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" . Tbt people of Anson will assemble is tbs Court
-Hiieyea VFl-jr- Mrt,1- WeUberatt --taaMre
touching- the interests of the eou'ntj and Stite
t.Os Saturday, at early candle light, thereVwill
be preaching to tbe Bapt!et Church, in this plsee.anJ
oo tbe Sabbath following it II o'clock. The Lord's
Sapper will be ceUbnteJ. Rev; J, K. Morrison will
officiate.
uQui" neat week.
a i
The Vankeee Lave got Morrli I and. Fort Wagner
-war mcuatedrpm' spiked,' ani iaen fcnJ "urcoitions
are J.
"Shall the sword davc-ar forever?'' Standard.
God forbid. The Standard i unhappy, we
tink, ia its citation from Iloljr Writ, 1n hulciug
up Aboer at its htro. 1 God had sent! servant,
Samuel, to anooiot David, king of Israel. Da
rid was oa the Lord's aid. Abner, in fighting
against David, the Lord's anointed, fought against
God. God was with the armies of Israel, and
Josb was victorious. Abnef, was defeated, arid
was flying from 'jhe fieU, when he sid to Jonb
"shall the sword devour forever?" Joab is clear
ly the hero, here, for though victorious, and pur
suing the routed foe, no sooner had Abner spoken
the words, than, be blew his trumpet and stopped
the pursuit. Josb was not tbe aggressor, but be
was the victor, and magnanimous) yielded to
the request for peace. Abner was a stirrer up
of strife. After the death of Saul, but fur him
there would have been no war, and David would
have then entered upon his long and prosperou-
Iretgn. lut be stirred up strife sod thus tnaug- J ihejr lisve the i-oiccr
It requires a brer tnsnto aJrecate peace than to
make war. Xal. S'andarJf ,
That depends upon circumstances. Now, if a
man advocates war, with intent simply to keep
out of it himself, or that he may take advantage
of circumstances and prey npnn the necessities of
the p wr that man is both a coward and a villian
That it requires very little bravery to advocate
war, we have abundant illustration in the exam
pics of thoe who so persistently insisted upon
.the present war, and wbo tuveiuanasfd at adroit
ly to stay at hoaic. There is a wide difference
between allocating or making war, and facing
the dangers and privations of war He who hon
guarantecr 1 What kind of guarantees could the
Nort h offer.that wuuld be a $ujicient Kcttrity to the
boothf Amendment tf the C'oiifctituttou; 1 there
ny mau so simple aa to suppose a written Constitu
tiuu of any value, standing in the way of afaua
tieal, unset upulou. higher law tuajurirj of tbe
North? Jjei our sad experience of the past id
awerf What sie thoe rights required to be se
cured to the South? righta iu the "great publie
domain fqualiiy in public improvements and
expenditure commerri equality tho right to
reguute ana manage ber Uomestio tustttutions
in her owo wuy, and. to b protected thereiu by
the Federal Government. These are some of the
rights of tbe South which her honor and her in-
tt'ic."t dtmand to be secured, if we consent to
.munist t uct ioa I J .- lu- ha r ed-a rijrht the-l
history uf thi. country for the ppt ten or fifteen
year at leant, cannot fail to haesoen. as if wiit.
H-u in ituers oi living ugnt, 'mi lite Aorta una
.bvwrTi run nretr ogam Hit tijethtr uuhr a
eoint!tntior if sret'unut equality, and the South
te secure in tlutse richis. We know bv exreri
ece, that 4ho North cannot U t rutted, when
Under a constitution
, tstly makes or advocates war, will not shrink from
its penalties, and those who are not honest will.
The honest advocate is a brave niao the dishon
est advocate a coward. ,
On the other hand, the advocate of peace may
be a brave man bra,er4han the advocate of war.
It depends upoa the mAwe Ifthe motive be
a personal one, he U not entitled to tho app-lla
tioo of brave. If the advocate of peace is siu-
Tcerely desirous to save the eftusion of U.iodrand
bring back to a struggling people all the blcsVtogsJ
"of peace, and if ha di$cretli adrocate, aiid shrw
-"how peace can be obtained, hcis a patriot;a ien
Ilemanr and a scholar, and wilLdes?rve ndre
ceive the thanks of the whole people. But, if,
in th? inidft of Tar a war mot unrighteous and
oppressive cn the part of our enemies a var if
professed extermination, monstrous, bestial, ard
bloody, setkingjo wipe us out as a hte people
. and to make us the slaves of our servant a war
unsought by us, which we tried to avoid, and used
all honorable means of avoiding, and hich we are
now continuing, to avoid these terrible erils
bat which ws are rcidy to cease wherigrer our
lurateda long war, and, because of an accusation 1 asc't' uPon equality of rightsand representation.
