THE
JUL. JL ilL JL JJlIbil JI o
Volume XXV.
ADDRESS OF THE AIIMY.
TO Til E rtOPLK or NORTH CAROLINA.
A general contention of delegates from
each Regiment of Troop from North Car
olina in tho Army of of Northern Virginia
held .it Orange C II. Va. on the 12th insl,
did ui, the undersigned, the honor to ap
point ui a cuiuiuitteo, to prepare and pub
lish to yoa an address, iuvokiog your aid
in tho accomplishment of an object very
do.tr to thuse whom tbey represent, and of
uniurjumo J interest and contoqenco to yoa
und to thvia. Tboy de-ire that the irresis
tible iridaunco of the public opinion of all
good and patriotic men in tbe State, may
bo invoked to put down and destroy, and to
filmre forever the voice of a facliou, which
it bcliwd to exist in no inconsiderable
strength in your midst, which is daily
grjwmg bolder in tbe expression of trea
sonable and mischievous sentiments, and
whoso machinations have b0D and atill arc
ducctud toward j oisouing the minds and
l-urtit ot our soldiers aud people, and
bli nking down the courage and confidence
of you aii d of us, who are sustaining tbe
uiiko of our country, in the grout struggle
lor independence, in which we are engaged
it hum esteemed a most fortunate cir
ruuisUficu for the honor and welfare of
.North Carolina, that such perfect unanim
ity prevailed in bur ronncil when she re
noivud to break the bonds which bad
bound bur to a govcrnmont which bad
0 iiM-d to L- the representative of the true
iiitf i cut of her people, and which she could
no longer respect, and to mako common
ue with tu-r nater States of the South,
't hen it wan that her great- and bonorod
names, were. found united in the glorious
1 ui poso. Her Badger, her Hayner, her
ilill.r, her (iiaham, tier Morenead and
ber liiimcr, her Kdwards, her Outlaw and
her ""smith, her Winslow, her Shepherd, her
IKivih, bur Kllis and ber Vance, her states
men und men of power, were found to have
ij'iit tr h time the arena of administrative
und party politic, and united in the work
ot lajingunew the foundation of a govern
ment ot our choice. Her quiet farmers,
her bone.t tradesmen and arlizans, ber civil
magistrates, ber lawyers and men of learn
ing, nay, all her ptam, sober, thoughtful
penpie, who liave always been slow to give
their pledge to u cause, yet know so well
bow to honor it with trae loyalty when
given, were in happy accord. Thero was
at Jeuit.no , Carlisle, nor Crittenden, nor
Andy Johnson, to bead a roll of infamy,
within the whole of her widely extended
border--.
Theie was no vote against tho ordinance
of .seeetHioii. There wan no press to in
veigh against it. Thore was no voice of
.taction i aied in opposition to it. Fairest
ot hand made appropriate banner and
wove rich garland- lor ozpectant heroes,
and private contributions from rich, and
poor, who bestowed without stint or limit
in lurtheiariru ot the common causo. The
mint ot our noble old Stato, supposod to pos-
t . very lew of tho elements of martial
harncter, came forward with astonishing
ai.i rity, aiid in very astonishing numbers.
'J'h who bnd mocked ber before, beheld
with --taring eyes her splendid Regiments
with lull ranks, ttutraiantinlly clad and
ijuipped, and guvei ned by a rigid discip
line, which betokened tho dread with which
t' e enemy has always beon inspired, when
they were known to bo upon tho field.
Since then out of the Vast rtore hoilao of
In r wealth, little known before or apprc-t-iatcd
by even ber own peoplo, she has
"poured forth into the lap of tbe Confedcra.
cy, resources commensurato with her other
samticea. And whether we measure theeo
pari itires by tho amount of tho materials of
war and means of subsistence furnished.
the spirit und determination ot her people,
the mimbei of her men given to tho cause,
the talents, murage and fortitude of those
who hatv fought, or the number and vir
tue of her noble dead, wo are obliged to
recognize her sinters leanii.g on her for
support in every emergeucy ot tho event
ful htrugile.
