, our wisest men must put their heads to
gether and device means for obtaining an hmorable
r. nee. What says the Congress, now in session f
Vhal say the members of our Legislature, soon to
assemble? If we are able to hold out and fight on
for four years more, then let us do so ; but if not if
starvation and extermination are before us, then in
the name of God and humanity in the name of
our wives and little ones in the name of both races
in the South in the name of every thing sacred A
and dear to man, let something be done to close the
war. Negotiation must end this war sooner or
later. Then why postpone it ? If the worst is in
reserve for us, let us know it; but if tbe worst is
not ahead of us, but, on the contrary, success and
good fortune, let us have a taste of it, and that right
soon. . But if we are to fight four years longer, no
matter what the result of the conflict may be, eve
ry thing like liberty will depart from us, and we
shall be the poorest and most thoroughly ruined
people the sun ever shone on. It will do us no
good, but only gratify our vengeance, to know that
the North is ruined also ; but that will neither give
'is the means of future prosperity, nor mend our
fortune. nor preserve our liberties, nor restore to
us our dead of both races, both sexes, and all ages.
Facts. That our government has doneall in its
power tn put down manufactures, and production,
there can be no doubt
That tiie government has done all it could to de
prieiafe its own currency, there can be no doubt
Ronton (Go.) Countryman.
If there be no doubt about these "facts" and
we do not say they are true how are they to be
counted for, and what is the enemy ? It is not
,0 1 supposed for a moment that "the govern
ment" has done these things intentionally. But if
'ney hare been done, is it not clear that those who
lre at the head of " the government" are too self-will-ignorant,
and short-sighted to conduct " the
gweraoient" as it should be conducted? To put
On Droduplinn nni mnnfiitiir0g unit tn Avatrrwr
the
currency is to destroy the Confederate cause.
" is the remedy ? It is in the people. Let
lltra Instruct their repsesentatives to change their
?oll(:y. But suppose they should do this, would
l'r representatives, exeeutive and legislative,
flbeTthem? Aye, "there's the rub." A remedy
Hhout the power to apply it is no remedy at all
Be Bank of North-Carolina has declared a divU
& of C per cent, in the capital stock of said Bank
w the last six months, payable in the I per cent
nds of the Confederate States at their face ; and
f sums under one hundred dollars payablo in Cori
th'T6 Treasury Notes at a deduction ot one
diMlT8"1 Dividcn1 PayaWe to the Stockholders
an,i 2lb icstant at the Principal Bank, Branches
u -agencies.
Jhe Di?idefc-of Tarboro', Newborn, Wilming-
and
iof T payable t Raleigh,
mtworth Agoacy at Milton.
itankrn
Vol. XXX. No. 36.
For the Standard.
Mr. Holder : Does your recollection of th'e
speech made by Mr. Boyce in the Yarborougb House,
in December, 1860, accord with what he now says
was bis position at and before the beginning ot tms
contest? I think you-wore present on the occa
sion; and if he counselled "moderation" then as
he now says he did, my memory is greatly at fault,
or his ideas of " moderation " are different from
those vie entertain.
" Can any good come out of Nazareth ? " Ad
mitting the possibility of his being right now, and
no one can deny that he argues his cause in a most
able, dignified and candid manner, I must doubt the
propriety of following the teachings of any South
Carolinian hereafter:
" Timeo Danaot et dona ferentei."
Call this prejudice and bigotry if you will, but I
most adhere to the belief that the doctrines of Pal
mettodoiu are always dangerous. t
- By the way, do you remember Mr. Ashemore s
speech on tbe occasion referred to? Blood thirsty
and venomous, he howled, and ranted, bordering
closely on blasphemy, and creating the impression
that his diet consisted of brimstone, fire and hot
shot! But, like many of his class, when the storm
burst upon us, that they had raked, he went out of
sight and out of danger I. The last I heard of him
he was mail ajent on- a railroad! !
, NUP SED.
We recollect very distinctly, and shall never for
get, the two speeches referred to by our correspon
dent The speech of Mr. Boyce was much more
moderate, as it was more statesman like than that
of Mr. Ashemore; but Mr. Boyce-was in favor of
secession on account of Mr. Lincoln's election, and
he so told and advised our people. But Mr. Boyce
was " moderate" in his views in 1S50. lie opposed
secession at that time on account of the so-called
" compromise measures," and he delivered a speech
in which he emphatically declared that the dissoiu
tion of the Uuion for any cause would result in the
destruction of the institution of slavery. Our cor
respondent will recollect that a meeting was called
at the Courthouse the night these gentlemen spoke,
which was addressed by the Hon. Z. B. Vance, then
a member of Congress from the Mountain District;
Mr. Vance referred in the course of his remarks to this
same speech of Mr. Boye, in 1850, and used it to
break the force of the speech j ist delivered by that
gentleman in the Yarbrough House.
