SALISBURY, N. C, MARCH 2, I860.
MUMJBEli 41
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j. j. nRUNEn, ;
ICDITOa' AS U PROl'RtKTOK.
drr (ot no otbar kuowa rvon lhaa that they
presented theinerlvet m candidates lor office
before the people. - " , ' R 4 ,
11 ha quartered Soldiers la ihe bouses of
eiilseue against their wilt, and not I tha man
, OkitMitleai af Irt' trier ia tka Stall
We continue from cur Ut iaaua Uie ob
acrvationj of a Nortliomor io Uie Souib."
Tlie uoncluJiuir noiUun. V will be atwrL ia on
ineleJ by Ui denianJ fur military aorrice or
engaguJ in agriculture, ia einloyl mi pro
ducing die runny trifling articjca vf necwaiiy
of commerce wLlcb enter Urgl into ordi
these gentry, in bo!J assertion of the eover- j
eijrntj of their State not against the Yankee-
but against the Confoderntcs liave '
banded themstlvf togetlier and defy tlie au-
0oritieVV. 'V- ', ' ' '
. Tl. P. tit, .r IT.n4n.Lv
ner prescribed by U. .
nary trade. :.; ,.-( ,. . .; , .
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It ia iIe that North Carorina W "gwarm- "
i-a. , jl f s n jmtt. " jinb ii'v-uw ..
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'' '-lIr Drhyatun U CvngrtM called upon
e tjpoe y further aid in Pruction of,
------iwr. 7 ; v,-;"v.' '-TT';.'"
TV following i ihe preer.We aad reeelatiotia
lalrodeced tha Kentucky Jgidalsre la r-.-flio
i the war, of which Ihe telegraph baa
'idrltwl a; 7 tr will be eeea that (bey ere of aa
Tfriporlaiir, character, and r bold and defiant
tbatr arraigouicauu mo x r urnu owuuaixe
linn. They vindicate the loyalty and fallent
ry,ef K"ehuieky, and ere a fii commentary oa
the abameeud elevieh eebjrelioe f her staler
State Jlrjrlmt While Kutucty fhuepenty
ad boldly dei0noi asd rpdile ih id.
UilrUiio-MryUndeeel Ua praiecebv
afuUoa.e letter from Gea. MeClelfaa to her
loyalty ;T eubiw to jill ha auneiliea apd
. BaMrptiMia witlwutTe whimper refase to
raise fcer vwee, aad enjoys lha iagalar com
pttraeeV acknowledged ia a pnbli letter from
Vf aabiogtim, of having heaji among tha firtt to
fay jjfr war taijjo lbFr4eTLJSerBiiini
via this ar gy aai-tha 8oth,.. Aa a tribou to
Ktalacky, aod at pari of lh htatury of tha
tijiat apread B feanrd tbia aear and t raif-
fyiof pnaif of bar d-rfua to our eao, an
iaiaad U to lha careAil atndy of ouVlriad-
1 la timet nf afrraa ia'peara, tha C-orwtiia
t1otf"of t h f V aHd Str th aapYewwtUw of
tha Uad, . It pfeaenba tha powara of tha uf
'immaata, aa4 H ia tha oalr bond of aa
Tha federal foraraaeat. a efiaad by tha
eoaatiiaou. vhaaaierewMg Iba pvarrf raat
d ta ll, ia aaiiUed to tha lifiaee of the pao
la "i bat l:'liy t the vraniaar d.w mt
" - impreaa apo the ciliama any hiua tweap
urt aa adwiaiatraUoM, ia tha eafWeoieal of a
anfcr aaaathoriaed by tha eaoaiitatHMi or f
bidJaa by ita aroviaioaa hat it ia the daty of
all good eititfaa to r-eiet aaehakchaaaaia apna
ibeir Hghtet aad todafead lha eoatitalioa of
their enaatry tatex vtuieaea. ua wio aphoiae
. tJie eaeoaura of aay iHaar depart aaent tt Ih
geeerameut, ia tha viplaiioa of It prvnmom.
ia aiaiuyal to ina oooauiauna, ana eneraj
to thafrfdon af hia ajoaatry.;;:. -:r:sr-t
The Federal fVrBmni, driinr all ita t
gUfoaate powera from lha coalilaiWa, ie, there
fare, the create re of tha eonetiiaiioa, a ad be
o pyarar ift auy "dtfpartmenl la auapetuL any " of
tie prwaiaioaarihroar off Ua reetriclioaa ander
aa? PreUaca wbaterer.
