51 A . - .. .... ... . ' -v iBUHHHBBMHMHBBBBBHHMMeieiBsiSBM.i Mm 0 -i ' t ' . -i ' - i. H -J. . . . ; m - i i i . .11. t ' ' n ,. -t- . SATUBDY, September 5 l33. 8everal smart beys arehrnl4 t sell the Vournol on the trains anf elsewhere. 1 Active, intelligeat boji cu make from fifteen to twenty-dollars per week. The Editor of this paper is now into the " service " and is ordered infer camp, it is rumored, for three ' months Prfntc3Senji Order No. 1, " by; order lof j Goforyiinceg:i "DanrG.Fowle, Adjoit General; " and bearing date " Aug. 18, 1863, n amongst : the persons exempt from! tluty in the guard. fur ' llonie -Dafence,' except from drill sor service' within T their counties, when invaded by the enemy,? are the follow ing: "one Editor to eich newspaper and all neces sary compositors. "Ah ordinary understanding would learn from this! that except when ' the' enemy invades the county in which " Editors " and the " nec- , essary compositors reside, they are not calwf6n to ! dadiityi Oa the. filUi M)hi4 fiderl we cpoUnned ui ' business as nal. j Nowj however, by the deefsion of CtoTernor (Vanc.; we j are called out at a moment's . Dotfce, and hive) learej pur business to take care of itself or finally o dose pur doors and let our presses rot with rusttid other material go to ruin generally; This is tjir.ej3 . persljxl consifleratiqn, howevr It is qpKe a different matter when considered in the ligJrt of a public grievance. Does Governor Vance 'mean to stop the entire press of the State, and do what the Confederate Congress and every '"other State of the Confederacy refasM to do, out of some stupid notions of theirs, perhaps that the press is essential tolB wccMsfut administration 'of all human, affairs 7 I it tU9 jues, iet oe luuy soHuereiooa- Aua ii xnac ucine uexcxmiDauon, uaeoi we aua every nana in our employ preler to go at otlc into j the Confederate ser- . Tice, auu .fcuiy, locro uiu -tue ciose oi me war. we have; sent from our office enough volunteers to form a large company, at j a time, too, when every one of tlw-rn wafxempt. Lferypaan we now have employ has been from onj to two year? n the regu lar .service, and they prefer, that service now, if the printing offices are to ' be pll closed,' and so Mo we. Our case will shortlj be that: of every other Editor and and Proprietor of a newspperiri the State, and it becomes, a serious matter! Ito' -consider whether., the StaC , of .North Carolida yhall - be without a ' single newspaper- 'i: ;;-f- "Jj.' ' "- r .:i.''' "v.- If Editors are to be required to close their business they should at least at cpnc know it, and'nol betaken by surprise by incomprehensible General Orders as we and others have been;'! U J 1 We append tbexrdr to jpnt others on their guard: EXECUTIVE DEPABTMENIT ORTH CAROLINAi") - - ;" ' r . Adjutant Oknbkals Orrics, -'-:.'- .r Raleigh, Ang. 18th, 1863. I Gs5bjx OaoiH, T Is i No. l.' ; v v -I - " i I The followingpersons are j exempt from dnty in the Guard for.'Hoie Defence,"; except from drill or serrice, within their counties when intaded by the enemy : I Fikbt Class. AH physicians Who cow are and for the last E?e veara hare beenipraotising in their professions; RailroaCofficers and employees; not tb include laborers, (excepXtwo expert track handaj for each section fer eight mites, who are exempt, ) ports ft land messengers; oae mil ler to each mill ; mail carriersj the commanding officer of each. Brigade. 'Regiment and Company iof the Militia, and Adjutant. of the Regiment. Where any of these officers hare acpepted a commission in?te Gaardfor 'iHome Oe- wili be exempted. This class js also exempt from drill. SiicosD Class. Contractors' with the State or Confed- erate Government and their iieceesarv employees: one Lcpuij,iueriu in eaca , . ceunur ; wnere mere is no xax Collector ; one Editor to each Newspaper, and all neccs sary compositors; Professors i Colleges and Teachers in Academies. - 'j --.":H ' ' II, Post Masters are civil officers of the Confederate Gorcrnuftnt, and are exempt by law. ' Quakers, whs have or may pay the tax imposed by law, and those who have . been pxeuipted from military duty uponsurgeons'certificate of uisability,' approved at this office, are exempts from all mUitarydutyv ; ; . 111' r -I IIL The Commanding Officer! will order Company drills once every week, on Saturday afternoon, and Battailioa drill once a month. IH By order of Governor Vakci I I i -DAX'L O. FOWLE, j. C.-..V.