Nor have these sacrifices been mado in
vain. They havo enr ched her history,
exalted her lame and increased her renown,
and thniit.il her materiul slwngth has been
to hoiiie extent exhausted, she is to-day,
relatively, more powerful for tho defonco
t-l i l.e integrity ot her territory, and of her
rights arid honor, than when the contest
began. 1 ;si rue l ion, despondency and deB-
iii renjn in the councils of the Northern
tiovi'i inneut. The hopes at first entertain
ed 'l r speedy conquest, havo sunk in
the hearts of our enemies, and as a direct
cnn.M que'ice, we tind such resistanco to
tne administration at Washington, and
mo violence m rife in tho towns and cities
tio.t n imiiKUir ot that govprnroeot most
o eiiiial to the further prosecution of the
war, is openly resisted and set at naught.
iVpt.lar assemblies have openly declared
lor peare, and the press and some of tbe
most iiiiliienfal men, speak now with a
freedom and boldness which clearly marks
a ch iiie in rho public feeling upon tho
all uh-oi l.mg topic. The people have coas
ed In proxeeute the war, and government is
il aling its blows uhan exhausted energy
and with fanatical hlindnes. The despot
w ho would eralavo us, has found a lion in
bis pa;h in tbe shape ot opposition to des
pot ic I'ower, anil the rourag- of him and
h s miliums has been broken down.
o'iin'e ring for tho armies of our enemy
ha entirely censed. Only a small number
of the coiifcripts drafted can be forced into
the service, and these will cortainly be dis
eonteiitrd. mutinous ar.d worthies as sol
d.-e- Hi- armies in the field havo boon
iK'ple'.cd by desertions, humiliated and dis
pelled b) repeated d feats, and all their
ii it.ted h ad m driven in disgrace from
eofuMuirid. Kven the partial discomfiture
in the Mitempt to invade his territory, and
on tis nt the strong holds on tbe Missis
sippi have tailed to revive his hopes of
Miri est, or to change in any materiul point
ot i"V this diseouragiug aspect of his af
fair 1 lis arm es cannot bo recruited so
a I t t tnoir mat rial strength during
tins campaign.
11.
' daily sending to
fie i i at, detachment in some cases whole
Wv no nls and brigades, (doubtless his
Lest t'oopH, , to keep down by terror -of
wins a pint ot discontent among his own
put'ii-clf, which stops little short of actual
reti ' :,,n 'u,l t this, the rapid exhaus
i el his material resources, and you can
not Uil to ree very powerful causes at, work
to bring about the separation for which we
GKREEISTSBOROTIGKH, 3ST.
are contending, upon terms which will se
cure to as independence and the blessings
of peaco.
Whose sacrifices hare tended more to
prodace theae results than those of North
Carolina? When the hopes of oar ene
mies were sought to be inspired by stories
of Union Coelings among her people, the
ready answor ever among them was, -"It
is impossible; lock to tbe number of her
troops in the field and how fiorcely they
fight !' This answer was then complete
Can the same be said of it now f
That there is an Union feeling proper
among her people we cannot believe; on
the contrary there is, we believ, a very
unanimous sentiment of hostility to any
settlement of oar diffioaltios, except upon
terms that shall secure to as independence
and peace upon a lasting basts. But
while this is oar belief, we cannot shut
our eyes to the conviction that there are
parties in our State, who are endeavoring
to combine certain elements of discontent
and party feeling into a faction, to make
war for an unholy purpose upon the au
thorities, .o bring the righteous caastf in
which we are engaged into disrepute
amoog oar people, and to thwarl the de
signs of patriotic men in their labors for
the public good. Tbe sentiments of the
parties referred to find utterance princi
pally through tho columns of the Raleigh
Standard.
44 Movements for peace" have been pro.
posod in North Carolina, taking the shapo
generally of a proposition to hold u con
vention of the people of the South, inviting
similar conventions of the peoplo of tho
North, to meet them for an adjustment
of our difficulties. In none of these prop
ositions are the terms upon which their
authors propose to agreo upon a peace,
even dimly shadowed forth. In some it is
true tho term "honorable peaco" is cm:
ployed, but their views upon other points
are so plainly the promptings of a discon
tented and desponding spirit, if not of
actual treason and disloyalty, that we
oannot wilbhold our minds from the con
viction, that if tboir ideas of an honorable
peaco were made known, they" would fall
far short of the dictates of a manly spirit,
and of the wishes and expectations of
patriots.
In furtherance of their common design,
those parties take hold ot every apparent
cause to excite a feeling of discontent
among our people and soldiers, towards the
authorities of the Confederate States.
They represent that the defence of our
State has been willfully neglected, and our
coast and a portion of our territory, will
fully Abandoned to the enemy. 'They say
our soldiers do not procure a fair share of
military honors in tbe shapo of promo
lions, and eyen that newspaper correspon
dents of administrative organs fail to award
to North Carolina valor and merit, the
just meed of praise.