Thaaasim that f Qoirrameaia derive their
jeat jmwera from IB eBeat of the f,oerned."
7 ia which wa oigSiaeter to roic-t. : u
oaa ftiademeaulpriaeipa jltr freediinv--oee
aaeerted by oaf anavetora, and 'of which
they ftiflgbt a ad woa oar iadepeadeaee of tha
Briiieh ewtwa; aai'wbUlt w aarer eaa aorreau
dir. - It ahoeld abo ha bora in mi ad ( bat et.
ernmaau wra inwiteted tar I ha protaetiwa wf
lire, liberty, and property, aad that aoen aa uu
t to prfijrm thi-ljF w.ill; Bfiwaer w laif r ba
urertbrnwa hy .aa lattUja'Yittaoaa, had
;-; rafeoa,parfe.;::':-i.,5-;'4;? ';
' Tha hiatiiry of the praeenl admiuinielration
the Federal Ootrtrmnant a" a htatorjjtrfjjr,
!ealed InjiiHea aad aarpatonaf leading idireft.
f to the overthrow of tata authority aiaj Oiita
luaiko .ioaa, a ltd a eboaolidalion in the Federal
' Uavafaiaot af all pofiiieel power, aad thearW
tlua apon lher ratoaof a great miblary oeeput
out, aa tyraaoical aod deepoiw aa the wnrA
.Uoverumeniaof Europe, to prove which we ra
ler to tbe foliowinr farter . " ;
The PmaMeal haa, wUbontaaihoriiyafCoa
(reaa,eopadeatba wntvf babe a Cor pu hoe
.ttnkio a deadly Mow at the bheruet or. the
!, Ua baa aaoideUiiena to h arreted, traaa-
.part4 to"eUB.tBtaaa,. and ieeajrcevaled in
. liihaonie priaoaa wiihoal charge or aoeaaa
4mi agaMtet Uiaaa,
' tie haa deuied to eiiitene lhaa arreated aiid
Imarianned a trial by jnry,r iwdeed nay ril.
ad haa withheld from them all knowledge or
informaliou a lo tbeir aeeoeere or the eiaae of
their arreat.
If a haa eubjectad hi prleoaars tha held to
berbaroue aad inhuman ireaimeat, endanger
lag both life aad health, aad hna reeulred haa'
dreda of them ao held as acdnditia upon which
they ativfit be releeard, lo take illegal oatbe
artatranly preacribed by bimeelf or hia ageaia.
a baa aUeriiuier l-r tferirTiy We fre
(ha preea by the Pcib!e eappreaaioa of aeara.
" aaper beea they aaw proper lo eriticiae the
-aoaaearea af bin kdmiaieuelioa had aueh aa
bava aecaped auppreaania have baea eobject to
".r orHwtyineefflptime"WllHlre
' lie haa auettip'.ad to deHnty lha fraedom of
apeaea, ay arreatiugciiiaeaa whe ammadreiled
apoa the aieaaarea of hia adauaietratiun.
a . a
ua aae cauaea lo ne arretted ereoaa en-
gaged ia eirculatfng petilkma of ihe people
nnaiatemjringwiiB ins nth WoT petition.
KU haa wholly, diaregarded tha right of the
paopl te be- "eeeare ia tbeir peraone, boueea,
apera aadefiecta,agaioat aBreaaoaable aearcb-
; aad aeiierea. ,. . . ;.. ,
' Ua baa taterferH with tha admiaiatratioe of
jeauee la the State eoarta by vwUaily fbrciag
we jaagea to aajoura, aaa ataperaiog their
gfaad janea,aad by hreakiag opea jaila and
releaeing eeiaaaara ooafined under regular je
ieial proceaa (or felooia and other crime. .