-;.. ..';, I j Adjatsnt General. P; S mruserei;, tiiy, and were detailed for six heart to get eut our paper we and our com positors. SixJiburs per dajy is quite aufficient to entbe ns, ih dUor,:to gft'paft. borJ.ptpeN-lhtt U, to fetyc ijtod to read jjirpof, Ifj e can get it; But w5w4.atltSd that there is no office in the Ck)nfedeT-toy whose printers can Mget oat" their ;pa per in six bouri, and therefore ' that part of the order is use'.es. We dojhope Gov. Vance will take another' view tth matter. Kewipipera ate eenW arid more than thatj there are precious few of thai rollicking, profile e!ajsa called priDtera, left out of &i inny. We used t6 be and now are one of tLcltgloryiafayiii: so. And taketltem all in ali-Hind csagnifyirig their faults as extensively as yo chocsr, they are bard to brat. We ? enters Both Ing In saying that, compared Willi every other profes sion ;or trade, of equal ttahcinj jttra m two printers to one now ia the crvice.v Tfe cftlia veesaploj ere good sample ef th wlj!ev" Jt thea know that they have to C;hl and tUy vlUds it. Dot they tract no half Cfisarra. ItM the "tmlce the Out.fnkU sertlce -ct to pore set vice thsa they We treat Get, Va&pe UI tjtje this pattfia:ty If we tnr to hate m trtnv there will te no renter ii lie Horn QaayUrU cCev r.Kev 2. Tie ftnijril ttWi vasasnis tile.j .We vcte'etd huk e daiy .jssl en? ptpf t Hpfcf 'ir ttw4;ttt :;,ei 'the.4 sittiorisht". .f4 '8aOt t feir,j'4HilqjuU fyj the fi'tl&l 'esttj8S tfmt mitiaiq :,rXsi is; ftutioj ' p e-ju.-W 14 frt i i.t ;:i.-,' j - : It foire.' tit, tia .t tva i" .aia W m-jt?j I flf ttm ti tee ra. y writ, U.ra, If ti e ttr v (' il i. J ti f!Ji lifts 143 t i - t iai U it f 4rt n ; t tj:. f n f, r fsvre a it rtr i, 1 ,t for sJ Irk I ts it r SB' " t i-a l ; I 3 U ti; V we ., k.. il r t 1 1 't t . r: let te ,:! i. t k sy t4 fu I (.41 V 4, V rV -life its I . 1 -. ' "'I ' - --4 -t ' i ' - '- f . i ft j i -.. . - j ; t ! Lit n . 1 i$ 4 - vy The Maius. Wo hate received , at least one hun dred Iettersjduring the tasjtSeeVeeks complaining of the noti-deli very of Journal to subacri- leti.;. On themes of railrcd!tb tiplainte are most numerous. f: Ve cnW; 4ore ?assu"re our ubscri- beis that theii p&rs'ireregularly mailed from this ouce, ana wztju moca cre i excrciseu bs pvmivij can oe in nariog toe roainog uone correuny. A sub scriber' writing" from HI 1 Isboro ays, " sometimes your paper is not reccited at this office at alL In the last eight days I have rcceired only three pa peTS." Now it' has so . hapened, in consequence of thwmbseroexjf WfromrdetlclJa have put up the mail for the West, -including that for Ilillsburo', and we are twrt it was correctly sent So, too,, of theother portions 'tour mail, and e Cannot resist the conclusion that there is gross neg lect either' in the route ageats.er m some of the post offices. We yery much dislike to make these public jcomplaints, lt there in no other course left open, to us. We trtfst more'eare will be exercised by all con cerned : ' but we "have reason to - belieVd-that" there is no hope in some quarf rs short of the removal of the. officers, and' we shall be compelled to take steps, to have that done unless there be some amendment.' . : Spies in our Midst , , - .' Our community 5annot be too vigilant against the great danger ot spies in our midst. It is generally believed that we have several among ns and that there are disaffected person there, 'ready and willing to give them" all the information tbiey need. One oi the vil- Hans was recently arrested and sent to Richmond. JLong ago, beforjhhe left the command of the' army at Newbero, GencBumside boasted that he had daily communication with this city, and if he" had desired it could make W successful demonstration on the very ! heart of the State 5-whenever he chose. It will not j do to rely solelyf ethe; local police, or even the Con- ' federate authorities here, but the citizens murt assist both in the detection of these villians and their friends in this city. Somsbof these latter are known andvill be caught when they least expect it. In the mean time let all our true citizens be vigilant.. There is 'danger in delay. s j-r- ri i j ; y'." - Tbe Salem Press. -" r We classifiodthe SALEir Press amongst the doubt ful papers of the ! State, because we had not seen evidence -enouih1 to 5class it with the straight-out traitorous papers, and we complained that that paper v lacked nerve to define its position fully. V The Press thinks it has clearly defined its position. We. think not ; but to put, the matter beyond cavil life propound the fxllowing interrogatories to. the Press : ' j Is the Salem Press in favor of a re-construction of the Union with the Yankees under any- circa'm . stances? ; . -.;; - - - ' ' ' Is it not in favor of the unconditional independence of the Soathern Confederacy as a Government, and for continuing the war to that end, in the language of the Raleigh;, Standard, to the "-last man and the last dollar ?n - v The answers! to these questions, will settle the ques tion as to the position of the Press. -I let i us Pause and Think. : tTenmen, deserters front the 13th N.'C. Regiment, I 1 1 i 1 . , .auB-..rj - .tr-n-T" rtartv nnHftr command of Adiutant Mallett. 