ht, TJ,wie,- t, -r " ln l) txpetKd that the txwer the control
. vi 1 . 1 1 v aiv nun n . . lit a .
the executive, lcgtldtive and judicial authority
wili occasionally pa into the hands pt the
North? What then becomes of our righta when
thus io the hand cf a people who openly recosr-
nixe a law hijktr than the Ooustitutionrand who
are fiUnded by laiitiCioi an J wh-t is equally
danjr.a'U, an rrrcm iiftft $,f',ijiutl itertit,u
imeret totaHy antagonist to the iiifcrc?t of the
South? Of what avail then i vnr rontt.tiiHinial
j un'ra tfr T . If, then, the Noah cannot safely
ixi trusted with the n L'tN of gifrnu.ent, ii fof.
I'jw .nec's-ari!y t!at lite o'.ly npi.ifnt no r att
ire, upon a retyiiMru' tion, would be such ameiid-.
mcnta of the Co' stitutiuo u would secure to the
bVpught against h
Saul,"whom he wantM To niake king; he bctrayett
his trust, traitorously deserted his friends, and went
over to .their enemies. Abner may have been a
brave roan in tbe field but be was a traitor
a moral coward he had not courage to do right,
for we cannot admit that tre-jtix is right. Iuf
where is the parallel? Is the Stjndard the Ab
ner of this war ?
CpGaribauji has pub!ihed a letter addressed
to Abraham Lincoln, liberator of aUves in lie
publican America. He compares, him to the
Sua of (Jod and John Urown. A Torthern iier.
And llerod was Wtrhly displeased -wi;h lfm
of Tyre and Sidon. tiut they came with nreae
oord to hitti, and har'uYg made Iilatus the kind's
chatnbcrhiii thfir friend, desired peace, because
, ' h a U?jtttfrTTr,tr4yiii fce-pTvcmcTcnt4rwt ioTTpf 1 fc eN on b ?rTreor!cTa4 Lit"
: n . ... . . .: i i I , . ' V .
fheit-couutry-wasjiouruhtd by lh king' eounvel dUgraeed by fJi to xicU terms. Hence
try'
And upn a S"t day, Herod arrayed in royal
apparei. Sii upon ms inrone,aua maue an oration
unto them. "
was eaten of worm, and cve up theVhast
. XI 1th thupter nf the Ac's.
Will such blaphMuy go unpunihed K (Ian- a
cnue, whiph such bhisphciiy as this subWrve,
be successful? . If thevpeopleof the South wvuU
only put their trust in thj Od-of Uuic an;
their du'y: they would soon be fre?.
in all irs depjrtuiiir xeciitie, legislative,
and jtiduiil. Can mi Ii Sinetoloienta be cb-
tained?' Cenainlv n-r, L'ven the North would
we My, reer!truei jii is a-iiai i.I v. palpably impos
sible; and bgain lo repiat. tl.;it submission, or
rather ynic.H;et mljnjiti,n, politic. If this
be si, then what t-lv, a hat . madness and self-
And the people csve a shfufs3ying, it is tbeTleltiion vi.ir, in .the iniJ-t of. a life and-death
voice r f a god. and not of a man
And immediately the ar.jrcl tf the Lord smnte
him, becauc he give not God the glory: and he
enemies will let us alone if, we say, under 6uch
circuTEstances, a man advocate peace and failio
show how that peace i to be brought ibout in an
hqnora5!e way, and at the game time profess that
" he wants no otheTthatj; an honoribie: peace," while"
- all his efforts tend to encourage t he euetuy and'
discourage oar own people that" man may be
. phynicaHy brace, but he is morally a coward, te
caise he fears to do right.
It i etj it resree'y requires an effort to swim
witb tbe current; bat the trulj brare min buffets the
v wites, an J labors agtiust win l nad ttJe to biiftg tbe
birque ta the disireJ b ieu. Ril. Slandird.
