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HATES OF A DYEPwTISIXG.
wnnnre. (14: lines or les.sHirst inert 'on SI 00
material strength has been' to some extent ex
hausted, she is to day, relatively, nlore pOwe.
fiii for the defence of the integrity of her .terri
tory, and of h?r rights.and honor,, than when.,
the' coiiUst began. , .Distraction, ..apondeocj
and de-pair reign in the councils of the North
eni Governrnerii. The hopes ''"affirst entertain
ed of oiir speedy cohqussl, have: sunk; in the
hearts of our enemies, and ns a direct ; conse-.
quince, we,fmd;suuli resistance to tho adminta
tration rtS'.W.ashii'gtou, and mob violence . so
riftj in the towns 'find cittes that a . measure of
that go vornment rno'st 'eastr-hti;).! to the further
prostration of the war, i-pnlv reited and
Si tt. nought. Popular. asrnbiies have
and
v,r(as square thre iiiontlis,". .
or six uionthf-,: ;
far twelve months,
3 o0 1 of i h e - 'm os in G i e; t i h ' ' Vj i en , . s r t-a k iiov;
o :y ;ir'eu '!u ana boh mo
oren
some
; We are pkin f uHy5 conscious of making an un
dignifisd d&scebt ia ndticing this last topic of
complaint and the only rapiV we shalbmake is
that the soldiers of North Carolina do nof feol
so poor lrt fame aa to find it necessary to' rely
upon ephemeral puffs of ignorant, newspaoer
corresponds tj-for, tho maiienance' of .their
claims to a juk share of reputation,. They, are
content to abide the criticism of tho GsneruU
who command' them, and the imoartial iudge
nint of hist.ry. Th com phi at' of injustice
to North irohnV o.Tiv-.er, we 'are uot iuchned
to; d tc-i.3, J est-Ave-"r ud c r ourselves -obnoxious
to the ijviiire of biinjg .woi-s; Un- t!.jii,.th;m.
. $ tj chanys in the pub tic- r.?c!in:r t.uon tUe nil
which oka:
u;ma
am b- en ;'
in turn to pass under "a cloud when popular
clamor called for ther dismissal. Happily
for the country, he didtiofe irj.itite, in this ra
spect, the expmple of his blundering cotempora
ry at Washington ' ' : ,,. i ; ..
But beyond thse demonstrations of f hostile
ty to the present administration, . Vtha faotioa''f
declare that more is demanded of 'ISf.' Caroliua
than any other of. her sister States, and r;tba6
some oi 'them, have not been called' ' upon, ; or
htiva not furnished as many s soidieiV' for the
iU 'i l in proport'nn !o noniLtiifi! North Car ' :'' :
.oUua, a'nei that. fXr "this I f.d othr i e.MisctisV' theV
resoivu thtit North Carolina will send no mor? i
troci.s ti the hVid.; - ' -: ;;!.? : :.;Ai
X;iat;N.' Carolina has ben called unoh- for?
!,3.,-',rSsf auota H3L troop ti.tazh th , othsr States,
-;iy v.-'i'-.hoat u:;datiuc.
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topic. The veer re have c-ase to prostate her-.u. acco :ii o i i ?!:cd uoi tho od
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iLdflre3 of the Army.
3fb Ptople of North Carolina :
(renewal convention of delegates ftom each
Pafiim-.Mit or ioo:3 iioin rorin uicuima in
Annv or i.?morn V iiLnnia neid at vjranne
with
:t5cnii is ocaiiui' its bljv?
n ccuaast'ed 'C!irrpi and rcA fai:.alxal
blindness. Ine despot wno would ens?ave u.-.
li'as ;-und a iion'in his ratli in tne, sline of :-
-5tate, vviisch v-; v
j no; e meat, m.tv ba. tvd! Assured " is untraet Calls "
i, Vint for no certain
TvkmvhI :s for aJi be
;itcs : and this
is noi ! have be'n made for troo-
of our own ' uuiub-ur from eacu Stale.