We concur generally with our correspondent as
to tbe teachings of South-Carolina politicians.
With a few shining exceptions, the public men of
South Carolina and the public men of Massachu
setts were the main disturbers of the peace of the
old government! But we subscribe to the truth by
whomsoever uttered. Mr. Boyce is a statesman
and a gentleman, and we ought not to allow our
aversion to the course and teachings of the great
body of the politicians of his State to prevent us
from agreeing with him when he is ri.;ht, or from
commending him for unselfish, or courageous, or pa.
triotic conduct as a public man. We cannot ex
pect a permanent peace between the two sections
until prejudice and passion shall have been dis-
carded, ana leison shall have resumed its sway in
the minds of our people and our public men.
Yes. we do remember Mr. Ashemore. He did
make a " blood thirsty " speech ; and having done
his duty, as he conceived,' with his tongue, the gen
tleman retired to a mail agency on the Railroads.
But in this as in other respects he has shown his
consistency. He said secession would be "peacea
ble," and he has acted accordingly.
We observe that Col. W. L. Siunders and Maj.
W. J. Saunders 'have both declared, in the papers,
that they are not candidates for Doorkeeper to the
Senate. As the advertisement referred to first ap
peared in this journal, it is, perhaps, proper that
we should state that the gentleman, W. J. Saunders,
who announces himself for the office, is a soldier on
li&ht 'duty, and is a citizen of Stanly County.
The Standard, we observe, notifies the Conserva'
tive members of the Legislature, to meet in-this
city on Friday or Saturday before the meeting of
the Legislature, to organize for the purpose of de
feating the aims of the "Destructive" party. In
this it assumes to be the organ of the Conservatives.
You, fellow citizens, do not acknowledge such lead
ership. The Conservative newspaper will not, while
under the control of the undersigned, seek to ins
truct you or your representatives as to your or their
duty. You and they know it and will fearlessly
perform it. . . J. B. NEATHERY.
In the last issue of the Standard we said :
" The Legislature ef North-Carolina will assemble
in this City on Monday the 21st November. We
respectfully and earnestly appeal to the Conserva
tive members to be in Raleigh on Friday or Sat
urday preceding, so as to unite in some way to pre
vent the Destructives from controlling the organi
zation and legislation of the two Houses. This is
a matter of paramount importance, and ought not
to be neglected."
In the first place, we "notified ". no one to attend,
but simply appealed to Conservative members to do
so ; in the second place, we never bave, nor do we
now " assume " to be " the organ " of Conservatives,
but only the Editor of a Conservative paper ; in the
third place, we have not sought to " instruct " any
one as to what they should or should not do.
We now repeat our appeal to the Conservative
members to be in Raleigh at an early moment, so
as to make arrangements to defeat the aims of .the
Destructives. There are four parties or divisions
among the members elect as follows: Conserva
tives " after the straitest sect " Vance Conserva
tives elected by Conservative votes Vance Conser
vatives elected by Destructive votes and Destruc
lives. We have made a careful calculation, and find
that the Vance Conservatives elected by Conserva
tive votes, and Conservatives "after the straitest
sect," have a small majority in the two Houses; and
therefore, by uniting, as they should do, and as the
Conservative voters of the State expect them to do,
they can shape and control the legislation of the
State. There may be, and there are, no doubt, a
few Conservatives elected by Destructive votes
who can be relied on, but, as a general rule, these
gentlemen will vote with the Destructives.'
Having made these suggestions, our skirts will be
clear, whatever may be done or o rait ted to be done.
We do not even "assume" tospevk for the "strait
est sect," but have expressed only our individual
views. But of two things we are sure : First, that
the "straitest sect" rdj and willing as they are
to harmonize with all true Conservatives, will do
nothing to compromise their principles or forfeit
their own self-respect ; and secondly, that hi no
event will they vote for or unite with the Destruc
tive either as to men or measures.
If this is not true Conservatism, then pray tell
us what is.
1 RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESl
ConfreM The President' Message.
Richmond, Not. 7th ,1864.
Congress met to-day pursuant to adjournment,
and the message from the President was received
and read. ' It begins wifth a review of the military
operations since the adjournment of Congress in
June, and recognizes the protection of Providence
in enabling us successfully to withstand the utmost
efforts of the. enemy for our subjugation.