. 11 "M i( oote of tbe Ststee (amoag which
to Kewteeky) fneetbiy wrested from tbe cilisea
hw right to he a eaadidate for omee withia the
gift of lha people ihas atrikingdowa tbe aUc
ive f ranch lee aad eminent aitiseaa of tbia
Ule are new lat eoataeaieat beyond its bof-
family picture, carpeta. clothing. and 'ther ar-
tide of houaahuld grioda and r.4bd than of
tbria eilver-ware.flwck, aod provieioe. '.
' Ua baa Permillx hit wagua-niaatara aad
other, with armed aoldiera, lo ariaa the core
Ala, aad hay, efce 0t oar citicn for ilia eat
of the araiiea, without tbeir eoneeiit. and wilh
uul juat d.n-rjiniu;ka aa to whether lha farm
rr avoid aiaxe ibaaiiitlea or at 'iig their
ewa jwtee aia) ih, and waking their owa
oeiimata aa -to teTalae aad qnaatxy takea,
aad giving no reipt ft aama whereby in
wear duald adccvaafutlT avrk hit pay x -and of
if a, whea , vonchrre -era given, they were en
miuruiai I at imi aoooey couio u crawa apoa
thrta; . .;---- :v
: He baa permitted bJaofllcera a si auUiara to
aa'icaalavea ia great aanbera to leave, their
niajirra aud owoere. and la take ihent wuhia
their cajnp.jaud tbrrtwjth bay net, lo Pfteri
them frai reelamauoa, and, wbea vi aoita
have be a broaght tut th4r recovery, lo many
iitetancee the ptvrtt cat lBw da ft ha btn la
aiated by armed tiree, and tha uWaera of the
alave maJtvaird and unpiiMitrd loroo aoowa
cauae o'hor lhaa hie ailempt lb recover and
protect hie property. - v
lie haa peniMttea bia office ra aad anidiere.
arkhtmt autfyirwy tif trw, to levy large watrr-
batiiiaa of. money upon aaodeodiog eiiitene,
aadcr tha pre.eucenf roiuiburaiiig other ciii,
teaa for tha loraea auauuoed by lha eaeualtiee
of war. . . '. '.. ; .1 '
I la haa pemiiited bia ofljnera aad aoldiera
with impoQtir i. murder peaceable citiicua
" Ha ha given hia aaaral and apftmval toaeta
of Coiiiivea appropriating and pnipoug to ap
propri a te e laorntoo u oiif the public iik ney jo
purcbaae the freediiM of atavea, aof their de-
ponalioB to eonie foreign eooBiry, and ha in
vited tha bonier siatea- (including Keeteeky;
iC libera te'ihelf alave tUh primilaea of cow
peaaina frvm the federal Treaaory.
lie U net naiJe the CoftMUeluNi of the U.
Siatea by giviog hia ofiiciai aa act ion toaavaat
of C-oaereaa rrealme a new State Wth'tt the
territory of Virginia without her eoeeent.. 7
He ha, - withuut conetiiaiioaal antboniy,
aided ia freeing the aUvea ia Hie Diet net of
Columbia. .
lie haa. ia viulatiiM of the Coaetilnlina. hv
protlfhintwa, declared free all tha ahivea ia
y. pf.b ?u.vtjy,Uf f lilum jLfiidiat
I ear freodooi'liy iorW
a, mm aoaglit aa alliance
with tbea ia a war waged a garnet their waa-
If r o mooetfoaa, iukiua : aat ttclord
by ao taw.beinea or diviue finding aa pnralel
ia atrocity ia tha faiatory of barbaioue naltoua.
He ia ependiug targe lain of money, aiiprw
ia leeding and elothing aegnea atolett from
priBwo o ioogree tor ine anppurt ot toe ttn
tbeir Biaetera.- i
Ia view f the nreguing facie, tbe truth of
which eeeabt he deuied, we do finulv believe.