.irontly. within the power j tv een '.cftain
cs in
I out ivc
m
quei.tioviah'le, ! is suuieieut t-. s:nw
i)d reckless mea
upc;u ihi point we do not profess to become, w h-u thtv it Id t'.n'ui.ot ves' to thf
P
osithi'.i to dp-r!it:
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j hi;o and his n
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C. ii. Va. on th? 12th iust., d:d us, the under, j Voltmtes.rii' A,r t!
hr.s b -n . b
a committee,
address.
to armies or
iwnt-d. tim lionur to aopomt us
" O ' . ...
wrvi-"u - 5 . - ' 7",. , ! tle Qouzcnvu ci raited can re
TUMlii Jl uLwai.iiTu.uon ; , ; . f fc. .tt
r . -.J -...4 C. ... i feU
1 - . c . t ct i kill"
ihtfv cesire tliat 'nio irre
Uen do
cur enemv
i v. n .
O f Lit k ' 5
oti i;
c
5njK'J:nt k'.:ow
to oj -cu.-h it, '.
I?die ot the "situation or iso'iru d factio
if wc
li i ho pooi. : : :mv other of
arropated to . i bl ates hve f ilo-J to rtso.md in the callt
ui -sviive3 the militnrv.. skill to make a just criti j then they cannot (-.scape lite charge ot dhdoval
ism. Bat there cannot th-j least doubt that ! ty. and i violation oi their pledges, made" a
at
This is the accu-
loreea thz j tia upon the soil of Virjiinia fur our own defence ilion made ny lth- iacuun" in North Carolina
J has entirely ceased. Only a small number of j in concentrating the troops from North Caroli-j tlio beintiio of the cuidest.
iuui;n. os istid woktiiiess
in tae
i tun: y oo o.-cjiiient uie irue mmtarv nr
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j-ouium'S. ins . i'.ti'j ir is io i?o nooea t nut w eti tne fact is once i os ov .-u cuui e
.eiple, h:s been adops cdt I ar.d ti
puanu 10 iue.u. xarv u Mr, vu.u.v ,uc ni iuimiliated and dispirited by repeated
i:3tble ndlueuca of tne public opmnm of d :U;d &u thor lrUoUd leaders dr.v'cri ' i
6y,JU ul u f --"J 'linJ . diraco Irom comrmuid. XJvcn tiro ourtiai dis-
invoKtfu mj out, uowu aim u4.i vt . i's.u oi
iitty piuuijse Lijcirieves tt aouuL ma sama
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held iiive bsen nerveteu -bv de- oc in ted out, that twice in the history of this i timents icad to this.
leuce torever tae voice d a taction, v;n.2u '
lieved to exist in no mconsidsra'ufo .streSri''
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vim r mi ii sr. wnirvi i: n.tuv amwnif r.'
be
in
couiuluroin ttie attempt to. mvatie his territory
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stronii
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on the
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t O.ss. rr o c.!).iTi--rt m nnv in:iiri! rl!ll fi viv;
.i- . - i i-! i . t.: ... t " J v " "w"
mine expression oj , ireaouttuio ana mucv ( this disC0ltlu aspect of his aff;lirs. His ar.
ottS senumeuts, and whose machinations have cauuot reoi uited so as to add to lheit.
ben and still are directed toward poisoning th ; m:lHn,ia; strenglh durins; tbis campni.n. He ls
minds ana hearts of our soldiers and people, jdt . gendin to tbe rear,dotachments-in some
ana orcaJtinii aovvn tne courajre ana. connaencv? i
o vou and ot us, who are sustaining the caus
of our country, in the great struggle for inde
pendence, m which vve are engaged.
it was esteemed a most fortunate circum
stance for the honor and welfare of North Car
olina, that such perfect unanimity prevailed in
bar councils when she resolved c to break the
bonds which had bound her to a government
whiL'a had ceased to be the representative, of
Mhe true interest of her people, and which she
c; .-OS whole Resriments and Brigades,
ciiofoy to withdraw
- ( . . i , o. . 5 4 " t r . ;: v . r
benseiess civiii;
torc-.' li'nni our
Alt men must be held.
war, this plui of operations has compelled tr.e ; uri;-u:ly aiu ieg-tllj , to rtard tu-c natural, and
c. -:t iuc, i!c-ce.s;ir-v coacOi.oieuc.j-s oi their acts: and
conoiiHion is irreaistible, '.ha
be forever hushed , wiaui : hesf men arc; culled upon tj renJert
Bnrnsidu n a withdrawn in consequence ' ie sup,. t to tne cause of tbe ctMiuTy and they
Clellau's. dife.it before lllchmond, and JbVsrer reuise to'do so but threaten 1 violent resistance
was withdrawn in co'i ?que;ice ot Hooker's do- j to the law, thev are prepared for sumission. for
a. v r
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main invading army, t!us d tn nj iso, taj
will
(doubt-
o his best troops,) to keep down by terror of
aims a spirit of discontent among his own sub-
iects, which stops little short of actual rebel-f
mr w
lion. Add to this, the rapid exhaustion of vhis
material resources, and you cannot fail to see
very powerful causes at work to bring about
the separation for which we are contending
upon terms which will secure to us indepen
dence and the blessings of peace.