We are painfully conscious of making an
undignified descent in noticing this last
topic of camplaint, and the only reply we
shall mako is, that tho soldiers of North
Carolina do not feel so poor in fame as to
find it necessary to rely upon epboraeral
puffs of ignorant nowspaper oorrespon.
dents, for the maintenance of their claims
to a just share of reputation. Tboy aro.
content to abide tho criticism of the Gen
erals who command them, and the impar
tial judgment o? history. Tho complaint
of injosttco to North Carolina ofliecrs, we
are not inclined to discuss, lest we ronder
ourselves obnoxious to the censure of claim
ing more for tbcm, than is awarded by tho
impartial judgment of others.
Tho complaint that the defence of North
Carolina has been neglected, is in our judg.
ment, wholly without foundation. Thai
all has not bocn accomplished upon tbe
soil of our own State, which was apparent,
ly within the power of the forces left there,
may be questionable, but oven upon this
point wo do not profess to have a suffi
cient knowledge of . the situation of
things" to discuss it, even if we arrogated
to ourselves the military skill to make a
just criticism. But there cannot be tbe
least doubt that in concentrating the troops
from North Carolina upon tho boil ofVin
ginia for our own defence, the true milita
ry principlo, has been adopted, and it is to
bu uopo J that when tho fact is onco poin
ted out, that iwico in tho history of this
war, this plan of operations has compolled
tho enemy to withdraw his forces from our
coast, for the safety of bis main invading
army, this senseless caviling will befoi.
ever hushed. Burnside was withdrawn in
consequence of McClellan's defeat before
Hictimond, and Foster was withdrawn in
consequenco of Hooker's defeat at Chan
cellorsville, and tbe operations which iol
lowed. And that our peoplo have experi
enced few of tho horrors of war compared
with tho poople of largodistricts ot Virgin
iu, is attributable to tbe adoption of this
principlo in our defences, and God forbid
that it should be abandoned, excopt upon
the most troperativo necessity.
If it shall bo said that tho enemy ought
never to have been allowed to gain a foot
bold upon our soil,- it may be answered,
we had not the tirao and means to enable
ustoplaco Hutteras in a proper stato ot
doloacu beforoit wau attacked. After this
disaster, the fall of Newborn becamo inevi
table, unless moro troops could have been
sparod from points of more importance.
And it may well be doubted whether the
moans al the command of the General of
the Department of Norfolk wcro sufficient
to have savod Roanoke Island. Cortain it
is, that ho Wa then regarded as a goneral
of skill, and all the availablo means of the
Govenment were placed at his disposal.
With the lights which experience has affor
ded, and with even the scant means then
at command, these places might, possibly,
have all boon held, but it is human to err,
and we have no reason to suppose North
Carolinians (certainly not the parties whose
sentiments we aro combating) aro exempt
from tho common frailty. A largo and
productive region of our State by those
disasters has lallen into the hands of the
eno-ny, and been occupied by bim, but to
show conclusively how factious and un
worthy of North Carolinians is this com
plaint, we havo only to point to the fact
that tho largest and most opulent city of
inc douin nasianen into tne hands ot tbe
onemy, and tho fortified towns of the Mis
sissippi had to bo yiold to him. opening the
"uuiu ui utai oiaie 10 uis ravages, is tnero
any faction in Louisiana our Mississippi,
that complains that New Orleans or Vicks
burg or Port Hudson were willfully neg
lected or surrendered J And can it he
'supposed that the President of the Confed
eracy baa deliberately chosen to inflict, by
his neglect, greater injuries uppn bis own
State and people, than upon even the poor
catt off people of Xorth Carolina f No I
Our Countrymen, .we are persuaded will
yield to the voice of charity and reason,
and say with us, "The President is not
infallible; he may, in some insunoes, have
erred in tbe choice of men and of means,
he may have been unduly influenced by
the judgment' ei others, but surely he
could not have been so insensible to the
preservation of his own reputation and in
fluence (if it were possible to deny to bim
higher and nobler motives of conduct) as
to willfully neglect tbe defence ol any por.
lion of the country." Certain it is, that
few men have had a more gAjieral voice of
his countrymen, of bis enemies aud of the
world, to ascribe to them greator political
wjsdom, firmness, integrity and dignity
than President Davis, in the administra
tion of a Government under tho most try
ing circumstances.