and ai-Jemnly eeelart that any aaetaaee fer-
aianae we bseceuve ia ine innaer proeeca
tm of the war, epow Ihe'baei t bia preeent
policy, teade iaituedielely aad directly to tha
overUiiww of both the Federal and Ulaia Goir-
arNateuta) wherefjre,
Revolved by, tbe General Aaeeanbly of ih
Comuvmwcjtih of Kentucky, That keatucky
will, fry all eowatitetKHial maane In her power
protect her cidiena ia the eiijoyniaut of the
elective Trannhie the benefit of the writ of
aae tnrjm the aajpurily id their person
and pAiperty agaimt the uncoajetitutioaal edicla
of Iba IreoVrat Elecuiive, and ihetr enfrrre-
ineM bv the nav uirder bia control. V
Keeutved, That by thaeontituiion af lha Stat
wf Keatucky M the right of the owner of the
lave to web alave aad iia inereaae ia tbe aaiAe
and aa inviolable ae th right of tha ewa to any
properly whatever,', thai " Kentucky under-
at a ltd a her owa latere le lou wen lo ba IbaoX
tiilfia grataitou advice aa to the mode in which
aua. should menace them, and whni ahe wauta
lha aeMetaiice of any oulnde aditiimvtratioa of
her ai'a ahe clamia the privilege of ongina-
ling the eug&eeiioa ; eoiieeqaently I he prnpo
'eitii' Jnade 'bybraham Inein lor he to
emaiipate ber alave ia hereby rriectetf.
-Rlved. That the lject niH jiurj of
the war having been perverted . by the party
mw jft eonind of the government, m.. violation
of its oA repi ated aad moat aolema pledgee,
nr eimm in vwniraa ir mira,
Eepreaeotativea are requeatad, to oppee any
former aw in it proeeouiion oy luruieniiig ei
ther men or money.. ,: ' .. " , -v
Reeulvvd, That the proelafuation of the Pre
aiittMtt. September 22d, Ihfil and Janaary 1st,
lettf, purporting- to emaaeipaie the davea in
eerlaiu Mate, set forth therein, are uawar
of each eharacter and lendencv aa not to he
eidxinued toby a people jealous of tbeir liber
Reaolved, That be M ofneiviaapprovi"
eaV-by t he--Prswdenlt admit ling HeeU
f ihla aa a Rlata, V?honi Ihe eonernt
lSlt ttf Vlrgmiu. to"och"'a paiapaWe vneeiioit
of the eoai4iniioa ae la warrant Kentucky In
refuaina: lo reanenice the validity of such pro
an a v
v.k
eee4igV--:r-:rri:"r; rr f 1-
Ra4ved.-Tlnit KeBtuiiXy wtiienroiaiiy unu
wkhthe eVmoeraeyiHbrymibetU' tatea m
aa earnest endeavor lo bring abouA .a speedy
termination of the esiating war; and lo thia
a ad wa tnaiet gpoo a auapenaioa ef hoatijiiiea an
Aa armistic, to enahle the belliferents to agree
apoa term of peace. " :ZT'
Raaolvad. That Commieaioner from
tha State be anp.Hyted, whoee daty it shall be
16 visit the Federal kod Coafbderate govt HP
mania at Washington and Richmond, and erg
them reapeciivery to agiee.apoa aa arennjiiee
tor Ihe parpoaea herein contemplated.
Reaolved. That the Governor ofl Kealncky
ia reqaeetad to fbrward copy of Ihe foregoiag
preamble aad reaoleUoaa to ine rreeraeacoi
tbe Uailed glatea, and to each of ear Seaator
aad Reareeeatatives ia Congreaa., , . '( ; :
, dx., 6lA &ulhUcr UMMfcdw
' .tug EiUerpriut and IUxturctt.
; Uuder the itiipwiitive remure of tlie war
and tlie blockade, tbe f -uth ia deve'lojiiiig
hef.ov.-o rvaourcea, and i ;dly becoioiiig ih-dt-tendent
of tlie i'ureirti D:arkru for many
things wliit lt elm foiuici 'Siii(iheU by iuipor-
taUou. ' All industrial elutuutit are wanul.l
4,wwitu ,uu , cui'iyjcu .every yc
I i..,uu.t i u: i !.. j . 1
uaeliu purpotwa. .
