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rv The eloq-tont address of the President to the armies will'h) ronrttl 'below.' It needs no eulogy, says tjie Richmond Fnqnireriu every word s replete with rve and enaction "for thejbrave devotion- that called it foXb,' It reneCM eqtitt nonor uu mm wuw i as on ihose whose patriotism prompted tt. " ft U the public officii! acknowledgment of the inval uable services renderel by the re-enlisting soldiers t the.coautry! It speks not dy for the President, Ifut is the expression of tbelpve an gratitudo of every clitic. It is the Voice of the n iti'uti retu rning thanks to Us hrat9 defenders t . rieonle to their protectors. : Inrill b fell not onlj by the army, bjif will find n .responsive sympathy In the heart or every fjoufe-lerate It 'oundil the bng!enot or hope and confidence, reau lni'attnrf and reassuring to all the people. 1 . TKi rlMnrr br the soldiers over Bill is an eiample - for' the people: they, too, hare a victory to wm- nnrinlitPdu mammon, a victorv for their VIVIUI r vwv ' ' - w . country., i . Real the noble address of theTresident, and earn - iwnm ASI1.1SPECT03GKSEBAI.4rriCR-l Richmond. Va , February 10,1601. j -' General Orders, No. 19 , "The following address of the Trcsident is published for the information' of the armj. , will preserve your memory ever living in their heart, Citiifn -Menders or the homes, tbe liberties tTtia toe altars of the Confederacy!' That the God whom we all humbly woiehip may shield yru with Its Fatheily cure, wid preserve you for snfe return to the pear eful qnjoyenept or your liieuis ana tbe attHQciation or. titoe you most Jovej is the earnest prater of your Command- cr-in-Chici. . " Jfci r taii-Uis vtia. iiwii i ti uiiumjiiiii. iniui u flii Argil? o'er (b jooitle't rt:bu lm b n ftrn1 vi(rll kfe NotootVniraln of MaU'wo can lull hlshuntltKleyMVosleo 5 J . G. r. FENTON, Editor.' f200.- Tttui ,V:r(C With emfarninimt I atu-uipt to-lrop yo: a few lines, while ray comrade la arm are amusing U)fmslv ai best thty eari, - Wera I not aare thai man), more c snpetent than myKlf. liu.l.l.ntt iltal mnul.l I nli' rest the reader, I I He, but, knowing at 1 d... my on aaUUty aiJMifty f ui thsa'say In the South. . Elcept to a fewdwtrkte " By order. (Signed) . '. . 1 " s.' coorER, Adjutant and Inspector General. ,SlJUr$ of the Armlet of the Confederate Stales:'' I tn the long and bloody war in. which your country Is engaged, you have achieved many noble triumphs'. Tou have won glorious victories over vastly more num erous hosts. You have cheerfully borne privations and toil to which you were unused. You bae readily submitted to restraints upon your individual will, that , the citixen might better perform his duty to the State - as a soldla. To all these you have lately added an other triumph, the noblest of human conquests a vie ' tory over yourselves. - , . As the time drew near when you who first entered the service might well have been expected to claim re arduous labors and restoration to nhe endearments of boWe, you have heeded only the call ' of your suffering county Again you come to teader your service for the public defence a free voffefing -whiiJh onlr such" patriotism as .yours rfould .make-a triumph worthy of you and x( the cause to which you axe devoted. : .. " t nM t m aitPmnt adsauately to express the , emotions with which I .received, the. testhnoorals confidence and regara wnicn you nave i