VY nose saennces nave teudea more to pro-
ler sister-States of the South. lr-n j yVaen u,e hopes of our enemies were sought to
hr great and honored, names v re ! btJ iaspirad by stories, of Union feeling amonu
cuuld no lon-er respect, and to make common ! luc8 these rcsuits thaQ thoae 0f North Carolina ?
cause with h
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it was ir.ac nr great ana nonorea. names v -e ? DtJ iaspiraj
rounc umiea in tee glorious purpose, n io. j hei. people, the ready answer ever among them
ger, her K.iyner, her Miller, her Grahara, iicr j v, .Lt 1S irip0ssiUle : look to the number of
iauieneau auu ner earner, ner jLuwai.us, ut-r btU. lroops jn rie field and how liercely they
oauaw ner omiin, ner vv msJow,ner onepneru, i frrhi !" Thiy ans
Davis, her Ellis and her Vance, her states
Qieo and men of power, were found to have quit
for a tme the arena of administrative and par
tpolitics, and united in the work ot laying a
ncw the foundation of, a government of our
choice. Her quiet farmers, her honest trades
tflvn and artizans, her- civil magistrates, her
lawyers and men of learning, nr, all her plain
tlber, thoughtfubpeoplo,who have always been
slow to give their pledge to a cause, yet know
well how to honorr it with true loyalty when
in,,were in happy accord. There was at
tet, no Carlisle, nor , (Jrittendcn nor Andy.
Juohsbn , io head a roll ofjrdamy,. within the
ho!esodier widely extended borders.
There was, no vote against the ordinance, of
secfission The r e wasnc press .to inveigh;, a
gainst it. - There was no voice of faction rajs
fed io opposition to it. -fairest of hands 'made
appropriate banners and wove rich garlands tor
expectant heres,ahd privati contributibSs from
rich, and poor, were bestowed without stint or
mit in furtherance of the common cause. The
sons of our; noble old State supposed to pos
ess very few of the elements of martial charac
ter, came forward with astonishing alacrity, and
in very, astonishing numbers. Tipose who had
mocked, her before, beheld with scaring eyes her
"plendicl Kegimeuts with;full. ranks, substan
tially clad and equiped, and governed ba rigid
isci pline, whfoh ; betokened the d read with
vhichHhe enemy Hha always b3en inspired,
hen theyv,we e known to bz iipon the fi'ddi-
Siuce -then 'out ofthe vast store house of her
health: jittle knbvvn-before or appreciated by
! ven her ciwn people, she has poured forth into
the lapof tha Con fed eraoy resources coinmeu-surate-With
b?r other sacrifices. 'And whether
measure-these sacrifices by the amount of
' the materials of war and means of subsistence
furnished, the s pin t "and 3 etermi riattoii bf her
peoplej the number of her 'men ivenr to the
eauieth? talents, courage and fortitude of those
ho have fought sr the number and virtue ;of
W noble dead, we aro; Obliged to recognize her
tisterf leaning on er,' for support in OVerr
Uiergencfdf the eventful struggle. :
Nor .have; these sacrifices been made in vain.
Tbey tave ntiched her history-, 'exhalted her
fanje and increased her reaownV and though her
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answer was then complete. Can
tlie same be said of it now , t
Tiiat there is an Union feeling proper among
her people we cannot believe; on the contrary
there is, we believe, a very unanimous senti
ment of hostility to any settlement of our diffi
culties, except upon ternis that shall secure to
us independence and peace upon a lasting basis.
