Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-05-07
MORNING.. MAY2, 1861.
FROM TUE NORTH.

date l9ta April, but friend just arrived from
that terror-stlicken Sodoln has placed in our
possession city papers OF the oath. They are
filled with details of the Great ORION Meeting
recently held, and preparations for war
Oid Bennett of tn; Herald, who was noJte3
into a support Of Lincoln and his war policy,
says:
The war of the government against the
vot-i States i not II w-r "t zXtAr .nI',9ri"n or
subj jngaron II i Al app ','l 10 for The
,"vrry "f certain United States cn~r"in IL ,u>r,
forts. arsnna!s. I,avr yards. nlintS, marine hos
pItaiS, courts "f justice. post offices and post
roads. an for the restoration f iie supreme aw
az the land Ill the rev".ted States. Such Is the
character and such rhr purposes of this VA.
Gu the Other sid it Is war undertaken for the
rnrpn-e Of detaching the rtbelIuus States fem
the Union of " hcI they firm very important
part They proclaim that they have thrown off
their Obligations to the government Of the Unl-
ted States, and are engaged in a war OF lndepen-
dence. They grossly deceived After de-
ceiving their friends in the North with false pro
f.ssiuns of attachment to rke Union. orr South
revolurinuist are grossly deceiving them
selves in this last resort of wpr.
The North is unit against them. and gov
ernment iagS far behind our public sentiment -
Five hundred thousand men are ready To
once the cali of the government. not tur
defensive. but offensive operations This plan Of
the enemy is to keep our Northern legi"ns To the
lire Of the Potomac The is Curious -
But the government should push on an over
whenIng force upon Richmond foftIe Fecove-
ry OF the govern nlcnt property there. ami tn ex
eXtingEish those hostile cannon tonndneS. / he
next point of this occupation should BE- Raleigh.
North Carolina. and thence t" Columbia. S"nth
Carolina. and thence to Montgomery Alabama t .
capital OF TIL CDnf7 terate States Ihis eXpeil
non. wi h a operating squadron along the set-
buArd, and another down the Missippi, won
soon crush ont this formidable revolt. In al
vance. OF this movement Pte>id nj Lincoln should
issue bis proclamation guaranteeing the Complete
protection of all loyal Union men AMI their prop
erty. but warning the e. eIn'es OF the gove!n
n,ent Of the dangers of coniiscation, negroes in
,!u led This would sift out the wheat from the
claff in all the invaded States
Oar administration is naturally and properly
enough devuring Itself to the defence Of Wash
ington; but M. Lincoln aud Lis Cabinet should
remember that while the Romans remained ut
home in defence of their capital. Hanniba! re-
rnained in Italy. and that when they carried the
war into Africa they removed the enemy from
| Rome and brought his ambitious designs to a
| speedy and iguomInious end To dispe!se the
| revolutionary forces threatening Washington,
| Mary land and Virginia should at once be male
20 feel the pressure OF two hundred thousand 10y
al n,er and the first dury of the North is to open
| all our highways to Washin ton by land and
water. The administration should not stop to
ch&ffer npon nice pu"ctilIios Of courtesy and sub
| mission to iusuent traitors, but driven to wal. II
|
| this gigantic rebellion
This is beautiful programme and the South
will give the invading hounds a good time >
| while they carry ing it out.
Again the Herald says:
| "Southern conspirators should be notified
| that no aggressive war has been lnaugurafed
| AGAINST tho slave States. and that there is in
tsntiun to invade any of the rights that are guar
anteed to them by the constitution. Ii Is the
determination of the administration, however. IL
retale al! places aud properties belonging TO the
| federal government. and to employ any au"un:
| of force that may be requisite tor that purpose
| Every fortii.catlOn. arsenal navy YARD cust"n
| hnuse and post office. OF which pnssession has
! been usurped must be wrcSted from the posses
sion Of the revuItrd States. at the cost, if need
be- of hundreds of mi lions of money, and Of We
! hundred Thousand men. From Baltimore t" Ne"
| Orleans therefore, no cho.ce will be irft TO the
| Sour hern people, excepting between reslsfHiic'
| and unconditional submission to the laws. and L
| is the duty Of the President to proclaim tha
| while thuse who true to their alegianc2 Il
! thr American flag, and z i've 1t aid and support
| may rely upon present an future pio:tct!"h
The peuaities due treason viii be eXacted iron
traitors and individuals mo ally themselves
| " tn armies Fl sht ug against the government -
! rhrir property " i'll be f,cated and. wherever
their lives are forfeited ii will be exclusively
owing to Executive clrmency
Further, under the head of How long is tax
war to last" the foreign hireling Of the HeTa(c
says:
Some give it ninety days; but We will give
It six months In this armed movement to th
Snuh the people OF the North are ahead OF the
government If Mr. Lincoln wants them he cal
have so 900 men III three weeks. and 2DO NIL
lions of dollars to render the short, sharp an(
decisive In the frst place he can march Oh
Richmond fro n Wishmg gtnn with bis troops t.
restore the authority of the United States law
:, hprever there is a puat office and custom
house at the South the federal government has
,iyht TO protect both with any number ut hoop
| necessary fr the purpose ltls Is view "t lu
Irga ity and cou>tifutl"nalty d" the action OF I'M
anuI,t ,traiis'n winch seems 10 De lost slght VI n
| the. South The princi pal towns would thus %
! ,,ccr ,i.d i'm succession by the nd vHclng army
and that accomplished. The surrounding terrific r.
is necessarily reduced t" Submission II tue 1ed+f
Il now-r The State ut Vir2iula has seized III
Custom House at its G. pita. The federal gov
ornament has H. Int to reIale Al a'o asSe'' ~
own authority.
We have only to say to old glmlet eye
, bring on your 500, 000 men; we Will tlnd J1T
: hundred thousand 5lo0dy giGces TO" thom.-
, We car throw into the field force OF LOCO
ooo IN few weeks and with that force ca
whip every man in the free States. Come on
p,,roud of the Times says that Lincoln
Cnvrrnmeut BY hn ing Fort Monroe 1t has II
0 hand in the throat of the entmy WIN tle'
e i,u,,nrtaut poi. Is rs basis Of "peraton 1t vi
= 50 n be in It's pow er deal the decisive "i""
+ For this purpose 80 eco men should at once u
=, accumulated at the points named, From Fo
= | >,unroe several strong columns shouiu move
. th,. s;me instan' tor the im'e. i"r. One sh"ui
II move uu York River, ~hich is naHlgab!e Il
6 hips If the largest burden. TO point "lthin I"
t ~ miles Of Richmond. The Intervening di
J. ,pr. i over an open country. Another shoni
e move mp James Klve,. and, dividing at the """'
l. Of the Appomat"z. should threaten fiehmoi
n and Petersburg at the same time he posse
"a SION Of pe.ersburg would cut off all c"nnunle
=. tim with the South. Another column sioa
8 move by land aIo the line of the seabord al
g R,apoke Railroad. and seiae and control the ia
i roads leading into North Carolina These G.
J. umns would render any considerable c"nctnfr
d tinn of the eneinys ir ops imp"sslbr, securing
d tiumural march of the grand army f'om " aN
Of ,ngtuu snuthward. Tie iargeI the t"rce ace
inflated by ourselves, the less the probability
N | hl,,dshed We must not by the 1eebieii"ss
-. | our demonstration encourage attack. s'e G.
with overm hrinring odds threaten the enemies
> troni flank and at the same moment " III
% the basis of oar operations, from which i" recei
rsinforcemeuis and supplies, will ai"a, , be rea'