a . -i ..a i- r
yre tue war ummoui lied extensive
in works at KicLniood, Lynclibur and
Danville, ' iu Virginia j Fajetieville and 1U1
eigh, io J9ortb. Carohna,; CLarlesion, South
Carolina; gavanuah, Kotue, Atlanta and PaJ
too, m Oeorgia; Uiatuaoogaand Juwxriliej
la Tiitiesaoe, and llontguiaery and Uobile,
in Alabauia; beside tbeoe NoHulk, New40r
teeus iwadlSaahiiDe ud otbrr citiea since cap-
larea vj oor arniiea. in i tnuee cttiea yet
io thwir poeneeaiott a tbe iroo Worka and
machine aRopa add4 ainue Uie beginning ot
tbe war are now in full buut, turning out uiu
I pi lion of war for which flier are adapted.
mm aiigrinaunuory domanuea- by-Uw
ticwly awaknned tnanufactaHng iuterests ot
tbe oountry. The Tra.legar Lvb Vorka,'at
llicliiuoud, have lilted Government conUatia
ainoe tbe. begiuuing of tbe war ainoubting to
over aeveo miUiona ol dollaia, and as otbera
are euiidoywJ at ratea piojtoi tionato to tbeir
i4iliafllU4 Tlue -liiiktrd, miiuw u..lt,l
IsImil iron pWlur iboativ uavaL juiiotin-
ry and kjcetnolri'e atoam enginea, and. ail
kitid of tuaduuef y - ireiieraJI)-, including tlial
tor otua aad wooleit tuiH.- Tbe work at
UkJiioond, Cbariuatoo, AtlaAti aud Mobile I
are we; onij ones vapaoie turning out eacb
and ail ol tbe rarielj; but ajB otbens lumore
or b-0 in one dejNiruoettt or another Tber
tup out smjjdMHory work ut every brancb
exjeept naval engiues.
: 'Kitlea,niuskeu,4 bayonets, gun carriages,
sword and ' military equipments generally,
are made m Richmond, Kajetterl'le and Moot
gonery, the first and Unt pUeea repairing as
wreUae ISbgiMg Mithmdm-iimaM etni a:
coutreinunui ate also made at several other
points, Uie last iu almoSt evry Miucipl place
in tfte Sourb. Tlie factory iu tichoioud for ma
king 8inrerievt'itigniadiine ba been etigag-
ed since tlie war in repairing ainall arms apd I
making equipments fur tbe aaine, aud uasJ
fiued out i ironiciwe quantities U die latter.
Tlii estabJisbmentk yet owned pnueipalty
by Jh'ortbero iwen, who have ideuUiied them
selves with the rebellion from tbe begiuiiiug.
f When Ridimond was besieged, lateummer,
I all of tbe roost valuable macliiuery in tbe city
was taken down and part removed, tbe rest j
being ready to move at suort notice. Muue
then it has been set up and i again in lull
ojwration. At one tune during the akge 'the
Andersons, of the Tredegar lion Works, bad
about tour hundred tons of nwebiuery ou ca
nal - boats," ready "to .travel to Lyuvhburg,
anions which was a splendid lot used fef tol
ling iron plates, and" valued at two hundred
thousand dollars wbich is arain now iu oie-
raliua In tbeif works, v : " . , T
There ate woolen Inctories at Kiclmiond,
Lynchburg, Kaleigb, Cbarlcatoiu Home, At
lauta, Mobile, Jackson, and other rlatr in
Louisiana and. Texas, while cotton mills are
numerous tbrotiglioQt the country, muny Iwv
iug been established recently, particularly iu
Ueotgia. Tbe machinery lor new tiiuls u
partly inaDuraclured at home, aud partly ob
tained by running the tlockadc, several lots
'of the lust having lately arrived, ami is oeiug
nut up in Georgia, which State lakes Uie lead
ui manufacturing en teq)rise, a3 she didefore
tM'war; Ibougn efcrif Sbite' aiid disncrnot
OVCrrtltt. by. 0r .ftrnn tea is directing ebise at-
tention to this. bindijf bouie productioit
Wool is scarce bHtetrough feaat'be tbftiirte-
nor bouta trom lex as and Mesuco to supply
the mills, and much of this is nude to go fur-
tlier .by mixing it with cotton, which ia a drug
in tn market, ana can be bau almost tormo
Tanneries have been numerously
ed, and particular attention is now
tlie preservation of bides, aincli is
pushed -pjmmiiew-ftnv-iMtl
the use of salt and w hich may be
ing
idered
as one among the first orijrmal iuveution of
bouuiera genius, drawn out
of tbe occasion, loiwerly
:ftwrtjrtj4 lfHtekaaW
o ' . T . .
reservMl and sent to tlie tanneries, wlieiice
they Teappeaf in the form of good leather. -
Many flint bides find their way across tbe
Hisstsaippi in io lexas ana u ium river, bum
liiMyjuom: arajc
uioee regions, . ine sayus oi u auiupia, r J
eluding those of dogs cats, -game, and vermin I
are Dresewea. ana eommana row pnoea.