We have recovered Texas, from the enemy, and
Arkansas with the exception of a few fortified
posts ; nearly the whole of Northern and Western
Mississippi, Northern Alabama and Western Ten
nessee are again, in our possession. All attempts
to penetrate from tbe coast have been baffled. In
Southwestern Virginia successive armies have been
routed. A portion of Eastern Tennesse has been
re conquered by our troops.
The enemy's main army, after a series of defeats
and constant repulse of repeated assaults, is still
engaged in an effort to capture Petersburg. The
army of Sherman having succeeded in obtaining
possession of Atlanta, )8 unable to secure any ulti
mate advantage from this success. Had we been
compelled to. evacluate Richmond as well as Atlan
ta, the Confederacy would have remained as defiant
as ever. ' No military success of the enemy can ac
complish the destruction of the Confederacy, nor
save the enemy from constant drain of blood and
treasure which must continue until he shall discov
er .no peace a' tamable unless based on the recogoi
tiou of our indefeasible rights.
No change in the conduct of foreign affairs can
be announced.. The recognition of our indepen
dence is withheld from us on the assumption that
recognition would be valueless without intervention.
We wish no intervention. We know ourselves ful
ly competent to maintain our rights and indepen
dence. '
Peace is impossible without independence, and it
is not to be expected that the enemy will anticipate
neutrals in the recognition of tiiat independence.
The total amount of tbe public debt on the first
of October, was eleven hundred and twenty six
millions ot dollars. No additional appropriations
are rcqu ired for meeting tbe needs of tbe public
service up to the first cf July, as the unexpended
apuropriations exceed the estimates for that time.
The Secretary of the Treasury recommends that
tbe taitb ot toe government be pledged that notes
shall ever remain exempt from taxation; that.no
issue be made beyond that already authorized and
that a portion of the receipts from taxation and the
tax in kind be pledged to the gradual redemption
of the entire circulation.
Referring to tbe report of the Secretary of War,
the President says the exemption from military
duty of persons in certain specified pursuits or
professions is unwise and indefensiole in theory.
Discretion should be vested in the military author
ities, so that a sufficient number of those essential
to the public service might be detailed to continue
to exercise their pursuits or professions, but ex
emption from service of entiro classes should be
wholly abandoned.
Various recommendations of the Secretary of
War are referred to and approved, among which is
the reorganization and consolidation of reduced
regiments. In regard to prisoners of war, the'
Piesident says, each government will hereafter be
allowed to provdc necessary comforts to its citizens
held captive-by the other. The subject of employ
ing hegioes tu the army is discussed at some length.
The President dissents from those who advise a
general levy and arming of slaves for the duty of
soldiers, but recommends the employment of forty
thousand to be employed as pioneer and engineer
laborers, in addition to duties heretofore performed,
He favors the acquisition for public service of the
right of property i i the labor of the slave, govern
ment engaging to liberate the negro on his dis
charge, alter service tailliiully rendered.
The President closes by reiterating the willing
ness of this government to negotiate for peace.
Peace is manifestly impossible unless desired' by
both parties to this war, and a disposition for it
among our enemies will be best and most certainly
evoked the demonstration on our part of ability and
unshaken iletermination to deb-nd our rights. Let
us then, resolutely continue to devote our united,
unimpaired energies to the defence of our homes,
our lives and our liberties. This is tbe true path
to peace. Let us tread it with confidence in the
assured result.
Confederate Congress.
"The- two Houses assembled on Monday last in
Richmond.
Mr. Graham and Mr. Dortch, of the Senate, and
Messrs. J. T. Leach, Fuller, Turner, Gilmer, Ram
say, and Gaither, of this Stale, were in their seats.
Several resolutions were offered in the House, as
the States were called.
The message of tbe President was sent in and
read. It is not a lengthy document,
W e give below from the daiiy papers the follow
ing telegraphic summary :
Richmond, Nov. 9. In the Senate several resolu
tions were submitted und referred to appropriate
committees.
The delaying of the payment of troops was in
cidentally discussed, and a purpose evinced to adopt
at an early day, measures to secure prompt pay
ment in future.
la the House a multitude of propositions were
iniroduced. Mr. Foote submitted a resolution that
the recommendation of the President in his message
lor detcding Editors and necessary employees of
newspapers, is one which the House can by no
means approve. He declared that without the
freedom of the press there could be no freedom of
the people. The press was recognised ia all coun
tries as the bulwark of public liberty, and the de
struction of its independence would reduce us to
the most degrading servility the world ever saw.
The army would not be strengthened, but a piece of
tyranny be inaugurated. He was no friend "noi
favorite with the press, and Kought not to win its
favor, he was governed solely by public considera
tion, in the resolutions submitted.