rauUJ ed to me. To some of ihose first received, separate acknowledgments were, returned. Bail t n no ap- . parent that a like generous entausi.im p' l" whole army, and that the only exception to suen mag nanimous, tender will be of those who, having origi nally entered'for . th3 war, cannot diAJ anew their zaal in the public service. It is thereto : deeme J ap p;opriat;and, it is hoped, will be equaUy ncceptable, to make a general ai-knawledgment, iusted of eucc s sive special responses. Wouid t,oat U were pu;ib.v to render my thinks M you- ia person, and in ike name of ur coaMBon couutry, as well as in my own, wnix pressing the hand of e.lah wr worn veteran; to recog Li tfU tiUe to our love, gratitude and idmirtiou.f Sold'ersJ By your wil, for yotr ;.nd the people are but cn) f hnva been plaoeJ iu a positum wnich debirs rae from -bniyouf- lacgers, yottr euHe. iug, fid J your privatioun the field: With pnueami .ffec li'n rty heart h fa accompanied yuriu ee.y uinrch; with auhcit it bus nuugnt to inioi-ter to .uur ever, w., t- ith exultatiu it bus UMited.Jour evy lie- r01C Hcoievetnent. Vet, nver .n' tUe tealjome. maicu, n.r u the we .ry watch, nor in the de?pert assau.t, have you renirred a service so decUve to rebt t raod wif-SHcrifice which can adorn ie-ch-racler of tue warrior ptnot.. . 4 , ' Already -the pulse of the whole people beats in ,ui son wifh yours. Already they cup..! your buuU ne'.us and uniniranus offer of your hves, tcr ta -fenoe ot y'or c uutryu with the tjahini .i!d le.ucunt service -of lbs mercenaries wlia nre purcin.-ed' ty-ni easmy the pnee of hig!ier bounties ibrtu-bnve Hitu erto rwn knnwn iu war. Ani H2i by tins cuut..t, they exhibit' Cheerful -confi leuce and wore rrbo.ute .bearing. Eveb the murmurs or the e.k auUi, who shrink from tbS truls which make itjfiijjt.r firmer youf nob'.e itures-,ard nhajjetf mtt eii.-u; tj tb rpTCtacle wiiicti your present. :. Your brine cry wiU ringiuud Aoi'cle-tr tiirVugirjiieriaud t enemy, well.ns our own; wij. i!eoce.tle ain glo-. rious boastings of theif c .rrapt purtizios uud tueir, pensioned pre; and will do juIce to the clumny l.y which they seek to g-rsu le a ie!u led pe fyl lunl you are rexly to purcb tse di,i.h9norab,eafeiy by d. gra ding submisfcion. r'.: Sildierl Tbe co- ing. Spriii? xrampsign wiU open under aupice welj cilculte l to su4tt,iu your hopes. Jour resolution nee led nothing to fth tify if. W.tu raoks repleni-b4oniierlha i.inflfjenw.iurekJlej. Tf AUCSIIOUO', K. C, TirUllSbAY::::::::::FEIii:UAny 25, 1S04. rrice,of Subscnptionr53 Pr year U ; Advebtisixo Si per fqunre of tctt linw for first ioseriion an t $1 50 f r each sub-'pqueiit :nscf tion For inserting only one time, $2. Obituaries over five lines one dollar per square. . " Fronj,the Unleigli Confedcnate. . IMPORTANT INQUIRY. Since 'the public have understood that we - con nected with the press, numerous enquiries Rourju upon us, of what the Government will d with regard to the aghation of the QnTcnticn question now on foot in the State. . - , VTe.do rfbt pretend to be informed of theporposep of either Government. That at Richmond las, we be lieve, "no organ, and we vdoBot know if Oov.. Vance has1, nor is it likely that either would commit to caN aiders the policy it intends to pnrsue. But we awi willing to give our individual opinion, for the benefit of all concerned. " , " The movement of the'agltators li Jull cf eril. TLe artful guise in which it is