And here wo may take occasion to rei
raatk, that it is to him we may ascribe the
preservation of Gent's Lee, Jojinston,
Beauregard and Bragg for the Jeador.-hip
of our armies; since disaster, in the career
of each of those great military chief tains,
has compelled them in turn to pass under
a cloud, when popular clamor called for
tbeir dismissaJ. Happily for tire country,
ho did not imitato, in this respect, tho ex
ample of his blundering cotemporaiy at
Washington.
But beyond these demonstrations of hos
tility to tne present administration, "the
faction" declare "that more is demanded of
N. Caro.ina than any of her sister States,
and that some of them have not been called
upon, or have not furnished as many sol
diers for the field in proportion to popula
tion as North Carolina, and that for this
and other reasons, they resolve that North
Carolina will send no more troops to the
field."
That North Carolina has "been called
upon for a larger quota of troops than the
other States, you may bo well assured is
untrue. Calls have been mado for troops,
but for no particular number from each
State. The call is for all between certain
ages in air the Stales; and this is sufficient
to show how false and reckless men be
come, when they yield themselves to the
spirit of faction. If the people of any other
of the States have failed to respond to the
call, thon tbey cannot escape tho charge
of disloyalty, and a violation of 'their
pledges, made at the beginning of tho con
test. This is the accusation mado by
" tbe faction" in North Carolina, and they
propose themselves to adopt tho same dis
loyal course of conduct. Their avowed
scntimonts lead to this. All men must be
held, morally and legally, to regard tho na
tural and the necessary consequences of
their acts; and if this be so, tbe conclusion
is irresistible, that when these men are
called upon to render support to the cause
of tho country and they refuse to do so,
but tereatcn violent resistance to the law,
they are prepared for submissi :., for re
union ! NTor does it matter whether tboy
avow thesj sentiments or do'ny ihcin, if
tbey are prepared for resistance to a kw
of tbe land most essential to tbe defence
of the country, doen not their conduct luad
directly to tuis result ?
It would be unwise & h would bo un
just, to attempt to magnify the imporrtinco
of these manifestations of disloyalty, but
they cannot be without ovil tendency in
CBCouraging our soldiers to desert their
colors and abandon their comrades, in re
pressing tboir ardor, in sowing tho s'. ids
of distrust and despondency among iho
pooplo ot our sister Slates, und in encour
aging the enemy to persist in his detdns
of conquest, prolongmg thereby the hor
rors and distresses of the war. Beyond
ibis, it is possible that the conduct of those
men may bring on us a calamity to be de
plored even by themselves. It is not im
possible that these men should succeed iu
lighting the blazo ot int 'Stino civil war in
our State. Tho fato of Maryland, Kern
tucky and Missouri is before us for
solemn warning. Bo assured, tho North
Carolina troops will not turn back in the
course wh;ch they havo pursued hitherto.
Their hoi.or is too deeply pledged in. blood
to admit of this. Hard-ships and dangers
we know lie in our onward path, but a
ruin, worse than ignomiiio .s death, wo
know to be involved in turning back, and
such must be tho fate of all patriotic men.
Those who refuse to aid us and invito tho
onomy to our conquest, would not escape
in tne general wreck ol our political for
tunes. But there is yot a consideration to which
yrur attention has not been invited. The
systematic violation of all the laws of civili.
red warfare by tbe enemy, has not been
without its natural influence in inflaming
our resentment and exciting towards him
extreme hatred. He bus niid no resDeot to
the inviolability of privato property, or the
personal liberty ot non-combatants. Ho
has made war upon innocent and defence1
less old men, women and children, by dri
ving them as refugees from tbeir homes,
burning their dwellings and taking from
them their means of subsistence He has
employed in his service in command of
his armies, boasts in human shape, who
have not hesitated to inflict upon ladies of
tho greatest refinement, tho most cruel
insults. His cruelties to our pooplo havo
bocn limited only by his power. Surely
thore cannot be a man of honorable impul
ses or generous nature in otlr whole Stale,
who has not felt his heart swell with indig
nation at tbe recital of the inhuman barba
rities of our foo. But it must occur to you
as a matter exciting tho greatest astonish
ment, that the employment of tho slave of
tho Sooth and the free negroes ot the
North, to murder our citizens and oppose
us in honorable combat as soldiors, should
not have fired the soul oi every man in the
South, and raised eveiy strong arm in her
defence. He who bears this enormity with
patience, is a coward or a brute, "whom "it
woatd bo base flattery to call a raaji." An4
car) ho who counsels submission, or whose
courso of conduct tends to this result, es
cape this condomnati jn ? And-undcr such
circumstances, could we fail to transfer to
our enemies at home and the main autb'ors
! of our calamities, the hatred und revenge
C, SEPTEMjBER
which we cherish for our public enemy ?