Mr. B irksdale defended the President and denied
that he desired to tram el the press. Here,. under the
very shadow of his office, the press was as free
as the air. He moved the reference of the resolution
to the millitary committee.
Mr. Foot resumed the expression of his views to
a considerable length, and with great emphasis..
Mr. Baiksdale's motion was agreed to, and 'the
house resolved itself into secret session.
We learn that the Commissary at this place finds
it difficult to keep op full supplies for the prisoners
and guard at the C..S. prison in. this place, and there
is consequently,' a feverish state of the public mind
springing up outside of that establishment If it
shall induce those who can assist the Commissary
in his difficult task to come promptly to the rescue
'twill be well for all concerned. Flour, meal, beef,
bacon, &c, &c, are the daily heavy requirements
of the Commissary at this post It may relieve
some timid persons to inform tbem that the men
in command and on duty at the garrison are cool
and confident, and have a smile of pity for those
whose imaginations subject them to the anguish
of two or three deaths a day. Salisbury Watch
man. Member from Montouvert. We see it stated,' in
a list'of the Senators and Corrfmoners published in
the last Conservative, that E H, Davis, Esq., is put
down as the Commoner elect from -Montgomery
county. We had the pleasure of seeing Allen Jor
dan, Esq., some weeks ago and he informed us that
he was elected by some twenty odd majority over
Mr. Davis and had received tbe certificate of the
Sheriff of his county of his'election. Mr. Jordan is
a true Conservative and will doubtless, make a
good and acceptable represenativa. Greens. Citizen.
DAT, NOV. 16, 1864.
WAR NEWS.
From Richmond and Petersburg.
There has been no change in the two armies since
oar last
A telegram from Petersburg of the 9th says that
the Yankee videttes report that on Tuesday last
Warren's 5tb corps voted for McClellan for Presi
dent overwhelmingly, and that the army of the Po
tomac has done the same thing throughout They
Bay New York City gave him 40,000 majority, and
Kentucky has gone for him by an immense vote.
They report the Lincoln officers in .the army aa
very uneasy.
The Yankee pickets in front of Richmond states
that a telegram has been received at their head
quarters, announcing the capture of the Privateer,
Flon-Ia, ofi; the coast of San Salvador.
Sothing additional from Wilmington or Georgia,
except the statement in the Macon Telegraph that
the federal girrison at Atlanta has been largely re
inforced recently, and the trains are running through
from Chattanooga. It is rumored that Gen. Thotn:
as, with 40,000 men is confronting Gen. Hood, and
that Sherman has four corps in Atlanta.
't he Lute Operations in East Tennessee.
We condense from the Asheville jVtw of the 3d
inst, the following account of tbe late operations in
thi quarter :
When Colonel Palmer with a portion of his com
mand advanced into Est Tennessee a short time
since, Gen. Vaughn was orr!L-red by Gen. Ei-hols to
'a 1 back and defend t he .al works and thus t he object
ol that expedition failed. Col Palmet then threaten
ed the rear of the enemy who had loliowed Vaughn
to Carter's depot, forcing them to fall back, when
the two commands of Palmer and Vaughn were
again united and moved forward, pushing the enemy
hurr edly from Bull's Gap to Strawb-rry Plains,
where he began to fortify. Gen. Vaughn moved as
far down towards them as New Market.
Gen. Gillen commanding the Federals having se
cured reinforcements now established himself :,t
Panther Springs, whence he moved forward with
his entire force against Vaughn on the morning of
October 28th. The same morning Palmer moved
his command from Bull's Gap to Russi-llville, while
Vaughn began to fall back from Morristown, resist
ing the advance of the enemy at every step. Pal
mer now selected a good position for his troops,
when Gen. Vaughn ordered him to a different posi-1
tion in the rear of Russellville, and while this move
ment was going on Vaughn's Virginia cavalry
stampeded and lied in tbe utmost confusion Pal
mer, however, rapidly moved the 29th and 6'3d N.
C. troops into line of battle, threw forwaid skirmishers,-began
the fight and with the assistance of
Jester's battery, checked the advance of the enemy
and ultimately caused them to retreat
One mountain howitzer was deserted by Vaugh
an's cavalry and captured by the enemy. Had his
troops done their duty the fortune of the day would
have been very different
Subsequently the "Tar Heels" being unsupport
ed were ordered to fall back, which they did in good
order, covering the retreat and bringing off all the
stores safely, besides destroying the railroad, 4a
From the North.
New York and Philadelphia papers of the 4th
have been received in Richmond.