eovered is as thin as gauze! The Government is not deaf to the warnings uttered, nor bfind to the threatening aspect of affairs. The effort Is conceal, wiTnt hide the purpose of the agi tators. It is known that they mean revolution. ' If fhey .can drift over tho dangerous rapids of the preli minaries into the smooth waters of a Conyention, they hope, under the form of a recognized authority, to consummate the secession of North rolina from the Confsyiwyr writhe purebuse of a peace from Lin coln, by the sacriSce of the otber States by the vio lation of fitith jnl honor, and by submission. Their tierce denunciation of our G o verr inept t hcirlegi glq tion to tliWArt its policy tbe refusal of Jegislution to ..id and assist it fye judical "liekt at ii'' a the facili ty for discharges from the military service tbe UireaU defiant and oft-repeated not of remedy, legitimate hyid rightful, but of force and revolution, and follow ing oli this is tho uovemect teun by which alono rev oldtii'n can be accomplished and the leakage of the weaker veuelt. All this tells, the tale but like the veiled Prophet of HL6rasun, tlie vispgois not hid and the deformities are apparent. V,'hat will tie Govern ment do? Will it let the movement run to completion? No If it would surrender the Confederacy, couign our rulers, our military leaders, all our chief imn to sure destruction.' our army to a mortifying abasement our Aug t6.iihouor our property tu confiscation iur wires and Jlnughters toserrilty low an 1 ignomin ious our homes to Jesilation and onrselfes to a de grading Vert inide under the brazen rule of Yankee in this tast.iiisplayJQ Pff- It ii Pleasant,.tn tbe mldrt of so much aalflrtinesa and eotd haamd'lndiffowuca to the wanU 'and actual n.ecesUia of the poor to record eiample of aobU dlJIatarestodiKu )IU th folio Ing. TbomaaTUU.n and Ahner I'lower, realdlng naar MorTen", sold a !. t time atneo. to Jol.Uera' wiv fern it t3 per bushel W al so learn that one, or Ulu, of thes S genUeifju old b, rnp to aol , dU' ftuuIHoa at 12 jh r (lallon. .' ' . ' ,' For th" Argus. TEOM THE "AXiO lXDKrENI'l NTS." Kao.N.C,FiVlT-' ens I rtitlnk at Ihe thought: but a our frlenOa would be g ad to hea, 1 atlemj't to give a larrilU'h of hat we Lave de idnce our teturn to loed North t arollna. ', On cur arrival at Kinaton, X. Cn we Immediately atarted la tba dlrecllon o( Newbern, and traveled evea mile and camped 6r tie night. Started very early next morning to ihc auine dlieetjn. and that night, drove tack and eaptured all tLe pickets betweea Gum Swanip acd I retk, iieie wo'nuH ll.v eu.ny In J.c when a wai'm eonflict VnMn d between th thniptfii5ter; bat our Oeneml i Htfiro !l.Vfll of the Vanlee ai.dcroM d oer with but Hule loss capturtnj all ilwt weie not twin upon the bftl for those a ho woapvd . land ii la lhrt htli-llke dn proieeted by toe fortlflcaMunii around the elry Our forcea having accon rlUhed all Intended at present, rf turt rtl to camp, having raptured 25 pi va:ei, r.lnc commKMoned' ollry, aiid deitre-yed theC. 8.gu6 ot, Cnderwrlt, r, killing and woun.Mng n hundred of lh.- eii tnr and toslniSS In killed and wounded. Wo also captured aonw artC'.enr. ambulance. wan and hrs.