' 'V- - , ,
xTheJgood Bjok tells ui that we must not go
witthe multita Je to dyevil. The Captain of a
veetwas o,n.C9'birdv,J fir out at sea, as he' was
approaching a dangerous' coast. As the vessil
Beared the hirbur the Captain' suspicions were
1,, aroust-d, and he closely questioned the pilot as to
hi knwUdf-tWe-eoist- and the-thofinelsr
stfu-rle f.r our di-areft rights, to tIk uh-.ul re
roust ruc tion ! Let it be reu.etj-lervd, tht as a
government aiol a people, at the i-utxt of this
oii'dicf we ' sughr by every Com.rsible rueaos to
avoid war; wc almost br.'u'd fr peace ; we only
lkel to.be Jetjlyue.; .. aud..du.riy ita'whole ion-'
tliuupce we have' suht no cotittjti, struck 00
blow to avenge, bn: umIit iii ilrfoHct ; we rt
Mticketi and w-j strike back-r-evrn while we
of ttri k e we t ill 7ejy1eT"uTTtiTeTiMr'w w ilt let ydii
! I a W
a.one; .and yet, oar cruel cneitiu- press upon ua
; - For tb Ai tut
.The condition .f pabllo icnliuicnt In North
Carolina, at the present time is causing tuuch
ioxiety, not only in this Slate, but in tho whole
Confederacy,' and. no true and enlightened Mend
of tho Southern States, and especially of Worth
Carolina, can contemplate without eeliogs of
mingled grief and alarm, the present unhappy dif
ference of sentiment among the people with re.
gard to prosecuting the wsr. Only few weeks '
go the whole uisss of the people seemed to be per.
fectly united and inspired with the full purpose
and unalterable determination to make good their '
the 20th of May, 1801, that the State of Norifi
Carolina is and shall urever bo free from the yoke
of Vanko tyrapny. Jow there seems to be aiini; ,
a party'of misguided men whose only platform is
a scries of petty complauits against oargei.eral Gov
eminent, and asilly clamoring for a ceNaal ion oi bus.
tilities and peace, while the Svheiiie! by which they
preter.d to hope to secure these results are so ab
surd and pocrile as to merit tho ridicule of the
It is peculiiriy lamentable that
such a stats of things should exist just ut this
ctisi. The people of the northern States had
dispaired of beiog alle toulduc u- by force tif (
arms; di.couragment, dUaffectioii and .dvuiura',.7
ixatiou, bad fct.own tbemstlves in the camp t t
their arojtes; disscntioos, and distrust in (he
present adminittrators of their Governiot i.t, an J
a violent cpporition.to the order of lluir VtiVt
dc i I ad Lecun to nianifot thi niM-Krs r..
cruits bould not te obtained to fill the lhiin. d tj
and tbattcrcd ranks of thiirarmitp a. very Ian ,. '
Oil- B
.K very g rf aon for deii inj peace.' 'w, if
the South wa nottnt'ieJ hj th." North, there wa!J bt
scrae ferse in desiring peace anJ rocontruction. I?jf
the history cf the pat fbow tb'it the Noith, e-n n
ti.-ne of peice, ws a itrapyre to the South, ruckii g
her uvi;t mce nn-l draining her. reiurce. dJ now
tint the is d-Aag all the cin to JtstrcT us nttetij,
men, c.lling thetn-elTes North Cnri!ibiin, re troj t
eJ t'T the uVtil to throw themlTfS inti thrir esura
ces, and become Northern slates, rather than C.pt iie
men , tojt aro i hdependenr e. '
..!! u .in 'Subjection by mean of n'ro tak-
xuster a nd . urym yt rrittun.. . renrtat ructicn
IIithes-p;rit'of lihtrfy fled the luuiitu of men ?
U c !svr r, That rii It 'till inoxeit aioou '
. .
'he toVn of the .sou'li. aod, io proud deCanee,
huuiblyru'itig"in a-Higher I'.-wr, aays to the
North-, "AYe will "live by ymi ai url'ihltftri, be-
eauc we crtti t loin niryvtS. , U9 m mlcrt ijf
the iumt.frrily, NKVHl!'
ioB -r- mrv
.XejyAlj buMV lueiiatid ther.eitirens ia th e
The people of North Carolim, th&u2h de
sirous.of peace, do not intend or expect to ob
tjin it by revolutioniziog their own Government.
Though always opposed to war, thoy wire com
i
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!' Oh,".said th4pilot, j' be eay , I know every
' rock on the "coav- just then tbe'ahip struck
one thing ,tQ Jcnbf the rocks, and another, to
kntw ho-w to avoid ihc-. :
lies i brave - who, undek all " circumstances, doea
rightVStfftMttVlf: .
AhKtbat's the man fur all times especially
the vrestnt. But' what tdwirbe said of a mao-l
. .,,Kao8 the if-and yet the icora'rpqrBaeB."
A' roan inaylniow the rocks anuTqiiicksands of
.... .