A correspondent of the Jlerald, writing from
Gaj lesville, 24th, says Sherman's headquarters to
!ay are ai. Gaylesvilie. The army bas been here
five days, subsisting off the country around.
- A telegram from Nashville, 5tb, says on the 3d a
rebel force attempted to cross the Tennessee river
at the mouth of Blue Water, but was repulsed with
considerable loss.
Another Nashville telegram, same date, says yes
terday, at daylight the gunboat Andre, captured a
few days ago by the rebels, came through the Shute
at Reynoldsburg island, and landed rebel troops,
who then tired her and left at 8 o'clock. The gun
boats steamed down near the west side of Reynolds
burg island from Johnsonville and engaged the re
bel battery of 24 pounder parrots.
The gunboats were driven back and badly dam
aged. At two o'clock the enemy's batteries, oppo
site, above and below . Johnsonville, opened on the
disabled gunboat. They responded until ammuni
tion was exhausted and'were then blown up. Their
crews are at Johnsonville. This morning the rebels
are crossing live miles above Johnsonville. Gun
boats from P.iduach are in sight Schotield takes
command of the post
Tbe steamers Lacy and Anna, each laden with
cotton and tobacco, were captured oft Wilmington
last week.
Butler has issued an order stating that by the
direction of the President he has assumed com
mand of the troops detailed for duty in the Stale of
New York to preserve the peace of the United
Suites, to protect the public property, to prevent
and punish incursions into the borders, and to in .
sure calm and quiet
The JJeriM intimates that Sherman will return
to Atlanta and' iintugurale an offensive campaign
from l hut point, leaving the 4iu corps to operate
against Hood.
lie that is good, will infalliMy become better, and
he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for
i vice, virtue, and ume, are three things that never
stand still.
Tbe Second Class of Home Guards has been called
cut to' relieve the first class whose time will expire
in a few days, the following is the order:
Executive Department N. C
'lee, I
1864. )
Adjutant Generals Office,
Raleigh, N. 0., Nov. fi 1864.
Special Orders, No. 137.
I. Commanding Otticera of the several Regi
ments and Battalions of tbe Guard for Home De
fence will at once call out for field service the sec
ond class of their respective commands as organ
ized under General Orders No 24, arm and equip
them as far as practicable and send them, without
delay, to Goldsborough, with instructions to report
to Brig. Gen. 0. Leventhorpe. Those persons who
were drawn with the first class, but failed to report
lor duty with that class, will b ordered with the
second class to Goldsborough. Commanders will at '
the same time, send to Goldsborough for examina
tion by a Board of Surgeons all persons of the first
and second class claiming exemption on account of
physical disability, but who do not hold certi Scabs
(A disability approved by the Surgeon General -and
Adjutant General, or exemptions or certificMes-of
disability from the State Examining Boards. In
case any one is physically unable to proceed to
Goldsborough to appear before the Board, he will
be examined by the Medical Officer of the Battalion,
who will send to the Surgeon General a certificate
on honor describing hii case. Tbey will likewise
send to Goldsborough ml rifle and masket accoutre
ments in their possession to be turned over to Lieut
Josiah .Collins, Ordnance Officer. Commanding
Officers of Regiments and Battalions are admonish
ed that they will be held responsible for a prompt
compliance with the foregoing orders. .They will
each report to thifoffice the date, on which these
orders are executed, and at tbe same time iorward
a return of the troops sent to the field.
IL The following named Field and Staff officers
will repair to Goldsboro', and report to Brig. Gen.
Leventhorpe for daty with the second class of the
Guard for-Home Defence:
Lieut CoL T. H. Brera, Mecklenburg.
" " K. Murchison, Harnett
" " R. R. Ihrie, Chatham.
Major W. C. Drake, Warren.
" 0. F. Dowd, Wake.
" D. Settle, Rockingham.
" 0. Dowd, Moore.
" L. G. Hielig. Cabarrus.
" A. Summers, Guilford.
Whole Number 1539.
Surgeon W. O- McDuffie, Cumberland.
" J- B. Robertson, Johnston.
T. W. Keen, Rockingham. .
. Assistant Surgeon A. G. Lee, Sampson.
' " " . F. M. Rountree, Greene.
" " J. H Branch. Halifax.
. " Quartermaster W. T. Plummer, Halifax.
" " L. P. Tyson, Moore.
" " W. B. McKay, Harnett
HI. As these troops arrive at Goldsborough, Gen.
Leventhorpe will organize iheru into regiments, and
send them to reliere the regiments of the first class.