Xbey arei tenoed and made to enswet one
purpose or another. :
lhe. Confederate Government monopolize
tlie whole suppldf the best leather for sad
dles, cavalry and artillery berates and milita
ry accoutrements ; and the overplus, if any,
is manufactured into aboes for tbe armies.
These boots and shoes of tbe best material,
are distributed to the officers and privates are
supplied with those of inferior leather.
Tbe additsoa to these leading ananufactnr
bg mterprisea, all productiveTabor not traia-
I luu11 bnrpiug ujwn wlattlMry ealf a "coo-
rpttacy' and a "plot in ortb VkroEna to
destroy the unity of the Government, to tarn
tbeir attention for a tpotnent to Georgia.- lb
copying from tlie iSavajirtua liepublicao (one
ot tbe tuoat reepectable and induentiaJ papers
in tliat State) tue following paragragrapb, we
cannot bolp exjreiiglie conviction that
the IkiquirVr! . Degleot of Georgia ia solely
owing to thu tact that Gotv itaowa and tboae
who aopiiori him 5n Georgia, belong to the
dqulm;s pouticai paxty, nd tboae iu North
Carolina whom it alandens do wf belong to
the Enquirer's partjv-'i&j; - Ofuentr.--' --
' ' ': . a " ' - ' - a ar ,v a a ' X i' ' ..
rrom we davauoao ittpuuican.- ..
I' nr. .in ui n.'. nv.'.L
beading a rebellioe or tie intention of getting
one up. We are not teepeii of biseotucience.
We hope be w a patriot be bas every reason
tO.be one.- We do nnian to rajr,' ihoogb, that
bis course towardt IbeCoiileJerate jtdnimiv
tration iulLia wai bis deuunclatioo of Con
eres his ProcUmatiouaof the reeraitin? Acts
U that body as outrages upon the rights of
tue fetaiee and tue citizen, as unconstitutional
and deaen'ingof resistance ; Lis repeated at
teipjits to oi3oa Jly jnitids ol the people Jpj:
wards tlieir govei uineut by exhibiting it as
iiteir enetuy ana not iiieir moiKl all tended
towarde rebellion and toward nothing else.
IImIU out; been ivr tbe loyalty and (rood
eue ol the people, r we should before Ibis
nave oeen plunged into a war with tbe govern
ment. Tue sneeuu luessaue at the onennifir
of the Legislature. was in iu effeetj, at least,
ootuiug luore iur less ; lliaij ppetf exhorbitiOD
to rebellion. - Au tnieJiigent officer of tbe ar
my, wIm wad preseut when it-was read in
tlie House, remarked in our beanmi that if
such au incendiary dodimeut were circulated
freely in the aruiy, a thousand men would be
shot within sixty days. We booesdy believe
that the cuuie of tire Governor, whether so
intended or not, bak done more to breed die
loyalty and desertion than all other causes
oottibined. , , . ,
W'e abo know thai many of tliese peo
ple who have acted so badly confidently look-
dtel
coune. The deserters from tbe at my in Ten
newsee, we have good authority for say ink.
eeitty procbumed it. and we iiv reaot to
bebeve tliat H was at liie earnest solicitation
of officers from tlus State that Gov. Brown
eras induced to SBce hia prucLuii&tibu against
the tlisalTitted, and ttiereby arrat, afpossible,
the iepiiciou:i e&eets,of bia couree.-, ,
Tb Dejtrariivrs la tbe Lrxlalatsre.
Tlie Editor of the Greeusborough Patriot,
who is a member of the present Legislature,
end a close and intelligent observer, says: ;
i There were but few ;t Needies made ia"
either Iloiwe-durhig tbe seasion i and we feel
sore tliat we are safe Hi staling that at least
two-thirds of tlie time spent in pmfitlem de
bate. by tlie Destiwtive lau-ty, wlio constitu
ted not more tlmn one-tlnrtl of the inembers.
