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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
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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
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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
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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. . " -
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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
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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
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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
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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, :
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