When so relieved these latier regiments will be dis
missed and sent to their homes, having previously
turned in their arms and accoutrements to the Or
dnance Oflicer, Lieut Collins. The design being
to require thirty days' service from each individual,
those of the first class who may not have completed
that period at the time the regiment to which they
are attached is relieved, they will be required, to
serve out the remainder of the time in the next reg-
Bv orAw nfOn. vanM. .5L
R. C. GATL1N, Adjutant General
. The Newspapers. In an able article on the in
dispen sibie importance of the Press to the country
and society, especially in our great Denlin:r strug
gle for independence, the Augusta Ga. Leg inter re
m:trks :
"Our honest opinion is that no class of our coun
try men, except our soldiers, have done more lor our
success than newspaper men. This is our candni
opinion after maturely considering Ihe subject.
They have giveif tone to public sentiment and
aroused '.he yatriotism of the people to every de
mand made upon them. In the emergencies of our
country, many harsh and grievous laws have been
passed, many orders and regulations hard to be
borne have been adopted. In some cases designing
men, in others well meaning ones, supposing they
were doing their duty, have done much to arouse
all the feelings of prejudice and opposition by the
people to these supposed usurpations and tyrannies.
Just here the press have come in and by their dai
ly pleadings, their patriotic appeals, reconciled ap
parent differences and allayed all opposition. They
have educated the minds of the people to eveiy
great and important change in the policy of our
government, and have, with all their powers, sus
tained the cause of our country.
Blot out the newspapers of the country and you
will have no general policy among the people.
There will be as many opinions as there are In
dividuals and as many leaders as there are commu
nities. Rumors will be rife all over the land, and in
the absence of reliable information, as now obtained,
the people will be subjected to imposition and will
always be depressed by dangers real or imaginary.
Newspapers form a kind of bond of union a com
mon medium of the interchange of ideas, and next
to our organized armies are the most powerful en
gines within' our country for the attainment of its
independence, by holding, up the duty of the citi
zens on the one hand, and the rights of the govern
ment on the other; the grounds for encouragement
on the one hand and the necessity for endurar.ee on
the other. From the President to'the humblest cit
izen lrom the General to the private the high and
the low, the rich and the poor, would all feel tbe
need of this common source of information and ofc-'f" longed not fo us, but to tho generation that intro
comforL Woe be unto our country when it is de? J duced it here: that it was an inheritance, irood or
troyedl"
From tbe Progress
" Wbom the Gods wouiil Destroy, Tbey first
make Mad."
Mr. Editor : It is related of the celebrated Dr.
Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham and author of the i
immortal " Analogy," that he was accustomed to
walking in his gtrden during the darkest nights
which the year affjrded, and that during such walks
ho was in the habit of holding the following collo
quy with himself: " What security is there agairist
the insanity of individuals ?" " The physicians
know of none, and as to divines, we have no data,
eitner iroin scripture or reason, to'go upon in Tela
tion to this affair." " True, my Lord, no man has
a lease of bis understanding any more, than of his
life : they are both in the hands of the Sovereign
I Disposer of all things." "Why, then, might not
whole communities and public bodies be seized with
fits of insanity as well as individuals V " -VI y Lord,
I have never considered the-case and. can give no
opinion concerning it." "Nothing but this princi
pie, that they are liable to insanity equally at least
with private individuals, can account for the major
part of-those transactions of which wo read in his
tory." This was thought to be an odd conceit of the great
philosopher and divine in his day, and attracted but
little attention at the time. But I imagine that
many thousands of intelligent persons who have
read the history of the French Revolution which oc
curred since his time, and many thousands who will
in after years read the history of the present revo
lution, will be enabled 'to account for them, or at
least for many .of the "transactions" of them, in
no "ther way than that in which Bishop Butler
accounted for "the major part of those transac
tions of which he had read in history." Many '
our lcudiu public journalists, and the great bod;,
of our public men and statesmen seem to have lost
all powers of reason in fact to have become per
fecly demented They remind mo of the simple
ton who, in the midst of a great storm at sea, in
mortal fear lest the ship should go down, lashed
himself la?t to the anchor, so that Tie at least might
be safe. ' So. too, they seem to be disposed to tic
themselves Tast to the anchor of some fatal measure
or measures, and it is greatly to be feared, if they
do not speedily desist, that " the genit.s of gravita
tion will carry them all so straight and ho profound
)y to the bottom that not a bubble will ever rise to
mars tbe spot where tbey went down
These reflections have been called forth" by the
great favor with which the proposition to arm our
slaves has been received by a part of the Press and
many prominent public men in the South. Certain
ly these men have never calculated for a moment
the'awful consequences likeiy to flow-frcm such a
fatal measure. Let us but consider for a moment
the present condition of our country. ' Conscrip
tion has been carried to its last limits." No exemp
tions Lave been allowed except for State officers and
those who may be adjudged by an examining board
of physicians to be physically incapable of perform
ing military duty. Ji early all details have been re
cently cancelled, and even the invalids are being
sept to the army. Add to this the fact that most
if not all, tho State officers are likely to be absent
in the service of the State, apd it will be seen tbat
we have no white population at home except the
women and children, tbe boys under sixteen, and a
few old men over fifty The probability is, faking
the Confederacy as a whole, that we have more than
ten male slave slaves at home to. one white man.