Bat let us invite yoa to a policy which
shall aroid all apprehensions ol evM and
disaster. Let all the good and patriotic
people of the tate, unite in a public avow
al of tffeir opinions, in denunciation of the
sentiments and designs of this faction.
This cannot fail to destroy it. If errors in
tho conduct of oar affairs have been com
mitted, let us brush them from our memo
ry or throw over them the mantle of char
ity. Let the disgusting bickerings of par
tizans and politicians be once more
banished from tbe arena. Let us in the
midst ol the tearful dangers that surround
us, renew our pledge of devotion to the
cause of the country, and light upon her
altars eternal blazing fires. If the materi
als of war which have been gathered to
gether, have been misapplied or wasted,
let us make use of the wisdom of the boy,
who when ha has lost an arrow,
"Shoots hit fellow of thr self-same flight.
The self-same way, with more advised watch
To find the other forth. And by adTenturinir both
He oft finds both." .
Let us above all not permit North Caro.
Una to recoil from the contest. Let her
not become a laggard in tbe conflict, and
let no stain rest upon her escutcheon, and
then we shall be able through all time to
say with true and just pride :
" Though the scorner may sneer at and witlings de
fame her,
Our hearts swell with gladness whenever we name
her."
Most respectfully, your obedient servants,
THOS. M. GARRETT,
CoL 5th N.C. Troops, Bertie Jo.
JiRYAN GRIMES,
CoL 4th N. C. Trooj8, Pitt Co.
JOHN D. BARRY,
Col. 18th N. C. Troops, N Hanover.
SAMUEL P. HILL,
Lt. Oth N. C. Troops, Caswell Co.
H. C. JONES, Ja.,
Lt. Col. 67th N. C. Troops, Salisbury.
BEATON GALES,
Capt. A. A. G. Bamseuc's Brig Raleigh."
J. G. HARDY,
Surg. 6th N. C. Troops, Buncombe Co.
AH the papers of tho Stato aro respecU
fully requested "to copy.
For the Patriot.
Messers Editors: The recent call of
tho President on his people to devoto them
selves to Humiliation and Prayer, leaves to
the world the impretsion that we are a
christian and repentant poople. But ho who
closely watches the progress of events, and
notes ajl the varying propensities of the
poople in this struggle, cannot fail to per
ceive many gross ineonsistenries in tho
Southern character. Elated with victory,
and, though no bonfires aro lighted nor
grand demonstrations given, yet, with
proud boastings of our superiority and
prowess, vain-glorious and conceited, we
givo way to the prospect, for tho timo so
bright and encouraging, and, like tho soul
enraptured yHt weak-minded individual,
tho dreamer, always stretching forth his
arm, but never grasping his object, great
castles are built in the air, the leading
papers, tho rulers and tho people, all join
hands in the childish work; predictions
are made of our Bpeedy recognition bjt
Foreign Powers, and great store is set upon
these friendly offices, the castle is com
plete, and hangs in the air a magnificent
structure, the Confederacy soo to become
the grandest, tbe most powerful and pros
perous Government on the lace of the
earth. .
But, let reverses befall our arms tho
time, as has beeti truly sa'd, to lest the real
courage of a nation, its iron will and reso
lution and, thon, how depresstd tho peo
ple ! Behold their air castles reel and tot
ter, how eilent their lips and hushed their
boastintrs! Now. like the wild and dissi-
j
pated gambler, on board a vessel, who,
vhile the winds wore calm and the voyago i
prosperous, could bo independent even of,
hia-God, now that the storm is raging and
ruin threatening, with trembling knees be-j
takes himself to prayer and supplication. '
Forgiveness is asked of an i offended JJeity ;
tears dampen the cheek and promises aro
made of reform in the future. But the
prayer proceeds not from tho heart; it is
prompted by tho alarm of tbe occasion,
and when tho danger subsides tho repen
tant goes back to his old ways, and sins as
deeply as beforo.
The pcjoplc of tho South, in a wild parox
ysm ot exeitement and rage, declared for
war that they might prove to tho world
their constancy through weal or woe,
even unto flo bitter end, to a principlo
for which they had long' before avowed
their devotion, and which the world recog
nizrd as their heart's idol. The spirit wafted
forth on evcrv balmy Southern, breeze was
one of fixed, determined resistance aye,
war, war, to the bloody knife against the
machinations of a vile and insidious enemy
at the North.. The whole South, in fact,
blazoned forth, in proud characters, the
motto : "-Equal Rights Rule or Ruin."