But while this is our belief, we cannot shutouv
eyes to the conviction that there are parties in
our Stated who are endeavoring to combine cer
tain elements of discontent and party ieeling
into a faction, to make war for an unholy pur
pose upon the authorities, to bring the right
eous cause in ?whieh , we are engaged into; disre
pute.apiongjOur people, and to thwart the de
signs of patriotic men in their laboi s ,rfqr; x the
public good. The sentiments of the, parties re
ferred to find utterance principally through the
colu mris of the, Raleigh Standard. ., , , . ,
"Mo vernen ts for peace' have been proposed
in North Carol m a taking the shape . generally
ot a proposition io noia a convention oi ine
people of the South,' inviting similar conven
tions of the people of the North, to meet them
for an adjustment of our difficulties. - In "none
of thes? propbsitmhs are the terms upon which
tht-jr authors propose to agree upon a peace ev
en dimly shaddwed forth. In some it' is tru
the term "hor.brable peace"" is 'employed, bui
their; views upon other points are so plainly the
promptings -o'a 'discontented - and "desponding,
spirit, if not of actual treason ; anti difo"va1ty ,
that we cannot withhold bar minds from ; tha
cotvviction,1 that if their ideas t v an 'honorable
peace weie made" kiiowu,; they wuold J fall ' tar
fchort of the dictates' of a manly s'pint, aid - of
the wishes and' exnectatio its of patriots. ;
; In fortherarica of their conimon design - these
parties take- hold of every 'apparent caus? to es
cite a feeling of discohtent among our people
an d . so 1 d i e rs, to ward s: the ' a u t ho r i ti es; of b e Co o
federate States. 'They representUhat 'tifor de
fence of our State has b'eeit willfully negl ected,
and bur coait nnd a portion of " our territory,
willfully- abandoned to the enemy. They' eay
bur Voldioi s do; not' ovocure a dair; share "of niii-
jtarV; hoiibrs via 'thIiiipe?-.. bY f'rdmo'Uo'a's abd '
e Ven! tfia t . ne wsoaber ' corVesDondeuta of admin.
itrative orgbs fail ito award lo.Nbrth 1 Caroli-
feat at Chraicellorsviile, and the operation
which followed. And thad our people have
experienced few ol the horrors of war compar
ed wlv -. the people of large districts of Virgin
ia, is ttttributable-to the adoption" of this prin
ciple in our defences, and God forbid that it
should be abaudoned, except upon the most
imperative necessity.
if it shali be said that the enemy ought nev
er to have been allowed to gain a toot hold up
on our Soil, it may be answered, we had not
the lioie and means to enable us to place Hat
teras in a proper state of defence before it v.s
attacked. After this disaster, the fall of New
hern became, inevitable, unless more troops
could have' been spared from points of more
importance. And it may well be doubted
whether the meaus at the command of the Gen
era! of the Department of Norfolk were surfi
cient to have saved Roanoke . Island. Certain
it. is that he was then regarded as a general of
skill, and all the available means of the Gov
eminent were placed at bis disposal, j With
the lights which experience has .oSbrded and
with even the scant means then at command,
these places might, possiblyj : have all been held
but it is human to err, and we nave no reason
to suppose JVorth Carolinians ! (certainly not
the parties whose sentiments we are. combat
it are exempt from the common frailty. A
large and productive region of our State by
those disasters has fallen intd the hands of the
enemy, and been occupied by hirrij but to show
conclusively how factious and unworthy of
North QoroUoians Js this complaint, we have
only to point to tbe fact that the largest and
most bpuienVcily of the South has fallen ' into
the hands of the enemy, and the fortified towns'
of the Mississippi bad; to be yielded, to. him,
opening the whole, o that State to his ravage.
Is there any : faction in Louistaha'or Mississip
pi that complains that New Orleans oF ' Vicks
burg or Port Hudson were willfully ' neglected
or surrendered'? And can it be supposed-that
the President of the Coufederaoy has . deliber
ately chosen to inflict, by his neglect, greater
injurieVupon his ovv;n State and people, than
upon eveti t!ii poor cast off people of North Car
olina ? No! ' Our Countrymen, we are' pur--suaded
will yild.to:the voice of, Vjharity and
reason, and say .with us, , "The President is not
infalliblefrio'may, in somelnslarices, have erred
in the chbioebf men anb of -meahsV - he 'fniay
have been Unduly influenced by.the judgement
of others,' but surely ... hecoul- not, hayebeen
sOdnscnsiblo,to;theVpresrvatiw inaqence
(if it were pussibie io deny to hiny higher , and,
-nobler mofJves ot Wu.duntj'asYo willfwliy neg
lect the defence of any; portion-cf the- ebbntry;.