-a, ic. W also cap tured tx.me nufl'altH a, ( ieA rters fnwu out rank aid wluft eap ton d. In ar?n a:iint the Bag they had awora to dtfcn.l) and of course they will not eat any more provUlona that tit fiend llol-dt-a labors so ((trenuously to pryVhU and were be and bis clan now altuated a they are. North j. axolitia would be more like Ler a,l' . ' : . ' ., .Wklle speaking, I wl'l remark that lloldcn h'i been the cau of more desertWm la Nouh Caro'Jna, than all Ibo trials and Uibu lations w Iih wbich the soWicr has had to contend in the army; and .why I express mvlf so f.-el.v. iabccau.vf lam iprtwi. aaacon- vervs and associate with tustcla.-s one nt btUxg arrant to speas before another. In tbe batilea around Licbmood, lhat of FreJor Icksbnr j and others, North Carolina loeUnaoy noble sons, but she baa bad a. good aoldlers to desert her ranks as ever fell upu,n Use bloody field, tto only difference being, those, who deserttd jser "f lesa Information and led away I r the clamoroca crew that support Hidden fn all hi act-s and new, ha-, ing done much tnlsclikvf would J think fffbelnf 'this next Governor of North Carolina, In order thai be wight fully betray n,lnVrthe hands r-f our enemies. Bat Mr Holdeti l not alone: the Sptculittor. la ft winding up Jhe content. If pot Stopped In bis dirty worj;, the arr.iy, though now la tolera ble condition, will, by '.1U do II, the Speculator, become demoral ised, and return home, fl.-V. to kill the evil One, and Uien aoppj his family wi:h pro l ions; raturnl: to bis eommanj tg aven tBe blood of his loot brothers at Gettysburg. Pa., or tlavwhi-re, au onwarii thaMiiliet must U!l our Irnkpendwoee is obtained and the sooner the ?peu!:itn;'eea.ea to elJ eoen.a; 1100er nbiL and will .t .the poor women have It at a rafnal!e jirice, ths-toner there will -be a change r tbe lietter; but,S eeu lator of Anson, If you wl :i j-on jiave to be Irs!, just e'n on a lit tle loner, Kleren '"2l"jr jr iiKinib wont foyd a ftii.i'y, whn cra hli.; and for you, it tell me thai thlrfrW is caused ly 11o search of eorn, w ould only be Uing si a to sla, for which you iU4 ta ansm-er, for k know iuur ixiut K Uwa tha. fre- j sent the ;nl.l and one ar;1 two dollars wiK boy plerty of cwrn; and If the men at home d-r.! fW'etio ctjrriney, Who w 111 ? , Eat your produce ga lor Confederate note, and act like rucr. 0 ecsc, or U wl!!jje soaictlioe tefre lite ae Is ttn.'y'y setllrU an.t peaoejind prosptrliy rMnre4. to our divractod eountrj. If jou haw more Confederate money than yon wnt,'ree!teet JheeoMb-r has none, and !r what hi has Snt give hi wife a f. w bu.'ht U of nrn.Js"o don'iay thatyou have. not 'otaayxura tpvs bfit--if yon are clig to deny ht r, Junfleb her plainly that yon have got none to sell for Coiiredei.it ote.. If she has not gt jrtat:e',Tp"re her. the corn ad mark It, it will Le bctur for you. . . r.eiHctfui:y. ' .. ' ' . ,. ., , , a 9 -.. 1 . , ' - ' For the Argup. FROM CO. "K," TWENTr-RIXTII EEOT. N. C, TIV x ' - Faa. tj:h,' ' ilr. Editok Perhaps some of onr friends at tome wonld like to knot of our whereabouts, and bowwQ are getting afon. theirfore I bate congnmed to Intorxn ttieins best i can, I; yoa win allow tetiance, Tbey may not be of your claw In aoclctrTet non. cupofeomlbrtlnibelr'birortB, Let it not be written that kit fan,, , !iyiiueri wnue yon ban a plenty, who, day by day and night by night, alls bl sentinel nna to protect you. . . , Hytui) otdyked yon for amall space In the itgus Iwflj close. ,1 look forward hopefully to the futuce. There U no eanat ' for despondeiicyr But let ca frost to that rrovldenee which bu given peace to other lands, and that Cod w ill speak peire to oa. KesjH-ctfuny yours, . ' Lt