Tho war came. Tho Sou' hern States from
seabord to mountain, rang with the nvghty
war cry, yoing men and old, with great
est cnthusia-m, rushed toward the common
centre, rallied around tbe common SianJ
ard, while even the most degraded mud sill
felt tbe heart of a hero palpitating within his
breast and.tho proud blood of Independence
coursing through his veins. And now j
coming tho day tor tho South, tho day for
which her peoplo havowaited with growing
impatience, the day in which tbeir ardor
and devotion can be proven on the lerri
ble held of battle! And wb--ii the day of
battle arrives the South is triumphant
What a glorious result! Read the proud
m:inifeHtos in every-city tho wild vaunt
ings of the people in every town and village
nf'thn S.mth : "Our army has been suc
cessful ; tho touch of the Yankee foe no Ion
!ger, with impunity, pollutes our soil
1 victory is with tho strong arms of our own
! gallant soldiers, and one chivalrous son of
! the South can vanquish an hundred warriors
1 of the-Nurth ! Our recognilion can no lon
' ger bo doubted." :'
But Uh' war continues; its horrors in
1 crease. Defeat comes upon us at length
Recognition bas not taken place. Our sol
;dierfor tho firt time exp'-rieno that
which, in tho wddost dream- ot yo ith, hai
never entered their thought-. IVptiva
; tion, hunger, ill usage and defeat B.tre
! footed, scantily-fed and with a most mis
erable pittance to furnish their families to
I moot the demands of the extortioners who,
in their absence, have swarmed like locusts
! through the land, tho brave men who com-
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pe, wortny toenjoy a, m0at pMa before
they can -secure the priceless boon of Lib
erty. And yet through all this, under all
these tryintr circumstances. with th
harrowing thought of ingratitude on tho
pan oi people at home ; with all bis ill.
usage, and all the aufforinz of his familv
at the hands of those who should be
guardians andfriends,-the brave soldier
ions on, ngbts on oevor mafmuriog, con
sciou that he is doing his duty and patient
ly abiding his time; he only asks, "bow
long, O Lord, how long T" that when the
object for which h is thus sacrificing him
self is attained, ft may be in his power
to wreak vengeance lor all his present
wrongs, and returning to. his home, learn
who it is that there would rob his wife and
his little ones of tho last morsel necessary
to their preservation. And while thus the
soldier remains at tho post of danger, and
while thus those who should keep up in its
pristine glury the old name and reputa
tion of the Sooth, are fast rendering tho
name of "Southerner," once tbe embodi
ment of high-souled generosity and honor,
a reproach to every honest man, and, like
the Jews of old, sutfering the spirit of ox
tortion and gain to eat "like a gangrene"
into their hearts, gloom orerspreads the
land despair seizes upon many, because
success bas on sbmo fields attended tbe
efforts of tbe foe, and foars are expressed
that the Confederacy will fail will fail,
bocauso tho army is weakened and for
want of moans. How insulting to tho brave
men who have borne tbe brunt of this war!
and, indeed, how discouraging to them, to
find their people at home, instead of rising
at the prospect of defeat with a mightier
will than ever before, as far from coming to
tne rescue as the very slaves themselves
Anu is this to be the ond or the boasted
chivalry of the South a dull inactivity cn
me pari: oi some, ana open cries of submis
sion on the part of others 1 Are the people
to act like trightoned sheep turning tbeir
eyes, as timid children when asking help
of a father, to Gen. Lee and his array, with
out offering a hand in this, the darkest
hour of our struggle ? Indeed, tbe picture
is alarming, and it is not the fault of the
soldiers. They have done their doty; if
wo are subjugated it will be tbe fault of the J
people, and it hey cannot rise at once to
tho exigency of our condition, and put
their hands to Iho plough, all the sack cloth
and athes with which they may clothe
themselves for years to come, wiil never
cleanse tluem of tbeir guilt.
ltitisth-'ir wish to leave the cause to
itself, and to invite subjugation, let it be
dono al once, that not another brave man's
blood may be fruitlessly shed on tbe field
of battle ; and, if the people, alter their
protestations at tbe beginning of tbo war,
seeing and knowing the impending danger,
submit without a proper effort, may they
bo reduced to the lowest and most degra
ding bondage that has ever cursed any
people on the face of the earth.
EUSEB1US.
For the Patriot.