Excite the negroes to phrenzy by pssmg a law to
conscript them, and all the probabilities are that we
would have an immediate insurrection of them. Is
there a man living wise enough to tell ns hew such
an insurrection, if general throughout the Sooth,
could.be put down ?
But suppose no such insurrection should occur,
but that they would submit to be collected together
in camps of instruction, and formed into regiments
and brigades, and receive arms, the danger would
be increased a thousand fold. Just imagine 250,000
negroes well armed, with all their malignant pas
sions aroused, and the women and children left de
fenseless. In that event we should undoubtedly have
re enacted among us all the horrid scenes of the
massacre of St Domingo, where, in the graphic
language of Burke, "every demon of destruction
seemed to be let loose, and hell itself appeared te
yawn." Or if this should, perchance, net occur,
they would most likely go over to the enemy in a
body, as the Yankees would hold out greater in
ducements to them of liberty to themselves and
their families than q do. And, bo&lea the events
Or war, the vast numbers of them that have volun
tarily gone over to the enemy whenever a favorable
opportunity presented itself to them, and, in many
instances, joined their army of their own free cho ice,
proves beyond question that they would place much
more reliance in their promises than they wouli in
ours.
But it may bo said that they would not be formed
into separate regiments and brigades, bo would be
sent to fill up our depleted regiments.. So it is not
to be supposed for a moment that our brave and
high-minded soldiers, who have been a thousand
times assured that they were fighting against an
attempt on the part of the Yankees to ptaca
them on the same level with the negro, would
thus submit to be placed on that same tavel by the
action of the Confederate government I know but
little of them if they wouH. The consequence
then would be, that our army would become thor
oughly demoralized. A conflict between our white
and black' soldiers might at any moment, be ex
pected. These reasons would seem to he sufficient
to cause our statesmen to recoil lrom the proposi
tinn with horror. But thero are still other very
r powerful reasons why it should be n-jcrted. Even
ii none oi me -consequences mentioneu aouve snuuni
be realized, there can be no doubt that thmisinds of
them, headed by some desperate white characters,
which will always be found in armies as large aa
ours, especially when such armies are created by
compulsory conscription as ours are, will desert
and every where infest our country as armed ban
ditti Then neither life, nor property, nor female
honor would be safe. Such scenes as wo may an
ticipite in that event beggars all description.
.Vice President Stephens, who is. without doubt
one of the ablest statesman and purest patriots in the
Confederacy, assured us in his great speech before
-the Legislature of Georgia, that no nation could
place permanently in the array more than one-third
of its arms-bearing population without eventually
being subjugated ; and in this opinion he is sustain
ed by all great writers on political economy. On
that occasion he also assured us that if the conscript
law of the last Congress was etxecuied, then, in his
opinion, the country would be ruined. That law
h.as been rignrouf ly executed, and most of the State
troops are in the field. In fact, all the white labor
ers have been taken permanently, and noW it is
pravely proposed to take at least one half, if not two
thirds of the slave population capable ot bearing
arms If this ins.inp proposition should be carried
intoiffect. it must be apparent to every thinking -awn,
that if we should even be so fortunate as to
escape horrors of a servile war, the Yankees could
sut jiigite us by starvation within the next year
without any further aggressive movements, but by
simply acting on the defensive themselves. Just
imagine the war ending in that way. Such scenes
of suffering, distress and anarchy, as have seldom
cimed any country, would transpire among ns.
The civil authorities, already greitly weakened,
would be completely overawed, and mob law would
reign supreme. Then wo be to the authors of such
a fatal measure. They would do well to remember
that .they may be heaping up wrath against a day
wrath.
But there is another important point in the .case '
which ought to be considered, and that is, tbe effect
''the measure would have in Europe. I candid'y con
fess that I approach this pnint with great diffidence.