The, man vfioduetriofit
.where is he? Who V he?
pap) w uld hi did ' ,
under'ali circumsiahcet!
Cjnfcleraey houhl et themlvrs t woik, stead
ily and dt libi ra.tly) counteract the depreciation
ol the curnney on account of its redundancy.
S man'n prvp'-rty is itSally- worth any mor be-C-.uso
he plates ttc Or ttfrtici-i on it. and thu
Delled to accent if war as the onlv alti-rrKiTrvii fiir i .. w . . . . ' i
. 4 - , j - - - j wuii p.ij uuor -urn pnn , wnen, iy investing in
a degrading and set vile bmision tf .thelTiiJu't j Governioeot Lohjv, cTbylo,.g their money to
iuie oi a ijraimifai, seciionai, ratjaiK'.il unjiriy
the alternative (n truly and fr- b'v put by
the Standard) of fighting for our whole brother
of the Sout h, or our half brother of t!i North
H cruel necesii" et a nc ttf forced upon ts
by the North. Lincoln called upon North Ct
foiini for her quota of the 7o,000 tueri to
prctt the rebeMi'jnl IJer response was proinp'l)
uiyen, and by that rcpone, The ftte the doom.
of the L lilted b tales wa irrevocably eale J. IMiat j ' 'te p oimhj? tLroub tins HeigUborbood, and
once proud 'UepubliJ paied away toT
among the things that were. It no longer existed;
norwtu ,it.e ver exist viwwXx&mmTT
governments 'that over which Mt Liocoln pre
fides reseniblirig only in name the Old -.'Union
the. Government on call, they may, in'a compara
tively fhott time, realixe-' such jii iiHcrcat on 'their
loans m will m ike every d,.ljr worth so much
juid, (or even h lf tnucfi.)-'are actuJy throw
itm their money into the Mrceta,' ,
;Weund.ertai'd tlmt on Tuesday lat qulta a aerious
iftir occurred 'jienr tjm i.oune "'f Ool: Cble of the
o th regimeitt riiilitu, in Hie S.utlu-itt part f thu
M'iS V w.eJr.& JJjC - r-ai tiCularsA tiiirtr iif it
le.mpted tw aiipft .Ifieiii, 'The .! ; i ter were aimed",
iio l i jni'fir fl iiip eii-ufd. Two of riie-lrters were
cate.
TTtir-rartitfrrrf--- 1rwbrTTnadrth6tri-f
tot. t oble wligbty winitdI.--.-
, - ; Urtrntlvro, I'atrht, Sept. 3d.
anxious for peace ss the nasi cltuiorous amoi gt
us ran bo, and that on any terma that we l.ac
ever demanded and the prcent Adii.if.Uirator;
of the Ui'ited Statea Got ri.totot, wlo ltd u!
ready atraiiivd every nene andtiery n eai.! Uih
awtul and uulawlul loacou ptuh i urotriihn.w
and hud most Hgually failed, were t'ifMi. il.e'ir
subjects (o the utmost exunt id their endutai to,
that they m'ght work out the remaining i-l.i. t n
months of their administration, and ii.-n.ti.iir
during Uiat period, in its i rm ut iriic ptot or
tioria, the war which tl.eyhad begun wiili mtU
boastful threats to u and t ivmii-a t thiir L
ccis, that the odiuiu of abandortiii" the tf ntit
might fall upon the abouldern ol llu ir !oicceory.
t the exriraiioti of ttiin reriid, it the p'--p(- f
the South would but stand firm and mainiuit)
4tbeirdiermination-M'ure4l,Hf righta and 1-
dependence at every baiarJ. th.s ighry , he tt e
for our subjugation tuut inctifahly Vton.Me si.d
fall to the grounj with iraown weight. Hat r-o
our eiicuiifshavc from Nrth Canlinq ihrie'.v
cocoursgement they bat Ivt.gwished lor rod
predicted an evidence that t ur )tojle an di-.
posed to relax their efforts in vigoiooly p: iti.