Certain it 'is; that rerme1l-'hve, had more
' general yoice.oihis country mea, of dis. ghemies
iind of th 3 world, to ascribe do , them greater
political wisdom," fimvss, integrity- and .dignj
ty than President' Bavi'inthe-
stances; , ..-. - j-..-v?.;-:
' An;h.ere.e may -take; occasion Jo remark,
that it is to.iu
tion "of teenera'fs Lee Johnston
rA Rrt nT-xXn t IW'VfiSid Aahi n--'bf :--.bur arm'es4
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and Brauir for thet leadership ot our rm'esT;
since disaster sdn f he career pf each U of I --tb&a
naVaior and merit, the just meed of praise. "Jreat military chief iains,baV'compelkd them
T -
reui'.K.'H ! A r does it matter whether tney 1
avow these st-ntiments or deny them, if they
are prepared for resistance to a law of the land
most essential to the defence of the country,"
does not their conduci lead directly to this re .
suit?
It would be unwise as it would bo unjt, to
attempt to magnify the importance of heso
manifestations of disloyalty, but they cannot'
be without-evil tendency in encnin-npmg our .
soldiers to desert their colors and abaudon their,.,
cvmrades, ir, reprfissmg .their ardur, in sowing
thejsetds of ditiust ar.d dt-sporideiicy among
the people oi our sister States, and in encour-"
aging th-i enemy to persist in his-desijjns&f con,,
quest, prolonging thereby the horrors aud dis-. f
tresses ot the war.. Beyond this, it is possible .
that the conduct uf these men may bring on us
a calamity to be deplored even by themselves.
It is not impossible that these men should sue'
ceed in lighting. the blaze of intestine civil .war ,
in our State. The fate of Mary land, Kentuckjr,
and Missouri is before us for solemn t warn
injr. Be assured, the North Carolina troopt
! will not turn back in the course which thjr
have pursued hitherto, lruir honor is too deep
ly pledged. in blood to admit of this. Hard-, .
ships and dangers we knpw Iies in car , onward.
'path, but a ruin, worse than ignominious deaths
we knew to be involved in turning back, and .
such must be the fate ot all patriotic men.---Those
who refuse to aid us aud -invito trte' ena
my to our conquest, would not escape in the ,.
ganeral wreck of our political fortunes., .
But there is yet a consideration to which.
your attention has not been invited. The' ys
tematic violation of all thou laws ; of h'MzM'W?
warfare by the enemyj nas not been without its H
n a tu ral in fluen ce in ipflamiog U our .resen t men t ; :.i ; i
and .exciting towards him extreme hatred Hoij , 4
has paid no respect to the inyiolability' of pri
vate - property, or : the ; persona! dibfy.of non. ,y
combatants 5 He his made war u pba ihbbcent "'.
and defenceless old m en women andchild renby ; lJ
driving them as refugees -from thefr homes,1 ; ' r;;
'burning their dwellings and taking frOm' them' : i:i
their means of subsistence. He has employed ;
in his ssrvice---in command of his afmies;beasta 7rJ
in human shape, who have not hesitated to ' in .: ai
fliet upon 1 ad ies of the greats t reuuem en t, . ,t ho v trtt
most cruel insults. - Hia cruelties to our.; peo y J
have been limited only :by, his, power. ij Surely :,. ;1
there cannot be a man of honorable impulses rf ;f xi
or generous natu re in . our, whole State, Jwio ha ,
not 'felt his bf-art swell with indignatiqn at Vthp, ,
recital oi the inhuman, bar Parities orour
"But -it muslocsiuVW yoil'aspVaU
tbjo greatest astnishenthaf. the efiipioy raen
oPthe sla vW'of tfcfe South and 'the free nbgroea;;;
bf the North,-4o inurdeVur citizens - and . op
pose us in hbnorble combat as soldiers, should
not have fired the soul of every mnn jrf the;;; ;
South; and raised e very is rocg fu iri in hef d -fenced
Heho beara tMseiiormUy .with pa tfv
tience, ii a, ;cowa?d;0r abrute, .'r.hQW would J r
be base 4ittery,.tq -aU a man,, .;.u.tf
whotcouneiU.ubmlo 0J7L
coJiducFunds ta this result, cctpJ.;;;, ths C4rjs-, ?
dWatiou i f ,And nder uch .cltcmis ,DC53i
feaiUeXairtc,
hemie and, the; main ttithora.of our ; t atIiucs
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