f. 4. A. P. ' From the Richmond Examiner. ' Imputilions against the fidelity of North Cdrolitia crijjiply inctedible, Apostacy to the Confedemtt cause on the pat t of that State,' is both morally aid fdTy hienlly in:pofsiblt. n population are intellieent;-1 ner fcnooia,equni 10 b; on iujb continent ia number . and bv th aid f vour reprefentatives, who give earn est.of tjeirfa pas? jo add by legislation, largely fo our atrerujth. you may welcome the invaJer ith 11 eonfiteuce jutifitf'd by the memory of p-t victM-ie. Ot ate other baifd, debt,' t.itati'jii, repet.tion 'f he-ivy draft1, dissensions occasioned 1y tbe' strifii tor, power, by thi purduit of. the npotls of olficej by the thirst for tne iiluodr of thepub'io treasury; anJ,abire nil, the eonseqainces of ft bad au.e, roust'tell with feiarful , foree upon the over-strained energies of the eueruy. His campaign in 1804 must, from tbe exhaustion of , his resources both in mert aod moneyr be far le.s for midable than those of the last two years," vrhefi unim , paired means were used-with boundless prodigality, - and with results which are suggested by the treution of the.gloriou nms of Suiloti ud Perrysville, and MurfrUtboro' and Chi'ckaniauga, and the Cbickabora- fay, nd Mantras, and Frdeicksburg and Chancel- - lorsvUle. .r ... . i - . ' SjliieraJ lAsurel success "awaits ns in our holy struggle for Ur-ty Ml intep-ndeace, and for the preeervation of ail thai renders Hfe desirabf t bon- praple men. .When that eucoess Bhh lie reacbea, to you, your country's hope and pride, under Divine Provident?, r will it be due."The fruits of that suci eeas will not ba reaped by you alone, but your, cbil dren and your children's children is long generations inmeiHWl suffer the-e thing's, then this agitation will be letWne; to pursue its course. But if President D..vis . an I 6oVi-rnor Viince, and oir Corfgrt-s's, and tee,,nnd J h'fton, Snl Beauregard, nl our tuilit.'iry dOieeis an J sold ers $vc a stke, and they feel it, up m ouraucces, then fi(citition will be obliged to top. 'll 'w? It tn 1 iy readily be perceir 1, "bow that difli 'ulty miy exist us to which Govern ment hhjould move firtt whether i ne assumes to act' ilone or both in concert whether it were butler t. (crush tb? eggs cr bt themjr-itch, that tle nature o; the brood m y be dis.ovrel tbnt the geee, and other harmlesft'fowl tr.aj Je separated from the cocatrices The diOyjiitie", however,, will not be long of ttle- jioriTjnd onf opinio i', tlifl,f tbe ana that has for lon liee'i ttyel in.-frbearunce,v w. .iibut to fa!!. Wbo it Hoes fitl, .its bsm 1 Vill gra.p tbe lendea in ;an irftn.ctnicfi tijrbter tbnni vice.- No mutter wheth er tbi'T be fiU'id trA'si" M orv. 'fjre-tling on the' bench, nriti'gtfnfng thf irj lience fn the Sunliwlrii of giritiort. If martial l'w bet:i.ii'bed inN'rtli, Cr;'"o1'ua If rne7itM eorpiitte "uspftVd if a miita We are now dolnj; picket duty on the Rapldan 'for f irty "lays f.orn the 3d Inst. AM Iwij'iiet ai-ag the line. I uppfc you bare all heard 4f lie excltetnent here ahut"a week ago, therefor; I - bill not aatsanytbins al'O it lt It has bi-en.v tn warm here, un til yesterduy, .when sno fell to tbe deprfi of two of three Inches. The men arc tn verv g o l .v-ilrits, and our ranks, although so ne- veiridy tiiinritHl a Gettyslu.it and at trWul, Ire ft filling up,. which, If continued, we will hjv enough for a very good killb.g ne.Vt iniutr. , J , ' ' ;-.