Tlw Deetructive leailers (Judge Person) and
his followers, useii all the aetioue oppoeiliun
that purliahu-'ntary Uictics coi.ld suggest, Jo
enitarraxsand delay many of the mtwt impor
tant measures brought lorvard. And in ev
il y iiuttanoe wlierttaan efTort was made to up
boM and sustain the snpreiuacy of civil law
and G'tu'tiiuihitial freedom: over military des
potMii, tlie wliole Destructive paiiy voted, to
impereede civil Lw by military rtilo ; tiMifirm
ing what We have beretotore nihI, that civil
liU-rty ,woikl ulbe sale in tbeir bands.
Tlie personal Ijberiy bill, whU-li im,-1 both
HMifM by lerg tnajorities. will U found in
tlw JfWof to-day. It is of the highest im
poilanee; since eren UerWetitiTr adniits that
ttM.n inni civn tue nave oeen oouuneu to uuu
'onwrsi
gtuHW, without clutuce of trial br an opot
tonity to bow ilieir innocence fur twelv
motiilisii past ; . .
Tlie Itttrwt is strictly correct Short's
tjie two sessions were, modi of the, valuable
time the two Houses, and especially of the
Coniriions, was useleeidy consumed by such
members asjtfessrs. Ferson, IVebles, ami
Cobb, in efforts to embarrass tbe majority.-r-Mr.
Slidjilierd, , though acting Ifer Uw oiost
fTw uiribesegeTnie
tO aVOIl SUCU UOIH1UV&, airiUJV ,wo w
enjoyed more "respect Aua auy IXv4nietive
WJerJu jhelloiise. ; By tbe w a v. Mr. ler
son has But vetredeemeTL tHf-e7Tuade
- , i... i tiA. o i..i
some! iwoyrr siiice lo spill the LsT dip oT
ami (ViimiJtT. ami JNinontoii. wUi. la rved
witli bun vt'tjaU Legwlettfie, are void in their
-nr. but where ia lie Ul'nictH iiijr w hat
he preached weeaM secession, Mr
an-huuificani
Confederata ofihicfteteuses Hik .
; . .itlrayi Standard.
Tut RlcasitSB Esqciikil4 In another
place we have spoken of Seward as "the
prince of Bars." We rather think that the
Ridimond Enquirer will successfully contest
tbe unenviable, distinction with the yankee,
See the following; v T' "
. " The Old North State, whilst ita true sons
and soldiers are fronting the enemy upon oor
border, is swarming with deserters and runa
way eonscripU (all " conservatives," who hate
origHml seceMoa") and at several points
t?i)- Y iaa.-er- 'wnCi
"i j wiotc ju ujcrvwB uere uiao eisewiiere. i
We have
seen lists of hundreds yes bun-- .
drads of deserters advertised from one Vir
giuia regiment. The Enquirer bad never a
word about tliat, though nothing approaching "
it has ever been seen about a North Caroli-' . "
na regiment. . Tliat these Nor;tli Carolina de
sorters and ronawsy conscjipU are "conaer-'
vativeay who bale original seceSMon, is a tbul '
sUiide, so apparent that a man having any
seir-rtiect would jiot Lave ventured to uttor
it -A to tbeir banding together and defying;
Hie authorities, it is true,' but not to any sucix
extent as in Georgia, bout which the Enqoir-
er is altoetbef silent. Far less is it t hen.
than in irginia itself, Where about one-fourth
of the State Is banded together, not onlv dn. "
lying tbe authorities, but actually in Lincoln's v
army assisting in ius ellort to subjugate us.