46th irf a arok( Yv nrA nf tlipm vrin he titcTiU i , ... rJ 1 1 rct to-duy, ia accordance with the verdict of a court martial 1 Teritikltio be shot dead to-day by heir own comrades 1 Great God, what an awful responsi bility rests upon those who have been the cause ot this desertion and this resistance to their command ing oflScers 1 Who is responsible for this blood ? P i juip ' " " For the 8tate Journal tCrlbote or Bespect T THE tATB MAJfOaS H. WHITAKBa, 1ST . C. CAVAt ST The officers of Che 1st X. 0. Cavalry met on Aag. 21t, and called Capt. McLeod to the Chair j Lieut . Foard was appointed Secretary;?, The Chair appointed Capt. An drews, Lieut, llenry and Borden, as a Commutes to draft resolutions expressing the resets of the ofUcers ia the loss of the late lamented Maj. John II. Whltaker. The follow-, tag preamble and resolution were read and unanimously adopted, vis: ' ; WasaiAi, It 1. kth pleased. Almighty God, in the dispen sations or Ills aU wise Providence, to remove fron our midst our much beloved and respected brother fleer, JiaJL Johh IL Whltaker, therefore be it Jtttolvid, 1st. ThaWin his death, we reeogalze and bow SttJbmUii vely to the eternal will, and 0 verr uling Fro vldenee ef a just ana merciful Uod. JUHtt'td, 2nd. That ta the death of If aj. John JL Whlt aker, this Keeimeut has lost a brars ad efficient officer, the cause of independence a eaUant and wholesoaled de feodtr, and his country one of its purest aad brightest or naments. ' . lUtolttd. 3rd. That his noble and chivalrous daring and Invincible heroism en the field of battle, and his generous, upright aad habitual deportment ia the daily routine of duty ia camp, though lost as an example to us, shall not be forgotten a a precept that while we cherish the memory of our beiaved frierj we will aot lose sight ef, bat strive te Imitate his net demeanor, and disinterested patri v otism. I t ? lU-lm9d, UK That we tender to the dlseoasolate widow aad orphaned children of our deceased comrade ta arms, our sincere aad heartfelt sympathy ia their bereavement, aad offer thea the only consolation admiiibU la damestie 'sorrow our sympathy aad omr tears. Lflttd, UK That the Secretary of this meetiag be re- Satstrd to famish a eopv of these proceedings to the fans. . y of klaL Weitaker, also a copy to the StaU Jurmi and WUmingtoa Jmnrmml for publication, and that the A'orth Careiina papers be requested to copy. . " - - K.pa,OABr,8metary. ' : "' twuuum4MaaMnwMuu Cauf saaa CcLrsrxa C tl. Ta.,) !i - . ' " . . Aug.2T,lst3. -Atametllzjcf Cotrrtsy C, lnXorth Carolina eaval tt, ea motion, Ueet. Cad. Iredell was called te the taair, aad alter exptalaiug the otject ef the aeetie;, ea rnetioa, a committee c three was appeiated to dralt rs ola ioee relative to the death ef our much beleved Lieut. Jnit II. rersvu, L UA ca the 3rd of July while rsi Untly tea.ii a 3 tit mr in a charge at Usttyiburg, l'c t WrrrtH Ctrut 4. II. fuller, hergl J. J. ilatey and Corp l J. I. Davis were appelated, aheathe foilowiaj tc Utks were tCVred. 'wr f, , Ihst while we bow te humble submission t ti will ef Alattty tt, aad wculd not murmur at it wa f ytt, can out la meat the early death f -'tiim ar4 rrssutftf, rut d ia the bkwss ef msj- k-m-K lumg si. 1 his acts live tn;ht la ear memory !rU e ever meet t ala tie iRtt-Jrat fe,siaytfif t.e i. !-,t I f-,t ertfsttts ef Csre.laa, will we t-t '. tun, f trar tar ereatto fuxtlass - t tnziDd f.-r t,h hew a41y f I. - i 2., li it U eiac ef lintC iVrsoaas -,cr$ to ih hbt eoccast istl', ac4 t ;Ui 1 s htfrrf . i:,e tnu.-r.Mi, his tt,i i ' , t. f-ti.ta s e4 9t ' - seteaie 4t a? 1 m l-s t,f t a I ie : ay to t.t r liif $ i - t t t-t i tt I " t ei i. - t , ; is ; i es e :rv t t na f i t IU uz iil ut ef iU Mat e4 Us it a r --ft f t r. ! i ? i set 1 1 i we i . . tiNi I J frt ft t-w . fti wie wt i i f t 1 . V . lit i-44 . '' aiy t i I l f 3 I,. fFor the Sute JonrnaL REPLY TO "DAVIDSON"VCONCLODED. cirsc roi: retoiutiojt vxAtztf - The aathor. rf Jlarioo, having discussed the question vi iuc tcvwiiua ui cicieu ouki ironx xne union oi iioy; and also the question of the "Biht oT'SeceMioD,'? now, closes by eonsiderins: whether.dr not the Southern States had cause tor Berolulioa in 1861, supposing ihe right of Secession pot to exist. Ed. ' -Whether African slavery be i right . or jvrong in tselt ft was an important . feato re in the polity , and, social organization of the Southern States, instituted and aaain tained i n the first-pi ace by right'oftheir own inherent sovereignty, and .by. permission of no extraneous power or Government, -and was an inter nal matter with which no outside powers .. had any concern. ' ' ' In addition to' this when .tne Union was formed, this institution was solemnly guarantied to the Stfnth by Tthe Constitution itself, and in the same, instru ment, provision was made for a vast increase of it in , future years by the clause permitting tweuty years importatiorfor negroee. . f '4-;.',f?vi. -"t The Northern States in ratifvinar. the Constitution L solemnly pledged themselves to faithfully observe i,ucae o eii as au oicer.supuiauons inerein., iiiven they themselves admit Ttnat the JDnion would not have been consummated had not these stipulations been p 111 yi iu vuosuiuuou..' , jiare tney Kept faith ? Orr the contrary . have they not for years' openly and deliberately violated this pledged faith, and stubbornly persisted in ' this course against the remonstrances and the warnings of the South ? Do I need to cite in proof of this the personal liberty bills of nine Northern States, paseed in direct violation, of their Cocstitutiooal duties, and in agrrssion on the rrights of the South ? Have they not by secret socie ty, and by public' organizations in vast numbers, throughout the entire country, by contributions, of money, by, speeches, bjr newspapers and pamphlets, endeavored in every possible way not only to suggest and encourage die abduction, of our slaves,? but to in cite them to universal murder rapine and, insurrec tion ? fWhat kind of literature , has undeniably for fifteen years , past.QUtsld by long oddsr all other beoks throughout the .entire North ? Was it not the ""Uncle Toms' the Olmstead's Travels in the South'," and all' such violently abusive and lying tirades .against 7-. their - Southern brethren? What stronger proof need we 1' than the' fact of. the vast sales of such books, of the embittered spirit of the North against the South?" " ' ' ' ? What did William H. Seward say in a public spech at the West, in the Presidential camnaisn in 186Q? , ' Slavery must be. extinguished; and you. auu , ieiiow ciazens, roust ao it." 1 And this man had taken the. oath" to suDDort the Con-titntinn nf tn United States 1 . : k,., . n Abraham Iincoln also in a public speech in 18o8,nscd labguage of the same import, saying that " the States could not live together half slave and half ree." When these two men in" March, 1861, took the reins of power in their hands; had the South no cause for revolution ? ! But ' this is by no means all. In the winter of 1 860, came, the execution of John- Brown, in Virginia; and as ' the weight of hia hnrlv'at.nfnMi on; the cord, up rose a curtain at the North, which revealed to the view of the astonished South, the as tounding ; fact that when the great majoVity of North ern society by outward svmbols. bv half-maktM flags, tolling of bells.- fi nn nf cessions and gatherings in their churches, bv and sermons and addresses; mourned that marderer's lauure and fate, and deen Kvmnath;i ;t i.;. labolical and unprovoked I hatred of the South t ha minority-were two much overawed to evinr h : public manifestations, their' sympathies iith the ooutn, and their joy if they ,rally entertained any) that tki. 1 I 1 - -,r . J 1 that the scoundrel bad met hisdeserts. Was thr the sliTTblihd andaeluded South ef the evil days to come? But I must except from this category that coo'. Mr;ditor, cooU wise and far-seeing Sfate, u.L r-.l A TU .,U1- - .U J significance, the) dire import of the events I hare here touched on, she promptly called on; Virginia in the winter of 1860, to meet her in council with her other Southern Sisters, but alas, alas I , for the cause of the South, the Davidsons of that patriotic old State were then fearfully in the ascendant, and until Sumter's first gun and the hoarse call of Lincoln for blood woke her from her lethargy, they held her down, as if in a vice, at the foot of the oppressor, un til it was a!most too late for her to move. In November, 1860, came the elcctloe, by . a strictly sectional vote, by a geographical party, of a Presi dent chosen on a platform of avowed hostility to the South Id that platform they bad tbe unblushing audacity to declare a solemn decree of tbe Supreme Court of the United States "a dangerous political heresy , because, forsooth, this decree, issued in strict accordance with tbe Constitution, happened to recognise the Constitutional rights of the South. ' 1 The party that rode triumphantly into power on that platform, openly and defiantly avowed one of their purposes to be a change, under the forms of the Constitution and by virtue of their numerical supe riority over tbe South, iu the personelle of that Court, and through