The great sensitiveness of Southern -gentlemen on
the subject of slavery is well known. The almost
universal opposition to the institution among the
Christian nations of Europe is also well known. It
may be doubted whether the course pursued by
Southern statesman, Southern writers and Southern
divines, has been a politic and prudent one. Instead
of discussing the question in tbe abstract as thev
werc'always doing, endeavoring to convince all
Christendom that slatery was a divine institution,
and morally justifiable per se, they should always
have treated it solely as a practical question. This
they should have done, if for no other reason, out
of respect fo the opinions of the civilized world.
iney snouia have taken the ground that whatever
wrong, if any, that attached to the institution be-
bad, that had descended to us from a remote anci s-
. j try ; that finding the institution here, we saw no
way ol ridding ourselves of it without ruin to the ne
gro This they could have demonstrated by nu
mert'us arguments not necessary to be repeated
here. Such a course such a respect shown to
their opinions would undoubtedly have averted
much of that indifference, if not hatred, with which
we are now regarded by the great mass of the peo
ple'of Christian Europe. But so it is, we are cer
tainly not high in favor with any of the great pow
ers of Europe. All that we bave been able to ob
tain at their hands thus far, has been a not too ira-
" partial neutrality.
Aaopt this fatal measure, and
it is by no means certain that we can retain even
such neutrality as has thus far been, obserfed be
tween the two beligerents now warring against each
other on this continent Nay,- is it not almost cer
tain that from neutrality their course will be
changed to hostility towards us T
Wc cannot justify our course to them by pointing
to the course of Mr. Lincoln in using our slaves
against us. They see that transaction in very dif
ferent light from, what we do. Their feelings being
all against the in-titution of si ; very, and against us
for foolishly justifying it per se without necessity for
our doing so, they probably regard with great com
placency, the course of Lincoln in liberating a part -of
our slaves, and. using them as soldiers to fight
for the liberation of the remainder. But that we
should use a large part of slaves as Soldiers as
fhy will beliert to perpetuate the slavery of the
remainder is an idea at which they will be horror
stricken1, and which will most piobably make them
change. their course towards us on the grounds'of
what they may believe to be humanity.
But supposing them not to' be actuated by any
such motives, is it not highly probable, nay, almost
certain, that they will regard 'he measure as afford
ing conclusive evidence that we are exhausted, that
our cause is hopeless, and that it iV, thciefore, their
duty to interpose at once as mediators, and saji to
us, "It is now a self evidant face that you must fail
in this struggle, and in the name of humanity, of
civilisation .and Chiistianiiy, we feel it to be our
duty to interpose to stop this unnecessary effusion
of blood. Return again to your former allegiance
to the Federal government of the United States.
Having commenced this .struggle- to perpetuate the
institution of slavery, and having failed, you are
now required to place it upon a basis of ultimate,
if not immediate, extinction,"
And if they should take this latter view of the
case, and of their duty therein, what will there be,
surprising about it ? Surely, those persons who
propose this measure, have no confidence in our
ability to succeed without the aid of -the negro as a
soldier. This conclusion is drawn from the fact,
that no such proposition was ever made at a time
when we had a sufficient number of soldiers to
make headway against the enemy; and from the
further fact that from the time when Mr. Lincoln
first commenced using them as soldiers, we have
constantly ridioiiled the idea, that the negro posses
sed any fighting qualities whatever, or that it was
possible to make a soldier out of him. If they are
correct in their opinion that we cannot succeed
without the aid of the negro as a soldier and I
have no objection to using him for any othcrservice
then I do not hesitate to say that our cause is
lost, end that we should open negotiations for terms
of restoration as soon as potsibl. I cannot possibly
say anything else, for my whole argument is to
prove that this measure of arming the slaves would
ruin our cause, even if it we:e prosperous, and 1
conscientiously believe that I am correct
If Congress does not take action in the matter
before that time, I hope the Legislature will speak,
out in tones of thunder against this nefarious pro
position, for if it should be adopted, then may God
have mercy upon the defenceless women and chil
dren of this devoted Confederacy.
VERITAS.
. MAflRIED,
At the residence of the bride's father, on t 14th
September, by James S Turner, Esq.,- Richard
Harris, member of House of Commons, to. Miss
Anx M. Lakiek, all of Stanly County.'
At the Church in Summervtlle, on Wednesday
evening last d inst, by the Rev. Neil McKay, Mr.
John W. Howard to Miss Fankie, daughter of Gen.
A. D. McLean.
At the residence of Dr. Allison, on the 80th ojf
October last by J. J. Allison, Esq., Mr. Elkiss
FETTIORKW to MISS AMANDA J. MURRAY, all 0
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Orange County. ' ' '
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