PUBLIC MEETING IN ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY.
At a meeting of tbe people of liockingi
ham held at the C urt-Houso in Went.
worth, on Tuesday August 24th, I S3, On
motion Hon. David S. Reid was called to
tho chair, and A. J. Boyd requested to act
fl, RBrrPtrv. GnT Ri'iH unon takin.r the
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chairraado a few appropriate remarks ex
planatory of tho object ot the meeting, and
on the present condition of tho country.
On motion of Col. Robt. B. Walt, the
chairman was requested to appoint a com
mittee of fivo to draft resolutions expres
sive of the views of tho meeting. Tbo fol
lowing committee was appointed under
Col. Walt's motion : V. B. Carter, Col.
James lrvin, Alfred Reed, Col. R. B. Watt
and Capt. Johnson liennett. JJunng iue
absence of the committee, Hon. John Kerr
of Caswell, boing present, was called upon
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and addressed tne mcoiing in au ;iuiu anu
patriotic speech, urging tho pooplo to for
grt past party differences, and favoring a
vigorous prosecution of ho war.
He clearly demonstrated thai if truo to
ourselves and the cause of liberty, our suc
cess was inevitable, and tho achievement
of our independence beyond all uestion.
Mr. Kerr 'concluded his remarks fcmid
great applause.
R:iwlev Gallowav. Eq.. followed in a
short Speech fully concuring in tho views
of the distinguished speaker WHO Dad just
addressed the meeting, rnd counseled unity
of action and feeling among tbo people.
At tilf lns nfhis remarks, tho committee.
through their, chairman Col. Walt, sub.
milled the follow ing resolutions which were
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rec ived and adopted .
lieSOlVCU, 1 uat IUB uiccumb Mtm iii
thir Slate, carrying out tho views and sug-
i lw. VryiMTf in rptrnni t t ro.
geMions ui iu t,-.-. -
Construction anu peaii: aic w-u.aaU
encourage tho public enemy as well an to
discourairo our soldiers in tho army an j the
people a'., homo; and are mischeivous in
their tendency nud dangerous to tho cause
of Southern Independence.
lltsolved. That v, 0 will hail with great
pleasure a peaco which brings w ith it an
acknowledgment" of the Independence of
tho Southern Confederacy, but for the fu
ture are unqualifiedly in favor of eternal
separation tiom tho Government of tho
United Stales; that we are in favur of
vicTorous pro.xecution of tho war till tins
grai object fhail be consummated.
Resolved, That wo t-ympathize deeply
with our brave noldeirs in tho Army, and
we pledge .urselves to do what we can,
and encourage others to the same, to add
to tie to ..fort of their families at borne.
And whereas, Tt.o Hon. John A. Gilmer,
bc'n.L' candidate for C-mgres-i, in the OJi
Const esional District, addressed bis lellow
citizens at Wentworth, on Tuesday of
County Court, and in the courne of his re.
marks advocated a vigorous prosecution of
the war, and an acceptance of a peace on
no other terms than an eternal separatum
from u;o United Mates, ana an acKnowi-
edgmcnt ot our Indeper.dence,
Therefore, Resolved, lhat we hereby
pledge him our cordial support for a seat
Number 1,366.
Resolved, That a copy of tbe proceeding
of this meeting be furnished by tbe Secre.
tary to the editors of the State Journal.
Greensboro' Patriot, and Raleigh Register,
with the request that they publish the
same. r
On motion tbe meeting adjourned
i t d oD S- RglD Chairman.
A. J. Boyd, S cretary.
THE OLD ADAM.
And even if the devil could not harm
thee, yet thou hast over an enemy in thy
own bosom. For thou bast a preacher ever
with thee thine own flesh, or the Old
Adam. He eats and drinks, sleeps and
wakes, with thee. Tbou takest him with
tbeeto bed; be rises up with th, and
lies down with thee again. He preaches
to toee without intermission. With mas
terly skill he Lolds on, until thou art com
pletely in his power, so that thou growest
ever duller, ever colder, and a' last so lazy
and Btupid, that tbou entirely forgettest'
the Lord Jesus Christ, and his Gospel, and
seekest bim no moro This the pr-acher
does, 1 say, who hang- upon thy neck, who
filU thine ears with hi preaching, so that
thou only thmkest bow ihou canst become
rich and great in tho eyes of the world
a,nd findest no time to-day, or to-morrow'
or the day aftor, to attend to the sacra
ment. Art thou cold and dull to d-y 7
To-morrow thou wilt be still colder. This
is the work of thy daily preacher, the old
deceiver, who so trains the., that if thou
hearest every day the word of God, never,
theless thou thinkest upon other things
and troublest thyself with other matters!
ror, ten mo, wuerc dost thou find a
who has become weary of avarice one who
man
f a 0,se?u8t lcr f i es, one becomes
every day moro eager, more persevering,
more skillful in the pursuit of accursed
avarice and gain. Thus thy Old Adam
preaches to tbeo, until .at last thou dost
revel in sin.