this change a reversal per fas aut nepas of the hated decree. , . . . , Wti not this sufficient warning to the South ? It would seem not." A still darker and more threaten ing cloud had risen on the horizon, but to desHbo it I must go backward in time About 18Q7-'68 the Helper book was strewn broadcast throughot the en tire North, and was eagerly purchased, read and wel comed there by millions. Now, Helper and his book, considered ia themselves, and without reference to attendant circumstances, were equally contemptible and insignificant objects. Bat the book was delib erately and cordially endorsed and applauded by sixty eight Northern members cf Congress, including W. 11. Seward. ' These men, representing a population of millions, would never have dared to attach their names to such a book, bad they not known that they would be' supported in the act by their constituents, and what. I is more, that their constituents were la the vwjorify. in mis i sex, ana mis sauce, cxi&hu uw ueep Biguiu cancy of the Helper book, and this it was that raised it into an omen of horrible portent to tbe South. Let ca take a few extracts from it end see what it was those members of Congress weie endorsing. ; ,v i In a puragrspb urging the North to exterminate slavery at ones, without the slightest compensation to the slaveholders, ii addresses the Southerners ea fol lows: I ' " Frown ttrst fret, foaa, prepare your weapons, threatee, striae, shoot, stab, briss oa elvU war, dissolf tbe laioa asy, aaaibllste the solar system, If you will da all this. mot, lets, better, worts earthiest do what pywa wilt, s4rt yoe ess neither foil aor Utimidat as ; oar pnrptm ts as ctd a iDeetersaif uartor neavea; weaete durmid f mtWias startr, 4 http us Gwi mUitk U m mUL .; j. s,. , Ia reference to coapecsstion to alaveholdsrs, It ays la anoUier, placef . . -T; . , ; Cetfrtsatlm te slsve fe aejrroeeT Prvpee- tereas i a Ul at serrvstkm ts cHralsxi. tat desaai ea- I rt Uaed,.ssauj,caaat.l rhalt we pat tie , U ' ls4. fat tits tX ui tieoi a lavear f aa4 s(.ucuteN nsrtry ta tuees rtca at ear ex f tfets f 4 t tin Ui; fr te f ri t Usrt ef ex vsrUef U-:i lets evust, sssst, e.j f iht 1 fa r4hrr pmea, amtWtoers are compared wish mt4 fc--wuh sdJiU ptt. as auaarsit te at!-! tLty are 4tss.;iuta! lieed fobttre ' viiytlt - mtmUth f Crbrs. with. T.:i 11. tf4 at tU'f UrJL4if:r y. t4itf llm Lnh j in ftiat tia with a ptpt as tisd as tie tUrca! j tart f hi see -a thty are dtfenatuvt, ee fr a ia ttai lrtt ta e lffate tte aWte iA ti.rs4t,'tle fe-iiih UtfM at. tie sine tlrra s Mil tr'f fl tl t lis? -"vj-rt l t.?,vttt.njr rt'iits ts'it j ''fears" the. Sout M isin i pursuance of fbqtijtit ef revolution without sufficient cause 1 1 " k As if prophetically -describing the t Congress referred to and their j ster, in 1851, said in a speech tnat year:- ' ' S f4 It is said, by a class of men I that the Constitution is bora of of the deril, and that Washington wasfa tu-ierabU blood hound, set upon the track of the African slaves ilen who ' utter such sentiments as these are ready atf" any moment, , to destroy the charter of our liberties, of ail -Yenir ; happi ness and of all your hope. They ir either insane, or fa tally bent on mischief. : p t " "" 1 f With the iads; that I have stated before us, and .whUtruhlandUlcquent passa "g,u . wui cra, uuw iraugejy aoes it souna, iur Editor, to a southerner, tofeearf)avidsonsay that hia " fond hopes" of becoming " satisfied that the seces- cmvuiow v i,ua uuum ttcic nuw iu auy way icspuusiute for the dreadful war which is now desolating ojptTWtt. g prond and happy country are dashed to the : trbund .by the result of his5 researches into rtbVi, dentin jeitfpaaies. against sister i States jr nisrory oi . tne uonstitution and of our Kevoiutionary j;ra. a ten iiiui mat nexi aicer. tne otate uovern mentnd the people of the " North," A Davidson? oft funia are responsible fpr7 ihis iear; first; in blipdly holding her back in the winter of -60 from kiking council with that calmest, coolest, wisest late i of all, South Carolina, and with the other Southern, states ; and secondly, m foolishly restraining herTrord gromptly placing herself iat the. side of gallant South arolina in January or Febniary. '61 while Buchanan was stall Jf resident., tress Monroe could Does Davidson know that For- havo in , either of those months been easily seized f jDoes he know that there were ouvcniee nundred troppsm it, balf of whom were dis-t loval to the General Government, and nearlv all of tha other half saying that they did not enlist to fi;ht the mw ucaiwvvwa VUQ UUU-tlUiUllOOiUU" ovi uujvcn tycio uui. uuiu t it is too can v ves io re- . veal all the "secretsof tbe prison house, the hour has not struck and I refrain.