Let the Enquirer look at home. North Par. '
olina can do without its malitmant ovprninir
In the same artfele ia tbe Enquirer we find -the
following additional slanders ; . t.-
One can only speculate upon tbe motives
of these destructive conservatives, for they
do not avow them. Bujlie.- thing seems to Vi
us nothing more, nor less, thatt-a conspiracy
to overthroTT the Corifedcracy, "whclhef wltb
a view to reconstruction, or to a " middle -4'
Coulederacy," perhaps they hardly know yet 1
If we train victories and exnol th V.i-
Then all will be well ; the servatives"
wtu exuu as toouiy as any. ; iiut if disaster
bebl8 our armies, they mean to be in a posi-, . .
lion to take care of themselTes." ; j ; s u . y ,
Tbb U ettered by a jper wbicb itself re- -cently
bad tbe effrontery to advance recon- " '
fetroction views. It probably judges North" "r
(rolinians by its own unprincipled standard. '
vj . Jbytttmndt Obtener.
" " ."Jroiii the Richmond Whig:
SEWARD TO NAPOLEON. .
I We have already givcp the substance of
tbe letters of the French Foreign Secretary,
suggesting a scheme for bringing about peace,
M ' M ei " "-a . ..i - .. .a
documents of so "much imparlance that, ir , "
give them to-day in full The French Minis- v
te.adUjubat -- ;
Russia ;wag- calculated; to clulbut he!".
urged by considerations of humanity and the " "
hope of s staying useless carnage, again tor
offes: friendly .services. JDmjea' . t
strong throughout tbe letter that the war ' ' . .
waged lor- conquest must prove a failure -V ' !
that Uie Nort cannot subdue the 8cuth. ' 'L I
Tbe French Minister is persuaded of this
truth tboneb he had just received a disoatch -"
from Mr. Dayton, unfolding at. great length 1 1
the military, naval and pecuniary resources ,
of the Yankee the vast progress they had T "1"
made in invading the South; and exposing V. "
the exhausted condition of the Rebels--they ' '
not being able to recruit their army, and pot ,
U4ng able tq raise $l,()00,006V-TbM despatch , -
goiBs much more, into detail of the stiengtb
of the Yaokees and . the weakness of tbe k '
Rebels than Seward's which; is summary
of Dayton's with this difference, that Day
ton is bumble . and entreating;. While Seward
is haughty t and insolent That the French v;
iliuiater, in Uie iaee of the elaborated and
staiisical udsehood, which Dayton laid before , '
hiui, should prei8t in believing that the war'
must prove a failnre, argues that he under-'
stands Yaukee trieksand Yankee mendacity,'
and will not be imposed npon by ; the repiu-
tioo of the same falsehood by Seward. ,' j v(
iSeward's letter, is absolutely sublime in its -"
efl'rorrteHr-and swaggef.Seeingtbat "ther
French Minister had- taken no heed, to Day .
ton's nor to his own repeated representations t
of lhflL' stale . .of sffajr Jn jhisTOun tr be
Inakee a grand and imposing display of the "T.."
acliievemenu of tlie Yankee artnies and their f .
mighty power of the conquests alreaJy V
made, and the little left to the Rebels till
to be oouquered. The cool, contemptuous "
and defiant ajr with which all this is thrown
into tbe teeth of Napoleon, can only beap-V
preciated by beating in mind that itccme ,v
Irom tlx; aaine eowardlv Wretch Who sunen-'-
rderedllasou arid SfideUt " Napoleon may be"
a tnan subject' to unreasonable fears, and m
tliat event, be witt be terribly alarmed when V
be contemplates tbe formidable proportious
'Iim WotHi-Uiirsty adversary. v. .T
- liie publication of this correspondence wuT '
put u Bd to any fmr ajternpts fca peacablw .
initiation by European Governments. Any
funlKT actMi ou their part, if there be any,
wi8 partatw" of a forcible nature. - T - -
The Afnrr' seems rather disposed to
enjoy tb4iwgm5eaBt figure, whkkv out litUe " . ,
oueborse concern cuts by the side. of T,
Seward' splendid six-in-hand; and it as-V
cribes our msificaaca AO the fact that we
have not been reooyauoi Well 1 whose bull :
is that?" Tbe whole matter haa been in tbe
hands of the FresideoV Is it bis fault, or is '
it any body's? liave any inducement been '
offered to Foreign Governments for reoogui- ,
tion, or any other favor? Ilave we offered !.
Foreign Governments any special advantage
ia tade, to make it their, istereet to give ns
active aid? Or have we stiffly and proudly "
cbumedwhatit waathea privilege to accord?
Wtowithingv - '
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