Whilst thy Old Adam thus ! preaches to
thee of gold, gods, and power, the Lord
Jesus Christ longeth that love to him should
bo kindled in thy heart, until weary of this
life of sin, and longing to be with him, thou
shouldst exclaim : Ah, Lord 1 1 see that
I cannot cease n sin ; I cannot become
weary or the baJ. Thoreforo, I beg thee,
help, that 1 may learn to hate the world,
and to love and delight in thee." Luther.
Faith Hope and Courage. During iho
Revolutionary war, as the Augusta Chron
icle and Sentinel says, tho British had posi
session of nearly all of our prominent
cities. They had under their hated rule
North Carolina, South Carolina, and a
good portion of nany other States. They
captured Philadelphia, which was then,
th. capital of tho nation, and dispersed the
Continental Congress. Oar armies re
treated, and fell back again and again.
Vet tho patri-.t of that day wore not
dispirited. No misfortune only mado them
ho moro united and determined to gain
tho freedom an 1 independrnro for which
tboy were fighting.
, Why then, we ask, should wo f.el in the
i least dispirited or disheartened by our late
disasters . W e have riu reason for so doing.
j On tho contrary our courage should rise
j with tho pressure of calamities. We
sho"1,d ,lou' lh" World by our ;cla e
subjugation of the South is impossible. -
We should reeolleel, that we must either
gain our rights ov take tho fate ot conquer
ed nations chains and slavery. Our sub
mission will fasten Federal dehpotism on
us und our children for all time. If we aro
once disarmed and ou r armies disbandened,
all hopo of independence is lost forever.
Thence-.-orward we shall be serfs of Van-
keo luskruuNlcrs.
Mibfortnno a'ways nerves tho arms of
patriots. It should awaken us to greater
exei lions, it should redouble our spirits
, anj encrj-ie. lt should n.cite us to make
j every preparation poswiblo to accomplish
1 t5l,! '4 work we have commenced to free
! tbo South from Northern oondane.
ige.
Jiichmond Whig.
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on I'ie'lmoiit Kail l'ftl Apply to
K. VILKLst I5R0.
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HatferN. We 'm-!i to employ a number
of HATTERS to work in our establishment
at ("rci nsborougb. (ioml workmen can procure
constant employment, fnirwaj.s, aii'l prompi pay-
mem, u nnv u.nca-ioii m.i it; '
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rglobacco. .'"0 1'oxe MunuUctuied Tobacco
Kri l- p-ruon oia. lor sale oy
4 4-ri
J. K F. OARRETT
xtract ol Logwood.. 200 tfc Ex
Ja 'j' Lozwoo'l f-r s4le by
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Or nbro N. C.
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en. li lor Riibl .1 ; J.'. cents for Coon, Fox and Musk
,,lt . UI1(j 40 cenu each ior Miifk.
44 -it J k F. GARRETT.
Uiifrar!
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sugar;::
1 have j'.ift rcc'i vi-1 (i Urge lot of SL'(AR, of fine
gi'i'les. which I offer for sale, wholesale or retail, at
prices to suit ti.e time--.
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situation Wanted. An experiencV'l aud
riecoriip! . ti" 1 M '-":-!!l'i 'leMr.-i. il M il .on a ;
Principal f the Musical l-part ment in 1 i-h-tiib'i-hfJ
I tKi ilp l.,l!ego w;.er? the r-aiary ii ale
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otr-reJ. Adlte". "A . S H MATHEWS,
''5-2w ' reenkoro, N. (,'.
raj?on lor Sale ! One '.i Horse Wagon
Apply to
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W-i.J
Greensboroogh, N C.
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'at'k! Sack! A number of Two bushel
irk new, -ni'l of koo'1 ouiiliiy, for sale. Atrlv
al lhis cfflce
liranted.
l o rent or purcha" a HOU.SK
vf
ANl) EOT MtuHte-l within a mile of town.
containing from one o ten acre. Address tin
cince.
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The hihef rah price paid
f.ir lead tn lare or sinal!
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