tiog tne wart and aro bcrtming disari.-b- d wlh
their newly adopted Government. On very ,
Southern brCexe there is wafted to flic dclighud
ears of every demon lixc enemy td our tunny
hun.e, the cry oi peace ! 'peace ! ! give u peine
nowJeat weJose-wbat: propity i-now iett o,
aod at tho tame time a whining awd growling at
Jeff Davii abut hii appoititn.cnts, threatening to
tear up things gcncraily if be does not undo tc
tain things at their dictation. Nothii g eatr :o
so much to uphold tho hands of 'Abraham'. Lin;'
coin as the attiou of which, thete ucv a cm 'are
guilty. He can row hold out .to his people th.I
they are beginning to realize the ultiioomt U "
his promise that the people of the South would'
MH)ii become tired of the war, dii-utifljed wi h
their new government, and discordant . amount
tbimsclve, and their subjugation would then bo
an eaay work. The room ignorant is sulhticntly
acquainted with human nature to know tut this
will reanimate the war spiiit of lh Notth, give"
fresh Courage and vigor to the war puMy,nno(ih
down the opposition of tho Mdvocatci cf 'pfc ,
and cause tbeui to-yield Jo the favorable circuit
ftanceiflnd flattering propee! of the party jtr
power, give them confidcticc in the Lincoln policy
aridjhus caue.u! to l Ijmvc nguin u .united oaiu,
to contend with. The same cause will i'lfluciice
thgir army in the field to renew ita ' tlorta anf re-
vi preside?, a gov-1
navigation but if he knows not how , to am Vme despmding spirit whippering f: we
theui he is not fit' to pilot the ship State.
n,t.x return tlietr moot grateful ticknowledffe
rnriN to ilie eeiu em oi wtnn-i e-irt'v huiil ),;
tubci-if.tn. to tbe l'ut.od witli t e tl ka of fl ,ar,
'""lb irl,ech n-ick! ' Tl.ii i ii a speeimen r f iltMirnlity
ito.rt rern'iik.tbl inJie.te d .if ; eenltiti.n and cx
toi tion, tin I' c.'ijoiieiHn it--lf "fi-'r (lie emulation of ptd
ple general y .Orrym. V ,tf.tutSrpt,Sd, , ,
LmiircjivE use.
Macojt, 'Aug. 3L prei.t fue occurred n Ttmra
aiton,ci.inin.icin Saturd iy nij:h'l at tcu. Three aides
of the pnt.icMtunie wt-tc degtrnyrd, tie.ipablic hou-ea,1
1beTTfi.iiifo.t.iii hotel niid 'Wvlin'o hotel were burnt:
The printing office of tlie Vf,n 1'ilofwaa burnt!
The !,. i.th. n (,..
could get sufficient guaranteeVMe would cooHei.th11 "? wt.e.t wre i.t: the tfllll , tlr'
ernment regularly organized and put into uccfH!
fu't "'operation, with the sanction and co operation
of North Carolina. As to its merit, W ir de
fects, or the faults of its adiuini'rtrstron. it were
worse than useless nop to-inquire. i The people
of North Carolina, through their da y apjioiiittd
agents have solemnly pledged -lheuic!vcft to ita
su pporr, (i ad nobly ha ce. tJuy "reilranul ihtir
e thus far. iJut wc hear, now and theu",v
cover -iia iwsi . lain eis recruiting win iubih u.e-
come, as in the beginning of the war, an case
work, the rccroit believinir now tm then, thai
II uc oioj juc.ipiiiji oinurq-
to ret:oi6tructtduv Kecom,truction ! that is
timply impoa-sible ' tfie old U. S. Governmcrit is
cone, liaaliy and forever. True, ii i "r.f.i l.b. t
mil, or ntltr -content to subjugation! 6ufici6nt
Med. . Twojiundicd and ihirty'bidi'a of etton wera
burnt cd tiie-wj0te.tiii.iiir! prt of the town ja
In ruina, excrtt two mjill g'on-a. The woifi of an
incendiary. iQea laeeUuiated at three hundred
mv'. .. . I K
thousand dollar
ou r su tj ugat ion., will tie on ly a
ment a holiday excursion to tho fund of i'ixie..
1 li. 1 1 mli'il Sf,ii. f ii.vriiriowit iitrntn liHii'l l.i
bolster up its waning fortunPj and. ive enc nr-'
HgetNent to. its armies and people at home by tt ast
ingof the fall ol Vickaburg nnd pub'ifthb'g l)ig
reports about driving Gen. Lee troiir i'eniiaylva
nia and Maryland, with his army in a detnoial
t zed rout but. their falie hopes built uprn ibis
foundation bad vanished like nil their previous
fajnd imsginatrons, when their Generals tw Their
selves confronted at every point by a bold and d.
Cant, band of rebel., so that instead of maul
ing in triumph to iiichmotid and other dsirtd
points, tbey have deemed it prudent to fall buck
to their strung positions to awajt furiliCr teinforci
tticntsjiut tho publication of these peace rco
lutions and cotuplaiots against opt Gorerntnent
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