- I fell him that there are those who do well know what ;I havestated abqye, and more, &n& that had Virginia been permitted to ' moVe promptly, and before the! Massachusetts troops ; were thrown into Fort Monreo in April '61 we should have had all Kentucky at the start, Maryland with Fort McHenry, and what was of vastly more irapor- tance) than all, even than Sumter and Charleston,) we shoull have had F rtress Monroe, a 'post wholly impregnable to the attacks of the entire Yankee navy and array. What lay behind itj at Norfolk and as Wfp fnn.as if it wprn in tht heart. rf 01i T?.rixlin 9 Vast, stores of materials, the accumulation oPlars, for buildingr an impend navy j jand it could have5, becn;built at our leisure without the slightest fear of disturbance from the enemy, and; when built, it could D1Tg.te5mu.t teca.in spite,oXfetnkioJa,ji navy,an.d.have.. been long ago doing the wotk;(on a thousand times en- larged ascale) that the "gaUant Semmes ahd Maflit are npw performing It would have put an effectual and early quietus on the blockade. And further, the pes- session oi Fortress MonrdeVouId have Effectually pre- ; vented any HatteraSjjRoanoe Island andNew Orleans disasters, eved had waf ensued at all. But there i would have ;been no war, had 1 Virginia- seized Fort Monroe when ' ( as j this writer well knows he was at Norfolk in the winter of 61,) she had it in her power. The question of war or peace hinged on which party was to be the possessor of mat r ore. naa tne uonieaerates heiq it, ocott, pursueav governor Vance, and we pledirq f him our when called by Seward and Lincoln into council and "united and cordial support put at the head of their armies, would! have told On motion, it was resolved and adopted that' tha ,them at once that we were the masters of j the situa- proceedings of this meeting '.be forwarded td the edi tion, that: the game was up, and war by lthe North itors of the State Journal and Kaleih ItEQisTM would be simply " moon-struek rinadnesti." But I for 1 publication, with a "-reauest that thZ pitarnK--.' will return from the digression into which T was led by the quotation of Davidson's , fond hopes." I lureuueu, Juiiur, LU iUUW 111 UtHHU H1HI HIB iMortn naa, tnrougn ner tarifls although passed un der the forms of the ConstitiitiQnil-nppw J" its intent to establish Jus- th nnnoitiifi'..i.-J -rjj... . . ' . - em:'. 4. gK: "J?e 9eneral welfare v and .make the' ouf andScises; uniform arxut eighty -miUionsofV and not abstract . from the South to go into the poclBSP. fttelIJ thmugh the action of these; cunningly .devfepfthf iniquitous tariff-.; and I had intended to prove, to the satisfaction of those at least wjio stub have re?: spect for and believe id certain American doctrines of government that were taught and entertained by all parties in the early days of the Republic, that the South had herein additional and ample cause . for 1 revolution ; but acting on the maxim that enough is as good as a feast," I will conclude this long com-' munication with .what may be termed appropriate extracts from two Northern documents. .. j On the 19th of March, 1851, J. K. Paulding, a New Yorker end formerly Secretary of the Navy, laid, in t letter to John C. Calnoun : ' " I eannotjexpress the contempt and disgust with which I have read the speech of our Senator, Sewsrd. though it is just what I have expected from him. Hej is one of tha most dangeronf ioiects that ever crawled about in the EoliUcal atmosphere, for he is held in such utter contempt y all honest men, that no notice is taken of him till his. sting is felt. ' He is only gratified to play the most dispiea ble parts in the political drama, and the only possible-way he can acquire distinction is by becoming the tool of greater scoundrels than himself. Someyears ago, after jGUsjrrac iag the State of New York as Chief Magistrate, he found his lowest depths of insignificance and oblivion, nd was dropped by hu own party But the mud , has been lately . stirred at the very bottom of the peol, and he who went down a mutilated tadpole, has come up a full grown ovll frosr, more noisy and impudent than even This is very often the case among ui here, where nothing1 Is more common than to see a swindling rogue, after his crimes have been a little rusted by time, suddenly become an object of popular faror, and of executive patronage. The position taken and the principles asserted; by this pettifogging rogue in his speech," would disgrace any man but himself. I fear it will not be long before we of the 5orth become the tools of the decendents of tbe puritans, who had not the most remote idea of the principles of civi libertyj; and ne conception of religious toleration; but the most unrelenting intolerance. ' Our freedom . is In great danger of being sacrificed to texts of scripture and fanati cal dogmas ; the twelre tables are becoming our law, and we shall tt obliged to study the Pandicts ef Leviticus. " : On iWlthWurTTl848.rADDodix ta-W. gresstonal Globe, 1st Session, 30th Congress, page 94,1 Aoranarn liipwjo iu a speeca wen aeuvrea oy oim, Saidj ' ' '.