-' ; The so tiler lo this amy, wa.-cl.tlly tbe North Carolina, are fhst re en'fljtlrig f.T, th w. I a'n proad to Inlorm our friends 1st Anson, tliat two thirds of this company re-enlisted' the 14th. eni ii j: areyl t hem wln will So cheer, u, (r1. i;di at boriM t tltiigh our sollirs have sullen J lnf and 4srd, yet they are dV torrnlnefl to jatu the ttdepeBleacv,f the pinfeletaey. Let our P'p!u at home lay ail le tbeir'blekerlngs. and nnflfcessary eiur murtng, and giveuunl tlia tiovernu'umt a hearty and cheerful support anj we promise that all will he well In the enb I see no good ica'on wi.y lh.- peOpb; In Anson should be to des pondent. T e grirden spot ol the Confetleraey you have never 'heard the roar of cunnon (here. Ansorl Via never been iruvle a battte-fielil" Th engine have never nu died through Anson and rohhed you. of yo ir earthly possesions.. You Imve never seen the smoke of your burning; homes, an I heard from your wives the In- tanba heaped apon Jtbem-by the fur.lii n IdI;i-v 1 muni confus uiat 1 wan Surprised to. know that 1 11 people o' Anson-we e o d spirited - So one wjij question that tbo present, 'condition' of oar foantry demands our Stjrtous atu ntloo. Tet ibere ! Is one enemy 'that I fe-, and.wh Is lurking In the heurts of rii-B u iirvi. v iov.ii.eii-. .,;titt m.nB)A , a- thAt. Am- ,;, v thA Voniu.t.ft ieocen of tbi- kind f rule rtb'igel to beulsti ire-l; TIr , . .,inMn ... for the mild wny of tbe i jvil b,w tbe reppa-ibility j lutraUl(V excltog 'Wlt lf we ouriwr. that la. if all men aMe to hear Srms Will take the field, all danger can be averted. r'v frc be jiliteed in onr midt if the lcfidlnjr egita- tor ue arretted pnd puni.hdf iotpe ty death, otb-J ers by bmi-hraent, others ty. forcM-rnltHtnierit into the front t f mr cerviee'f tlie necessary iucmv'en will be on "the bend'bf ngitatora'wbT teach thtit Govern rrfi nt s a dp'ifi-tm'V to be rehired tbat 'st our, for- ATiunflon nn fnlrf.Al itfwfHuaftrv fur tlit miyftftit nriui.iitlin itt :i....ll. ,ll..lrll,.ln." iUrVn,.e, I r' ' -wJ.. .MrmT vw,.JB., , -;s j Ule war. We have plenty of men tod feat: 11 the bo tt of Lincoln. Cat din l "tie key-atne -to be withdrawn from its When the Vrrt lonlcails, lorTt look aro nd for a law to teat arcn, xna me u.j i...4..w -u,. .Cy .u..u.MJr yor constitutional rights. Where would tbe habeas corpus be If w1.11 ne on uso ..uiwnie. -'"' -ir ; "' , wo had all l.lu.d afte-r tb-.ri(fhta at the befinnlnj of 1 he war. rymp.tb7 with fkutke-rs and drtr- and- wb.f .hc ! a tW iMUsti,t)tfyitl yo0.. Altof you recollect wbea thl. jmpeuimyn.w u. "-7." !!r.. . J'. " ! company left ..nson. .They weryoun and old tnen, and none of necessarv re-traints upot"iU rifticer. . '! .. 1. 1 1 J .. . , , , ... . . , ,. ,. uiraifr-ru wnnv.i van iipuii iter MMMreu uao, anu asa . Toward, tbe r.Hpons.bleaoitatora tl,e pubhc o bum d ,b tfc ,m trlotUm w, be dtrectH ju'y. nd T.P'rly; and up.r, them . AevminiM; wa!)iry. Ut tbtHr ,(lrlt rIse ui w,n the hayd of f' 7 M j tliatpirlt .hhh would now refuse to g,L,f .hebeany. Ask No protection car, he yZ " u ? " the whU was done wlih the union man Wbo'trncklod to Pwn V; . V ' u ,1 . , t 1 1 - ;-tbalnvvr.to aave bla prnperty.and tbev wtD tellyouMrt U wis Mimlinrt with tli'it il-Vl IHh ll(entip whMi.ln titun .JJ' .... . ' . ' ' : ' ,. ai- 1 "rTir errtlUy Mfnl and mo-t inhumanly treated Ortn ... -; . , . nnV on efae. ; Tuc-e Is ni sympathy' In my heart for tbe to come-, will