- - j -!' .-''j v - "lAnv iWMmt. Mr vlir. ktnr fnflinat V -rieht which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.' JSor is this right confined ta eases in which the whole people of an existing Government may choose to exercise it. ' Any portion of such a people that can, may-revolutionize cano make tKiirow of so much of the territory as they inhabit, i More than this, a majority of any f portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority intermingled with er atar abeut them, 'who may oppose their more men ts. t It ts a quality of revolutions aot to go .by old lines or old laws i bat te break up both and make new ones." , Let us congratulate ourselves Mr. Editor, that we have at . last ewtm clear from tbe I wind ling rognea " ef New York, and exercise that " moat sacred richt to "shake off the government': of the canting Puritans which, their present despotic ruler to clearly enanoatedio 183, , JIABIO. , (Far the Btate Joanal. Pm scant te a public tittice, a ceetin cf a large ptwtioaiif the ciuxrr.s of 12rtia- county wit held cftder a pleasatt grove near UaQiltua oa 'fUiurday, thS5ih Ae;u4 IZZI. X . - : 'u - Oa taoUca, W. U. V. felirrad, Dq. wt ti!!nl ta the Chair sjvd A. l., vat appcritcJ tkmUrj. - - ; - ' ; .'': TU tiatmaa la Irkf anatrprnatestatesect tt tit:t'l the f 't 4 ta ctraag. i - :! i ta ta ; ti-a.tu lUWwirg r: tCaxra wtrt t7ti!s!edi ci ire ? je 4 if lult it wl Svnci , ut m r ivim hwhm auue uu pe exiSLiag overnment, and forma ttewi one that suits them better. This is a moat valuable, a most saered rizht- Djoriflg the absenteof the commits Alattin and Cant, .t TfrV-v: i i ijt'i u rr :jwere uoanimoosly adop'ed l Whereas, Our country is involved in av le lor Jndependence, andt- whereas ti. JMorth Utrulina is linked with that nf k oiaies oi mo ixmreaeracv : and whArh, harmony and concert of action shduld exiafiJ in ,i S voc, nu uuuru support given to tK 51 raon, agent of them, all; and whereas Cen . roeut hotneinsMgatocl byjcorrapt'motivi."1 K I J? o wv ,,,,rv'w' puuiic mind DV tl K sonable teachings, stirring up bitter I ani m ? tH f tween this .State and the Confcderata a. r.kA l,inS a spirit oi aissatwtactiTOamonoiir. 31 )l ) diers io the, field, and doing Vail theycan toa- age our own people, and; to give " aid and ct .te the public enemy : and whereas w fk-V0 Martin county, whose farms and. villa .Pple sacKeu and burned. whose fields W 1 r vandal foe. dpsir h K h.. : .i 1 y ft v r " -. v- w uuuv uic iK'pmin vtA.i i Th-r" " - .lu-inia great crU j ggl, is a war for liberty, for famili. k w ai in wnicn we I Property on our side ; and a war of afr! 4 1 der and rapine on the nart of nir .ni u f11 vandal loe. a; Kcsolvcd, That we deprecate and ennri arms by insinuating distrust in our.l :atlnii 'RiiorTJi iiv wnnmcnevAi t. T" v " J ws-MivVf a LLiuin in ni e in, I'i T r" '"viwi nuu - vJur,utiiLtC &0111 1 V hav . uuuuucsuue. 8fd, Sesoloed, That a spirit of good feeling u W cultivated between the several Stales com - the Confederacy as also between ,1 he people ng those States. f . 1 9a ihTResUvtd, That' our soldiers in the fieH V won forthemselveS:- imperishable honor an! .halo of glory upon the fair escutcheon of ou i r old State, which not the puny efforts of r traitors, not the fickly sentimentalism of th?110 hearted, nor time itself can dim or efface Bth, llesolved, That we most cordially desbi heartily denounce the miserable faction at horn 6 for sinistfir mnlivM oro ofriuin t i i .. rae no of our troops in the field . ancf encourage a . Ur dissatisfactioo and desertion among them ?P:Irito 6, Mesloced, That we regard the Rileisl ? dard as the principal originator and Oman ot T wretchtd faction, whose vile teachings are caltiur?!! and we believe intended to work only mischief f canse, and that their wicked machinations ha Ur sympathy with the great masses of North CaroK D, sons,! either in or but of the army, but are confineS"' .the few, whose disappointed ambition or ou t gain, or downright, treasonable spirit has ktY .away from their country's cause and 'entered tK into evil ways, they are not in the army their sons!0 not in the army,' they and thier sons are at home iv ? coctlng treason and" amassing forhii a:.- Mn1 I gjog others from a faithful discharge of thir dutv I 1th Resolved, That we highly approve of thu coors Express and Richmond "ExAirtNEK and other loval pipers will please copy. ' ; T I iuo uccuug aajOUlTleu. W. R. W. SRERROn niiai A. Mizzell, Secretary 7 ' : To CoeSespokdekts. Correspondents will please bear with us a while. Those requiring answers aro informed that our, seeming neglect is caused by our being over-burdened with work, bring short-handed and now being called into the service iu the guard for n0 di!!"C0' ThosQ conimuuica:tions awaiting pub-! possibKnieoAJlyushcd through as quickly as extraordinary decision ot.Vbr: v, rhj iFor the State Journu Public Meeting In .Rockingham Cdooty. At a. meeting of the people of Rockingham, held at the CSourt House in Wentworth, on Tuesday, A ugust 24th, 1863, on 'motion, Hon. David S. R?id was 'called to the Chair, and A, J Boyd requested to act as Secretary. . ' . . Gov. Reid, upon taking the Chair, made a few ap propriate remarks, explanatory of the object of the 1 meeting and on the present condition of the country, On motion of Col. Rojbt B. r4 Watt, the Chairman was requested o appoint a committee of five to draft I resolutions expressive of the views of the meeting. .The following committee was appointed under. Col. W itt's motion: Yfc. B. Carter Col. James. Irvin, Alfred Reed, Col. R. B. Watt and Capt. Johason ; Bennett.1 ' -v;- ' ' " i ; ""During the absence of, the' committee,, Hon. Jbho Kerr, of 'Caswell, being present, was called upon and ' addressed the meeting in an able and patriotic speech, ! urging the people to forget' past party differences and j favoring a vigorous . prosecutioa of the war. .'..He; i Clearly' demonstrated that if true to ourselves and the1 cause of libertyour success was inevitable, and the achievementtyf our independence beyond all question. I ! Mr. Kerf cotmiuded his remarks amid great ippiause. j Bawley Gallaway, Esq., followed ia a short speecb j ! fully concurinsf in .the views, of; the distinguished ' speaker vho bad Just addressed the meeting, and counseled "unity "of eeling and action among the ; i peo'pleiu'-f " s ' ; - ' At the close of his remarks, the committee through ! their .Chairman, Col. VVatt, submitted the following ' reaolutiocs,' which were received and adopted.: -t iBeioUed, That the late meetings held in this , State, ! carrying out ihe views and suggestions of the Standard in regard to reconstruction and peace are calculated to encourage the public enemy, as well as to discourage our j soldiers m the; army and the people at home, and arr mis- 'chiffYOus in their tendency and daagereus to the cause of Southern Independence. , v 4 Rtotvt&, That we will hail .With g-eat pleasure a peace 1 Whichbrinnwithitanaclmowledjrmntoftheindepi'nd ace ! oi tneoouuieru onieaeracy,DU(i jr,tae mture ana unquali fied form of eternal separation from the Oorernment. of the United States ; that we are in favor of a vigorous prose cation of the war till r his great object shall be consumand. u r fietohed, That we sympathize deeply with our brsre soldiers in the armyn and pledge ourselves to do what re can, and encourage others to the same, to add to the com fort of tbeir families at home. ; eAnd WhSrea; .Hop. John A., Gilmer, being a candi date for Congress, in the 6th Congressional district, ad dressed his fellow-citizens at Wentworth, on Tuesday of County Court, and intke course Of his remarks advocated a vigorous prosecution of the war," and an acceptance" of a ( peaee on no other terms than eternal separation from .'the United States, and aa acknowledgment of our Independ , denes; TherefbreM '. ' 1 JIeolfd, That we hereby-pledge him oar eordial sup? port for a seat la the next Congress of the Confederate States, r ' v .. ! ' Jittolrsd, Thit a copy of the proceedings of this meet ing be furnished by , the Secretary to the Editor of the Slats Journal, Greensboro Jmtriot and Raleigh RtgUter, with the request that they publish the same. : Oa saotion the meeting adjourned, v. v - 8 i ' D. 8J RE1D, Chairman. I JK J,Pevs, gecretary . . . , yM ' !-.vJ5 tel. jso. iL 'ccsssllyj. l: : r ' .", ... ' . i a'ASTBtaCRrut. Sept. 1st, 18C3. lllfaVU J6Urnl ' ".:'. .. , " Yoa tsl pl zzs publish la the col omn of your .fc'r crrlradlctioo tt tha report cf tha death of the gallant QJ, Joo. li, Ourailly, CCtlt 11 C feinent, a inter' having born received from hint, lie, U in r.'est " II eplul, !U!u more, aad U fast re ccrtricg (rcxa the tftu cf hit ousda. ' ' ' ( Vccnu trrtr iwrs?etfa!?f.- 3 pfAirjH-exy.m. appropnaw and forcible taJI detiveredt by iim ml fJhe t;vmmUtec oq resofuiions, through 1 to whem Ifhar referred ' .prcapP ? d.reutipDs, ner being vert -.mK hell :ihat ft? is the work: ported W ThOS. Joneni ' Wm. CP. : i. .ti 1 ! u the ti,r 1 atvt Uas!;4i atxl, a-4 t ur ti, aui Jtm A. V. LiLU.jiTO:f, : 3 tl fc-t