enoy blessings de xel f you that I The isul Complaints are made to us by subscribers at Whi't'e exc. pt the jusir they do enrh men. I had rativ r feav &$nXorief tb BOB-arriTal of the Argus' at ln,u',n.''".a!toT."MS.ra w"" M uoos hta,;. wiib j . . . ' ,-, '.' ..." Merry, than wUh wealth antf inhliiBatlori. mese places. g ,,ea...,7e.' au viae.. There Is one bthcr4hlng ttat de.ervea yonr attention. Goto Tbe fault lies not at ovr tioor. ' , the apUtary bat of the aeldW uunUr, and they are largely slateholding)nd iU industry of the Mate Ik ntgiiiy rrrefneraesve. ixiepeoplereshtewd praetlcsl, ftignl, and Industrious, .They thoroughly on! dersisnd tbelr material interests, and their State pride, is a proverb.. She went out of the old Union with a -unanimity excruled by do other State. She has r on- ttibuted to the war with a profusion excelled by none. Her ifpiittvt8 ate numerically mere replete than anyf in the army; she won the first battle, in the war, ai Bell el; a d ber froopi vie with the rest in the re-en-dstmentf now goir.g on. Ier western mountains were lately filled wub ueserters fyt m all the States; bow, by the energy of her Government atd the" co-operation ' of brr nropie', the mountains are cleared of those le. graded wretches. ' ' . . . , . , f have strionslT inquired how and where North ; Carolina has. shown herself delinquent in action, and no ore hi been able to point ou tie occasion or the place. " The clarge isjagainst her intentions', the im j.utati'in i 11 pen her secret designs. This fact is en rotiraping; her acts ate' irrfprpacbstle. There are view ii men ij every State; and doubtless tbey are to be fiuo 1 in Ndi th Carolina. That these persons w'ould persuade tltttate-into a course It apottacy and sui cide; that they would engage the Commonwealth itself in measures which mint render, the name cf North Carolina, like that of Arnold,, a syntnyme ot infamy throughout tfe world, is entirely possible. But that they have trcconplifhd no overt mischief, as yet, Is very certain.' We cannot believe that tbe Neath Qaro lina people will meet in Convention for th rurjiose of deserting the South; and if they meet ,wecannot believe that the fathers, sons and brothers ef the brave North Carolinfans that have bled oli every field in tile war, will .brinthoubelveS ; to the dishonor of proposing terms f capif ujation to the enemy, and of stigmatising tSe gallant dead with the guilt of trafitors. The agt- ' tatcrs and traitors in the bosom of that State mar ex- cite dco:tnt and assemble meetings lat when they, have dnre tbia much, they will have done all tbejf are capable of sccfmplisbing. They cannot bring the peo ple of North Carolina to the point of practical iniquity ; . they cittnot consummate their designs. A fw Confed erate victories in the spring will quiet tbe-e tad tnen forever: they will dread to see tleir names" in priot,- tbej wia be wrry they were born.-. The vtfy eplo . with whom tney imve taroperttf will turn rromthent arit!, t V a wr 1 1 !tt-in if rAnttmnl f ir rl X fM-.-i- .nl iheywiU'beer a'J their lives tbe brand of tory. It ii not difficult tb understand the popular fefdlsg in N'ortlrCarcJIna, which bn civen tUe eritlttrs ei- coura?netJtthutota!:irfrwHb treason., The feei'vng theie i ca i!"iirt ine aame a 1 n i.il. 1' ,.,url,iii 11 Confederacy. U Is a mingled feeling f disappointment, (tsontPBt rnd alarm In reiird to tLe raal-a lministra- l'ion of "public affair". The jerple fctl embarrat-aed between to conflicting duties; the duty if stern and rjeejetie rvmctf-trst e as tbe on'y fnt ans tf checking the career or Rinl-ailminiatralicn which is btirryiisg therauetr perdition; aadntie duty if av.ddirg'any ' action which may itcelf imperil the cause.- In Yirgiu. i ir j"'iu ' juyjuiru. i j iaoi oi a.irni tolerance bf abuse: uk North Carolina it seems ifcliaed to the alternative r-f remonstrance. If it trtre our preroga tive to advice the good p-fople of that State, we would' warn them sgiinst the agitators ta whom tbey have given prt-bnbly, too ouch ear, as well as sgaibst any action which roald, in the least degree, tend to alarm our own resple or to encoorntre ih MiKi'm' enni Remonstrance is a duty, buragitation, to the point of disturbing the public mind pud embarrassing tdiep ubs . Tie aetTonbccomps a crime; .; ; , ' , , " ' In S'irgi'nii we have been very patient tinder abuses, ami Allowed nothing to hake onr fidelity. When rharg-d with degeneracy, ImtfcciliSy, and impotence'' f r baUle, Virginia's silent answer was (0 send Jackson, Johnston, Lee, and a hupdrel and twenty thousand irotns ij rue i.on.etjeruit Arm. Th r.r.ki r, i t m M.ri vi Italia four tenifwry have Jn-ea desolated, ten thousands f homesteads lie In ashes, and hundiedsof tbousitnals of our fatuiiies are borpelns refugee. Much of this ruin it the direct reauit of ynal-administration. t?till the most loynl of our popolstions is that of the country thus overrun and destrayfd. Wbolfrals and wide prpad j-eruidtry ruin has not bent the spirit of t or peoni. Tby are as resolute andKopcful now as in ti;. rWgbt spring of-lSCl, .Whilst suffering the heav ieet calamities and last terrors of war, we Vftve en.lured nmb moie from our own Governmen than North Carolina. We have been eubtuysaite to a foreign yd' of the. most galliqg character. In Richmond and tba Kai-t, tbe domestic provost administration has beta nrubively under the control of Marylanders; In tLe f l our people hhve beeu turned over to lb duminatif. n oi B.cniucuns. Tbe conduit of this police of stran-: gers bos pot been excmplaryj and just eompMnte igsinst tbcffi Can gelno hearingr Not long ago N,-rtl I'awdina took fire because the appoinlment cf a fciugle tax gatherer wssjriven to a native of another' Rt.t Virginia has submitted tosystenjaticinjury of this sorts .But we-cannot dwell upon this huroifiationfwe will not enlarge oh tbe particulars of this very sore subject. Let North Carolina, before listening to domestic sgi fV ...r, -conaiuer ::-wni ner twin sister has enduted, btfjr she lifts a Sorer or kreathea vM... ." - 1 --- v.i'w twr uuvumtiiu. tional redress, , 1 - We are ffratifiart to int.ii..ik. e... ,i..t .l. . .. n vmuvv lug JV. Ut I lUf JUWUira Card Factory at Greenwood, S. C, icompletedand ready tq turn tut on hnndredalr of Cardl per week. The Northern House of Hepresentatitts 9Dthe.l5tV adopted a resolution, by sixteen'msjority. declaripl 7"ifiL!MiJnmi: BiniH vooaiiiution ioouio oe Smctiaec, so as to abollah slavery in the United Mtates. " '' - - Congress has put an endto blockade runntair- TT t Ynllli htT' no mor ArtfcUttf nMiMifjrr 1 that lhy bate sus- v Fifteen out of twenty Enropem, sovereigns have agreed to attend MpoJcwt' CongreMv Tht Bultana. will fcttend (a person. , . r . v.;
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1864, edition 1
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